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Charles Street Video in partnership with Tangled Arts + Disability, and Images Festival:

Join us in for an online screening of newly commissioned films by the artists in this exhibition, followed by Q&A with Jaene F. Castrillon moderated by Sean Lee on April 17th at 4pm.

Through the art and science of “wonder-working”, Thaumaturgy generates an immersive and participatory call to action to fight for the future of our planet’s well being. Animated through the respective art forms of 4 Indigenous Disabled artists; the 4 Elements of Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water meet at a juncture of ceremony and sacred spaces for feeling and healing. Tobacco, Sage, Cedar, and Sweetgrass work to resist the formalities of a gallery, giving way to living tableaus that tie together the four elemental installations. In paying homage to the land and the place we call home, we come back to our base teachings of love and respect to show the “wonders” of our environment and the ability each of us has to reshape our future with our own hands. —Jaene F. Castrillon

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Date: Friday, April 17th, 2020
Time: Screening at 4pm, Q + A at 5pm
Join in through this link: https://imagesfestival.com/programs/live
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The screening will be close captioned and audio described.

Danielle Hyde is a multi-disciplinary Indigenous artist whose work mingles traditional and non-traditional mediums, photography, and performance art. A storyteller, Danielle creates stories in different forms to acknowledge we are four-dimensional beings, connecting through our hearts, minds, bodies, and spirit operating in chorus with the seen and unseen

Jaene F. Castrillon is a two spirit film-based multi-disciplinary artist who explores her relationship to the world through various spiritual teachings and the wisdom of the land. As first-generation settler to Turtle Island, she is a mixed race (indigenous Colombian/Hong Kong Chinese) queer woman of colour living with disabilities (psychiatric/physical/cognitive).

Kate Meawasige is a self-taught Anishinaabe artist from Genaabajing (Serpent River First Nations), specializing in beadwork and quillwork. Kate mixes traditional Indigenous art forms with traditional ideas around trauma, healing, and harm reduction to create unique spaces for youth to heal.

Louis Esmé practices traditional tattooing, writing, beading, drawing, pottery, and curation. They are a co-founding member of Titiesg Wîcinímintôwak // Bluejays Dancing Together, currently working on Kindling, an Indigenous LGBTQ2S arts research project. Louis is a Mi’kmaq, Acadian, and Irish non-binary person with multiple disabilities.