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dambana @ scarborough museum is being rescheduled to honour safety & stillness
please check back early 2021
dambana
sacred site
dambana's intention is to nurture communal participation with art as sacred and to support the creative life of bipoc (black, indigenous, people of colour) youth with roots in scarborough
we wish to support participants develop tools, skills, kinship, and resources to enkindle our trust in creating art, altars, and rituals that honour our ancestries and the indigenity of the lands we gather on
in this program in partnership with scarborough museum
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we will be guided to create work inspired by themes and practices including astrology, community theatre, digital self-portraiture, breathwork, writing and land connection
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we will create art with the intention of honouring our histories and ancestries
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we will be invited to unpack setter colonial museum herstories
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we will be invited to develop altars & rituals to honour our unique & collective creation stories
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work and playshops will offer guidance and skill-development to inform creative practise
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we will develop individual and community protocols to support consensual creative practise
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information
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research & creation stipend provided to selected youth
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participants are expected to
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participate in workshops & playshops
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engage in self-directed research around ancestral practices of ritual, art, and altar creation
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create and contribute to individual and community altars in their mediums of choice
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develop a protocol around respectfully creating and sharing sacred creative work
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curate a community gathering to share their altars
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9 workshop & creation sessions
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may - september
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fridays and sundays
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may 8th, 15th, 22nd
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june 7th, 14th, 21s
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july 17th, august 7th & 30th
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virtual gatherings may be organized based on need
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facilitators include
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ange loft w. jumblies theatre
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aphiraa gowry
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eloisa guerrero
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heran genene
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jill carter
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sharrae lyon
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shaunga tagore
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xolisa jerome
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we are committed to creating a safer space for youth with diverse experiences and needs to co-create art, care, and community connection in a good way. please let us know if you have any accessibility needs in the comments below

