Friday, September 30
3:30pm – 5pm
Humber College, G Building – Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship
17 3155 Lakeshore Blvd W, Etobicoke ON M8V 4B7
Panelists:
Jennifer Gordon (Moderator)
Sonja Carmichael
Leecee Carmichael
Nico Williams
Sage Petahtegoose
Humber Galleries presents a panel discussion on Narrative Weaving Through Indigenous Art as part of the Nuit Blanche + RUTAS Symposium: A Home for Our Migrations, which brings together scholars, artists and community activists for lively dialogues/conversatorios, workshops, keynote speakers and performances.
In this talk, moderated by Jennifer Gordon, Director, Centre for Creative Business Innovation & Humber Galleries, Nuit Blanche artists Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Nico Williams and Sage Petahtegoose will explore their processes, inspirations and practices, discussing intergenerational artmaking and how story-telling through art practices are passed to future generations of Indigenous artists.
This event will be taking place in-person and live streamed.
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*Note: In-person attendance is limited - if tickets are not available on Eventbrite then in-person is sold out.
Questions? Please email melissa.poliah [at] humber.ca
Speaker Bios
SONJA CARMICHAEL
Sonja Carmichel is a Quandamooka woman and descendant of the Ngugi people from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), Queensland, Australia. They come from a family of artists and curators, and often work collaboratively to revive, nurture, and preserve cultural knowledge, practices and saltwater identity. The Carmichael’s draw inspiration from the beauty of nature and create work sourced or made from the land and sea, celebrating the ongoing richness of Country and ancestral memory embodied in living materials.
ELISA JANE CARMICHAEL
Quandamooka woman Elisa Jane Carmichael is a multidisciplinary artist who honours her saltwater heritage by incorporating materials collected from Country, embracing traditional techniques, and expressing contemporary adaptations through painting, weaving, and textiles. She comes from a family of artists and curators, and works closely with her female kin to revive, nurture, and preserve cultural knowledge and practice. Elisa is a descendant of the Ngugi people, one of three clans who are the traditional custodians of Quandamooka, also known as Yoolooburrabee—people of the sand and sea. Quandamooka Country comprises the waters and lands of and around Mulgumpin (Moreton Island) and Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island), south-east Queensland, Australia.
Her practice explores the beauty of nature and surrounding environments, drawing inspiration from her cultural identity and heritage. Elisa has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia); and a Master of Fine Arts, QUT (Brisbane). She has created woven wearable collections that have been included in Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Fashion program and Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, Virginia, USA.
NICO WILLIAMS
Nico Williams, ᐅᑌᒥᐣ (b. 1989) is Anishinaabe and member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation community. He is currently working in Tiohtià:ke | Montréal. He has a multidisciplinary, often collaborative practice that is centered around sculptural beadwork.
Williams is an active member in the urban Indigenous Montreal Arts community, and a member of the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork research team.
He has taught workshops at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NSCAD University, PHI Foundation, the Indigenous Art Centre, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), and Carleton University.
His work has been shown internationally and across Canada, including at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Musee des beaux-arts Montreal, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, Victoria Arts Council (British Columbia), PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art (Tiohtiá:ke), La Guilde (Tiohtiá:ke) and his most recent group exhibition, 'Radical Stitch' at the Mackenzie Art Gallery (Saskatchewan).
Williams’ practice has been featured by National Geographic (2018) and CBC (2021) and is housed in prominent public collections including Musee des beaux-arts Montreal, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Archives Nationales du Québec, BMO Art Collection, Claridge Collection, the Forge Project (New York, USA), Hydro Quebec, the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, TD Art Collection, and the Royal Bank of Canada Art Collection. His first public sculpture, Monument to the Brave, was commissioned in 2020 by the Sick Kids Foundation.
His work has been supported by the Canada Council, Conseil des arts de Montréal, The Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Impetus Grant, The Ontario Arts Council and the Fluevog Art.
SAGE PETAHTEGOOSE
Sage Petahtegoose is Ojibwe-Podewadmi from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek. She is a graduate of the Film and Television Production program at Humber College and is a practicing multimedia artist specializing in digital drawing and woodland art. Sage is the Creative Producer for the 2022 Indigenous Transmedia Fellowship at Humber College. Sage is also an educator, having taught moccasin making and beadwork for 4 years. Sage is passionate about screenwriting and video games.