{"id":24274,"date":"2020-02-18T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=24274"},"modified":"2020-02-18T07:38:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:38:48","slug":"artbridges-fifth-annual-recognition-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/artbridges-fifth-annual-recognition-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"ArtBridges Fifth Annual Recognition Awards \/ Prix honorifiques annuels d’ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We are pleased to announce the award winners for
ArtBridges Fifth Annual Recognition Awards!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards showcase remarkable work in community-engaged arts in Canada in three categories: Innovation!, Resiliency! and Creativity!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award process:<\/strong> In mid-2019 we did a call for community-engaged arts initiatives, community partners and ArtBridges Member initiatives to participate in award nominations. All of the entrees were compelling and demonstrated amazing work. The awards jury was comprised of three active leaders in community arts in Canada from St. John’s, Guelph, and Vancouver<\/strong>. The recipients will each receive a certificate and an award of $250. We will be calling for nominations for our Sixth Annual Recognition Awards this Winter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nous avons le plaisir de vous pr\u00e9senter les laur\u00e9ats des cinqui\u00e8mes
Prix honorifiques annuels d\u2019ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ces prix soulignent un travail remarquable dans le domaine de l\u2019art communautaire au Canada. Il y a trois cat\u00e9gories : Innovation, R\u00e9silience et Cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Processus d\u2019attribution des prix :<\/strong> Au milieu de 2019, nous avons invit\u00e9 les organismes et les membres de ToileDesArts qui r\u00e9alisent des projets d\u2019art en milieu communautaire \u00e0 soumettre des candidatures pour nos Prix honorifiques annuels. Tous les projets soumis \u00e9taient convaincants et d\u00e9montraient un travail extraordinaire. Le jury \u00e9tait compos\u00e9 de trois personnes qui se sont illustr\u00e9es par leur leadership dans le milieu de l\u2019art communautaire; elles venaient de Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuve, de Guelph et de Vancouver. Chaque r\u00e9cipiendaire recevra un certificat et un prix de 250 $. Nous lancerons cet hiver un appel de candidatures pour la sixi\u00e8me \u00e9dition des Prix honorifiques annuels de ToileDesArts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations to \/ F\u00e9licitations aux laur\u00e9ats! :<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Remarkable Innovation! Award to \/ Le prix soulignant une innovation remarquable est remis \u00e0 : <\/strong>Otahpiaaki (Calgary, Alberta)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u00ab Otahpiaaki est un projet port\u00e9 par l\u2019Indigenous Mount Royal University dans le cadre d\u2019un programme de baccalaur\u00e9at d\u2019exception visant \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre aux besoins en \u00e9ducation de tous les peuples autochtones. L\u2019universit\u00e9 s\u2019est engag\u00e9e \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre, valoriser et appliquer le savoir autochtone en utilisant des m\u00e9thodes p\u00e9dagogiques et des pratiques qui tiennent compte de leurs r\u00e9alit\u00e9s culturelles. Ax\u00e9 sur les arts et la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9, Otahpiaaki existe depuis trois ans. Ce projet est le fruit d\u2019une collaboration entre des a\u00een\u00e9s et des Gardiens du Savoir Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot), des \u00e9quipes d\u2019\u00e9tudiants et d\u2019\u00e9tudiantes autochtones et non autochtones ainsi que des professeurs et des membres du personnel de l\u2019universit\u00e9.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Otahpiaaki<\/a> is a project of Indigenous Mount Royal University. As a part of delivering an exceptional undergraduate experience, meeting the educational needs of all Indigenous Peoples, and in delivering on the university\u2019s commitment to recognizing, valuing and applying Indigenous knowledge through culturally responsive pedagogies and practices, Otahpiaaki has worked in partnership with Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Indigenous and non-Indigenous student teams, and alliances of faculty and staff to build an arts- and creatives-focused project these past three years.
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Otahpiaaki\u2019s mandate is embodied in Mount Royal University\u2019s Indigenous Strategic Plan 2016-2021, including the cultivation of respectful and welcoming environments; working with our communities to enhance the academic, personal and cultural experience of Indigenous learners; and fostering respect for Indigenous ways of knowing, knowledge-production and creative practice, and increasing capacity for Indigenous scholarship.
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Otahpiaaki supports creative practice in three ways. First, we host an annual showcase. In its fourth year, Otahpiaaki: Indigenous Beauty and Fashion and Design Week is a 5-day community-focused visual and performing arts gathering, showcase, and critical discourse hosted in Mohkinstis\/ Calgary. Designers, artists, musicians, performers, and writers from 40 unique neighbour Nations, Inuit, Northern, and M\u00e9tis communities have showcased and celebrated indigenous beauty in all of its forms \u2013 intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual since 2016. Sahpahtsimah — collaborating in a good way, is core to our project. 
