What’s On Calendar
August 13–19, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Monday, August 13, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Monday, August 13, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Monday, August 13, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Monday, August 13, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Monday, August 13, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Monday, August 13, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Monday, August 13, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Monday, August 13, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Monday, August 13, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Planet IndigenUS at the Toronto Public Library - Morningside
Monday, August 13, 2012
2:00pm– 3:00pm
Born and bred in Whakatane in the north island of New Zealand, Joe Harawira is a storyteller and expert in tikanga (protocols) and is a passionate teacher and performer of kapahaka (performing arts).
Event run: August 13, 2012
Fort York: CBC's 8TH Fire Series
Monday, August 13, 2012
7:00pm– 9:00pm
As part of the Planet IndigenUS Festival, Fort York presents CBC's 8TH Fire Series.
Event run: August 13–16, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
11:30am–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Planet IndigenUS at the Toronto Public Library - Spadina Road
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
2:00pm– 3:00pm
Born and bred in Whakatane in the north island of New Zealand, Joe Harawira is a storyteller and expert in tikanga (protocols) and is a passionate teacher and performer of kapahaka (performing arts).
Event run: August 14, 2012
Falen Johnson - Invisible Stories
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
7:00pm– 8:00pm
Falen Johnson examines the stories of the past on these performance-based art walks, giving the history gravitas when you are standing in the physical place of where the narratives took place.
Event run: August 14–16, 2012
Fort York: CBC's 8TH Fire Series
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
7:00pm– 9:00pm
As part of the Planet IndigenUS Festival, Fort York presents CBC's 8TH Fire Series.
Event run: August 13–16, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
11:30am–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
12:00pm– 5:00pm
Little Big Man Remix by the Contrary Collective takes a disciplinary boundary breaking and oppositional stance on pop cultural renderings of Indigenous culture, in particular the film Little Big Man.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
FILM / Jonathan Schwartz: The Skies Can’t Keep Their Secrets
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
7:00pm
Co-presented with TIFF’s The Free Screen series, this program includes three films made between 2008 and 2011 that exemplify experimental filmmaker Jonathan Schwartz’s exacting vision.
Event run: August 15, 2012
Fort York: CBC's 8TH Fire Series
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
7:00pm– 9:00pm
As part of the Planet IndigenUS Festival, Fort York presents CBC's 8TH Fire Series.
Event run: August 13–16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
8:00pm– 9:30pm
A play by Six Nations playwright Falen Johnson is a humorous look at how stereotypes and blood quantum are viewed by society.
Event run: August 15, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
9:00pm
This family-friendly film follows a young girl in New Zealand as she struggles to be a chief, despite the fact that, as a girl, she isn’t "entitled" to the honour.
Event run: August 15, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Thursday, August 16, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Thursday, August 16, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Thursday, August 16, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00am– 8:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Thursday, August 16, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Thursday, August 16, 2012
11:30am–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
12:00pm– 5:00pm
Little Big Man Remix by the Contrary Collective takes a disciplinary boundary breaking and oppositional stance on pop cultural renderings of Indigenous culture, in particular the film Little Big Man.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Thursday, August 16, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
2:00pm– 5:00pm
Join Anna Stanisz, Assistant Curator, Programs and Education on a tour of the McMichael's current special exhibition Fashionality: Dress and Identity in Contemporary Canadian Art curated by Julia Pine.
Event run: August 16, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
2:00pm– 4:00pm
Artist Jaco Ishulutaq from Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut speaks about his experiences as part of the special exhibition "Working Together: The Cooperative Influence."
Event run: August 16–18, 2012
Fort York: CBC's 8TH Fire Series
Thursday, August 16, 2012
7:00pm– 9:00pm
As part of the Planet IndigenUS Festival, Fort York presents CBC's 8TH Fire Series.
Event run: August 13–16, 2012
Falen Johnson - Invisible Stories
Thursday, August 16, 2012
7:00pm– 8:00pm
Falen Johnson examines the stories of the past on these performance-based art walks, giving the history gravitas when you are standing in the physical place of where the narratives took place.
