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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Nicholas Tay - Amateur Cartography
DESCRIPTION:Nicholas Tay\nAmateur Cartography \nCurated by Pennylane Shen\nApril 17 – May 24\, 2021\nMassy Books\n229 East Georgia Street \n“It starts with my mother’s hands. Her delicate skin\, lined and creased\, as she tenderly traces the plump cheek of my youngest son. Her lines\, folding into rivers\, creasing into ravines\, dotting out into borders. The snowy smoothness of my son’s cheek\, undulating and open to promise.” \nMy mother’s hands are the map of her immigrant experience. My son still remains uncharted. I think of the journey that took my parents away from home. The journey that brought me from East to West. I think about the journeys my children may have to make. In time\, I feel we will all become part of the immigrant majority – ending far away from where we began with many stops in between. We will all know what it is to be alien. Our ideas will flow freely through borders\, our identities will uproot from earth\, and we will change and be changed by every new place. \nAmateur Cartography is a visual exploration of immigrant identity. What it is when one idea arrives upon another idea and the destruction and beauty that occurs in the dialogue. \nAbout the Artist: \nNicholas Tay likens his arrival and upbringing in the Pacific Northwest from the age five to falling in love. He dove into the freshness of the air\, the ice crystals that crunched beneath gravel fields\, street hockey in the freezing wet\, the stories of our First Peoples whisking him away on the wings of Raven and Thunderbird\, and later the liberal ideal of the multi-cultural mosaic. \nExploring multi-cultured identity is at the core of Tay’s artistic practice\, wherein vastly divergent ideas can be represented with emotional honesty in a single work of art: “I used to feel that being Chinese Canadian was akin to being lost between houses of separated parents\, or being an alien guest of a gracious host. Through the exploration of my art\, I have found that both cultures are truly at home in me and in my work.” \nEver flexible with his approach\, Tay’s choice of medium suits the stories and cultural forms he explores. Charcoal or paint lets him offer sensuous luxury as a contrast to our increasingly digital experience. At other times\, while he is wary of the seductive cleverness of digital processes\, these modern modes are ideal. Traditional forms carry immediacy\, and arrest creator and viewer alike in their visceral presence and the abstract\, emotional truth inherent in their mark making. Conversely\, using 3D software brings machine algorithms to every pixel. Through his training at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena\, California\, and his years working in Visual FX and video game development\, Tay became interested in the possibilities of working with technology as his collaborator. Through its interpretation of the artist’s instructions\, the technological mediator separates the creative output from potential artistic biases. \nArt has been a dominant part of Tay’s life since his earliest memories. Beyond words or numbers\, it has been the most clear\, honest\, and comforting means of expression. Identifying as an introvert\, and amalgamating diverse lines of heritage between China and Canada\, Tay embraces art to tell honest\, deeply personal stories in a way that would be daunting in other formats\, bridging the awkward and profound\, or in Tay’s words\, “the profoundly awkward”. \nTay received his formal art education at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena\, California. His current series\, Amateur Cartography\, explores the clash of cultures through a visual dialogue between representation and abstraction. \nAccessibility\n \nThis event takes place upstairs in the Massy Gallery\, which is only accessible by a flight of stairs. Unfortunately\, no audio tours are available at this time. \nMassy Books is easily accessible by transit! Close to the 22\, 3\, 8 and 19 bus lines at Main and Georgia/Gore and Georgia. There is metered street parking along Georgia\, or lot parking at the Sun Wah Centre around the corner (268 Keefer).