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Next, Otahpiaaki partners with other organizations on \u2018practice and issues\u2019 workshops during and beyond Showcase Week, typically held in November. This educational programming ensures that contemporary and historical knowledge is shared through intergenerational exchange. We also host critical discourse events, for example, on creative issues and impacts facing LGBTQ+ and racialized creatives; concerned with dismantling colonial research\/educational structures impacting creative research, practice, and the pursuit of prosperity; and an artistic collaboration and curation of Robert Joseph’s 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act. 
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Finally, our project is uniquely designed with a scholarship of engagement strategy. Since 2016, we’ve gathered new knowledge by asking three key questions, \u201cHow can Indigenous creative renewal and maintenance of practices be articulated and protected? What are the obstacles to creative, artistic, and economic prosperity for Indigenous artists? How are creative works being utilized for healing intergenerational harms and traumas and helping discoveries of giftedness? 
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Using Indigenous scholarship and practice, we have achieved new understanding about these questions. We have participated in academic conferences and events as far away as France and Germany, and as close as Tsuut’ina. We also support Otahpiaaki and other creatives with practical knowledge and tools, and we utilize popular press. We have even grown natural dye crops to resource design and artistic practice, and have transferred this knowledge to Kainai K-12 arts educators, Elders and artists to introduce Poo\u2019miikapi \u2013 experiencing unity, balance, and harmony through regalia and other creative action.
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We listen carefully to our creatives and contribute our knowledge and skills to serve their expressed needs.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a recent Vogue Article: Meet 4 Indigenous-Owned Streetwear Brands Empowering Their Communities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mandel Surprise-Me Award for Innovation is sponsored by the Ruth Mandel \u2013 WHO GIVES Fund.<\/strong>
Le prix Mandel \u00c9tonnez-moi ! soulignant une innovation remarquable est commandit\u00e9 par le Fonds Ruth Mandel \u2013 WHO GIVES.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Remarkable Creativity! Award to \/ Le prix soulignant une cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 remarquable est remis \u00e0 : Cirque Hors Piste – Cirkaskina – National Social Circus Gathering<\/strong> \/ Rencontre nationale en cirque (Montr\u00e9al, QC)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u00ab L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement de cl\u00f4ture de la Rencontre nationale en cirque social durera trois jours. Le premier jour (le 17 janvier 2020), 150 jeunes participeront \u00e0 une cr\u00e9ation collective pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 la Tohu et diffus\u00e9e en direct dans tous les milieux participants. Cette pr\u00e9sentation publique vise \u00e0 montrer la diversit\u00e9 des jeunes participants et \u00e0 sensibiliser le grand public \u00e0 la port\u00e9e de changement social qu\u2019ont les arts et plus particuli\u00e8rement le cirque. Les deux autres journ\u00e9es seront remplies d\u2019activit\u00e9s offertes aux jeunes par les jeunes: ateliers de partage, sc\u00e8ne ouverte, discussions, rituels d\u2019ouverture et de cl\u00f4ture, moments d\u2019\u00e9changes informels. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Social circus, an innovative approach use in 17 communities in Canada. The circus has rightly been characterized as an art of solidarity because it relies heavily on mutual help and collective work. This is why social circus intervention, by the nature of the activities used, relies heavily on collective participation. To act in a group by carrying out common activities is a formidable tool to develop trust towards others which makes it possible to develop fundamental social values such as solidarity, empathy, mutual help, sense of belonging, listening, respect and friendship. The notions of leadership and respect for common rules are also promoted, which leads participants to consider themselves not only as individuals, but also as full members of a community. In fact, participants become aware not only of what others can bring them, but also of what they themselves can bring to others, essential elements in the construction of esteem. The circus tool thus becomes a pretext for promoting social inclusion, developing life skills and fostering an active place in one’s community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big event closing National Social Circus Gathering will last 3 days, The first day (January 17, 2020) will invite the 150 young people to join forces for a collective creation that will be presented publicly at Tohu and broadcast live in all participating communities. The objective of this public day is both to promote the diversity of young participants, to give them a voice, while raising awareness among the general public about the use of the arts and more specifically the circus as a vector of social change. The next two days will be devoted to activities by and for young people: exchange workshops, open-stage, discussions, opening and closing rituals, informal moments of exchange.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-submitted by Samuel Jabour<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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