Natasha Lavdovsky
Natasha (Tasha) Lavdovsky is a neurodivergent artist & amateur lichenologist, who grew up in Traditional Tsawout First Nation unceded territory (in so-called BC). In 2009 Tasha obtained a BA in studio art and art history from Princeton University where she also studied geology, oceanography and environmental studies. After becoming disillusioned with modern society, Tasha returned […]
Youth Imagine the Future
This festival invites youth (under 18) to explore solutions to the Climate Crisis, green technology and nature-based solutions, (eg. Miyawaki tiny forests.) Workshops are offered for groups or classes. Youth work to envision a better future, both in terms of the climate crisis and social equity. They are then invited to show our community (a […]
Millefiore Clarkes
Millefiore Clarkes is an award-winning filmmaker working on Prince Edward Island / Epekwitk. She is passionate about creating films that express our interconnectivity to one another and to nature. Solastalgia is a lyrical film that explores the anguish that climate change and a global state of uncertainty can impart upon the human psyche.
Sandra Lamouche
Sandra Lamouche is a nehiyaw iskwew, Cree woman, from northern Alberta living in Treaty 7. She is a champion hoop dancer, award winning educator, TEDx Speaker, writer and artist. She has been doing land based dance for over a decade. Her practice often combines environmental knowledge and social justice issues related to her Indigenous identity […]
North Node Collective
A visual arts collective in the north. Our aims and aesthetic are typified through our latest project, Soft Core. Of this project, we wrote: “Connecting the ways we feel in our bodies – silly, anxious, divine – to the tactile nature of textiles creates a soft space for self-love and acceptance. Despite a lighthearted approach, […]
Germsch
I am a pen and ink artist living in northern Turtle Island. I started a print series focussed on highlighting various nature-based climate solutions that exist on this land. The first in the series is one celebrating the potential of kelp farming – Not only for its ability to capture carbon, but also for it’s […]
CirQ-FeeriQue
CirQ-FeeriQue is an Eco-Circus from the Realm of Fae.
EARTH DAY 2023: HONOUR DANCE FOR CREATION
This is an open invitation for any climate artists, advocates, and activists ages 19+ to participate in a collective art-making project to raise awareness about endangered species in Canada. Facilitated by accomplished First Nation nehiyaw iskwew (Cree) artist, Sandra Lamouche, participants will make artwork or puppets to honour an endangered species of their own choosing. We will record an honour dance together for a video to be shared on Earth Day 2023.
Please note that it is asked that participants attend all three sessions. If you are not able to do so for whatever reason please reach out to the organizing artist at sandraiskwew (at ) gmail.com
April 4, 2023 4pm-5pm PT/ 7-8pm ET
April 11, 2023 4pm-5pm PT/ 7-8pm ET
April 18, 2023 4pm-5pm PT/ 7-8pm ET
REGISTER HERE : https://tractionart.wixsite.com/home/post/earth-day-2023-honour-dance-for-creation
This workshop is hosted by TRAction with support from The International Centre of Art for Social Change
live opening, 2 Musical Anti Clearcutting Videos, 1 with poetry overdub, date unfirm yet
I released 2 vids on youtube seeking to incite all Canadian Musicians and Poets to enter a clearcut; film, play, recite, show, and oppose. Hope other artists will link to this, provoke a spontaneous movement of Artists to end Clearcutting this decade, like before I die. Easier than ending hospital cigarette smoking and much more fun, but we all need to lean into this and put the time in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfdJoH9Zo_0&t=45s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x83oEfgLZuU
jim kitts
Re-imagining the Future: A teach-in on fostering environmental stewardship in theatre and performance training
Re-Imagining the Future is a teach-in on fostering environmental stewardship in theatre and performance education, conceived of, and hosted by, the Environmental Stewardship Working Group of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR).
Our event partners are: the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA), the Canadian Green Alliance (CGA), Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency (SCALE), and the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT).
The first 90 minutes will consist of presentations, followed by break-out rooms that support the integration of ecological principles into existing curriculum.
Please register in advance and identify your syllabus area: design, theatre history, theory/analysis, production, performance/acting, directing, or new play creation.
