INDIGENOUS WRITING PROGRAM
Self-directed Residencies for Indigenous Artists
September 9 - 21, 2013 (on-site) September 30 - December 6, 2013 (online) Application deadline: May 1, 2013
Ongoing opportunities
Faculty: Tomson Highway, Witi Ihimaera, Lee Maracle
A unique opportunity for writers to develop their writing and storytelling voices amidst a vibrant community of acclaimed faculty and fellow writers. This program offers an extended period of writing time: two weeks at The Banff Centre and 10 weeks working online. It offers invaluable one-onone editorial feedback with faculty, and cultivates the significant role of writers as storytellers in a dynamic reading series.
Hi-Rez Storytelling Visit banffcentre.ca/indigenous-arts for details.
Designed to support Indigenous filmmakers and new media screen-based writers and producers, participants will develop projects, write for multiplatform environments, and learn digital strategies that provide a continuum for contemporary storytelling forms. Faculty will provide mentorship and feedback on story and character, conceptual development, linear and nonlinear flow in digital landscapes, and explore alternative storytelling mediums and interactive elements in film, video, image, sound, and text.
The Banff Centre offers self-directed residencies to assist artists in achieving their artistic vision. By providing time and space for focused work and the freedom to conceptualize, create, research, or complete a project. Self-directed residencies are open to dancers, choreographers, musicians, composers, singer-songwriters, filmmakers, writers, playwrights, and curators. Residencies can be of any duration and artists can apply at any time. Financial assistance is available.
“It was a privilege to take part in such an amazing creative process. Being able to learn from acclaimed faculty, alongside other Indigenous artists was very beneficial for my professional development.� Thomas Fonua (Samoan/Tongan, New Zealand) Residency artist
Facing page (top): Jock Soto, Indigenous Dance Residency. Moana and the Tribe, Diverse As This Land program showcase.
Above: Tono, Red Sky Performance, Commissioned by The Banff Centre and Luminato. Photos courtesy The Banff Centre.
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