Indecisive Valley is a whimsical installation that incorporates diverse hand-built pieces. This wall installation is an amalgamation of various layers of craft techniques and image-based components in two and three-dimensional sculptures. By considering the wall as an open space, familiar components, like the ceramic figurines and papier-mâché transform into an unfamiliar mindscape that is covered… Read More
HOW TO BUILD A RUIN, PERFORMANCE BY HAZEL MEYER & CAIT MCKINNEY Art as a Tool for Change March 4, 8 PM This performance takes up thinking and feeling about ruins in relation to sexuality. When is a ruin ruined and for whom? How can we think about ruins alongside other erotic modalities, like “to… Read More
As part of the Art as a Tool for Change Symposium March 3rd, 2022 Materiality influences making. Materiality is a tangible way to relate. Materiality plays a crucial role in informing how we connect to the world around us. This panel discusses how research methodologies in contemporary craft-based practices uncover deeply-rooted narratives through making. Artists… Read More
Essay available in large font Today I am exhausted. This week is my reading week, but I piled on a bunch of creative projects. I find myself resisting everything, as my body and mind scream for a break. I take a look at my to-do list and try to move around non-essentials. As a… Read More
SPRUCE ROOT BASKET WITH EVAN BUTLER Art as a Tool for Change Symposium March5, 7-9 PM In-person, 72 Harbour Drive Click here to register Through the Canadian Council of Arts funding the Bay St. George Mi’kmaq Cultural Revival Committee hosted a 2-day Spruce Root Basket workshop with basket-maker Dan White. This project was completed in… Read More