Ria Links_Artists for Systems Change:
Salon in the Cloud # 4
Dawn Dale: Art and Activism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dawn Dale, Yield/Cèdez, 2012.  Plywood cut-outs, wax, Site Planter with trees on George Street, Byward Market, Ottawa, at Nuit Blanche  

March 22, 2021


Please read: Dawn Dale Introductory Text for Salon in the Cloud 4 Art and Activism
Dawn writes: Not content to just fade away, I am a senior seeking new perspectives on the roles art practices and art activism can play in much-needed systems change. My reflections and rumination, like or unlike yours, are meant as steppingstones for discussion in this salon. Part rant, part commiseration, part investigation, it is an evening to generate lots of discussions, to help kickstart new potential for systems change within our communities.  

How can or where does your art fit into your equation of activism?  When is art the best methodology and when and at what moments are we needed in capacities other than as artists?

About the artist:
Dawn Dale self-identifies as an ecofeminist artist whose practice is grounded in the slow gathering and accumulation of natural materials worked into ephemeral, often site-specific, installations. She also reuses and repurposes elements from previous works and incorporates recycled objects closely associated with nurturing, such as jars and bowls. Her work speaks of regeneration in a world that is fast losing its footing in Nature, a world that is hurtling through the Anthropocene towards manmade mass extinction. 

She lives in Aylmer, Québec with her life partner in a half-wilded/zeroscape woodlot. She is a long-term instructor at The Ottawa School of Art. 
http://www.aregeebee.net/dawndale/
www.dawndale.com
Dawn Dale, Installation Artist (Facebook)
@dawndaleart (Instagram)

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Program for Ria-links-Salon-in-the-Cloud-#4 on Monday, March 22nd

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• 7:15 PM. Come on in! We'd like to start promptly at 7:30 PM, so we're opening the Zoom meeting at 7:15. Come on in and hang out!

• 7:30 PM After a short intro by Petra, Dawn will give a half-hour presentation.

• Approx. 8:00 PM We expect that Dawn’s talk will lead to a rousing discussion!

• 9:00 PM. Before we say goodbye, we invite you to share any ideas for future Salons in the Cloud.

Please note: Only the presentations and the Q and A will be recorded.

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