This Conversation is for Indigenous Artists who are living in or connected to Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. The session will be led by Larissa Desrosiers, an Ojibwe Singer/Songwriter and Beadwork Artist from Couchiching First Nation in Treaty #3 with featured speakers TJ Cuthand and Quill Christie-Peters.
Over the course of the conversation session, we will have discussions around Intellectual Property, cultural appropriation, safeguarding cultural knowledge, and Indigenous artist’s rights and responsibilities when using traditional and contemporary imagery. There will also be information on how artists can protect their artwork using available tools and legal resources.
Date: Friday, August 26, 2022
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (12:00 - 2:00 PM CDT, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT )
Where: Virtually via Zoom
This workshop is now closed, but more may be added if there is sufficient interest. Sign up to get notified of future workshops.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
The workshop will cover:
Understanding the rights and responsibilities Indigenous artists have when incorporating traditional and contemporary imagery into their work
Steps Indigenous artists should consider taking to safeguard knowledge
Learning the basics of Canada’s Intellectual Property Rights system and the ways Indigenous artists can use it to protect their work
Conversations around cultural appropriation
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP SPEAKER
TJ Cuthand
Filmmaker/Artist/Writer
TJ Cuthand (b. 1978 Regina SK) makes videos, films, and performance art, about sexuality, madness, Queer identity, love, and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals and galleries internationally. He completed his BFA majoring in Film/Video at ECUAD in 2005, and his MA in Media Production at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He is Plains Cree/Scots, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and resides in Toronto, Canada.
Quill Christie-Peters
Quill Christie-Peters is an Anishinaabe arts programmer and self-taught visual artist currently residing in Northwestern Ontario. She currently works as the Director of Education for the Indigenous Curatorial Collective and is the creator of the Indigenous Youth Residency Program, an artist residency for Indigenous youth that engages land-based creative practices through Anishinaabe artistic methodologies. She holds a Masters degree in Indigenous Governance on Anishinaabe art-making as a process of falling in love and sits on the board of directors for Native Women in the Arts. Her written work can be found in GUTS Magazine and Tea N’ Bannock and her visual work can be found at @raunchykwe.
ELIGIBILITY
Please review participant eligibility for this workshop on the Event page.
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REGISTRATION
After registering, you will receive an email with a Zoom link and additional workshop information.
CAPACITY
Space for this workshop is limited to 50 attendees.
ATTENDEE EXPECTATIONS
We ask you to come with your curiosity and questions! Discussion and engagement are encouraged. Please be punctual and act in a respectful manner.
ACCESSIBILITY
This workshop series will be held in English through Zoom with Closed Captioning enabled through auto-transcription technology. There will be discussions throughout the workshop, and so the use of audio will be used for participation. Other accommodations can be made if we are informed ahead of time. The use of video is strongly encouraged for all attendees to contribute to the learning experience. Workshops in other languages will be available in future.
CODE OF CONDUCT
By registering for this workshop, you agree to respect the following terms:
Difficult conversations may arise; you agree to maintain a safe and respectful space for everyone to participate in discussions. CARFAC reserves the right to remove participants from workshop sessions if they use discriminatory language, personal attacks, or violent threats.
No recording or broadcasting of audio or video of the workshop by registered participants is permitted
No sharing of personal Zoom registration links/codes with people not registered for the workshop. Additionally, you agree not to transfer the Zoom link/code to a substitute attendee unless permitted to do so by CARFAC.
Please contact Larissa if you are unsure which workshop is best suited for you, or with any other questions about the workshop series: education@carfac.ca.