The Two-Spirited Peoples of the First Nations

Fierté MontréalCentre international d’art contemporain de Montréal (CIAC MTL)A production of The Montréal International Center for Contemporary Art,
in collaboration with Montréal First Peoples and Montréal Pride Festivals.

PROGRAM

From 5th to 21th August, 2019

The exhibitions and all activities, unless indicated otherwise indicated,  will be held at CDEx, UQAM, 405, Sainte-Catherine Street East, Room J-R940, (at the Saint-Denis street corner)

Free Admission – Suggested donation of $ 1 or more will be much appreciated.

Exhibitions : Last entrance at 5:00 pm.

- Adrian STIMSON, Naked Napi and others stories - Ma-Nee CHACABY, Ma-Nee’s Journey

Monday, August 5th

12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
EXHIBITIONS – everyday until August 21st, from noon to 6:00 pm.

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
OFFICIAL OPENING – Opening event
Opening of the exhibition : Adrian STIMSON and Ma-Nee CHACABY at CDEx, UQAM, 405, Sainte-Catherine Street East, Room J-R940, (at the Saint-Denis street corner).

Tuesday, August 6th

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
DISCUSSION with Adrian STIMSON

Wednesday, August 7th

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
PERFORMANCE Première.
Adrian STIMSON, Naked Napi Big Game Hunter
At cabaret Vol de nuit, 14, Prince Arthur Street East.

Saturday, August 10th

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
CONFERENCE - PERFORMANCE Première.
Guy SIOUI-DURAND and Soleil LAUNIÈRE, Entre chair et corps : rites de passages.
A duo, a performed harangue.
At cabaret Vol de nuit, 14, Prince Arthur Street East.

Sunday, August 11st

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
FILMS
WAPIKONI Productions
- Jazmine SMITH, I AM ME
- Tyler JACOBS, WALK WITH MY SPIRITS
- Melissa MOLLEN DUPUIS, RESPECTING THE WHEEL
- Jerilynn WEBSTER, THE MOST UNPROTECTED GIRL
Adrian STIMSON, Buffalo Boy’s Don’t Look East.

Adrian STIMSON, Buffalo Boy’s Don’t Look East

Monday, August 12nd

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
CONFERENCE
June SCUDELER (Métis – Simon Fraser University)
Symposium: Autochthonous gazes on America-Revisioning the Americas through Indigenous Cinema Conference.
"Wâkhôtowin in Thirza Cuthand and Kent Monkman's films"
FILMS of:
- Thirza CUTHAND, 2 Spirit Introductory Special $19,99
- Kent MONKMAN, Shooting Geronimo
- Adrian STIMSON, Buffalo Boy’s Don’t Look East
As part of the Montréal First Peoples Festival, in collaboration with The Montréal International Center for Contemporary Art.
At the National Institute of Image and Sound (INIS), 301, Boulevard de Maisonneuve East, Room 362.

Wednesday, August 14th

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Opening of the exhibition of Ma-Nee CHACABY, Ma-Nee’s Journey

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SYMPOSIUM: Two-Spirited Identities.
With the participation of Ma-Nee CHACABY.
A Montréal Pride Festival production, in collaboration with the Montréal First Peoples Festival and The Montréal International Center for Contemporary Art (CIAC MTL).
At Saint-Pierre Center, 1212, Panet Street, Montréal.

Thursday, August 15th

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
MEETING with Ma-Nee CHACABY
"Story Telling". Ma-Nee is also a story-teller. For this occasion, she will sign her book: A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder, published by University of Manitoba Press.

Friday, August 16th

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
FILMS
WAPIKONI Productions
- Jazmine SMITH, I AM ME
- Tyler JACOBS, WALK WITH MY SPIRITS
- Melissa MOLLEN DUPUIS, RESPECTING THE WHEEL
- Jerilynn WEBSTER, THE MOST UNPROTECTED GIRL

Adrian STIMSON, Buffalo Boy’s Don’t Look East.

Wednesday, August 21st

6:00 pm
CLOSURE OF THE EXHIBITIONS – CLOSURE OF THE EVENT

Adrian Stimson

Adrian Stimson

Adrian Stimson was born in 1964 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is a member of the Siksika Nation (Blackfoot Reserve, Alberta), and was raised there. He served as tribal councillor for eight years in the 1990s, leaving to pursue art in 1999. Stimson studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Alberta, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003. He has since completed a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

Stimson uses a variety of media in his art that incorporate themes of history, gender, and identity. His Buffalo Boy performances use satire to critique stereotypes about Aboriginal people, his installation Old Sun explores the legacy of the residential school system, while his Transformation exhibit of paintings examines the subject of missing Aboriginal women. His work has been exhibited throughout Canada, and he is particularly known for his “tar and feather” series.

Bison often appear in Stimson's work: “I use the bison as a symbol representing the destruction of the Aboriginal way of life, but it also represents survival and cultural regeneration. The bison is central to Blackfoot being. And the bison as both icon and food source, as well as the whole history of its disappearance, is very much a part of my contemporary life” (Canadian Art Magazine, 2007). Stimson has received honours and awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2003), the Alberta Centennial Medal (2005), and the Blackfoot Visual Arts Award (2009). In 2006, Stimson served as artist-in-residence at the Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon).