Lexiquette

I got interviewed by the rad creatives over at New Currency and (full disclosure) I always get super nervous when the interview tables are turned on me but Kazeem Kuteyi is amazing and we had a really great conversation if you want to take a listen :)

Photos by Nefertiti Hernandez

A Conversation with Arts Curator, Alexia Bréard-Anderson. Her platform Lexiquette which she founded in 2013 is dedicated to putting artists on through interviews and curated exhibitions around the city.

I had the absolute pleasure of visiting the studio of Nancy King (Chief Lady Bird Art), First Nations (Potawatomi and Chippewa) artist and all-around-maker from Rama First Nation, whose practice weaves together contemporary painting techniques with traditional Indigenous craft materials to navigate the intricacy of identity, representation and intergenerational knowledge. We sat down and had a thought-provoking conversation about empowering our youth, the power of sisterhood and decolonizing through art, collaboration and healing.

Shot by Joanne Chung

Nancy King (Chief Lady Bird): Sisterhood, youth empowerment and decolonizing through art & healing I had the absolute pleasure of visiting the studio of Nancy King, First Nations (Potawatomi and Chippewa) artist and all-around-maker from Rama First Nation. Nancy's Anishinabee name is Ogimaakwebnes, which means Chief Lady Bird, and her practice weaves together contemporary painting techniques with...