Join us for an evening of music, poetry, song, and community featuring Migizi Country (Dan Commanda, Tyler Dokis, Dave Miner, and Leland Bell)! Have a song, poem, or story you’d like to share? Or maybe you’d just like to listen. Either way, the fun starts at 7 pm. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact Sid Bobb at (705) 474-2227 or bobbsid@hotmail.com.
The Light in Us All
ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival – North Bay, ON
Thursday, August 11th @ 7 pm
Big Medicine Studio – 161 Couchie Memorial Dr.
As part of the ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival‘s 2022 Duality program, Aanmitaagzi and the participants of this year’s Summer Arts Program will present a reworked performance of The Light in Us All, which was first presented in Durham, ON last month as part of the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film.
The performance is free to attend, and all are welcome. For more information, please contact Sid Bobb or Penny Couchie at (705) 474-2227.
The Light in Us All
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film – Durham, ON
July 23, 2022 @ 7 pm
The Light in Us All is a presentation of the 2022 Aanmitaagzi Summer Arts Program and our multi-year project, ALL MY R(el)ATIONS. It is collaboratively created and performed by the Aanmitaagzi company artists and the program participants. It is an investigation and expression of an indigenous story shared by Monique Manatch. This is the way we heard it: A long time ago the light went out. Fear and distrust grew. Loved ones were lost. They all journeyed together to find the light. What fans your light? How do we protect the light? The Light in Us All shares and celebrates our stories and imaginings.
This is our 15th Aanmitaagzi Summer Arts Program. Our company and community have experienced great change. We are excited to look back at our repertoire and past participants: our elders, artists, and youth. We have been engaging with, dreaming of and developing our narrative sovereignty through art-making. We will re-imagine and re-envision our previous works in a new performance.
The Aanmitaagzi Summer Arts Program (ASAP) is a 6-week intensive in indigenous performing and visual arts. Now in its fifteenth year, the program faculty is led by award-winning and renowned professional indigenous artists and educators. Participants learn, share, express and create alongside our professional multi-arts team.
ALL MY R(el)ATIONS, our latest work-in-progress, explores our historic abundance in opposition to systemic oppression and poverty. How much of what we have now is a ration? A small shadow of what we once had. What are we entitled to? What dances, stories, songs and language are our birthright?
ALL MY R(el)ATIONS explores historically rooted ways in which we make a return to abundance by connecting to ourselves and all of Creation.
CREDITS:
2022 Aanmitagzi Summer Arts Program Participants – Dan Babin, Ouske Couchie-Bobb, Abby Hopkins, Brad McDonald, Angel McLeod, Georgia Mianskum, and North Sutherland-Spence
Artist Leads / Facilitators
Photo Credit – Liz Lott Photography
Graphic Design – Daniel Couchie
Aanmitaagzi is very excited to host Native Women in the Arts‘ Kwe Performance Series featuring Ulali Project (Pura Fé + Jennifer Kreisberg).
On Friday, November 3, Pura Fé and Jennifer Kreisberg of Ulali Project will present a free community workshop at Big Medicine Studio, followed by a community performance. Pura Fé and Jennifer Kreisberg will perform and discuss hand drum songs, invite participants to join in, and answer questions.
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Friday, November 3, 2017 @ 1 pm
Big Medicine Studio, 161 Couchie Memorial Drive, Nipissing FN
Admission: FREE (space is limited, so please contact Aanmitaagzi to reserve your spot)
COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE
Friday, November 3, 2017 @ 7pm
Big Medicine Studio, 161 Couchie Memorial Drive, Nipissing FN
Admission: Pay What You Can (PWYC)
For more information, please visit the Kwe Performance Series facebook page, or contact Aanmitaagzi by phone at (705) 474-2227 or by email at aanmitaagzi@gmail.com.
You can also check out the NWIA Big Medicine Studio Flyer.