The City of Richmond is hosting online events to explore and understand about the unique heritage of Indigenous peoples and their communities for National Indigenous Peoples Day starting this week.
National Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrated every year on June 21, recognizes the diverse culture and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples since 1996.
Online events include storytelling, arts and craft for kids, films and more and are presented by the city in partnership with the Richmond Art Gallery and the Richmond Public Library to support the city’s Arts Strategy and Cultural Harmony Plan.
The online events are as follows:
Video: Sea to Sky by Thomas Cannell and Franz Mayer of Munich
Starting June 10
Learn about the creation of a new public artwork through an interview with Musqueam artist Thomas Cannell and Michael Mayer of Franz Mayer of Munich. They will be speaking about the conceptualization and creation of Sea to Sky, a five-storey-high glass artwork that will be integrated into the façade of the Paramount development in Richmond’s city centre at No. 3 Road and Granville Avenue.
Webpage link: www.richmond.ca/culture/publicart/whatsnew
Indigenous story telling
June 15 to 19 and June 21
Richmond Public Library will be holding an all-ages Indigenous story reading on their Facebook page. Every day a new video will be posted and can be accessed all day
Richmond Public Library Facebook page: www.facebook.com/yourlibraryRichmond
Online film screening: Birth of a Family
June 19 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
A documentary film following the stories of four siblings that meets for the first time since they were removed from their Dene mother and adopted into separate families during Canada’s infamous 60s Scoop.
To receive the Zoom even link, register at: tiny.cc/b56wqz
Labour’s trace
Ongoing until mid-July
Karin Jones, an artist of African descent living in Vancouver, and Amy Malbeuf, a Métis artist based in Nova Scotia, work with traditional and contemporary materials and techniques that encourages discussions around labour, identity, cultural knowledge and cultural legacies.
Exhibition link: www.richmondartgallery.org/labourstrace
Métis beading with pointillism
Ongoing until mid-July
An online lesson, led by Canadian artist Amy Malbeauf, for kids to create an artwork inspired by Métis beadwork.
YouTube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPifyQ797k
Online tour and interview with Manuel Axel Strain
Ongoing until Sept. 1
Manuel Axel Strain is the two-spirit artist behind Richmond’s Aberdeen Station self-portrait reflecting on the connection with their Grandmother. The video reflects on vulnerability and resilience in reference to current and historical forms of colonial violence.
YouTube and exhibit link: www.richmondartgallery.org/self-portrait-with-mended-flesh/
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