7th Generation Image Makers

Over the course of one month eight indigenous youth were mentored in photography resulting in a series of self-portraits. Through Gallery 44 and LIFT facilities youth participants were exposed to photography basics, conceptual process and developed software skills in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. The process provided a space for participants to creatively explore intersections of identity, place, displacement and it’s ruptures within the Canadian post-colonial context.

Over the course of one month eight indigenous youth were mentored in photography resulting in a series of self-portraits. Through Gallery 44 and LIFT facilities youth participants were exposed to photography basics, conceptual process and developed software skills in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. The process provided a space for participants to creatively explore intersections of identity, place, displacement and it’s ruptures within the Canadian post-colonial context. Participants include: Nishka Turner (Mohawk), Leslie McCue (Ojibway), Cheyenne Scott (Coast Salish), Nigel Irwin-Brochmann (Cree), Emily Jones (Algonquin), Alice Thompson (Cherokee) and Alana (Métis).

Installation premiere at the imagineNATIVE and Gallery 44 group youth exhibition, Resonate.

7th Generation Image Makers is a dynamic Aboriginal youth arts program operating within Native Child and Family Services of Toronto. They offer drop-in art space and community projects, where professional Aboriginal artists, mentors and elders provide quality and accessible programming in a culturally supportive and safe environment. Most programming centres around community workshops, drop-in art hours for youth, as well as public and private arts commissions.

Starting: Monday 6 August 2012 00:00

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Location:
LIFT 1137 Dupont + Gallery 44 401 Richmond St W #120