We are pleased to host world-renowned painter Alex Janvier during the 2017 Summer Indigenous Intensive. Alex will be working in the FINA Gallery (Creative end Critical Studies Building, UBCO campus) from July 13-28. The gallery will be open periodically for open studio times, and there will be an exhibition of…

 July 7 – 21, 2017, Alternator (Members’ Gallery), Rotary Arts Centre, Kelowna Performagraphic is James Luna’s first ever survey of photographic works. The collection spans a period of photographic works and accompanying objects created between 2010-­2014, referencing his artistic career of over 30 years. PERFORMAGRAPHIC presents a powerful collection photographic and video…

Keynote address: 12 noon, Wednesday, July 26, University Theatre (ADM026) Academic Work as Transforming Praxis: From Discourse to Enactment (Show me the blisters on your hands!) This presentation will critically examine an indigenous example of ongoing struggle to transform the social, cultural and economic condition of persistent, high and disproportionate…

Keynote Address: 1:30 pm, Wednesday July 19, University Theatre (ADM026) Indigenous Sovereignty VIDEO link Student responses to keynotes: http://rmooc.ca/resources/keynote-responses-goel-kenney-hothi-sahebnassagh/ http://rmooc.ca/hubs/dispatches/keynote-responses-michael-turner/ http://rmooc.ca/resources/keynote-responses-skylar-schmidtke-sarah-dawn-jessica-souto/ http://rmooc.ca/resources/keynote-responses-lily-li-cristalle-smith-melissa-weiss/ Indigenous sovereignty also requires the sovereignty of Indigenous knowledges in order for people to work toward building respectful relationships with others and with the environment. Ontological freedom (sovereignty)…

Keynote Address: 12 noon, Wednesday July 12, University Theatre (ADM026) Rethinking Expo 67 VIDEO link On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Expo 67, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is presenting À la recherché d’Expo 67 / In Search of Expo 67, an exhibition of major new works…

The Indigenous Summer Intensive is coordinated by the Creative Studies Department (in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus) and features keynote addresses from six renowned creators and thinkers: Artist panel (July 5) Monika Kin Gagnon (July 12) Chris Creighton-Kelly and France Trepanier (July…