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Empowering Indigenous Creators

2017

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Wapikoni Mobile is changing the lives of Indigenous youth one creator at a time. This stopover season, “Wapikoni from Coast to Coast: Building Bridges and Reconciliation through Media Arts” is empowering young Indigenous Canadians to be media creators.

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Indigenous Fashion Designer Reclaims Native Culture on the Runway | NowThis

In this Her Stories interview with Korina Emmerich, the designer and activist describes her experience growing up as a Native person in a white society. She shares how she came to love fashion, deciding at an early age that she was going to be an artist who used fashion as her medium.

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The Indigenous Artist Using Performance to Preserve Tradition

Raul Baltazar uses sculpture, video, and performance art to bridge indigenous and Western cultures. As a fine artist and a mentor to incarcerated youth, Baltazar brings his art into public spaces to open up new perspectives.

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An Indigenous Spoken Word Artist Explores the Word “Indian”

Mitcholos Touchie, or A Mind With Wings, is a Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ/ Nuučaan̓uɫ artist from a small village on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. He joined us for our Spoken Word residency in 2017. While here, he performed one of his pieces that explores the nature of the word “Indian.

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Catalyst for Change: Asian American Narratives | Ellen Bepp

Ellen Bepp has been exhibiting her work since the 1980s, drawing from her Japanese heritage to create a wide range of art from wearable art, textile paintings, taiko drumming performance, theatrical costuming, mixed media collage and handcut paper.

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5 Asian Americans on Disrupting the Creative Industries

Jeannie Jay Park, Masami Hosono, Danny Bowien, Gia Seo and Lumia Nocito talk identity, community and misperceptions.

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African American Artist Illustrates the Power of Black Women | NowThis

Artist Jamilla Okubo is using her craft to illustrate the power of Black women. Raised in Washington DC, Jamilla Okubo uses her art to give a positive visual representation of Black women. Okubo is vocal about empowering women because of her upbringing.

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SARK (Susan Kennedy): Commit an Act of Creativity

Do you know the secret to going after your creative dreams? Susan Kennedy describes creativity and how to develop your creativity—especially if you don’t think you are creative.

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Healing through Storiez: An Arts Activism Approach

This video features a portion of Vanessa German's keynote presentation "Healing through Storiez: An Arts Activism Approach"

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Culture Counter HOZIER episode - Music and Activism

Andrew Hozier Byrne, best known for his song Take Me To Church, is an Irish musician who advocates for gay rights, marriage equality, and feminism. This episode of Culture Counter will take us through Hozier’s musical career and explore his passion for political and social activism.

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Junot Díaz Talks Religion, Dominican Identity, and Writing.

Junot Díaz, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” talks about the role of religion in the Dominican Republic and the political power of literature.

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Creative Well-Being