Memory Keepers I
Memory Keepers I / Gardiens des mémoires I
March 2, 2019
Concordia University, Montreal
Curated by GLAM Collective & Lesley Beardy
In an intensive week-long art-creation workshop, seven emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists collaborated on an outdoor installation in the courtyard of Concordia’s FOFA Gallery for the night of Nuit Blanche.
Gathering at Concordia’s Indigenous Futures research cluster of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, the group of animators, painters, filmmakers, and mixed media artists shared skills, stories, and urban Indigenous experiences. Participating artists include Darcie Bernhardt, Glenn Gear, Megan Kyak-Monteith, Tom McLeod, Caroline Monnet, Jason Sikoak, and Jesse Tungilik.
Memory Keepers I was the first of three intensive artist residencies run by Transactive Memory Keepers, curated by GLAM Collective.
Partners
University of Winnipeg
NSCAD University
Concordia University
Media Coverage
Kelsey Rolfe, “7 Indigenous artists present a collaborative installation for Montreal’s Nuit Blanche,” Concordia News, February 26, 2019.
Jackie McKay, “Inuk artist creates sculpture out of Northmart and Northern Store receipts,” CBC News, March 9, 2019.
Emily Hendersen, “Collaborative Installation Debuts at Nuit Blanche,” Inuit Art Quarterly, March 12, 2019.
Yasna Khademian and Nadia El-Sherif, “Interview with an Artist: Jesse Tungilik,” The McGill Daily, April 9, 2019.