exChange - Intergenerational Dialogue & Arts Event

This is the fourth art event inviting 2SLGBTQIA+ participants across generations in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke to connect, converse and create.

Through guided self-reflection and sharing by facilitators and teaching artists, participants will explore poetry and printmaking with stamps to create works on the theme: “What does inner peace feel like from my queer perspective?”

Our goal is to strengthen relationships in the English-speaking 2SLGBTQIA+ community through trans-inclusive, celebratory events centred on art-making and storytelling. Through sharing, we continue to honour the stories of young queer folk as well as the older generation who paved the way.

Guiding Question for Day: “What does inner peace feel like to me from my queer perspective?”

Agenda:

9:30-9:45 Participant Registration + Refreshments/Snacks (provided)

9:45 -10:00 Welcome

10:00 - 10:30 Drumming + Keynote Speakers: Diane Labelle and Falicia Green

10:30-12:00 Workshop part one: Poetry led by artists Morris Fox and Luca Cusmano

12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided)

1:00-1:30 Movement/Mindful Session by Heidi Rubin

1:30-3:30 Workshop part two: Printmaking with Stamps led by artists Shelagh Mcnally and Le Lin

3:30-4:00 Reflection Session

4:00- 4:30 Art Show

About the exChange project

exChange is an Intergenerational 2SLGBTQIA+ daring dialogue arts project. Our aim is to bridge the gap between 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and the elders who paved the way. This intergenerational exchange through art hopes to create spaces where 2SLGBTQIA+ youth can learn the stories of how their freedoms have come to be, and where older folks from the 2SLGBTQIA+ can learn new terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the current evolution of the community. The goal of this initiative is twofold: to establish intergenerational reciprocal relationships through art making, and to document the storytelling of the English-speaking 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in Montreal / Tiohtià:ke, which are often stories unheard.

Host or Publisher exChange Montréal