Northern Exposure’s Evening Artist Showcase – Night 2

General Admission: $25.00 + Fee

IMA Members: $20.00 + Fee

Youth 12-18: $15.00 + Fee

Even if you aren’t attending the conference, you can get in on the action! Join us as we invite 3 artists to share their craft with us during Northern Exposure’s Evening Artist Showcase – Night 2.

This Showcase will meet at the Sunset Theatre at 7:00 PM. From here, the audience split into groups, moving between three Wells venues, making up one evening of supporting independent Canadian music, dance and storytelling from friends old and new. Sights and sounds abound for this one, with the opportunity to learn, and to get up and move!

For this event, patrons will move between 3 performance venues, taking in the fresh air of the night in between each of the sets. If mobility is a concern, please get in contact with Elyssia Sasaki. (info@imarts.com).

DANCE | A MATTER OF DEVIANCE BY METHOD DANCE

Method Dance Society is a Not-for-Profit dance company based on the unceded Indigenous Territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation (Prince George, BC). Method seeks to increase public knowledge, appreciation and interest in contemporary dance by exhibiting and developing regional programs and performances in Northern B.C. Our projects and programs provide tools and resources for regional dance artists to practice their craft and expand their skills.

Cai Glover (choreographer): Cai Glover honed his craft as a performer and choreographer with Cas Public from 2012 to 2022. He contributed to 8 creations for the company, showcasing his innovative approach. Recently, he founded “A Fichu Turning,” exploring the intersection of poetry and movement. As a hard of hearing artist, hearing differently has become a driving force of his artistry and originality as a mover, interpreter and choreographer.

MUSIC + STORY | AMANDA WOOD

Amanda Wood is Anishinaabekwe from Ginoogaming, under James Bay Treaty 9, and Nlaka’pamux from North Bend, BC. Born and raised in northern BC, she is a guest on the Dakelh lands of Lheidli Te’nneh (Prince George, BC) A multi-disciplinary performance artist and graduating second year En’owkin NIPAT student. Amanda is a singer /songwriter playing the traditional hand drum and guitar. She incorporates her ancestral language of Anishnaabemowin-Eastern dialect learning from her mentor & Grandmother Hazel Charles alongside study groups online. She shows her process in real time through infusing it into her soulful “ancestral-roots and rhythm” musical sound and writing. Integrating her learning through creating. Music has always remained the creative conduit in every chosen medium. A constant in every type of process and integrator of understanding in her creative process.

MUSIC | ELISA THORN

Elisa Thorn is a harpist, vocalist and composer living and working in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Sḵwxw̱ ú7mesh, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Known for her distinct use of the instrument, she performs in many contemporary contexts from pop to jazz to experimental. Her music is propelled by two artistic objectives: firstly, how to create music that is both abstract and accessible; and secondly, how harp can take the lead in ensembles in a way that does not compromise sensitivity with its boldness, or generosity with its curiosity. Interested in the intersection between composed and improvised music, she is involved with many projects including HUE, The Giving Shapes, and Gentle Party, and works alongside many artists such as Mauvey, Tonye Aganaba, Loscil and Mother Mother. Her solo project combines elements of experimental folk and indie music that is informed by her classical technique and career as a contemporary musician. Finding genre labels sometimes lacking, she jokingly calls it “minstrel-core.” She will be releasing the debut album of this project in summer 2024.

The Northern Exposure Conference is a partnership between Island Mountain Arts, Arts BC and Rural Arts Inclusion Lab. It is supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage, The BC Arts Council and the Vancouver Foundation.