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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:Talking Stick Festival: Standing Strong: For the Children chén̓chens iy̓ím Shi ti Mun mun
DESCRIPTION:A celebration of story\, dance and song featuring an award-winning Children’s Book Launch\, Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola Campbell with illustrations by Carrielynn Victor\, Curtis Clear sky and the Constellationz\, Coastal Wolf Pack (Tsatsu Stalqyu)\, and JB The First Lady. \nAward winning storyteller Nicola I. Campbell reads from her newest children’s book ‘Stand Like a Cedar’ with Carrielynn Victor’s art illuminating every page of this beautiful journey. \nHow to attend:\nGo to the Talking Stick Festival and go to the Available to Watch Section: https://fullcircle.ca/festival/season-3-summer-sojourn-events/ \nAbout Stand Like a Cedar: \nWhen you go for a walk in nature\, who do you see? What do you hear? \nAward-winning storyteller Nicola I. Campbell shows what it means “to stand like a cedar” on this beautiful journey of discovery through the wilderness. Learn the names of animals in the Nłe7kepmxcín or Halq’emeylem languages as well as the teachings they have for us. Experience a celebration of sustainability and connection to the land through lyrical storytelling and Carrielynn Victor’s breathtaking art in this children’s illustrated book. \nDiscover new sights and sounds with every read. \nAvailable for purchase through Massy Books: https://bit.ly/3gUnEN7 \n 
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SUMMARY:Aaniya Asrani: Temporary Resident
DESCRIPTION:The tongue of my ancestors is Sindhi\, I can’t learn it anymore. \n\nMy mother tongue is Hindi\, I can’t write it very well. \nMy father tongue is Kannada\, I can’t read it at all. \nMy tongue is the colonizers\, I can’t cut it off. \n\n  \nAaniya Asrani\nJuly 12 – August 22\, 2021\nin the Massy Gallery\nUpstairs at Massy Books\n229 East Georgia Street \nTemporary Resident addresses themes of identity\, immigration and mental health in the viewpoint of the ‘Other’. Here I attempt to unpack the point of tension I occupy as a temporary resident and uninvited visitor on unceded territories. This show poses more questions than answers\, and asks us to investigate our complicity in larger social\, political\, and cultural systems of oppression. \nThese pieces exist in response to the in-between space I have come to inhabit as a foreign body distanced from home. A space in limbo\, which has only been exacerbated by a year of flight bans\, confinement\, and uncertainty. Rather than conceal my feelings\, I have accepted and held space for the surfacing of negative emotions such as Depression and Anxiety which have come to resemble old friends. I now invite them to dance with me. \nThis show welcomes you to be a part of my emotional landscape. I encourage you to engage in the space and interact with specific works. Pick up a ‘Listening Vessel’ and hold it up to your ear/talk into it\, sit down in the chair and read a book or two\, or seek out the small gestures scattered around the space that offer ritual protection to keep us safe in our journeys. \nAbout the Artist: \nAaniya Asrani (b. 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist\, graphic designer\, and visual storyteller from Bangalore\, India. She graduated from Srishti Institute of Art\, Design\, and Technology with distinction in Visual Communication (2014) and Emily Carr University with a Master of Fine Arts (2019). \nShe lives and works on the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, Tsleil-Waututh Nations as Lead Community Artist at PosAbilities\, Neighbourhood Organiser with InWithForward and an Educator at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She has been Artist-in-Residence at Access Gallery’s PLOT (2020-2021) and Mount Pleasant Elementary School (2020-2021). She has also conducted workshops at Ground Floor Art Centre (2018)\, Centre A (2019)\, and Roundhouse Community Centre (2020). \nHer art practice spans a range of mediums\, and investigates social\, political\, and cultural systems in order to critique and question existing injustices. The work she undertakes has the ultimate goal of facilitating empathy across diverse communities and systemic disparities to catalyse small actions of change. \nLand Acknowledgment:  \nI would like to acknowledge the ground on which we stand as the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish)\, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. I do this not only to recognize the history of this land\, but to acknowledge a pressing need for change and concrete actions towards decolonizing our settler societies. \n\n“>
