EDITION 1, 2021

Welcome to Here is a collaborative art project engaging young people to explore their relationship with place through outdoor walks, journalling, found material installation and storytelling. In 2019 we started the qathet ArtRaven project which included an overnight camp, lantern workshop, public walks and presentations. 2020 brings new challenges and a new project called Welcome to Here.

1. The first component of the project is a small list of indigenous plants & animals to be used as a starting point for participants to think about. The idea is to be curious about kinship with plants & animals and to create something rooted in experience with the natural world. Interpretations will be up to the participant, in any form, from as wide range as found material sculptures, tree forts, observational drawings to songs and stories. The artists will put together a compilation of the art in various formats for sharing our collective experience with the land. Sosan Blaney will guide the project with a list of indigenous names and their traditional uses.

*Please send drawings, journal pages, photos and 2D work to megandulcie@gmail.com. Megan Dulcie Dill will be creating a small board book for families. These books will be a part of the new baby packages given out by the PRP Library.

*Please send video and audio to claudiamedina@enmedia.ca. Claudia Medina will be weaving together the imagery for virtual sharing in a short video.

elderberry tᶿ̓ ɛwq

cedar taχəmay

chum salmon ƛoχʷay

red huckleberry tu̓ xʷʊm

nootka rose qagən

salmonberry t̓ɛ nɛk̓ʷ

salmonberry shoots paʔajɛ

wild strawberry hɛgən

red alder p̓iχay

swallowtail butterfly paʔapyunəč

herring ɬagət

2. Secondly, join the artists during July and August for some live group walk/workshops and metal detecting exploration. We will explore layers of land history and deep listening with each other and our environment. Please contact megandulcie@gmail.com to confirm locations and times.

We gratefully acknowledge the Welcome to Here project takes place on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation.

We are thankful for the support of the British Columbia Arts Council and the Powell River Arts Council for helping to make this project possible.