Deadline for registration:
First Come/First Served - maximum enrollment of 12 artists
Positions
DiverseTheatreBC (DTBC) seeks up to 60 theatre and opera artists who identify as Indigenous and/or racialized (IARA) to participate in facilitated visioning consultations. Every participating artist must self-identify as being Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit), or having a racial/cultural heritage originating in Africa, East/Southeast Asia, Latin America, Middle East/Arab/North Africa, South Asia, or be of mixed race that includes one or more of these racial/cultural heritages.
We are interested in hearing your perspectives and ideas about what an ideal online community for Indigenous and racialized artists could look like. In addition to a searchable database – which will enable not only potential engagers to find you, but for you to find your peeps, your collaborators, your accomplices – what other digital tools might facilitate your artistic goals and practices? What do you need? What does your community need? How could an online community disrupt the systemic structures that continue to marginalize the work of IARA? These are just some of the (big!) questions we will be asking you to consider, and we are excited about what our collective artistic imaginations might create together!
Compensation
Each participating IARA will receive an honorarium of $75 for one 3-hour session. Refreshments (sandwiches and non-alcoholic beverages) will be provided.
Accessibility
All venues are fully accessible.
If you require the assistance of ASL interpreters, you may email your request through the online registration form. We will do our absolute best to accommodate you, and giving us as much notice as possible will allow us to do that.
Time Commitment
Three hours, either on a weekday evening or a Saturday afternoon. Participants must be able to attend the entire session in person. No skyping or video/teleconferencing.
Dates and Times
Please select ONE session only that best fits your needs from among the 5 options listed below. To register, click on the date of the desired session to reach the online registration page. An automated email will be sent to you if you have successfully registered. There is a maximum enrollment of 12 artists for each session.
If your chosen session(s) turn out to be full, we can place you on a waitlist: please email your phone number to DTBC’s Project Manager, along with the date of the session(s) for which you’d like to be placed on the waitlist.
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Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) ONLY
Date: Saturday, September 22, 12:00pm noon – 3pm
Location: Full Circle: First Nations Performance studio, 268 Keefer Street, 4th floor, Room 416
Facilitator: Jada-Gabrielle Pape
Jada-Gabrielle Pape is Coast Salish from the Saanich and Snuneymuxw Nations on Vancouver Island. She lives on unceded territory commonly called East Vancouver. A single mom to a teenage daughter, counselor, college instructor, and founding member of the Drawing Wisdom initiative, Jada’s creative expression is reflected in her poetry, prose writing, curriculum design, and mixed media paintings. Jada is an undergrad from UBC’s Creative Writing department with an honours thesis on Identity, and an MEd in curriculum, instruction, and counselling psychology. Her counselling background includes specialized training in both grief and trauma.
Intercultural session #3: open to all IARA across dis/abilities, genders, sexual orientation - CANCELLED
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Full Circle: First Nations Performance studio, 268 Keefer Street, 4th floor, Room 416
Facilitator: Jotika Chaudhary
Jotika Chaudhary is a Queer Femme of Colour who navigates being chronically sick. Her ancestors come from India, and she was born and raised on Coast Salish lands of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish nations. An interdisciplinary artist who creates visual art such as zines and paintings, Jotika is also a singer and performance artist. She is a budding Expressive Arts Therapist, and has been volunteering in the social services field for 12 years. She has been facilitating arts-based spaces, workshops, performance nights centering Queer and Trans Black Indigenous and folks of colour for over 6 years. Jotika is passionate and committed to creating more spaces for artists of colour, and help them share their/our stories. Check out more about her organizing and art at www.Jotikart.com
LGBTQ2S IARA ONLY
Date: Thursday, September 27, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: City of Vancouver W boardroom, SFU Woodward’s, 111 W. Hastings, 5th Floor
Facilitator: Jotika Chaudhary (see above bio)
Intercultural session #1: open to all IARA across dis/abilities, genders, sexual orientation
Date: Thursday, September 20, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: City of Vancouver W boardroom, SFU Woodward’s, 111 W. Hastings, 5th Floor
Facilitator: Jada-Gabrielle Pape (see above bio)
Intercultural session #2: open to all IARA across dis/abilities, genders, sexual orientation
Date: Saturday, September 29, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: City of Vancouver W boardroom, SFU Woodward’s, 111 W. Hastings, 5th Floor
Facilitator: Parker Johnson
Parker Johnson, M.Ed., is an African-American man working in the field of prevention of harassment and discrimination, workplace equity and inclusion, and organizational change. He has also worked in the US in higher education student services, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion for almost 20 years before moving to Canada. He has taught courses in education, intercultural communication, and cultural studies. For the past few years, he has been a facilitator on social justice issues with the Inner Activist Program. Parker also enjoys time with family and friends, traveling and reading speculative fiction.