Join writer-in-residence Susan Crean for her conversation with Shirley Bear, activist, visual artist, and elder of the Maliseet First Nation. Shirley Bear’s writing includes an essay in the third volume of the anthology of writing from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission edited by Ashok Mathur. Two additional pieces are considered essential statements on her art and spiritual philosophy. The first is the opening piece in her book
Virgin Bones (2006). The second is her curatorial statement accompanying the exhibition
Changers: A Spiritual Renaissance (1989). In November 2011, Shirley Bear was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada. She lives on the Tobique Reserve (Negootkook) in New Brunswick.
“Artists are the movers and changers of the world. They have always been revolutionaries, creating change in thought and style within their societies.”
—Shirley Bear,
Changers: A Spiritual Renaissance, Curatorial Statement
Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue, Vancouver
Sunday, December 4, 2 to 4pm
Admission by donation.
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kogawahouse@yahoo.ca
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