The Glenn Gould Foundation is delighted to welcome you to a series of masterclasses for young Indigenous artists featuring celebrated Abenaki film-maker Alanis Obomsawin (b. 1932). The master classes are part of the celebration of Alanis Obomsawin as laureate of The Glenn Gould Prize (2020). Alanis Obomsawin is one of Canada’s greatest documentarians, and an accomplished visual artist, singer and story-teller. In her 56-year career at the National Film Board of Canada, Alanis has directed more than 50 acclaimed films.

For her class of aspiring Indigenous film-makers, Alanis generously shared her wisdom, experience, compelling vision and passion for telling the stories of Canada’s Indigenous people. We hope you, too, will find these classes a source of insight and meaning. To Alanis and all the participants in these masterclasses: Thank you!

Exploring Art’s Role in Sustainability Transition is for artists, community members, researchers, students, and others dedicated to fostering sustainability transitions. 

Join us Thursday, November 16th, 2023 from 9 am -4 pm at the Center for Research and Innovation, Corner Brook to participate. Themes related to arts and their intersection with sustainability include: 

• Art and transformative education  

• Arts—based sustainability research  

• Innovation and technology in the arts 

• Arts in community engagement 

• Arts as a knowledge mobilizer 

• Arts and inner-being transformation 

We will wrap up the event with an evening of music, theatre, and artistic expressions of sustainability. All are invited to Bootleg at 7pm for an evening of immersion into community arts and inner expressions of sustainability. 

As a part of TNL’s Gros Morne Theatre Festival’s 26th anniversary season a two-day celebration and exploration of Newfoundland Mi’kmaq tradition and heritage in Cow Head and Newfoundland and Labrador Sept. 5-6, 2022.

Curated by Ivan J White, Mi’kmaw from Flat Bay, the Sharing Perspectives Festival within the Festival will feature a listening circle, workshops, and artists talks exploring the intersections of our people’s unique perspectives.

As cultures converge, participants will investigate through honesty, truth and humility our past, present and future through art. This will be a time to breathe, take in our space and appreciate our environment on the shores of Shallow Bay in Cow Head on the Great Northern Peninsula through listening, observing and learning.

Sharing Perspectives will entail a Listening Circle led by Ivan J White. A series of workshops will cover art and Indigenous identity and what it’s like to navigate those ethereal worlds on the Island of Newfoundland featuring Pipe Carrier Arlene White, Visual artist Chantal Pennal, Writer Leahdawn Hiscock, and Knowledge Holder Kelly Anne Butler with stories of family and the passage of art, culture and music through the generations.