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Paint the Town Symposium
Opening Keynote: Ursula Johnson, acclaimed multimedia Mi'kmaq artist
Ursula Johnson is an Interdisciplinary Mi’kmaw Artist from Eskasoni First Nation on Cape Breton Island. Johnson comes from a long line of Mi’kmaw Ash Basket Weavers. She names her grandmother Ethel Johnson, great aunt Margaret Pelletier, great-grandmother Caroline Gould and great-great aunt Dr. Margaret Johnson as her mentors and her inspiration. Since graduating from NSCAD in 2006 she has exhibited in Canada, USA, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, China and Australia.
Johnson describes her work as “changing mediums based on who I am talking to and what conversation I am trying to have”. Her practice is based in performance and installation. Employing place-based cooperative didactic intervention while incorporating various mediums and often collaboratively with others.
Ursula her spouse, Angella Parsons, have a collaborative duo under the name of KINUK. Johnson and Parsons have created works that explore notions of public versus private within the scope of the interpersonal nature of their relationship and cultural difference/ sameness.
Johnson has been shortlisted for the Salt Spring National Art Prize (2015) the Nova Scotia Masterworks Award (2016), recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Reveal Indigenous Art Award (2016) and winner of the 2017 Sobey Art Award. Johnson’s Moose Fence won the 2019 NS Masterworks Award.
Panel Discussion: The Art of Art Community Building
Many hands make… much work! Founding figures of the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council and Paint the Town gather to share memories of the gargantuan challenges and great fun along the way, as they blazed trails, built bridges and broke through to new plateaus.
Moderator:
Ted Lind | Artist / ARCAC Vice Chair (Granville Ferry)
Panelists:
Wayne Boucher RCA | Artist / ARCAC Board Chair, first two decades (Annapolis Royal)
Susan Tileston | Photographer / Writer / ARCAC Executive Director, first two decades (Annapolis Royal)
Heather McCormick | Education Administrator, retired / Affordable Housing Board / ARCAC Board, 2010-2015 (Upper Granville)
[email protected]
9025327069
Doors open at 5:30pm
Paint the Town Symposium
Opening Keynote: Ursula Johnson, acclaimed multimedia Mi'kmaq artist
Ursula Johnson is an Interdisciplinary Mi’kmaw Artist from Eskasoni First Nation on Cape Breton Island. Johnson comes from a long line of Mi’kmaw Ash Basket Weavers. She names her grandmother Ethel Johnson, great aunt Margaret Pelletier, great-grandmother Caroline Gould and great-great aunt Dr. Margaret Johnson as her mentors and her inspiration. Since graduating from NSCAD in 2006 she has exhibited in Canada, USA, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, China and Australia.
Johnson describes her work as “changing mediums based on who I am talking to and what conversation I am trying to have”. Her practice is based in performance and installation. Employing place-based cooperative didactic intervention while incorporating various mediums and often collaboratively with others.
Ursula her spouse, Angella Parsons, have a collaborative duo under the name of KINUK. Johnson and Parsons have created works that explore notions of public versus private within the scope of the interpersonal nature of their relationship and cultural difference/ sameness.
Johnson has been shortlisted for the Salt Spring National Art Prize (2015) the Nova Scotia Masterworks Award (2016), recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Reveal Indigenous Art Award (2016) and winner of the 2017 Sobey Art Award. Johnson’s Moose Fence won the 2019 NS Masterworks Award.
Panel Discussion: The Art of Art Community Building
Many hands make… much work! Founding figures of the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council and Paint the Town gather to share memories of the gargantuan challenges and great fun along the way, as they blazed trails, built bridges and broke through to new plateaus.
Moderator:
Ted Lind | Artist / ARCAC Vice Chair (Granville Ferry)
Panelists:
Wayne Boucher RCA | Artist / ARCAC Board Chair, first two decades (Annapolis Royal)
Susan Tileston | Photographer / Writer / ARCAC Executive Director, first two decades (Annapolis Royal)
Heather McCormick | Education Administrator, retired / Affordable Housing Board / ARCAC Board, 2010-2015 (Upper Granville)
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
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902-532-7704
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