MOA presents Miss Chief’s Sovereign Eroticism: Queer Indigenous Resilience in Kent Monkman’s Work, October 24
The free online talk explores the Cree artist’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
Miss Chief’s Sovereign Eroticism: Queer Indigenous Resilience in Kent Monkman’s Work takes place online on October 24 from 5:30 to 7 pm.
SFU INDIGENOUS STUDIES assistant professor June Scudeler (Métis) and queer activist Issaku Inami, MOA volunteer associate gallery host, will host a virtual presentation and talk about queer Indigenous resilience, sexuality, and eroticism in Kent Monkman’s provocative Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience.
The free discussion takes place on October 24 from 5:30 to 7 pm via Zoom.
Years in the making, Shame and Prejudice inserts queer Indigenous peoples into Canada’s colonial past. Monkman’s striking exhibit depicts the colonial legacy of residential schools; high Indigenous incarceration rates; and missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. A member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 Territory (Manitoba), Monkman is one of the nation’s most important and exciting contemporary visual artists. He frequently features his two-spirit alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, in his work.
Inami and Scudeler will guide participants through selected pieces, with a Q&A to follow the online presentation.Registration is required; visit MOA to sign up.
Gail Johnson is a Vancouver-based journalist who has earned local and national nominations and awards for her work. She is a certified Gladue Report writer via Indigenous Perspectives Society in partnership with Royal Roads University and is a member of a judging panel for top Vancouver restaurants.
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