Perhaps there is no better way to absorb a cultural tapestry than through a series of films on a dreary, rain-soaked weekend. Audiences who attended this year’s imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival were given five days (October 19-23) packed […]
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Throat Singing at the Ashukan Cultural Space
Nina Segalowitz, an Inuk from the Northwest Territories who has lived in Montreal since she was a newborn adopted during the Sixties Scoop, couldn’t learn throat-singing from an Elder, so she and her friend Taqralik Partridge learned from a cassette […]
Keeping Space – Montreal Native Arts Hub bridges a cultural divide
The traditional meets the contemporary in the art that hangs from the exposed stone walls of the Ashukan Cultural Space in Old Montreal. Powwow music welcomes the patrons as they ascend the spiral staircases of the three-story showroom. Outside, an […]
Montreal’s First Peoples’ Festival celebrates global Indigenous community
Local politicians, event coordinators and members of Montreal’s First Nations community showed up to rub elbows in fine attire at La Grande Bibliothèque August 3 for the opening of Présence Autochtone, the Montreal First Peoples’ Festival. The evening was formal, […]
Whapmagoostui artists draw attention at Aboriginal arts exhibition
A recent art exhibit in Quebec’s Eastern Townships featured a mother-daughter duo from Whapmagoostui. Natasia and Saige Mukash stole the show during the month-long “Aboriginal Women’s Art: A Celebration” event at Studio Georgeville. While the two have similar upbringings, their […]
First People’s Festival brings first-rate Aboriginal artists to Montreal
Summer is the season to relax and enjoy life. One of the best ways to take advantage of the good weather is at Montreal’s First Peoples Festival, which from August 3 to 10 will showcase Indigenous culture makers from around […]