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This event will feature panelists Lautaro Reyes, Peace Akintade and Josh Wāpiskisiw.

Bringing it Together: A Roundtable Conversation about Public Art and People

This event is sponsored by the USask School for the Arts-Art and Art History, Persephone Theatre and the City of Saskatoon

Event

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 5
Time: 7 pm
Location: Persephone Theatre Lobby
100 Spadina Crescent East

This event is free and open to the public.

About this event

Moderated by Henry Lau, public arts consultant for the City of Saskatoon, this event features Josh Wāpiskisiw, Peace Akintade and Lautaro Reyes sharing their experience as community-engaged artists.

About the artists:

Interdisciplinary Poet, Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye (she/her) is the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan for 2024-2026 and Saskatoon’s Write Out Loud Program Coordinator.

Lautaro Reyes (he/him) is a set-designer, actor, director and multimedia visual artist. He is currently crafting a play that will reflect the experience of immigrants in Saskatoon as part of Persephone’s incubator Series.

As a lifetime artist, Josh Wāpiskisiw (he/him), mixes graffiti with Cree language and native slang. He is a 2024 Steps Public Art CreateSpace Artists-in-Residence.

Henry Lau (he/him) is currently the Public Arts Consultant for the City of Saskatoon. For the past three decades Henry has led projects in architecture and urban design in Saskatoon and beyond.

For more information contact:

Cameron Forbes, Assistant Professor in Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan. 


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