Event run: August 14–16, 2012
imagineNATIVE's indigiFLIX: Music is the Medicine
Thursday, August 16, 2012
8:00pm– 9:00pm
A revealing documentary that follows the critically acclaimed blues-rock artist Derek Miller as he strives to elevate his esteemed career.
Event run: August 16, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
9:00pm– 9:30pm
Australian dance-theatre company Polytoxic returns to Planet IndigenUS with a striking new performance on The Natrel™ Pond at Harbourfront Centre.
Event run: August 16–18, 2012
The Creator's Game: The Quest for Gold and the Fight for Nationhood
Thursday, August 16, 2012
9:00pm–11:00pm
This timely documentary follows the Iroquois Nationals on their quest for the 2011 medal in Prague - a fight both for gold and a recognition of their sovereign nationhood.
Event run: August 16, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Friday, August 17, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am– 4:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Planet IndigenUS at the Toronto Public Library - Parliament Street
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am–11:00am
Australian dance-theatre company Polytoxic combines stunning projections, bold costuming and intricate physical performance.
Event run: August 17, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Friday, August 17, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Friday, August 17, 2012
11:30am–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00pm– 5:00pm
Little Big Man Remix by the Contrary Collective takes a disciplinary boundary breaking and oppositional stance on pop cultural renderings of Indigenous culture, in particular the film Little Big Man.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Friday, August 17, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Planet IndigenUS at the Toronto Public Library - North York Central
Friday, August 17, 2012
2:00pm– 3:00pm
Using traditional native teachings and humour, the comical adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws are based on the seven fire prophecies and the seven grandfathers.
Event run: August 17, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
2:00pm– 3:00pm
Artist Jaco Ishulutaq from Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut speaks about his experiences as part of the special exhibition "Working Together: The Cooperative Influence."
Event run: August 16–18, 2012
Frost: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:00pm–11:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:00pm–11:00pm
Students from the ABVC program at OCAD University strut their stuff at Planet IndigenUs in an exhibition highlighting the diversity and beauty of their art.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00pm– 9:30pm
Australian dance-theatre company Polytoxic returns to Planet IndigenUS with a striking new performance on The Natrel™ Pond at Harbourfront Centre.
Event run: August 16–18, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Saturday, August 18, 2012
11:00am–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Saturday, August 18, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm–10:00pm
Students from the ABVC program at OCAD University strut their stuff at Planet IndigenUs in an exhibition highlighting the diversity and beauty of their art.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Frost: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm–10:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Little Big Man Remix by the Contrary Collective takes a disciplinary boundary breaking and oppositional stance on pop cultural renderings of Indigenous culture, in particular the film Little Big Man.
Event run: August 10–18, 2012
Ursula A. Johnson - Basket Weaving Performance Art
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm– 8:00pm
Ursula A. Johnson - Basket Weaving Performance Art
Event run: August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:30pm– 5:00pm
Artist Jaco Ishulutaq from Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut speaks about his experiences as part of the special exhibition "Working Together: The Cooperative Influence."
Event run: August 16–18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
1:00pm– 2:00pm
Polytoxic's all ages workshop fuses traditional Pacific dance with pop and contemporary dance moves. Have fun shakin' your booty!
Event run: August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
1:00pm– 8:00pm
Kids can create their own beaded bracelets or anklets with colorful beads!
Event run: August 18–19, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Saturday, August 18, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
1:00pm– 2:00pm
A collection of short films explores the indigenous experience.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Emilie Corbiere: Porcupine and Friends
Saturday, August 18, 2012
1:00pm– 1:30pm
Storyteller Emilie Corbiere entertains with tales of a sometimes grumpy sourpuss of a porcupine.
