SeedPool Immersion: Connect. Collaborate. Co-Create.
Join Arrivals Legacy Project Artistic Director Diane Roberts, Digital Producer Anju Singh and SeedPool Artist Sharon Brass for an interactive exploration of ALP’s digital SeedPool Gallery.
Sunday 22 March, 11am -1:30 pm at The World Art Centre, SFU
Program Outline
11:00am Opening Ritual – Setting the Ceremonial space for collaboration with our Ancestors and each other Animated by Sharon Brass and Diane Roberts
11:25 SeedPool Presentation – What is the SeedPool? Animated by Diane Roberts and Anju Singh
12:20 SeedPool interactive response to seeds Animated by Anju Singh and Sharon Brass
12:50 Discussion
Learn about our co-animators:
Diane Roberts (Garifuna, Afro-Indigenous Caribbean) is Founding Artistic Director of the ALP. She is an accomplished director, dramaturge, writer, and cultural animator, who has collaborated with innovative theatre visionaries and interdisciplinary artists for the past 30 years. Her directorial and dramaturgical work has been seen on stages across Canada and her reputation as a mentor, teacher, and community collaborator is nationally and internationally recognised.
The roots of storytelling and multi-disciplinary art forms (mixing of ritual song, dance, storytelling, live art, and theatre) drive her arts practice as a director, dramaturg, and cultural animator. Her intuitive style of facilitation draws on specifically crafted creative engagement tools that inspire artists of all disciplines and cultural backgrounds to unearth their authentic creative impulses.
Diane’s celebrated Arrivals Personal Legacy Project, developed during her 7-year tenure as Artistic Director of Urban Ink productions, has birthed new Interdisciplinary works across Canada, throughout the Americas, Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. This work has allowed her to articulate, cultivate, and realise a vision for theatre that encourages Indigenous ways of knowing as a stepping stone to creative expression.
Sharon Jinkerson-Brass is a member of Key First Nation in Saskatchewan.
Sharon was part of the “sixties scoop” but she reunited with her family in the 1980’s. Sharon received her cultural teachings from her beloved Anishinaabe grandmother Rebecca, who was a midwife and traditional healer. Sharon’s cultural heritage has inspired all of her art and way of living.
Sharon is an award-winning artist who was the artistic director of “Big Sky,” a successful multi-media company that performed in the US and Canada. For 30 years, Sharon has also been a community leader working for social change for the Indigenous Community in the areas of arts, culture, health, and community development. Recently, Sharon was among 30 Matriarchs who were honoured for their community work by WAVAW, and she is a published author.
Sharon has had a diverse career working in a variety of settings in the private and public sectors as well as on and off reserves across Canada. Sharon is currently working on multiple multi-media projects in the Indigenous community on topics related to health, re-matriation, and cultural healing. Sharon believes that a relevant, sustainable cultural foundation is the key for wellness for her people and all people.
Anju Singh is a composer, musician, and media artist based in Vancouver, BC who works with traditional instruments, electronics, found sounds, custom-built instruments, photography, video, serigraphy, and film to create works that explore tension and conflict. Anju’s practice is an exploration of texture through the use of extended or experimental techniques, use of electronics, experimenting with musical and non-musical materials, and electronic processing. One of the core processes in her practice is to use methods of deconstruction and reanimation to repurpose and contextualize materials in new compositional environments.
Anju’s work has been presented across Canada, in Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States at festivals, galleries, and events in a variety of spaces including Send + Receive Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Polygon Gallery, and artist run/underground spaces.
Alongside her passion for the arts, Anju is excited about the ways in which she can apply technology in her work in arts and the non-profit sector. Anju’s degree in Philosophy from Simon Fraser University trained her for critical and analytic thinking, as well as a love for problem solving. Following her studies, her training was nicely rounded out by her experience working in arts and non-profit organizations where she developed values that prioritize people, relationships, and more equitable practices.
Thank you to our presenters, Talking Stick Festival!
North America’s Premier Indigenous Arts and Culture Festival
The Talking Stick Festival is an inclusive multi-day festival that’s open to the public. It features storytelling, dance, music, theatre and other performing arts and cultural works by a wide range of Indigenous artists.
Join us Sunday 22 March, 11am -1:30 pm at The World Art Centre, SFU