Territory Talk & Indigenous Inclusion in Performance Art
Territory Talk & Indigenous Inclusion in Performance Art
Artists:
Scarlett Hummingbird
Dates:
Saturday, August 29, 2020,
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Are you wondering why so many events start with a territory acknowledgement, who should be doing them, or what they even mean? In this workshop, Scarlett Hummingbird offers her lived experiences and cultural & professional knowledge to teach the basics and history of territory acknowledgements and welcoming ceremonies in Coast Salish territories and what they entail, as well as discusses tokenization vs meaningful inclusion of Indigenous artists and professionals. This workshop focuses on both performing arts events and an in-depth resource document providing history, context, and terminology will be shared with all participants during the workshop and provided digitally afterwards.
To register for this event, email office@openspace.ca by the end of the day Friday, August 28.
This talk is part of the Vogue series.
Scarlett Hummingbird is a proud queer, Coast Salish, and Latina indigifemme who has been making tsunamis across Vancouver Island stages since June 2018 with her sultry movementand physical storytelling, and prior to that, began competing in the spoken word poetrycommunity in 2014. Not only a tantalizing performer, this Salish siren is also a convening member of ColorQoded Arts Collective, board member & affiliated artist of The Hustlers' Art Collective, co-producer of The Bump n’ Grind House, volunteer coordinator of Isle of Tease Burlesque Festival, and co-founder of Vancouver Island Steps Up.