2024 Indigenous Art Intensive participants Daina Warren and Peter Morin delivering a keynote address
Our artists in residence have left the building and the 2024 Indigenous Art Intensive has concluded for another year.
For more than a decade the Indigenous Art Intensive has brought leading international and national Indigenous scholars, curators, artists and writers together at UBC Okanagan in Syilx territory.
From May 15 to June 12, 2024, UBC Okanagan Gallery continued our multi-year collaboration with the Indigenous Art Intensive to deliver an expanded program of fifteen visiting artists and scholars in residence. During this time, artists and presenters took part in exhibitions, art making, workshops, and course visits. This programming was offered to students, faculty, and the general public.
In 2024 the Indigenous Art Intensive program offered:
- 15 artists in residence who delivered presentations about their creative practices and created new artworks utilizing FCCS studio facilities
- 3 academic classes that ran during the Intensive instructed by Tania Willard, Stacey Koosel, and Allison Hargreaves
- 1 exhibition and accompanying reception event for Honky Tonk Chapel featuring the artwork of Kevin McKenzie and curated by Dr. Stacey Koosel
- 1 public workshop “Glitching Landscape Photography” facilitated by Sobey Art Award shortlist recipient Krystle Silverfox
- 2 student gallery assistants were hired this year to support the program with support from UBC Okanagan’s Work Study program
- A new online archive of keynotes, artists talks, and workshops available to the public on YouTube
We would like to thank all the participating artists, presenters, and visiting scholars including:
- Kevin McKenzie
- Heather Igloliorte
- Daina Warren
- asinnajaq
- Taylor Baptiste
- Mariel Belanger
- Sienna Belanger-Lee
- Cori Derickson
- Csetkwe Fortier
- Victoria Jaenig
- Peter Morin
- Nicole Neidhardt
- Krystle Silverfox
- Michelle Sound
- Marika Swan
- Justine Woods
- Jasper Berehulke
- Lisa Myers
The 2024 Indigenous Art Intensive was produced by our gallery team including:
- Tania Willard- Director of the Indigenous Art Intensive and UBC Okanagan Gallery
- Stacey Koosel- Co-ordinator of the Indigenous Art Intensive and Curator of UBC Okanagan Gallery
- Ryan Trafananko- Curatorial Assistant
- Jack Prendas- Student Gallery Assistant
- Noah Davis- Student Gallery Assistant
We also acknowledge the continued support of faculty and staff at UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies including Shauna, Joanne, Sam, Philip, Kaila, Connor, Briar, Vanessa, Susan and Jen.
The 2024 Indigenous Art Intensive was made possible with the generous support of UBC’s Excellence Fund, BC Arts Council, and UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
This program is truly a labor of love for our small team and the outpouring of support this year demonstrates the value that Indigenous arts and cultural practice provides all of us. Thank you to everyone who supported the Intensive by attending in person or engaging with us online. Your support of the program this year has been vital for the long term success of the Intensive and is truly appreciated.