Across Lands and Waters -
CERC SPRING Gathering 2025

April 29-May 1, 2025

Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) territory

Running April 29-May 1, Across Lands and Waters will be the first major gathering of Igloliorte’s CERC network of mostly Indigenous artists, scholars, museum/gallery directors, curators, students and community members. Over three days, participants will gather for lively discussions, gallery visits, land-based activities and performances, sharing current research and projects while making plans for future collaborations. They’ll also engage with the public via Igloliorte’s new Taqsiqtuut Research-Creation Lab.

Noting that her attendees are coming from nearly every time zone in the world, Igloliorte feels Across Lands and Waters offers an unprecedented opportunity to connect in-person. Representing a wide variety of nations and cultures — including Inuk, Kanaka ‘Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian), Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw, Sami, Sāmoan/Persian/Cantonese, Sugpiaq, Ts'msyen and Zuni Pueblo — participants will be coming from as far afield as Norway, Greenland, Rankin Inlet, New Mexico and Honolulu.

Across Lands and Waters culminates in a free day open to the public, including panel discussions, art installations, interactive projects and a reception held in UVic’s Visual Arts building.

- Pecha Kucha-style research presentations
- “On The Land” session focusing on the removal of invasive species & replanting of native plants by invited participants
- Site visit to Carey Newman's studio
- Visit to Island Timber salvage operation, which provides timber to Indigenous artists
- Tour of new Legacy Gallery exhibit, GEORGE CLUTESI: ḥašaḥʔap / ʔaapḥii / ʕc̓ik  / ḥaaʔaksuqƛ / ʔiiḥmisʔap 
- Engage with Carey Newman’s new Witness Blanket VR project
- Explore Qiaqsutuq, a multimedia sculptural installation which offers an Inuit perspective on climate change, as told Greek-chorus style from the perspectives of five gigantic Arctic animals or beings
- Watch 3D Sami films via VR headsets
- View a student art exhibition in UVic’s Audain Gallery
- Participate in a group stop-motion short film project
- Ts'msyen curator, dancer & choreographer Mique'l Dangeli (Art History & Visual Studies)
- Kanienke’haka performance artist Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, current Audain Professor in Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest (Visual Arts)
- Navajo futurist Danielle Geller (Writing)
- Kwagiulth/Salish Witness Blanket creator & UVic Impact Chair Carey Newman (Visual Arts)
- Kwagiulth/Stó:lō  Soprano and CBC Radio Saturday Afternoon at the Opera host Marion Newman (School of Music)
- Métis poet Gregory Scofield (Writing)