Young people ages 11 to 15 are invited to participate in a Dreamcatchers Workshop Saturday in Williams Lake as part of Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations.
Daniel Maté, acclaimed Canadian composer and lyricist, will be the guest artist for the workshop that will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club on Fourth Avenue.
Youth ages 11 to 15 will participate in drama games, artistic activities, and will create a small dreamcatcher to share their dreams for the future.
Indigenous visual artist, Nick Huard, and Associate Artistic Director of The 2017 Charlottetown Festival, Mary Francis Moore will be the workshop facilitators leading the young participants through the dream catching experience.
To apply to attend Saturday’s workshop visit http://dreamingcanada.ca/en/workshop-application.
The Dreamcatchers Workshop is part of a national tour hosted by the Confederation Centre of the Arts and asks the youth of Williams Lake to share their hopes for the future of Canada to inspire the next generation of change in this country.
Submissions of dreams from all youth 17 and under are also being accepted in both French and English at dreamingcanada.ca or capteursdereves.ca.
The dreams of young Canadians are being collected from all over the country, through the online submissions and workshops, and will be used as inspiration to create a musical production that will tour Canada later this summer.
The Confederation Centre of the Arts is Canada’s national memorial to the Fathers of Confederation, located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
It is home to The Charlottetown Festival, with the long-running Anne of Green Gables musical as its crown jewel, and a major Canadian art gallery. This living memorial welcomes more than 250,000 visitors each year.
First opened by HRM Queen Elizabeth II in 1964, the Confederation Centre continues to present the finest in Canadian visual and performing arts, heritage, and arts education to visitors from across Canada and around the world.