Join CPAMO in a discussion with contributors of its recently released publication entitled An Anthology of Visioning Canadian Cultural Transformation: Thoughts from Artists / Arts Workers / Organizations in the Canadian Arts Ecology on how one continues a creative legacy, decenter practices and shape new paths and directions. Realizing that there were not many publications dedicated to documenting the work of primarily IBPOC artists,CPAMO sought in the publication to amplify the work of person’s within the Arts sector nationally. The book becomes a platform centering the voice of IBPOC visionaries for the Arts sector’s future. View the Table of Contents here.
When and Where: Nov. 30, 1pm – 3pm via Zoom
Accessibility: Otter closed captioning will be provided.
Tickets: General admission $12 | Accessibility pricing $5
Meet our performing (by video) artists:
Rhodnie Désir has created about fifteen choreographic works. Her flagship piece BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek and her pioneering memoir journey BOW ‘T TRAIL have earned her two awards from the Prix de la danse de Montréal (2020): The Prix Envol and the highly coveted Grand Prix de la danse.
Rhodnie Désir’s documentary and Afro-contemporary choreographic signature is rooted in African and Afro-descendant rhythmic languages from places like her homeland (Haiti), as well as in rest of the Caribbean, in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. A performer of remarkable power and uncompromising integrity, she surprises by her great connectivity to humanity. Her unique approach, her words, her performances and her civic actions have brought her strong international recognition and have made her a guest speaker at numerous organizations and universities, as well as at the UNESCO, among others.
Ruth Howard is an interdisciplinary artist and founding Artistic Director of Jumblies Theatre + Arts: a company that makes art with, for and about people, and places. With Jumblies, Ruth has produced a series multi-year residencies in Toronto neighbourhoods, several cross-country tours, and many other collaborative community-engaged projects and productions. Ruth has also worked across Canada and in the UK as a theatre designer, taught universities, colleges and schools, mentored artists and organizations, and won awards and recognition for her work. Her recent multi-year project is and Grounds for Goodness, a suite of new works on the theme of ‘social goodness’.
Nova Bhattacharya is an award-winning dancer, choreographer and cultural leader based in Tkaronto. Bhattacharya crafts vivid images that invite the viewer on a journey of heart and mind. Integrating improvised movement and gesture, she invents a language that needs no translation. Dancing solos that are intimate and intense, creating mesmerizing ensemble works with dancers from a diversity of techniques, she reinterprets traditions through a diaspora lens to tell new stories with movement. In 2008 she founded Nova Dance, a space for celebrating the essential nature of art in our lives.
Hi! We are In-Kloo-Siv Voices – an LGBTQ+ friendly, anti-racist, body-liberation ensemble of singers and musicians from different walks of life brought together by a love of gospel and R&B music. Our goal is to provide a brave environment for music lovers and performers to collaborate, experiment with, and explore their craft, free of the harmful barriers produced by prejudice and discrimination. We welcome individuals of all non-religious or religious backgrounds, sexual orientations, genders, and belief systems to explore and create music in an inclusive, welcoming space.
Jacen Duncan founded In-Kloo-Siv Voices in 2020 as a means to re-integrate choral and gospel music & leadership into his life after having to part ways with the church music community, who were not supportive of his queer identity. After exploring other sectors of the music world as a professional touring artist, he was met with more of the same homophobia and toxic masculinity that drove him out of his religious community. It became very apparent that if he was going to want to fully show up as himself in a space, that he was going to have to create it himself! In-Kloo-Siv came into existence with a few very special founding members in March 2020.
Nova Bhattacharya is an award-winning dancer, choreographer and cultural leader based in Tkaronto. Bhattacharya crafts vivid images that invite the viewer on a journey of heart and mind. Integrating improvised movement and gesture, she invents a language that needs no translation. Dancing solos that are intimate and intense, creating mesmerizing ensemble works with dancers from a diversity of techniques, she reinterprets traditions through a diaspora lens to tell new stories with movement. In 2008 she founded Nova Dance, a space for celebrating the essential nature of art in our lives.
Award winning Amah Harris B.A., B.Ed, M.Ed is known as a cultural and social activist whose work promotes positive imaging of Caribbean and African Peoples towards the Harmonious co-existence of Peoples. Hamilton Spectator: “Amah is a pioneer in the field of Black Theatre in Canada” – quote by Evelyn Myrie, then Co-Chair of The John Holland Awards, one of a list of awards won by Amah Harris. Documented in the book, 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women (2018), Amah’s productions and experiential workshops have been experienced by literally hundreds of thousands across Canada, U.S., Caribbean and as far south as South Africa.
Ilene Sova identifies as a Mixed Race person who lives with a disability. Ilene’s art practice focuses on equity and diversity with a feminist focus on creating a dialogue around anti-oppression. She holds an Honours MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Windsor. With extensive exhibitions in Canada and abroad, Sova’s work has most notably been shown at the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and Mutuo Centro de Arte in Barcelona. Outside of the studio, Sova is the founder of the Feminist Art Collective and Blank Canvases and is the Chair of Drawing and Painting at OCAD University.
Thandiwe McCarthy is a writer, spoken word poet, and 7th generation Black Canadian. As a writer, Thandiwe has published several essays featuring New Brunswick Black artists in The Maritime EDIT Magzaine. His writing can also be found in Africanthology, a best selling collection of essays and poetry from Black Canadian poets.
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