Episode #29

Art For Change

Published:

September 25, 2024

Episode Length:

32:36

Episode Guests:

Shayna Jones: actor, playwright, folklorist, spoken-word artist
Carla Stephenson: founder, Renascence Arts & Sustainability Society
Smokii Sumac: ʔakisq̓nuk (Ktunaxa) First Nation poet & PhD candidate in Indigenous Studies
Paul Walde: sound and visual artist
Genevieve Robertson: visual artist

Episode Overview

A community-focused music festival, a symphony for a glacier, a small-town spoken word artist: what do they all have in common? An intention to make the world a better place through the power of art. In this episode, we’ll talk to writers, visual artists, storytellers and arts professionals, people whose work and creative practices in the Kootenays are helping to inspire systems to change.

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