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SUMMARY:PilipinxPages Book Club: Double Melancholy
DESCRIPTION:PilipinxPages is reading DOUBLE MELANCHOLY by C.E. Gatchalian. Our first ever session will be hosted by Archie from Filipino Fridays! \nAbout this Event\nZoom Sessions: May 7 & 21 at 6pm.\nHow to attend Zoom Sessions: *Registration Mandatory* Register here: https://bit.ly/329l7X0\nDiscussion: All month in IG group – please message us on IG at @pilipinxpages to be added to group! \n  \nHosted by Archie from Filipino Fridays Podcast \nBook: Double Melancholy by C.E. Gatchalian\nPilipinxPages wants to bring awareness of the diverse writing by Filipino authors. Often\, mainstream conversations do not include the writing of this community. Without discounting the existing conversations around Filipino literature\, which have established symbolic ideas and generated lively debate\, PilipinxPages wishes to expand these ongoing narratives by opening a dialogue into the less obvious aspects of Filipino culture as captured by the wider author diaspora. \nWe thank Neighbourhood Small Grants for their funding and support of our book club! \nDouble Melancholy by C.E. Gatchalian\nAccording to Didier Eribon\, melancholy is where it all starts and where it also ends: the lifelong process of mourning that each homosexual experiences\, and through which they construct their own identity. In this beguiling book\, an introverted\, anxious\, ambitious\, artistically gifted queer Filipino-Canadian boy finds solace\, inspiration\, and a “syllabus for living” in art — works of literature and music\, from the children’s literary classic Anne of Green Gables to the music of Maria Callas. But their contribution to his intellectual\, emotional\, and spiritual edification belies the fact that they were largely heteronormative and white\, which had the effect of invisibilizing him as a queer person of colour. Part memoir\, part cultural commentary\, and a hybrid of besotted aesthetic appreciation and unsparing critique\, Double Melancholy is by turns a passionate love letter to art and an embattled examination of its oppressive complicity with the society that produces it\, and the depths to which art both enriches and colonizes us. \nFilipino Fridays Podcast\nFilipino Fridays is a podcast for the Filipinx millennial.\nHosted by Archie\, Ojay and Archia – the trio sets out to bridge the gap between cultural identity and the younger Filipino generation in the diaspora. Filipino Fridays aims to break down language barriers by explaining aspects of the Filipino culture in English to foster connections in the Filipino community.\nTheir core values are passion for Filipino culture\, radical love\, inclusivity\, understanding and bayanihan (community spirit). Addressing cultural issues head on\, they aim to empower and inspire to push the Filipino story forward. \nWith a balance of humor\, sass and perspective\, the podcast also conducts guest interviews that focus on telling Filipino stories. You can find weekly episodes of their show on Spotify\, Apple and other streaming platforms. Don’t miss out on the episode drop every (Filipino) Friday!\nWhere do I get the book?! \nAre you looking to get a copy of the book? Try requesting it at your local library. Massy Books and Iron Dog Books are also two great independently owned bookshops based in Vancouver BC that carry C.E. Gatchalian’s book. You can also purchase it directly from Arsenal Pulp Press!\nLet’s have a book party!\nStay tuned – we’ll send you some fun food/drink pairings for the sessions!
