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New Weekly Workshop Schedule leading up to Ice Follies

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Winter workshop schedule
January 21 – February 6, 2025

Aanmitaagzi is continuing to host weekly drop-in workshops in the weeks leading up to the opening of Ice Follies on February 7, 2025. Through these workshops, Aanmitaagzi’s artists and community participants will develop stories and pieces that explore the themes of All My R(el)ations and Ice Follies’ theme of “Ozhaashikwaa” (The Ice is Slippery). The workshops will take place at Big Medicine Studio – 161 Couchie Memorial Drive. They are free to attend and newcomers are welcome.

NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Tuesdays

All Ages Multi-Arts with Sherry Guppy & Sid Bobb
3:30 – 5:30 pm  
A multi-arts drop-in class for artists of all ages. Activities will include drawing, painting, storytelling, crafts, dance, textile work, and more as we develop installation pieces for Ice Follies! Materials will be provided.

Choreographic Exploration & Story Creation with Penny Couchie
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Contemporary dance and movement explorations, and guided written and visual activities to explore the stories and themes of All My R(el)ations to develop performance pieces for Ice Follies.

Wednesdays

Choreographic Exploration & Story Creation with Penny Couchie
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Contemporary dance and movement explorations, and guided written and visual activities to explore the stories and themes of All My R(el)ations to develop performance pieces for Ice Follies.

Thursdays

Community Dinner
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm
A time to gather and share a meal with our artists, workshop participants, and community members each week.

Pow Wow Making & Jam Night with Sid Bobb & invited guest artists
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Weekly drop-in making & jam sessions for all things pow wow. Bring your regalia, beadwork, or other unfinished projects to work on or bring your voice and/or an instrument for singing, drumming, and dancing! Sid Bobb and other invited guest artists will be on hand to help out and join in the fun.

For more information, please call Sid or Penny at 705-474-2227 or email aanmitaagzi@gmail.com.

Winter Solstice Celebration on December 20th

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We’re hosting a Winter Solstice Celebration at Big Medicine Studio on December 20th from 5 – 8 pm. Join us for an evening of songs, stories, and celebration as we explore and share our multi-disciplinary arts project All My R(el)ations.

All My R(el)ations is a multi-year, inter-generational community-engaged arts project that explores and investigates historic Anishinaabe stories from this region through various forums and artistic disciplines. Focusing on themes of hunger, feasting, sharing, celebration, culture, healing, and transformation, these stories range from the imagined to the personal, often including the lived experiences of the participants and artists.

Art pieces and stories developed during our fall community-engaged workshop series will be presented and refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!

For more information, please contact Sid or Penny at (705) 474-2227 or aanmitaagzi@gmail.com. You can also check out our event page on Facebook.

Fall Workshops are Back!

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Aanmitaagzi is back with another series of community-engaged workshops for Fall 2024. The workshops are part of our current project, ALL MY R(el)ATIONS, which explores and examines the themes of relationality and resource capacity/scarcity. Through them we will be gathering, creating, and developing stories, installation materials, and performance pieces that will feed into the larger project and future presentations.

The workshops are free to attend, and no experience is necessary. All ages are welcome.

2024 FALL WORKSHOP SERIES

Movement Class with Penny Couchie
Mondays & Wednesdays from 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Contemporary dance and movement explorations to unleash our power and creativity. For movers of all ages and abilities.

Written & Visual Explorations with Aanmitaagzi
Mondays & Wednesdays from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Join Aanmitaagzi’s artists in exploring the stories and themes of All My R(el)ations through semi-guided written and visual activities such as poetry, spoken word, storytelling, drawing, painting, body-mapping, embroidery, textile work, and crafts. Materials will be provided, but you can also bring your own too!

All Ages Multi-Arts with Sherry Guppy & Sid Bobb
Tuesdays from 3:30 – 5:30 pm
A multi-arts drop-in class for artists of all ages. Activities will include drawing, painting, storytelling, crafts, dance, textile work, and more! Materials will be provided.

Community Dinner
Thursdays from 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm
A time to gather and share a meal with our artists, workshop participants, and community members each week.

Pow Wow Making & Jam Night with Sid Bobb & invited guest artists
Thursdays from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Weekly drop-in making & jam sessions for all things pow wow. Bring your regalia, beadwork, or other unfinished projects to work on or bring your voice and/or an instrument for singing, drumming, and dancing! Sid Bobb and other invited guest artists will be on hand to help out and join in the fun.

For more information, please contact Sid Bobb or Penny Couchie at aanmitaagzi@gmail.com or (705) 474-2227.

2024 Winter Workshops

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Poster for the 2024 Winter Workshop series.Our weekly workshop series is back with a great set of winter workshops to keep you busy until Spring!

On Tuesdays from 3:30 – 5:30 pm we have All Ages Making with Sherry Guppy, a drop-in multi-arts creation session for artists of all ages. Materials will be provided.

On Thursdays from 3:30 – 5:30 pm we have Yoga/Dance with Animikiikwe Couchie-Waukey & Penny Couchie. A blend of yoga, movement, and dance, this workshop will help participants to build on their strengths and knowledge of their bodies, help them to unleash their creativity and power, and get everyone moving! No yoga or dance experience required.

The workshops will run from now until March 7th, and are open to people of all ages and abilities. For more information, please contact Sid or Penny at (705) 474-2227.

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023

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Poster for the 2023 Winter Solstice celebration.

To celebrate the season and our All My R(el)ations project, Aanmitaagzi will be hosting a Winter Solstice Celebration at Big Medicine Studio on December 15th from 5 – 8 pm. The evening’s festivities will include a community dinner, art making stations, a display of works developed through our Fall & Winter Workshops, as well as presentations of songs, stories, poetry, and comedic improv. There will also be an opportunity for you to share through the open mic portion of the evening. This event is free to attend, and all are welcome.

For more information, please contact Penny or Sid at (705) 474-2227 or email aanmitaagzi@gmail.com.