Artist Walks

Dr T’uy’t’tanat- Cease Wyss
Join Interdisciplinary artist Cease Wyss on this walk from Luq’luq’i through the Kanaka Ranch site into places where the three local nations shared some food gathering, winter dancing and other sacred ceremonies, and salmon fishing along with shellfish and other shoreline delights.

Starr Muranko
Take a walk through historic Gastown with dancer/choreographer Starr Muranko (Co-Artistic Director Raven Spirit Dance) as she shares some of the local Indigenous dance artists and companies in which she is connected.

Xwechtaal & Claire Love Wilson
Join Squamish cultural leader Xwechtaal (Dennis Joseph) and Scottish-Canadian multidisciplinary artist Claire Love Wilson as they walk and sing together at Sen̓áḵw.

Leah Abramson
Join Leah Abramson on a walking tour of some of the city’s current and now-defunct underground arts spaces and discuss how Vancouver artists and art-lovers are fighting back against the social and economic forces that have changed the map so dramatically in recent years.

Jivesh Parasram
Rumble Theatre’s Artistic Director, Jiv Parasram, will seek out an iconic Downtown East Side milkshake (actually a milkshake) and cruise with you on your way down to Granville Island.

Sebastien Archibald
A guided tour, mixed with autobiography, through the Mount Pleasant neighborhood centered around Broadway and Main St.: exploring its history as an artistic hub, its subsequent gentrification, and the impact on local artists.

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