KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER

MAY 4-6, 2020
Native Canadian Centre of toronto
16 Spadina Rd.

Art can provide access to the ancestral knowledge that is vital for shaping Indigenous futures.

Keeping Families Together blends traditional, personal and family stories through a collective processes of  mural-making and sculpture with youth and families. This 3-day community art action will culminate in the building of a life-sized, multi-media longhouse which echoes the strength of Indigenous families. The installation will be a space to imagine a future in which Indigenous families stay together.

Collaborators: writer Nicole Penak (L’nu, Wolastoqiyik, Eastern Euro), muralist Chief Lady Bird (Chippewa/Potawatomi); multi-media artist, Tash Naveau (Denee/Eastern European); and neurodiverse artist, Vanessa Dion Fletcher (Lenape/Potawatomi), engage in art as decolonial praxis.

Co-presented by Abolition and Decolonization Convergence