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Passing on Artistic Knowledge and Traditions
Calgary Arts Development
The Storytelling Project
January 2025
When it comes to artmaking, mentorship matters. From co-productions and incubators for emerging artists to ongoing guidance, artistic mentorship helps pass on the knowledge and traditions of age-old art forms so that they continue to thrive and evolve today. Here’s how some local artists and organizations dedicated to puppetry, traditional Indigenous artmaking and spoken word are carving out lasting legacies.
Illuminated puppets act out Blackfoot bison legend against night sky in immersive play
CBC Calgary
October 14, 2020
Iniskim tells the story of the buffalo in North America through illuminated canvas puppets at dusk. One October performance has been captured on film, and will be streaming online this fall thanks to the National Arts Centre’s Grand Acts of Theatre initiative.
The event lit up the vast mountain skies near the Leighton Art Centre near Millarville, Alta., as the lighted puppets made their journey across the land to the sound of traditional Blackfoot music.
Wonderheads Workshop 2020
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Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry
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In the spirit of reconciliation, Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry acknowledges that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (which includes the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani). We would also like to acknowledge the Tsuut'ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations(Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley), the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all of us who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.