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/pilipinxpages-book-club/
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SUMMARY:White Magic: Book Launch with Elissa Washuta and Billy-Ray Belcourt
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Cowlitz Indian Tribe member Elissa Washuta’s newest release with Griffin Poetry Prize winner Billy-Ray Belcourt. \nHow to attend: Register through the Eventbrite. Zoom information will be sent to you via email and available on the Eventbrite page. https://bit.ly/38eaeH7 \n  \n“White Magic is magnificent.” —Kristen Arnett \nBracingly honest and powerfully affecting\, White Magic establishes Elissa Washuta as one of our best living essayists. \nIn this collection of intertwined essays\, Elissa Washuta writes about land\, heartbreak\, and colonization\, about life without the escape hatch of intoxication\, and about how she became a powerful witch. She interlaces stories from her forebears with cultural artifacts from her own life—Twin Peaks\, the Oregon Trail II video game\, a Claymation Satan\, a YouTube video of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham—to explore questions of cultural inheritance and the particular danger\, as a Native woman\, of relaxing into romantic love under colonial rule. \nAbout the Author \nElissa Washuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. She is the author of My Body Is a Book of Rules and Starvation Mode\, and her book White Magic is forthcoming from Tin House Books. With Theresa Warburton\, she is co-editor of the anthology Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers. She’s a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient\, a Creative Capital awardee\, and an assistant professor of creative writing at the Ohio State University. \nSpecial Guest \nBilly-Ray Belcourt (he/him) is a writer and scholar from the Driftpile Cree Nation. He won the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize for his debut collection\, This Wound Is a World\, which was also a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. His second book of poetry\, NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field\, was longlisted for Canada Reads 2020. A recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and an Indspire Award\, Belcourt is Assistant Professor of Indigenous Creative Writing at UBC. \nA Note on Recording \nPlease note that this event will be recorded via Zoom and posted publicly. The recording may contain attendees’ names and images. We recognize that this may be undesirable for some participants. If you do not wish for your name or image to be used in the video\, please leave your video turned off during the event. You may also change your name to something generic like “Participant” or “Anonymous” in the Zoom meeting room by selecting yourself from the participants list and editing your name. By registering for this event and clicking the Zoom link that will be emailed to you\, you consent to being recorded and are aware of actions you can take to anonymize yourself during the event. If you do not want to participate in the live session\, the recording will be posted at a later date to our YouTube channel.
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SUMMARY:Find You First: Linwood Barclay Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The New York Times bestselling author of Elevator Pitch and master of psychological suspense returns with a riveting thriller in which the possible heirs of a dying tech millionaire are mysteriously being eliminated\, one by one. \n“Find You First starts with a bang and ends with an even bigger one. . . . It’s the best book of his career.”  — Stephen King \nTech millionaire Miles Cookson has more money than he can ever spend\, and everything he could dream of—except time. He has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness\, and there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. For Miles\, this means taking a long hard look at his past . . . \nTwo decades ago\, a young\, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there\, he has kids—nine of them. And they might be about to inherit both the good and the bad from him—maybe his fortune\, or maybe something much worse. \nAs Miles begins to search for the children he’s never known\, aspiring film documentarian Chloe Swanson embarks on a quest to find her biological father\, armed with the knowledge that twenty-two years ago\, her mother used a New York sperm bank to become pregnant. \nWhen Miles and Chloe eventually connect\, their excitement at finding each other is overshadowed by a series of mysterious and terrifying events. One by one\, Miles’s other potential heirs are vanishing—every trace of them wiped\, like they never existed at all. \nWho is the vicious killer—another heir methodically erasing rivals? Or is something even more sinister going on? \nIt’s a deadly race against time . . . \nHow to Attend \nStep 1: Purchase Find You First from Massy Books to receive access to this exclusive\, virtual event. Purchase here: https://bit.ly/3lMcvPl\nStep 2: After purchasing your copy\, go to www.indiebookfest.ca to register for the event using your order number. \nAbout the Author \nLinwood Barclay is the author of eighteen previous novels\, and two thrillers for children. A New York Times bestselling author\, his books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. He wrote the screenplay adaptation for his novel Never Saw it Coming and his book The Accident has been made into a TV series in France. His novel No Time for Goodbye was a global bestseller. Born and raised in Connecticut\, he now lives in Toronto with his wife\, Neetha.
