Arts & Culture
Jacobs takes Toronto
Kahnawa’kehró:non Joanne Iewisenhawi Jacobs strutted down an unconventional runway last week - the cobblestone streets of Toronto’s Distillery District, which were transformed as part of Fashion Art Toronto’s annual fashion week.
Eager reception for Everyday Reconciliation
Before Everyday Reconciliation sold out at its June 3 launch at Montreal’s Paragraph Bookstore, Kahnawa’kehró:non author Derek Montour was not sure he wanted to share his story at all.
Four nights of glee
When Scout Marquis made the decision to transfer to St. George’s High School last year it was for one reason: to join the school’s award-winning glee club, the G Majors.
Sterling shoots for the stars
Ten-year-old Kaia Sterling has always loved performing, whether it’s been on local stages as an Irish dancer or at her beloved Turtle Island Theatre Company here in Kahnawake. Now, she’s planning to grow her skills by travelling further than ever before, to learn from industry experts at a training school in California this summer.
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February 14, 2023Skateboarding for culture
The designs of seven artists from five different communities were featured on a limited collection of skateboards as part of an effort to support an annual Block Party and Go Skate day. -
February 9, 2023Headdress is turning heads at Sundance
Taietsarón:sere “Tai” Leclaire has felt at a loss for words in the face of casual racism. The Kahnawa’kehró:non pieced together dozens upon dozens of real-life incidents to form the narrative for Headdress, which was featured in the short film category at the Sundance Film Festival. Starring in his film, Leclaire witnesses a white person wearing a traditional headdress at a weekend festival, triggering a chain of possible answers to the situation.
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February 9, 2023Midwinter honours renewal
Both Stephen McComber and Ka'nahsohon Kevin Deer have been going to the Longhouse since they were young children. Though they’ve been celebrating the traditions of Midwinter Ceremonies for years, every stirring of the ashes has taught them new lessons and given them new memories to share.
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February 2, 2023A callback for Turtle Island Theatre
Dennen Phillips always loved theatre, but stage fright kept him in the audience for many years. It all changed when he got involved with Turtle Island Theatre, and Kevin John Saylor cast him in a production of Anything Goes in 2012. But the timing of Phillips’ theatrical debut was ill-fated.
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February 2, 2023Bringing the Cayuga language to Sundance
Keysa Parker has been learning the Cayuga language for six years and counting. This year, she got to work as a language advisor on her first film, Fancy Dance, where she taught the actors to speak the language.
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January 26, 2023En route to fashion week
When Karoniénhawe Diabo launched her business, She Holds the Sky Designs, about six years ago, she didn’t think heading to New York Fashion Week was in the cards for her.
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December 9, 2022Identity through contemporized tradition
Courtesy Arts Commons When Thea Thomas picked up the phone for our interview, she was sitting at a sewing machine working on her next project: a two-by-eight woven wall hanging for a show in Red Deer early into the new year.
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November 10, 2022Internship for emerging Indigenous directors
Courtesy Angie-Pepper O’Bomsawin Unpaid internships have been a career-limiting problem for many individuals looking for hands-on experience in their field.
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November 7, 2022Māori workshop empowers local storytelling
Photo by Marcus Bankuti Iohserì:io Polson has experience in the performing arts, but she had never given much thought to getting into film.
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October 12, 2022Kids help spotlight Mohawk fashion
Courtesy Sergei Bergen, Toronto Kids Fashion Week Tammy Beauvais hadn’t participated in a proper fashion show in years. When she heard that the Toronto Kids Fashion Week (TKFW)
