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SUMMARY:Visions of Restitution: Ashley Grenstone\, Tiana Vincent\, and Daystar Woman
DESCRIPTION:Image: Raised by Bears\, Daystar Woman \nAshley Greenstone\, Tiana Vincent\, and Daystar Woman\nVisions of Restitution\nMay 29 – July 7\, 2021\nMassy Books\n229 East Georgia Street\, Vancouver \n  \n\n“for every one of your questions there is a story hidden in the skin of the forest. Use them as flint\, fodder\, love songs\, medicine. you are from a place of unflinching power\, the holder of our stories\, the one who speaks up” \n– Leanne Betasamosake Simpson\, Islands of Decolonial Love \n\n\n\nThree artists from distinct nations come together\, their calls for restitution taking shape through image\, dream\, and language. Ashley Greenstone\, Tiana Vincent\, and Daystar Woman were selected as the finalists for the Solidarity Art Space design contest\, a fundraising initiative for Gidimt’en. This opportunity brought their individual practices together for the first time\, gathering artistic and ancestral voices across vast expanses of land and echoing calls for restitution and resurgence. The collection of their diverse artistic approaches mirrors their shared conception of an ecosystems approach to building better worlds: we must honour and uphold a natural order of complexity\, wherein we belong to the land and the collective whole. \nAbout the Artists \n———————————————- \nAshley Grenstone \nBorn and currently living on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation ‘Odawa’ (colonially referred to as Ottawa) Ashley Grenstone was raised in several territories across Turtle Island\, and is herself a mix of colonizer\, Bonnechere Algonquin First Nation and Mi’kmaq. \nThough raised apart from her indigenous roots she is reclaiming them piece by piece\, learning when to step up and when to step aside for others’ voices to lead the way. \nA human rights advocate Ashley strives for 2-Spirit representation; gender and sexuality rights; and ending the exploitation of children. \nAshley Grenstone is a professional visual artist with education from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and self taught through experimentation in various fine arts forms\, mediums and styles. \nFor 10+ years Ashley has worked with a diverse portfolio of clients from the three coasts of ‘Canada’\, creating vibrant\, engaging visuals for the leaders of tomorrow. \n———————————————- \nTiana Vincent \nI’m a Huron-Wendat (Wendake) and Vietnamese artist from Treaty 1. I moved to Vancouver to attend UBC and graduated in 2020. Since graduation\, even as a child growing up\, my hands crave to create. I’ve spent most of my life doodling and drawing\, the occasional painting here and there. Recently my hands have stumbled onto graphic illustrations. \nSubject matter compels me most. Whatever you draw\, I find that you have the power to give the drawing a sort of soul\, a type of life. You give its story\, and you get to tell it too. I’m surrounded by various creative influences— from the Metis\, the Anishinaabe\, my own background of Wendat and Apache-Sioux\, southeastern Asian cultures\, and the Coast Salish nations that envelope me here. Currently\, my work comes from the voices of my ancestors\, their whispers from the past\, in times of my own reconciliation. \n———————————————- \nKisikawacahkos iskwew  \ndaystar woman \ntansi. hello. i come from treaty 6 territory. beaver mountain house ( edmonton ab) . my great mosom on my moms side was chief ermineskin of maskwacis ( hobbema). on my dads side\, we are metis of lac ste anne. my ancestors were fur traders\, hide tanners\, trappers\, beaders and medicine people. \nmoved to lekwungen territory ( victoria bc) in 2013. in search of healing by these great waters. the ancestors of these lands and waters have been really caring and loving in allowing me to be in their home lands. forever grateful for being a welcomed guest in these otherworldly spaces. \none of my cuzzins guided me a bit in drawing when i was kid. he would give me his old art supplies when he bought new gear. made me feel so special. rip todd. over the years i picked up oil painting. self-taught oil painter. painting is a visual language that has helped me reclaim myself and the nehiyawewin ( cree language). it helps me express my deep love for the land and natural law. and an understanding of where i come from. it is a life long journey of commitment to myself\, community\, friends\, family and strong indigenous rights. all my relations. hiy hiy. \n———————————————- \n\nAbout Solidarity Art Space \n\nSolidarity Art Space (SAS) is a collective made up of settlers living on Lenape territory\, Snuneymuxw territory\, and  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm\, səlilwətaɬ\, and Skwxwu7mesh territories. SAS works with Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists\, and the Prints of Darkness print shop to create apparel to sell as a fundraiser for both the Gidimt’en and Unist’ot’en clans of the Wet’suwet’en. All art can be found at www.solidarityartspace.com.
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SUMMARY:Short Story Spectacular: Rachel Rose\, Norma Dunning\, Marion Quednau\, Katherine Fawcett
DESCRIPTION:May is short story month and some of the country’s best contemporary authors are getting together to discuss what makes short fiction so great\, and to share short gems from their books. Join Rachel Rose\, author of The Octopus Has Three Hearts (D&M)\, Norma Dunning\, author of Tainna: The Unseen Ones (D&M)\, Marion Quednau\, author of Sunday Drive to Gunclub Road (Nightwood Editions)\, and Katherine Fawcett\, author of The Swan Suit (D&M)\, for a lively virtual event on May 29 at 2pm PT/3pm MT.\n\n\nHow to attend: Join by Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85705968937\nOR\nHead to the Facebook event and watch the livestream: https://fb.me/e/NrbPLN5P\nThe event will also be available for watching later.\n\n\n• The Octopus Has Three Hearts: https://bit.ly/3vPxaG2\n• Tainna: https://bit.ly/3utlkRG\n• Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road: https://bit.ly/3xXmpTK\n• The Swan Suit: https://bit.ly/2PXe4hI\n\nRachel Rose\, a General Governor’s Literary Award-nominated poet\, has put together an incredible debut collection of short fiction with The Octopus Has Three Hearts\, which features an intriguing cast of human outcasts who find solace in the animal world.\n\nNorma Dunning is the Danata Gleed Award-winning author of three books\, including\, most recently\, Tainna: The Unseen Ones\, a collection that draws on both lived experience and cultural memory to illuminate the Inuit experience beyond the tundra. Modern-day Inuk characters in the Canadian South must rely on their wits\, artistic talent\, senses of humour and spirituality for survival.\n\nMarion Quednau\, who won the Books in Canada First Novel Award\, is the author of Sunday Drive to Gunclub Road\, stories that explore the hazy line that delineates truth; tales that Steven Heighton describes as “well-built little machines that pull us in and hold us there until they’ve left their mark.”\n\nKatherine Fawcett is the author of the bestselling collection\, The Swan Suit\, which reads like a collection of feminist folklore for contemporary times\, playing with the various the layers of selves we present to the world.
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