What’s On Calendar
August 13–19, 2012
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Monday, August 13, 2012
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
Te Pou Rahui Performance Workshop
Monday, August 13, 2012
6:00pm 8:00pm
Join Te Pou Rahui for this unique workshop consisting of an MB (Muscle & Bone, Mind & Body) class, a 30-minute showing of performance works by Charles Koroneho, and a discussion of image work and its relation to Indigenous choreographic practices.
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
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
11:30am10:30pm
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
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
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
11:30am10:30pm
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
Tour - Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
6:30pm 7:30pm
Explore the role textiles played in the early interactions between Canada's First Nations and early immigrants, and the ways in which textiles communicate identity.
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
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Thursday, August 16, 2012
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
11:30am10:30pm
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
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
8:00pm 9:00pm
Lisa Odjig, two-time world champion hoop dancer and recent semi-finalist of Canada’s Got Talent, conducts a workshop.
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
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
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
11:30am10:30pm
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
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
7:00pm11:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Event run: August 10–19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:00pm11:00pm
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
7:00pm 8:00pm
Sage Paul presents a showcase of new fashions designed specifically for Planet IndigenUS.
Event run: August 17, 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
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
10:00am11:00pm
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
11:00am10:30pm
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
12:00pm10:00pm
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
12:00pm10:00pm
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
What you eat isn't what you grow
Saturday, August 18, 2012
3:00pm 4:00pm
A panel discussion regarding seed banks, genetically modified foods, coop/community gardening and food canopy, from an IndigenUS perspective.
Event run: August 18, 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
Aboriginal Recording of the Year - Juno Panel
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00pm 6:30pm
A panel discussion reviewing the "Aboriginal Recording of the Year" Juno category by exploring questions surrounding Indigenous sound, culture, and categorization in music.
Event run: August 18, 2012
Music Workshop: Focus on the Experimental
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00pm 6:00pm
A music workshop featuring Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) musician Robin Ranger.
Event run: August 18, 2012
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
5:00pm 6:00pm
Dancers of Damelahamid workshop includes interactive dance movement and background history on the Coastal First Nations of BC.
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
The Vocal Workshop - Transjoik and Tjupurru
Saturday, August 18, 2012
7:00pm 8:00pm
Join Sami joiking band Transjoik and Didjeribone master Tjupurru as they explore the voice in all its forms.
Event run: August 18, 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
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00am12:00am
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
12:00am12:00am
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
5:00am11:30pm
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
Theatre Workshop - Dione Joseph and Michelle St. John
Sunday, August 19, 2012
1:00pm 2:00pm
Dione Joseph and Michelle St. John present a theatre workshop.
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
Dotahs Cooking with Virgie General, Janace Henry, and Bertha Skye
Sunday, August 19, 2012
2:00pm 3:00pm
Dotah's Cooking brings together three local female chefs who share their favorite family recipes that represent more than just the preparation of food.
Event run: August 19, 2012
Fingerstyle Guitar & Rhythm Workshop
Sunday, August 19, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
This workshop and meet-and-greet following Don's performance will review Fingerstyle Guitar, the technique Don uses in his performance.
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
For details inquire at the Info Desk or call 416-973-4000.