a collective blog by indigenous women photographers
Images of the St. Michael's Indian Residential School. (before it was torn down last year) I haven't shown any of these images publicly prior to this blog post. Even though these rooms were empty, the residue of the past was still present. If these walls could talk they'd have a lot to share with us.… Continue reading happy canada day
In the last year, I finally feel like myself again. I look forward to the moments. I laugh more. I shoot more.
My uterus is mine, as if every other woman's. What I do with it or what it chooses to do is my business.
This Father's Day weekend the ‘Namgis First Nation is hosting the 58th Annual June Sports here in Alert Bay, BC, and this little island is super busy! Okay, it isn’t exactly bumper to bumper traffic, but there is noticeably a lot more visitors and families here for the weekend. There are lots of people walking… Continue reading 58th Annual June Sports
I'm calling this #ThrowbackThursday because it's Thursday and this is a throwback to 5 years ago when I got to go to Dawson City, Yukon for a 5 week residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Next week, I'm heading back for a solo exhibition at ODD Gallery showing some work I created during that residency and I… Continue reading #ThrowbackThursday
The exhibit, flooded with exceptional talent, offers a platform for many rising artists to showcase and represent themselves in a respectable and fashionable way.
In searching for Kinnie Starr, Jessica Wood meets Denman Island Band Joy District at the Save the Walbran Benefit Concert on Salt Spring Island.
Yesterday, someone asked me about how my husband and I met. I don’t get asked this question very often but when it happens I get this silly grin on my face, my eyes glaze over and my stomach feels lighter. In the summer of 2005 I had just moved to Victoria after spending a year… Continue reading kisâkihitin – you are loved by me
Right now, I'm preparing for an exhibition and all I can see around me are pieces of a collection that's been steadily growing over my whole life. Toys, cameras, toy cameras, ViewMasters, postcards and other ephemera that I feel is important to hang onto. This particular collection of vintage toys and miniatures make up a diorama installation… Continue reading Reconstructing Memories
Yet it's not "wild." It's not "untamed." This land, this land is alive. It is breathing.
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