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SUMMARY:The Rebellious Tide: Book Launch with Eddy Boudel Tan
DESCRIPTION:Eddy Boudel Tan’s sophomore novel THE REBELLIOUS TIDE has sailed into port! Join this interactive virtual celebration from your corner of the world. \nThis event features readings and Q&A with the author and live music from special guest Jackie Nguyen . Hosted by Brian Francis\, acclaimed author of Break in Case of Emergency\, Natural Order\, Fruit\, and the forthcoming memoir Missed Connections. *Prize giveaways with Thomas Boudel Tan\, husband of the author * \nThis event is co-presented by Dundurn Press and Massy Books \nHow to Attend:\n \n\nYou can register now\, or simply sign on minutes before showtime. You’ll be asked to create a username\, then voilà! You’re in. Registering now should make it slightly faster to sign in on event day\, but it’s not essential. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-rebellious-tide/register\nUnlike Zoom\, there is no app to download. All you’ll need is your web browser.\nYou can join by computer or mobile\, though I’d recommend a laptop or desktop to better enjoy the festivities and interact via chat. You could even connect your computer to your TV if you want to feel as though I’m in your living room with you! (Does anyone want that besides Mom and Dad?)\nIf you join by mobile\, you’ll have the option of either viewing with your web browser app or downloading the Crowdcast app. If you choose the Crowdcast app\, you might want to download it ahead of time.\nWe’ll be interacting with the audience via chat through questions\, polls\, and prize giveaways\, but there’s no need to turn on your cameras. So sit back\, pour yourself a glass\, wear your comfiest clothes\, and enjoy the show!\n\nTHE REBELLIOUS TIDE will be available at your favourite bookseller on July 13 in Canada\, and August 10 in the US/UK . Massy Books will be selling signed copies at the event. Pre-order now! https://bit.ly/2So4q9g \nWe hope to see you there!
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SUMMARY:Bramah and the Beggar Boy: Book Launch with Renée Sarojini Saklikar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the virtual book launch for Bramah and The Beggar Boy\, Renee Sarojini Saklikar’s epic fantasy in verse. \nAbout the Book: \nOne afternoon\, in an old house in an abandoned village on the outskirts of Perimeter\, in the place they call Pacifica\, Bramah and the beggar boy find fragments of an ancient text in an oak box. Hunched over scraps of parchment and broken computer disks\, they blow the dust off a cover\, and so our story begins. \nLike James Merrill’s The Changing Light at Sandover\, or Dionne Brand’s The Blue Clerk\, Renee Sarojini Saklikar’s Bramah and the Beggar Boy is intellectually\, geographically\, and temporally wide-ranging: ambitious\, and epic in scope. This is a poet’s generous and attenuated invitation to her readers to join her in a life-long project of unlocking and unbinding\, of challenging the primacy of borders\, the formal\, the political and the self-imposed. Her themes are serious and sweeping but she also accommodates\, as do all the best subversives\, moments of wry humour\, and the scandalous thrills of gossip. Bramah and the Beggar Boy is a journey of rare and rewarding discovery. The portal is deep. The portal is open. Take a deep breath. Jump. \nPurchase a copy of Bramah and the Beggar Boy through Massy Books! Purchase here.  \nHow to Attend: \nThis event will be delivered through Zoom webinar. Register through the link: https://bit.ly/3AJ04ej \n 
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SUMMARY:Her Story: Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Emma Donoghue in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:“To study a female life marked by silence is to attempt a cartography of fog.” – Doireann Ní Ghríofa \nThroughout history\, the intricate and intimate details of women’s lives have too often been revealed only through the male gaze\, if not altogether erased. Complex lives and experiences have been reduced to a name on a gravestone\, a reference in a relative’s letter\, or a fleeting mention in a newspaper clipping. Writers Emma Donoghue and Doireann Ní Ghríofa explore these gaps to find the stories within\, re-imagining the lives of women long gone. Join the authors for a conversation about writing\, research\, unearthing the past\, self-discovery\, motherhood\, art\, memory\, and the importance of amplifying women’s voices on and off the page. \nThis event includes closed captioning. \nRegister by Clicking Here \n 
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