48 min listen
Christi Belcourt: earth inspires art
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Sep 8, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Christi Belcourt is a Michif (Métis) visual artist and author living and working in Canada with a deep respect for Mother Earth, the traditions, and the knowledge of her people. Belcourt's work often focuses on questions around identity, culture, place, and divisions within communities. In addition to her paintings, she is also known as a community-based artist, environmentalist, and advocate for the lands, waters, and Indigenous peoples. She is currently a lead organizer for the Onaman Collective which focuses on the resurgence of language and land-based practices. She is also the lead coordinator for Walking With Our Sisters, a community-driven project that honours murdered or missing Indigenous women. Christi was named the Aboriginal Arts Laureate by the Ontario Arts Council in 2015. In 2016 she won a Governor General’s Innovation Award and was named the winner of the 2016 Premier’s Awards in the Arts. Christi’s work is found within the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Gabriel Dumont Institute, the Indian and Inuit Art Collection, Parliament Hill, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Canadian Museum of Civilization, First People’s Hall. Listen to this episode to hear an insightful conversation about the earth, and how Christi's love for the earth and life fuel and inspire her art, the importance of Indigenous languages, how we all need to work together to fight for the future, being Metis, and how why she doesn't subscribe to colonial labels. ... Follow Christi Belcourt on Instagram Follow Shayla Oulette Stonechild on Instagram Visit thebrandisfemale.com.
Released:
Sep 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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