Tina Winterlik: carving 4 reconciliation

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Langara- Pop-Up Grad - April 20-28- FINE ARTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QClMttFfs6E

Langara College
Creative Arts & Industries Pop-Up Gallery
http://langara.ca/news-and-events/events-calendar/170327-pop-up-gallery.html

Date: Mar 27, 2017 to May 19, 2017
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Location: Main Foyer, Building A, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue

http://langara.ca/news-and-events/events-calendar/170327-pop-up-gallery.html

Check out the Creative Arts Pop-Up Grad Gallery from March 27 to May 19, 2017. The exhibits will feature some of the best student work from Art History, Design Formation, Film Arts, Fine Arts, Journalism, Professional Photography, and Publishing.

The exhibition and reception events are free to attend, so come out to check out the rotating exhibits every week.

March 27-31: Film Arts
Our students will demonstrate fight choreography scenes throughout the week.

March 27-31: Art History

April 6-13: Design Formation
This year's show, UNFOLD, displays a range of student projects from graphic design to exhibition and interior space design.
Opening night April 6, 6:00 pm

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April 20-28: Fine Arts
An impressive selection of students' drawing, sculpture, painting, design, digital design, ceramics, and prints.
Opening night April 20, 7:00 pm

Hopefully all goes smoothly and the panels created by Reconciliation Carving Cohort will be displayed.

Please come to the opening if you wish to see it and learn more about carvings, students and the motivation behind it..

Here are a few related blogposts I have done.
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/04/ceremony-passing-panels-responisibility.html

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2017/04/we-did-it-langara-carving4reconciliatio.html

If you are curious about my Reconciliation Carving Journey you may wish to check out my blogpost. It starts here... https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/the-energy-was-bigger-than-us.html

Carvings for Reconciliation.
One panel honors the murdered and missing indigenous women. One panel honors the children who never returned home from residential school, or who came home forever changed...
#mmiw #carving4reconciliation

Women Are Sacred - Artist Zipolita

Carving & Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017
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May 1-5: Professional Photography
Featuring our students' creative imagery spanning portraiture, commercial, and editorial genres.
Opening night May 2, 6:30 pm

May 8-12: Publishing
Publishing students present the latest issue of our annual publication showcasing the best in student writing, photography, and design.

May 15-19: Journalism
Our students demonstrate their versatility reporting across media platforms including newspaper, online, magazines, radio, and television broadcasting.

Gallery Hours
Mon-Fri: 9:00am - 10:00pm
Sat-Sun: 9:00am - 7:00pm

Related Link
Creative Arts & Industries Pop-Up Gallery
http://langara.ca/news-and-events/events-calendar/170327-pop-up-gallery.html

Saturday, April 8, 2017

We did it! Langara #Carving4Reconciliation panels complete!

So we did it! I couldn't make up my mind where to post first to share our wonderful news!!

Yesterday was the completion of our responsibility in creating, designing, carving, caring for the red cedar panels and the yellow cedar circles.

Since September 2016 when I won a Carving Award to attend Langara's Reconciliation Carving Cohort, 17 brave souls have been learning and carving together from Justin Wilson, Aaron Nelson Moody, Shane Pointe and many other beautiful souls to create these sacred panels.

Langara was given a sacred name https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/musqueam-naming-ceremony-for-langara.html

These sacred pieces were created to honor the children of the Residential Schools who never came home and those Survivors who live with the trauma the rest of their lives and also honor the Missing and Murdered Indigenous women.

This has been a very difficult journey. One I find so hard to put into words.
We had our ceremony yesterday..I had to speak and it was so hard to voice anything of the billions of thoughts racing through my mind. I just told everyone I loved them.

It was such a beautiful ceremony...I cried through nearly all of it.

It is really hard to explain and so I won't try. Garwin Sanford is working on a documentary so we will see how that all goes.

I am going to make a video too but right now I am so exhausted from so much emotion.

"Just know that some people said we shouldn't do this, some thought we couldn't do it, but we have shown everyone we can! "

We have demonstrated that people of all backgrounds and beliefs can come together and work together to try right wrongs. We can acknowledge the terrible truths and we were all witnesses and now we must work with the education systems and all social networks to share the truths and help those who don't know, to understand the evilness of the past (and present) and help those suffering to cope. There is still so much work to be done but this is a baby step in the right direction.

Here's some photos.

I will add the names of the artists/carvers to pieces in a bit. Just so you understand the piece. In the center is a design by Aaron Nelson Moody http://splashingeagle.ca/ it is of salmon and all they represent with there struggle to survive and being a life source and life giver. Each of our cohort created a piece to represent themselves. The panel represents all of us. One heart, one mind. Nautsamat!! We are one!

Sacred Panels honoring the ch

Me and some of my Carving Buddies!

Shane Pointe - from Musqueam and Squamish Nations put Red Ochre on our hands and told us wash our hands. It was very sacred. We then placed our hands on the panels and pushed/shifted the panels to Langara College and the witness saw and heard them take "responsibility " of our sacred work honoring the missing and murdered women and the children of the residential schools.

Sacred Panel Honoring the Missing and Murdered Women

There were many lovely guests and witnesses and when I get permission from everyone I will share their photos with you. Sending out love and light to you all.

Related links:
You can follow my journey on my blog https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/
https://www.interestingshit.com/culture/canadian-residential-schools/
http://www.trc.ca/.../Exec_Summary_2015_05_31_web_o.pdf

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Langara- Pop-Up Grad - April 20-28- FINE ARTS

Saturday, April 8, 2017

We did it! Langara #Carving4Reconciliation panels complete!

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