Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Open Space is hosting a community feast in honour of author and poet Lee Maracle. Lee is one of the most prolific authors in Canada and is a recognized authority on issues pertaining to Indigenous people and Indigenous literature. She is an award-winning poet, novelist, performance storyteller, scriptwriter, actor, and educator. The feast will be followed by a Red Words conversation. Sto:Loh author and poet Lee Maracle with WSÁ,NEC poet Philip Kevin Paul in a conversation on Indigenous poetry and cultural reclamation, moderated by Mohawk/Tuscarora poet Janet Rogers. Red Words is a series of public/community conversations between artists and cultural producers hosted by Open Space as a public forum that welcomes audience participation. Red Words is an arena for insight, dialogue a... more...