Gésica Canivete’s Story
This is my story about the potential to learn new things and become agents of transformation, no matter what age or background.
Lariza Caetano’s Story
This is my story about loss of fear in expressing my ideas. Believing in my abilities and values to develop my community.
Water Wheel
Project Project: Water Wheel ArtistL Gina McIntee Wood, steel, acrylic paint 2020 Installation Site: Dunnville Secondary School Born out of the woodshop of the Construction Engineering Technology class at Dunnville Secondary School (DSS), and now Water Wheel, a large, moving sculpture that celebrates our connections to local waterways, has been installed at DSS where it…
Paddle Project
Project Project: Paddle Project Artists: Richelle Miller & Thomas Anderson Mixed media, wood, and acrylic. 2020 Installation Site: Chiefswood Park, Six Nations of the Grand River https://youtu.be/huhzZFH85RM The Paddle Project workshops consisted of a sharing of Indigenous perspective, voices and history of Indigenous traditions through time, while acknowledging water as a sacred gift that connects…
Hooked on the Bay
Project Project: Hooked on the Bay Artists: Marlene and Heather Smith & others wool on burlap backing, 2020 Installation Site: Port Rowan Public Library Hooked on the Bay: Made during Covid-19 isolation, over 30 participants created the small squares coming together on zoom and through one outdoor event. Marlene Smith, a long-time rug hooker, and…
Blood and Water
Project “For most of my life I struggled to know where I fit. I didn’t know my culture, so I didn’t fit in with the “Native kids”; and I looked different so was bullied by the kids in town. This film shares some of the most important lessons I’ve learned on my road to reclaiming…
Inheritance
Project Lacie created the project Inheritance, a site-specific multimedia installation that combines graffiti and woodburning techniques, as a sculptural installation along the shores of Lake Erie. Where you stand today, right now, are the Traditional Lands of the Haudenosaunee Indigenous Peoples who have inhabited, cared for and protected the land and waters for millennia. I…
Song for the Water
Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6JzwSqI76k Project: Song for the Water Artists: Logan Staats & Rob Lamothe with Suzie Miller Installation Site: Song is available online for free at https://roblamothe.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-the-water As an arts-based community development project, participants attended a series of workshops led by Logan Staats, Rob Lamothe and Suzie Miller. The sessions utilized talking circles to build a…
Depths & Consequences
Project Suzanne & Holly created this new piece Depths and Consequences, a 2-D mosaic of a Sturgeon made of recycled glass tiles mixed with post-consumer, single use waste and plastic items found on the shores of Lake Erie, as gathered by community participants, during existing and planned clean up days. Our idea is centered around…
Water Mother
Project Michael created his new piece Water Mother, a wood and resin sculpture that combines woodworking, sandblasting, and mark making techniques. It is a wood and resin sculpture that explores our concepts and experiences around memory, storytelling, and water. Fascinated with mark making and the significance of what was – worm work in old wood,…