Events & Exhibits

Traditions of Remembering

I was invited to present artist talks to Stampede School. And now I have developed a curriculum called Traditions of Remembering: We explore new and old traditions for remembering and respecting departed loved ones and ancestors, and craft memorial tributes to be placed on a shrine during a visit to the Union Cemetery. I create an artist-led sanctuary where people can honour the memory of their ancestors and departed loved ones. Intention is to make the cemetery as much a civic space for the living as for the dead. Watch 5 minute slide show here.

Secret Map Flees (with you in mind)

Eric Moscophedis, Mia Rushton and me have been working together for the past year and now the result of that collaboration was exhibited at Pith Gallery July 20 – August 17, 2012.

Council of Community Conveyors

: Filling out C of CC forms, taking messages from one neighbour to the next

The Council trained 30 people to become Community Conveyors during Magnetic North Theatre Festival as part of Uprisings with Downstage Theatre. The Council of Community Conveyors is a project that was conceived and developed in collaboration with Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton. We convey messages from one neighbour to the next. Not unlike census takers (we’ve got clip boards and a serious looking form to fill out), we go door to door throughout different communities in Calgary asking if there are any messages we can pass to from one neighbour to the next. Our first test run was on November 11, 2011 and the first message was to tell the neighbour (and he already knew) that his landlord is an asshole! The project has been tested and now enacted in various neighbourhoods in Calgary.

ACAD Visiting Artist Talk – Friday March 9, 2012. In celebration of international women’s week join us for an artist talk by Calgary’s award winning activist, video artist, and community organizer Sharon Stevens. Presentation is available here.

Id Collective hosting a participatory art event noon March 1, 2012 at the Old Y Building , 223 12 Ave SW. A presentation on the last 9 months as the public art facilitators within the Old Y building followed by a Building Futures lunch and then a Hammering Nail Neurotransmitter Participatory Art Project

OX Crash Course on Loving Calgary hosted by the Disability Action Hall. Thursday March 1, 2012 at Calgary Arts Development in Arts Central. 4 – 6 pm. FREE

Curator – Connectives - Feminist Media Art through the last 3 decades. Free screening at EMMEDIA Wednesday October 26 8 pm

Producer Conspiracy against Cancer – Fundraiser for women in breast cancer treatment

Panelist and host for post film chat for !W.A.R. (Women Art Revolution) presented byCalgary Underground Film Festival as part of ArtCity, 2011

Powerpoint presentation !WAR includes local media artists Wednesday Lupypciw, Sandra Vida, Michelle Wong and Sharon Stevens

Tour Leader Jane’s Walk May 7, 2011, Hillhurst Hotspots during the 1980s & 1990s

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Guest speaker for Pecha Kucha themed WEST, July 16, 2010 Olympic Plaza watch video here at 40:00

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Thanks to everyone who contributed to OX during the Truck installation. The project lives online until the next crash course. You can participate, for instructions visit www.essense.ca/ox