Kapishkum Métis Gathering Panel Discussion

Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival ~ Max Bell Auditorium

Join our celebrated Kapishkum: Métis Gathering faculty for a conversation on contemporary Métis art in Canada.

Kapishkum, meaning “to transcend” in Michif, brings together a cohort of Métis artists to engage in creative production and advance their personal practices alongside peers and faculty mentors. This program aims to celebrate and bolster Métis-specific art, creative forms, and unique ways of being, knowing and doing in a collaborative and critical environment.

Speakers include Jason Baerg, an Indigenous activist, curator, educator, and interdisciplinary artist; Daphne Boyer, whose work combines natural materials and high resolution digital tools to create art that celebrates her Indigenous heritage; Liz Barron, a founding member of the Harbour Collective, which supports Indigenous filmmakers and visual artists; and David Garneau, a painter, curator, and critical art writer who engages with contemporary Indigenous ways of being.

Visual Arts is supported by the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Outstanding Artist Program.

Photo of Jason Baerg courtesy of The High Commission of Canada to the UK; Liz Barron, David Garneau, and Daphne Boyer, photos courtesy of the artists.