Noted Canadian Mi’maq artist Nick Huard will be among three leaders conducting the Dream Catchers Workshop for youth ages 11 to 15 this Saturday at the Boys and Girls Club of Williams Lake and District.
Huard was the first member of the Conseil de la Sculpure du Québec. His work has been on display at the Louvre in Paris as part of an exhibition of Indigenous Art. He has a permanent exhibit in Montreal at the McCord Museum, and Galerie St. Merri in Paris. He has been commissioned to create authentic indigenous artifacts for such films as Big Bear, Grey Owl, Battlefield Earth, The Fountain, One Dead Indian, Nouvelle France, Fortier, Viking (IMAX) and Hochelaga. Many corporate offices around the world have invested in his work.
The Dreamcatchers Workshop is part of a national tour hosted by the Confederation Centre of the Arts in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. The workshop asks the youth of Williams Lake to share their hopes for the future of Canada to inspire the next generation.
Workshop leaders also include Daniel Maté, acclaimed Canadian composer and lyricist, and Francis Moore the associate artistic director of The 2017 Charlottetown Festival.
Daniel Maté is an acclaimed composer-lyricist, recently returned to his hometown of Vancouver following 10 years in New York. Honours include the Edward Kleban Prize (a US$100,000 award given annually to “the most promising lyricist in American musical theatre”), and the Cole Porter Award and Jonathan Larson Grant for music and lyrics. Musicals include The Longing and the Short of It, Middle School Mysteries, and the Kafka-inspired The Trouble With Doug, soon to be receiving its European premiere this May in Fredericia, Denmark. Daniel has led songwriting classes for underprivileged youth from Brooklyn to South Central Los Angeles, and co-led workshops on parent-child relationships with his father Dr. Gabor Maté in Vancouver and Edmonton.
Mary Francis Moore is an award winning, multi-talented theatre artist and creator. She is the co-creator and director of the Dora Award winning play One Thing Leads to Another at Young People’s Theatre. She also co-created, performed in and produced (with Annabel Fitzsimmons and Alison Lawrence) the hit play Bittergirl, which enjoyed hugely successful runs in Toronto, the UK and New York, and has recently been turned into a published musical (which she co-wrote the book for), that is now being performed across Canada. She is a Dora nominated performer and has originated parts in numerous new Canadian plays.
There are 20 seats available in the workshop.
People can apply on line to participate in the workshop by visiting http://dreamingcanada.ca/en/workshop-application or call the Boys and Girls Club at 250-392-5730, says club operations co-ordinator Stefanie Hendrickson. She notes the club is supplying the space for the workshop and local staff to help with facilitating the event.
Submissions of dreams from all youth 17 and under are also being accepted in both French and English at dreamingcanada.ca or capteursdereves.ca.