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SUMMARY:Presenting Callum Angus\, Hazel Jane Plante\, and Corinne Manning
DESCRIPTION:Massy Arts Society and Metonymy Press present Callum Angus in conversation with Hazel Jane Plante and Corinne Manning.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA celebration of the launch of A Natural History of Transition\, the debut story collection by Callum Angus. \nMassy Arts Society and Metonymy Press present the author in conversation with Hazel Jane Plante and Corinne Manning \nA Natural History of Transition is a collection of short stories that disrupts the notion that trans people can only have one transformation. Like the landscape studied over eons\, change does not have an expiration date for these trans characters\, who grow as tall as buildings\, turn into mountains\, unravel hometown mysteries\, and give birth to cocoons. Portland-based author Callum Angus infuses his work with a mix of alternative history\, horror\, and a reality heavily dosed with magic. \nHow to Attend: Register through Eventbrite to receive the Zoom webinar access. Live captioning provided. Register here: https://bit.ly/3eqmaYD \nCALLUM ANGUS is a trans writer and editor currently based in Portland\, Oregon. His work has appeared in Nat. Brut\, West Branch\, LA Review of Books\, Catapult\, The Common\, Seventh Wave Magazine and elsewhere. He has received support from Lambda Literary and Signal Fire Foundation for the Arts\, and he holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the founding editor of the journal smoke and mold. \nHAZEL JANE PLANTE is a librarian\, cat photographer\, and writer. Her debut novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)(Metonymy Press\, 2019) was given a Lambda Literary award for trans fiction. She also releases music under the name lo-fi lioness and helms the podcast t4t\, which is about writing while trans. \nCORINNE MANNING is a prose writer and literary organizer. Their stories and essays have been published widely\, including in Toward an Ethics of Activism and Shadow Map: An Anthology of Survivors of Sexual Assault. Corinne founded The James Franco Review\, a project that sought to address implicit bias in the publishing industry. We Had No Rules (Arsenal Pulp Press\, 2020) is their first book. \nMASSY ARTS SOCIETY is a community hub dedicated to supporting the practices of Indigenous and underrepresented artists. \nThis event will take place over Zoom Webinar. Live captioning provided.
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/presenting-callum-angus-hazel-jane-plante-and-corinne-manning/
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SUMMARY:The Colour of God: Ayesha S. Chaudhry in conversation with Sarah Munawar
DESCRIPTION:Join Canada Research Chair in Religion\, Law and Social Justice Ayesha S. Chaudhry in conversation with Sarah Munawar.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is the story of a child raised in Canada by parents who embraced a puritanical version of Islam to shield them from racism. In The Colour of God\, author Ayesha Chaudhry explores the joys and sorrows of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim household\, wedding grand historical narratives of colonialism and migration to the small intimate heartbreaks of modern life. In revisiting the beliefs and ideals she was raised with\, Chaudhry invites us to reimagine our ideas of self and family\, state and citizenship\, love and loss. \nPurchase from Massy Books: https://bit.ly/3t7jtBm \nHow to Attend: \nRegister for the event through Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/2QWnPgb \nYou will then have access to the Zoom information. \nAbout the Speakers: \nAyesha S. Chaudhry is the Canada Research Chair in Religion\, Law and Social Justice and Associate Professor of Islamic studies and Gender studies at the University of British Columbia. An American-Canadian\, she was elected as a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019\, and was named a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellow in 2018. She was a 2016-17 Wall Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study at UBC and the 2015-16 Rita E. Hauser fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. She is the author of The Colour of God (Oneworld\, 2021) and Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition: Ethics\, Law\, and the Muslim Discourse on Gender (Oxford University Press\, 2014). Dr. Chaudhry’s research focuses on Islamic law and theology. \nSarah Munawar is a Pakistani-Muslim and settler living on and sustained by the stolen and unceded lands and waters of Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She earned her Ph.D in political science from the University of British Columbia and is also a political science instructor at Columbia College. As a scholar\, mother and Muslim\, she thinks\, writes and practices an intersectional and de-colonial Islamic ethic of care that legitimizes care-based epistemologies of Islam and Islamic lineages of disability justice.
