CARFAC SASK and CARFAC ALBERTA are pleased to present:

Taking art outside

The Politics of Cities with Lonigan Gilbert & Geanna Dunbar

Wednesday January 17, 2023
7:30pm – 9:00pm (CST)/ 6:30pm – 8pm (MDT)
Webinar Hosted Online

Artwork that extends beyond the gallery space into public space creates landmarks that shape the very feeling of a place, whether it be authorized as part of an official commission or approached from a DIY philosophy. Outdoor artworks such as murals sometimes reference the history of a place, but always engage in future place-making be it for the short-term or long-term.

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR
The webinar Taking Art Outside: the Politics of Cities feature presentations by two visual artists whose art practice brings their work outside. Lonigan Gilbert glues and nails small art pieces to fences, walls, whatever. He does not ask permission, as the city landscape presents as his venue. Geanna Dunbar is responsible for multiple public art projects in Regina. This past summer, Geanna Dunbar was one of the artists that saw hundreds of painted ‘beads’ forming a walkable “Pathway to Reconciliation” on the brickwork of Scarth Street.
After these two presentations, there will be a thirty-minute Q+A based on your questions. As the webinar is on Zoom, we will unmute the audience so you can ask your own questions. Join us and learn more about taking your art to the streets.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
LONIGAN GILBERT
Currently living and working in amiskwaciywaskahikan (Edmonton) in Treaty 6 territory, Lonigan Gilbert is a multidisciplinary artist. Gilbert is a member of the Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 territory and grew up in Winnipeg. He uses pop culture references in his artwork and is not scared of bringing politics into his art. His art deals with city life and living in an urban world.

GEANNA DUNBAR
Living and working in Regina, Geanna Dunbar is a Cree-Metis entrepreneur and visual artist.  As an entrepreneur, Dunbar does tattooing and body piercings. As a visual artist, she works in mixed media, sculpture, painting, murals, street art and more. She has taken her work to the streets of Regina creating a 300 foot walkway called "The Path to Reconciliation."

HOST & MODERATORS
Chris W. Carson: Executive Director at CARFAC Alberta
Jera MacPherson: Program & Outreach Director at CARFAC Saskatchewan

CARFAC SASK and CARFAC ALBERTA are pleased to present:

Making Murals

with Mural Routes (Marta Keller-Hernandez + Kim Dayman) and Carla Rae Taylor

Wednesday November 8, 2023
7:30pm – 9:00pm (CST)/ 6:30pm – 8pm (MDT)
Webinar Hosted Online

Murals are going up in all parts of the country. As freely accessible public art, murals create vibrant communities by engaging with everyone. Murals can look to the future, speak to present day issues, commemorate the past, or just beautify and rejuvenate a community...

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR
The webinar Making Murals is composed of two presentations. We start with a presentation by Mural Routes (a non profit organization out of Toronto) who will outline how they mentor and train artists and communities on what murals can do. As an organization dedicated to murals, they have established many Best Practices on how to make murals. The second presentation is by Carla Rae Taylor, an Edmonton visual artists and storyteller that has recently started coordinating mural creations in Edmonton and Yellowknife.
After these two presentations, there will be about twenty-minute Q+A based on your questions. As the webinar is on Zoom, we will unmute the audience so you can ask your own questions. Join us and learn more about Murals, what they do and whether they can be part of your career.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Mural Routes activates communities by facilitating the creation of responsive, collaborative murals, and provides opportunities to build and advance careers in mural art. Their vision is to be a leading resource for all artists, organizations and communities creating mural art. Based in Toronto, Mural Routes provides public art management, connects artists with opportunities, trains and mentors artists and provides resource material to the public. Read more at: Mural Routes

Marta Keller-Hernandez, Managing Director
Originally from Spain, Marta Keller-Hernandez holds Degrees in Tourism and Humanities, a
Masters in Social Media Marketing from the University of Alicante (Spain), and a Graduate Certificate in Culture and Heritage Site Management from Centennial College. In Toronto, Marta has worked with a wide range of arts and culture organizations such as Black Artists’ Networks Dialogue, Latin American Canadian Art Projects and Sur Gallery, Heritage Toronto, and Art Starts. Also, Marta is the co-founder of Paralia Newcomer Arts Network, the recipient of the Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship grant in the capacity of mentor and a Toronto Arts Council 2018 Leaders Lab fellow.

Kim Dayman, Program + Project Coordinator
Kim is an artist, arts manager and advocate across the GTA for the past 20 years. She holds a BFA from OCAD University and has pursued continuing education through Toronto Metropolitan University in Non-profit Management. Throughout her career she has worked for award winning organizations such as Lakeshore Arts, Art Starts and the Living Arts Centre. Kim strongly believes in mentorship, volunteering, and advocacy and has held positions at Humber College’s VADA Program Advisory Committee and with Arts Vote Toronto. In addition, she is also an accomplished community engaged artist having programmed and facilitated exhibitions, festivals and workshops for groups large and small. As an artist she is a mixed media printmaker formerly with the inPrint Collective and has showcased her work in galleries and taken part in residencies across Ontario.

Carla Rae Taylor
Carla Rae Taylor was born in St. Albert AB and raised in Yellowknife NT. She is of both Dene and Irish/French heritage. Carla completed a BFA at the University of Victoria along with a Certificate in Graphic Design from the Pacific Design Academy , also in Victoria. Having spent much of her youth and young adulthood close to nature, she learned to listen deeply and be in touch with intuition and creativity. Both the natural world and the dream world have inspired the creations within the borders of her paintings. More recently, she has been creating large scale murals and illustrating children's books. Find out more at: carlaraetaylor.wixsite.com/portfolioHOSTS &

HOST + MODERATORS
Chris W. Carson: Executive Director at CARFAC Alberta
Wendy Nelson: Executive Director at CARFAC Saskatchewan