We are delighted to invite you to the official launch of the Taqsiqtuut Research-Creation Lab led by Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices. In Inuktitut, taqsiqtuut refers to patterns and designs.
Please join Dr. Igloliorte and Prof. Carey Newman, Impact Chair in Indigenous Art, to celebrate the opening of this new Indigenous arts research space in the Visual Arts department of the Faculty of Fine Arts!
WELCOME | 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | A162, Visual Arts Building, University of Victoria
Welcome with Elder Dr. Skip Dick and opening remarks with Dr. Heather Igloliorte, CERC in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices
CONVERSATIONS: PROMOTING AND PROTECTING INDIGENOUS ARTS |1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | A162, Visual Arts Building; University of Victoria
Panel Discussion: The Appreciation and Appropriation of the Arts of the Northwest Coast
FILM SCREENING & Q+A | The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy | 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Phoenix Theater, University of Victoria
ARTWORKS: PROTOTYPES AND INSTALLATIONS | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Visual Arts Building, University of Victoria
Taqsiqtuut Research-Creation Lab Mural Project| A134
The Witness BlanketVR: Live Virtual Reality Demo in Taqsiqtuut | A134
Qiaqsutuq | A111
RECEPTION | FOOD AND DRINKS | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | A111, Visual Arts Building, University of Victoria
Light refreshments served