Radiant Rural Halls is a series of free, public art events including installations, workshops, screenings, and performances, held in rural P.E.I. community halls and organized by this town is small.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
February 24 & March 1 – Working with fish skins, a workshop by Morgan Possberg (Participation open to community/band members)
February 24 & March 1 at the Lennox Island Community Centre in Lennox Island, PEI.
Over the period of a week Morgan Possberg will share their knowledge about fish skin tanning with the community at Lennox Island First Nation. They will help to create the foundations of more rural community self-sufficiency and food sovereignty by sharing knowledge of how to turn what is normally a waste product into a high quality crafting material for the community to use.
Morgan Possberg is a writer and visual artist based in Mohkinstsis. Their practice is focused on exploring the world and their Cree-Metis heritage through layers of abstractions. What matters is not whether they recreate the past, but to capture inner truths – a space where misremembering and remembering are equally valued.
Attendance:
This workshop is being presented as part of Lennox Island Mi’kmaq Culture Centre’s two week language camp. To participate in this workshop you must be a community/band member, and register for the two week language camp. To register for the language camp, you can email Faith Myers at faith.myers@lennoxisland.com
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March 4 & 5 – rising tide, shifting ground, curated by Laura Demers
March 4 & 5 at Kings Playhouse in Georgetown, PEI.
Curated by Laura Demers, rising tide, shifting ground will bring together artists from on and off-island to present works with site-specific elements, examining the rural ecologies of PEI and the Atlantic regions. Works featured include: Touch Tank, an audio-visual installation by artist Hailey Guzik (Montreal, QC), and a luminous installation by artist Morgan Possberg (Calgary, AB). Lennox Island First Nation’s The Ice Walk, directed by Eliza Knockwood (Lennox Island, PEI), will be presented during an evening theatre screening. rising tide, shifting ground is a part of Canada Games Illumination Festival and we thank them for their support.
March 4th, 2023 (as part of the Canada Games Illumination Festival)
- 1pm – 4pm — Installation on view: Old friends by Morgan Possberg (Hallway Gallery)
- 1pm – 4pm — Installation on view: Touch Tank by Hailey Guzik (Main Hall)
- 5pm – 7pm — Film screening – Lennox Island First Nation’s The Ice Walk (Theatre)
March 5th, 2023
- 1pm – 4pm — Installation on view: Touch Tank by Hailey Guzik (Main Hall)
- 1pm – 4pm — Installation on view: Old friends by Morgan Possberg (Hallway Gallery)
Attendance:
Further details available on the Facebook event (Coming soon)
Registration (free) for the screening of Lennox Island First Nation’s The Ice Walk available on Eventbrite here
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March 17 & 18 – Seasons Change, workshop and installations
March 17 & 18 at the Glenaladale Schoolhouse, Tracadie Cross, PEI.
Seasons Change is a two-day event and exhibition that examines the effects of seasonal shifts and ideas of placemaking through the use of repetition, routine, and the handmade, and will take place at the historic Glenaladale Schoolhouse. The projects on display include Context is Everything, an immersive installation of thousands of intricate hand cut paper dandelions by artist Monique Martin (Saskatoon, SK); Our Neighborhood, a workshop where participants will use relief printmaking techniques to make their own paper lanterns of homes led by artists Nat Cann and Caitlin Wilson (Moncton, NB); and Certain Conditions [Winter Version], a multi-media installation that uses live weather data to explore the weather’s impact on routine by artist Evan Furness (Vernon Bridge, PEI).
March 17th, 2023
- 3pm – 8pm — Installation on view: Certain Conditions [Winter Version] by Evan Furness
- 3pm – 8pm — Installation on view: Context is Everything by Monique Martin
- 5pm – 8pm — Printmaking and lantern making workshop led by Nat Cann and Caitlin Wilson
March 18th, 2023
- 10am – 2pm— Installations on view: Certain Conditions [Winter Version] by Evan Furness and Context is Everything by Monique Martin
- 10am – noon — Printmaking and lantern making workshop day two led by Nat Cann and Caitlin Wilson
- 1pm – 2pm — Artist talk and walkthrough of the space with the artists
Attendance:
Further details available on the Facebook event
Workshop registration available on Eventbrite here
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March 31 – Song Portraits: Milton, performance
March 31 at 7:30pm at the Milton Community Hall, North Milton, PEI.
Song Portraits is a project by Corbin Murdoch that is inspired by the individuals that contribute to the vibrancy and vitality of Milton Community Hall.
A Song Portrait is exactly what it sounds like: an artistic rendering of a person, but instead of paint and canvas, it uses melody and lyric. During a series of informal, one-on-one “portrait sittings” Corbin became acquainted with several individuals in the Milton community and composed original songs drawn from their stories and ideas.
At this final performance, we will celebrate project participants as they sing their own portrait live at the Milton Community Hall, backed by the Song Portraits Band organised by Musical Director Carlie Howell.
Performed in front of family, friends, and the Hall’s members, “Song Portraits: Milton” is a rare opportunity for the community to gather together in celebration of one another.
Portrait Subjects: John Hooper, Joy MacIntyre, Ken Williams, Rosemarie Ramsay, Joyce Blackett, and Trilby Jeeves
Song Portraits Band: Alicia Toner, Carlie Howell (Musical Director), Josh Langille, Robin Ettle, and Mike Ross
Attendance:
Further details available on the Facebook event
April 6 – Mass for Shut-Outs, performance with reception to follow
April 6 at 7:00pm at the Bonshaw Hall, Bonshaw, PEI.
Mass for Shut-Outs is a shout out to anyone grappling with the complexity of faith, the inconsistency of awe, and the politics of organized religion. Writer and performer Tanya Davis presents a poetic take on Sunday service, exploring enduring questions through a comedic and critical lens. Mass for Shut-Outs is for anyone on the spiritual fringes (willingly or not) who seeks meaning and transcendence while being shut out of—or disinterested in—traditional communities of faith. It is for atheists seeking connection, agnostics asking questions, and believers kindly curious about other people’s gods.
Tanya Davis is a writer and performer living in rural Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island. When not composing poetry, prose, notes, or jokes, she is having pats and chats with her cats at home. Mass for Shut-Outs, her newest work, is a shift in artistic direction. It debuts at Radiant Rural Halls.
Attendance:
Further details available on the Facebook event
April 22 – Soul Soliloquies, performance and event
April 22 at Celebration Station, Cardigan, PEI.
The Holy Trinity presents Soul Soliloquies, an honest insight into Black sacredness.
The Holy Trinity, made up by Softest Spot, King Kxndi, and Eberechi is a trio of multidisciplinary artists dedicated to glorifying Black people.
Attendance:
Further details available on the Facebook event
CALENDAR
Radiant Rural Halls programming is taking place on ancestral and unceded Mi’kmaq territory. As part of one of the seven districts of Mi’kma’ki, Epekwitk (PEI) is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship of 1725, which never involved the surrender of land, but rather serve as a foundation for relationships between the citizens of this region.
This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of:
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