Indigenous Storyteller in Residence Celebration Event (Hybrid)

Join us online or in person in the community room with our Indigenous Storyteller in Residence Emily Critch and special guests Megan Bateman, and Paul Pike. The celebration will consist of a performance from Paul, a reading from Megan, and a reading and talk from Emily. Light refreshments will be provided.
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About our guests:
Emily Critch (she/they) is a Mi’kmaw and settler curator, artist, and writer from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk Territory (Bay of Islands, NL) currently based in St. John’s. Their recent curatorial projects include falling through our fingers (2023) and these are our monuments (2021) with the Owens Art Gallery, mitsujuk | kussikuashu | kpitni’sewet | they sew with the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (2019) and the Tina Dolter Gallery (2020), and Visiting: Logan MacDonald at Grenfell Art Gallery (2018). Critch has published exhibition texts, reviews, and essays with several venues including Eastern Edge, The Rooms, Eyelevel, and Visual Arts News. Her artistic and curatorial practices have received support from ArtsNL and Canada Council for the Arts.

Paul Pike is a Mi’kmaq musician from Western Newfoundland. He is a composer and musician having recorded three international recordings with Canyon Records with his group Medicine Dream and has been nominated for numerous awards at the Native American Music Awards, having won best video for his song “In This World”. Paul enjoys sharing the stories of his Mi’kmaw culture and homeland Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland).

​Megan Bateman is a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Mi’kmaw and settler ancestry residing in Ktaqmkuk. She grew up in Sinalk (Port aux Basques) and lives in Katalisk (Codroy Valley), with deep present and ancestral roots in Nqanaqanik (Grey River) and other now-resettled south coast communities. Megan comes from a long line of incredible craftspeople and creatives. She attributes her own creative energy to a blood call from ancestors, as well as teachings from living family members. Her primary areas of work include beadwork, hand-sewing with fur and hide, photography, and written word. Her work is largely shaped by intergenerational kinship, the meaning of space, place, and home, sustainability, and joy as an act of resistance.

Call (709) 737-3950 for more information.

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