Event run: August 18, 2012 13&15
Saturday, August 18, 2012
2:00pm– 3:00pm
Rabbit and Bear Paws is for the young and the young at heart. This series is set in 1750’s colonized North America and features the comical adventures of two brothers, Rabbit and Bear Paws.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
2:00pm– 6:00pm
The Family Fun Tent is a space where families can create art and learn more about First Nations culture.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Fashion Show in the WiijiiNiijii Lodge*
Saturday, August 18, 2012
3:00pm– 3:45pm
Join us for a fashion show in WiijiiNiijii Lodge.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Emilie Corbiere: Porcupine and Friends
Saturday, August 18, 2012
3:30pm– 4:00pm
Storyteller Emilie Corbiere entertains with tales of a sometimes grumpy sourpuss of a porcupine.
Event run: August 18, 2012 13&15
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00pm– 6:00pm
Students of Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo at Mohawk and Cayuga immersion school at Six Nations will embark on a series of art workshops learning the techniques, artistry and potential of graffiti.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
6:00pm– 7:00pm
Dora Award-nominated performer Meegwun Fairbrother brings his "Living Like A Warrior" for youth and families to Planet IndigenUS.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
7:30pm– 8:30pm
An exploration of Native American activist and poet John Trudell's fusion of radical politics, music, writing, and art.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
8:30pm– 9:30pm
Paddle Song is a one woman stage play with words and music about the life of Pauline Johnson, beloved Canadian poet and touring performer.
Event run: August 18–19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00pm– 9:30pm
Australian dance-theatre company Polytoxic returns to Planet IndigenUS with a striking new performance on The Natrel™ Pond at Harbourfront Centre.
Event run: August 16–18, 2012
Red Hot Nights - Veronika Swartz and Kitsuné Soleil
Saturday, August 18, 2012
11:00pm– 2:00am
Join us for an evening of burlesque, humour and sensuous music as we celebrate the vitality and sometimes hedonistic art forms with the Indigenous community.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00am–12:00am
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–30, 2012
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Sunday, August 19, 2012
5:00am–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am– 5:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am– 9:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am– 9:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am– 9:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am– 9:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Sunday, August 19, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Sunday, August 19, 2012
11:00am– 3:00pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Students from the ABVC program at OCAD University strut their stuff at Planet IndigenUs in an exhibition highlighting the diversity and beauty of their art.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Frost: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
1:00pm– 6:00pm
Kids can create their own beaded bracelets or anklets with colorful beads!
Event run: August 18–19, 2012
Suddenly Sámi (Min mors hemmelighet)
Sunday, August 19, 2012
1:00pm– 2:30pm
Event run: August 19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
2:00pm
Rodrigo Martí is a Mexican-Canadian artist working between sculpture, performance and drawing, and he will offer his responses to the current exhibition at The Power Plant.
Event run: August 19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
2:00pm– 6:00pm
The Family Fun Tent is a space where families can create art and learn more about First Nations culture.
Event run: August 11–19, 2012
WiijiiNiijii Lodge* featuring Herbie Barnes and Tonto's Nephew
Sunday, August 19, 2012
3:00pm– 3:45pm
Herbie Barnes performs in the WiijiiNiijii Lodge.
Event run: August 19, 2012
Weengushk Film Institute 'Best Of' Student Films
Sunday, August 19, 2012
3:30pm– 5:00pm
Join us for an exciting collection of films created by the students from Weengushk Film Institute.
Event run: August 19, 2012
Painting Workshop - Introduction to Mixed Media
Sunday, August 19, 2012
4:00pm– 6:00pm
This energizing and informative class will emphasize experimentation and how to establish your own individual creative process.
Event run: August 19, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
4:30pm– 5:30pm
Paddle Song is a one woman stage play with words and music about the life of Pauline Johnson, beloved Canadian poet and touring performer.
Event run: August 18–19, 2012
Planet IndigenUS Closing Ceremonies
Sunday, August 19, 2012
5:00pm– 6:30pm
Join us as we reaffirm connections and bring this year's festival to a close.
Event run: August 19, 2012
There's always something happening at Harbourfront Centre!
- Skating on the Natrel Rink (weather permitting)
- Check out our Visual arts exhibitions
- Visit our Craft & Design Studios
- Check out the greenery at the Toronto Music Garden
For details inquire at the Info Desk or call 416-973-4000.
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