Sealskin Workshop with Glenn Gear on May 8, 2022
Image by Glenn Gear
Join Ociciwan and Glenn Gear for a Sealskin beading workshop!
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2022, from 3PM-5:30PM
Location: Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre, 10124 96 Street
Registration: Eventbrite
Ociciwan is excited to offer a beading workshop run by multidisciplinary artist Glenn Gear on Sunday May 8th. Participants will learn how to make a Sealskin PopSocket or Lapel pin. Participants will have the option to make either a PopSocket or Lapel pin using a picot edging technique. Meet other Ociciwan community members in a safe and social environment. If you are new to beading we will work together step-by-step. If you are an experienced beader, feel free to join us and learn a new technique! Snacks will be provided!
Please note, this workshop is limited to 20 participants and registration is a on a first come, first served basis.
Glenn Gear is an Indigequeer filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist of mixed Inuit (Nunatsiavut) and settler heritage. He is originally from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and lives in Montréal, Québec. Through experimental animation and moving image, his work explores personal, cultural, and unspoken connections to the land and its people and animals. His practice is grounded in a research creation methodology shaped by Inuit and Indigenous ways of knowing—combining traditional material practice such as beading and sealskin craft with animation, photo collage, and painting. His work has shown in exhibitions across Canada and his films have screened in festivals around the world, including ImagineNATIVE, Canada; Skabmagovat, Finland; and Maoriland, New Zealand. He continues to share his passion for independent, low-budget animation through mentoring opportunities with Indigenous youth, Elders, and first-time filmmakers.
Accessibility notes: Garden entrance measures 4’ wide. There are no steps but ground is uneven. 6’ of access between planter paths. There are benches for seating (cement, no backrest). There’s no access to washrooms outside of event hours.
Transit: ETS stops at 96 Street and Jasper Avenue 1 minute walking distance (routes 2, 111, 131), 95 Street and Jasper Avenue 5 minutes walking distance (Routes 1), 100 Street and Jasper Avenue 10 minutes walking distance (Central Station, routes 8, 130X, 150X, 201). Paid city street parking and paid impark lots available.
Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sealskin-workshop-with-glenn-gear-registration-315792442697
For questions or assistance with registration, please email info@ociciwan.ca.