PRESENTING: NISIDOTAN

Zakide aims to advance the public’s appreciation of contemporary Aborigional art by producing public art exhibitions and presentations, and by providing a forum for qualified Aboriginal artists to exhibit, present, or perform their artistic works through participation in such events.

The Nipiss­ing Region Cura­to­r­ial Col­lec­tive is an ad hoc, project-based group of media artists, cura­tors, writ­ers and edu­ca­tors man­dated to curate, pro­mote, develop and facil­i­tate regional con­tem­po­rary and site-specific art in the region of north­east­ern Ontario and to fos­ter the pro­duc­tion and pre­sen­ta­tion of con­tem­po­rary visual arts in Canada.  Our main goal is to bring all forms of con­tem­po­rary arts cre­ated by North­ern Ontario artists to audi­ences from across the coun­try. By ini­ti­at­ing unique and high qual­ity con­tem­po­rary art projects in our region, we hope to increase the pro­file of regional artists, develop the con­cepts of a regional art prac­tice, travel exhibits of north­ern regional art to other parts of the coun­try, and develop a dis­course between artists work­ing in regional areas and crit­ics or cura­tors of “inter­na­tional” con­tem­po­rary art.

PRESENTING: ICE FOLLY

4Elements Living Arts is a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural, non-profit arts organization on Manitoulin Island. We investigate and integrate relationships between landscape, creativity, and community, through research, arts creation, and community cultural and economic development.