Over the past 20 years, Mike and his
wife Dr. Mique’l Dangeli have trained three generations of
dancers, singers and drummers in their dance group the Git
Hayetsk. He has carved hundreds of masks and headdresses
as well as made hand-painted leather regalia that are danced
in the performances of Git Hayetsk as well as by many Nations
and dance groups along the Northwest Coast. Mike and
Mique’l bring their artistic talents and traditional training
together to create new work to record and reflect upon the
present so that generations after them can sing and dance this
history into the future.

As a residential school survivor of 10 years, Robert knows the power of art. Robert’s art speaks to his life stories that emerge from the various social and political injustices he has experienced throughout his life on systematic, community, and individual levels that have informed Robert’s intricate symbolism. Creating his own elements and symbols, Robert steps out of a defined cultural iconography to construct his own unique style.

Skawennati investigates history, the future, and change from her perspective as an urban Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman and as a cyberpunk avatar. Her early adoption of cyberspace as both a location and a medium for her practice has produced groundbreaking projects such as CyberPowWow and TimeTraveller™. She creates machinimas—movies made in virtual environments—as well as still images, textiles and sculpture.

Kwakwaka’wakw author, artist & activist Gord Hill is the 2024 Lehan Lecturer with UVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts. His free public talk ran on Thursday, March 7 in room A110 of UVic’s Turpin building. You can watch his talk in this video: An artist, author, political…

Kemi Craig is the 3rd Artist in Residence for the City of Victoria. Through her lived experience as a woman of African descent, her artistic practice moves through analogue and digital visual technologies to center futures for people with raced and gendered bodies. She creates multi-sensory, site-specific installations and performances, embedding community and audience engagement.

Joel Ong is a media artist whose works connect scientific and artistic approaches to the environment, particularly with respect to sound and physical space. He is an Associate Professor in Computational Arts and Helen Carswell Chair in Community Engaged Research in the Arts at York University in Toronto.

Farheen Haq’s multidisciplinary practice, which often employs video, installation and performance, is informed by interiority, relationality, family work, embodiment, ritual and spiritual practice. Haq’s current work focuses on understanding her family history on Turtle Island, caregiving and the body as a continuum of culture and time.

Michael Doerksen is a Canadian visual artist who has exhibited sporadically since the late 1990s. His practice is based mostly in sculpture with occasional detours in drawing, photography, and video. His figurative group sculpture entitled ‘chatbots’ along with his latest wood carvings based on whimsies are the focus of this talk.

Indigenous artist, visionary, and creator of the powerful art installation ‘The Witness Blanket,’ Carey Newman guides us through some of his inspirational art pieces to teach us how art can be the key to enabling ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Visual Arts Visiting Speaker series presents Eden Grove Artist in Residence Recorded SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 The Eden Grove Artist in Residence program (March to June 2021) offered artists the opportunity to be immersed in ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems while...

Heart Seed Creatives presents The Choice To Be Creative with Lindsay Delaronde Published SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 Chantal Solomon interviews Lindsay Delaronde about staying true to her chosen path as an Indigenous Artist while navigating modern notions of artistry. She...

Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson are the authors of Picking Up the Pieces. (Orca Book Publishers, Ken Wilkinson, Melissa Welsh)Why Carey Newman & Kirstie Hudson created a book about the making of the Witness Blanket When Vancouver Island artist Carey Newman created...