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Overburden Virtual Programming – June 19
June 19, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Free
10:45 am Opening Words from Curators Genevieve Robertson and Maggie Shirley
11:00 am Keynote Address – Patti Bailey, qÊ·nÌ“qÊ·inÌ“xÌŒnÌ“ is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation snÌ“Ê•ayÌ“cÌŒkstx (Sinixt), in Inchelium, Washington and practices traditional and contemporary weaving. The last twenty years of her career were spent working as an Environmental Planner for the Colville Tribal government to develop and implement strategies and cooperative working relationships to deal with decades of impact to river communities, Tribal people, and natural resources from Columbia River pollution sources in Canada. Patti Bailey shares this story through a discussion of downstream toxicity, environmental advocacy through citizen science, and lack of corporate accountability.
1:00 – 2:30 pm Panel Talk #1 / Documenting Change: Place-based knowledge, resource extraction and shifting climate patternsw/ artists Tara Nicholson, Carol Wallace, Sarah Nance, Gabriela Escobar Ari
2:45 – 4:30 pm Panel Talk #2 / Imaginaries: Speculative and embodied ways of relating to rock, mineral and mountain w/ artists Jim Holyoak & Darren Fleet, Randy Lee Cutler, Asinnajaq, Keith Langergraber
4:30 – 4:45 pm Closing Remarks