Emily Carr University celebrates National Indigenous History Month with Indigenous Art Market

“The more opportunities we can create for them to celebrate their own culture — which for us is through creative practices — the more they can start to explore how to respectfully shift this colonial world to make space for their own Indigenous knowledge to thrive. This market is a playground to see what that can look like.”

Painter, printmaker, and designer Zoë Laycock says the market is an opportunity for Indigenous artists to deepen connections within their own creative communities. “This kind of event provides a really good opportunity to see what everybody else is doing, and it builds community in a different way,” said Laycock, a participating artist who is also the interim coordinator of Aboriginal Programs with the AGP.Article content

“We’re all from different nations and different areas. It’s always a real pleasure to see how everybody’s traditional or ancestral material practices are transformed into creative, contemporary art that’s new and fresh and unique.” Emily Carr University of Art and Design 2022 visual arts grad and interim Aboriginal Programs coordinator at ECU Zoë Laycock is seen her with her artwork.Joining Laycock on the list of artists involved are:

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