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/the-colour-of-god-ayesha-s-chaudhry-in-conversation-with-sarah-munawar/
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SUMMARY:The Bridge: Writing Across the Binary: Book Launch with Keith Maillard
DESCRIPTION:Please join Massy Books and Keith Maillard to celebrate the launch of his memoir The Bridge: Writing Across the Binary.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The forthright\, deeply moving memoir of a nonbinary writer coming of age and coming to self. Intimate and expansive in equal measure\, this story speaks with particular generosity to all of us who’ve been deemed ‘too much’ or ‘too little’ in our gender expression\, as much by those who loved us as by those who despised us. This is a book that will stay with you long after its final lines\, in all the very best ways.” – Daniel Heath Justice \nHosted by Lynne Quarmby \nFeaturing Andrea Bennett and special guests \nHow to Attend: Register through the Eventbrite page. A Zoom meeting invite will then be made available for you. You are welcome to have your Zoom camera on during the event. The event will be recorded and later posted to the Massy Arts Website. \nRegister here: https://bit.ly/3ui0zrT \nPurchase The Bridge through Massy Books: https://bit.ly/3u8JmkP
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/the-bridge/
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SUMMARY:Strangers: Book Launch with Rob Taylor\, Sadiqa de Meijer & Sue Sinclair
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the virtual book launch of Rob Taylor’s STRANGERS! We’ll be streaming live on Thursday\, May 27 at 7 PM EDT/ 4 PM PDT to celebrate his new poetry collection. Rob Taylor will be joined by Sadiqa de Meijer and Sue Sinclair. Massy Arts is pleased to co-host the event with Biblioasis. There will be a reading\, discussion\, an audience Q&A\, and a book giveaway. You could win a copy of STRANGERS!\n\n\nWe’ll be streaming on both Facebook and YouTube. The event link will be posted closer to the event date\, so RSVP to stay up to date! Go to the following link for event information and streaming: https://fb.me/e/DhK5AkpB\n\n\nABOUT STRANGERS:\n“It makes no sense. You would be strangers / if not for this.”\n\nIn Strangers\, Rob Taylor makes new the epiphany poem: the short lyric ending with a moment of recognition or arrival. In his hands\, the form becomes not simply a revelation in words but\, in Wallace Stevens’ phrase\, “a revelation in words by means of the words.” The epiphany here is not only the poet’s. It’s ours. A book about the songlines of memory and language and the ways in which they connect us to other human beings\, to read Strangers is to become part of the lineages (literary\, artistic\, familial) that it braids together—to become\, as Richard Outram puts it\, an “unspoken / Stranger no longer.”\n\n\nABOUT ROB TAYLOR:\nRob Taylor is the author of four poetry collections\, including Strangers (Biblioasis\, 2021) and The News (Gaspereau Press\, 2016)\, which was a finalist for the 2017 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He is also the editor of What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation (Nightwood Editions\, 2018) and the guest editor of Best Canadian Poetry 2019 (Biblioasis\, 2019). Rob lives with his family in Port Moody\, BC.\n\n\nOrder STRANGERS from Massy Books: https://storestock.massybooks.com/?q=h\n\nStay tuned for Rob Taylor’s STRANGERS SUMMER SERIES where he will be hosting small outdoor events throughout Vancouver (restrictions permitted). Learn more: http://roblucastaylor.com/strangerstour/
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SUMMARY:Jordan Abel: Nishga
DESCRIPTION:Nisga’a writer Jordan Abel\, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize\, presents NISHGA\, an autobiographical meditation on the impact of Canada’s residential school system and how it affects contemporary Indigenous existence. \nIn conversation with award-winning poet\, author\, and scholar\, Billy-Ray Belcourt. \nUse this Zoom link to access event (on May 28 at 12 pm) \n*Please register.* Use this link to register through VPL. \nRegistration is not required to participate\, but it helps us anticipate the number of attendees\, and allows us to send you any updates about this event. \nTo join the event you will need a computer\, tablet or phone with the Zoom app. Headphones are recommended. This will be a webinar\, so attendees will not be visible\, and you do not need a webcam. \nNew to Zoom? Learn more about using it here. \nThis program is co-presented with the Vancouver Public Library. \nTo purchase NISHGA from Massy Books\, use this link.
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/jordan-abel-nishga/
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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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