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Mark your calendars! On Tuesday, January 13 we are honoured to host a special dialogue between exhibiting artist Marika Swan and artist/curator Tania Willard. Join us for a rich conversation exploring parallels in their practices in relation to their deep engagement with printmaking, archives, and community organizing. Marika Swan ƛ̓upinup is a mother, artist, and community arts organizer of mixed Tla-o-qui-aht, Scottish, and Irish descent. Her main creative practice is exploring the Nuu-chah-nulth worldview through woodblock relief printmaking, often layered with other visual arts techniques, including carving, stencil, and photography. Marika’s extensive study of Nuu-chah-nulth ancestral belongings has informed a unique contemporary interpretation of the classic Nuu-chah-nulth aesthetic.
Tania Willard is a mixed Secwépemc and settler artist whose research intersects with land-based art practices. Her practice activates connection to land, culture, and family, centering art as an Indigenous resurgent act, though collaborative projects such as BUSH Gallery and support of language revitalization in Secwépemc communities. Tania’s work is included in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Forge Project, Kamloops Art Gallery, the Anchorage Museum, and the Burnaby Art Gallery, among others. In 2025, she was awarded the Sobey Art Award.
This event is free, no registration required.
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