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SUMMARY:POSTER EXHIBITION: Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39
DESCRIPTION:Poster exhibition runs April 15 to June 20\, 2026.\nGongfu Bao Restaurant\, 365 Bank Street\nFree entry\nOrganized by the Education for Liberation Collective \nIn 1930s Spain\, artists\, organizers\, unions\, and leftist political parties produced thousands of stunning posters promoting revolutionary social change and opposing fascism. In 1936\, the Spanish Civil War began when fascists organized a coup to overthrow Spain’s democratically-elected leftist Popular Front government\, composed of a coalition of socialists\, anarchists\, communists\, workers’ organizations and social movements. From 1936-38\, thousands of international volunteers\, including at least 1500 Canadians\, went to Spain to join the Popular Front in the fight against fascism. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy enthusiastically supported the coup\, and the fascists ultimately won\, installing a dictatorship that would last until the late 1970s. \nArt is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39 presents reproductions of more than 25 striking posters that teach us the history of revolutionary Spain and the Spanish Civil War. But these posters are more than just artefacts of the past. They illuminate a history that extends into the present moment and to struggles we continue to fight today\, from opposing fascism\, fighting for gender liberation\, defending children’s genuine health and well-being\, and defending the dignity and well-being of working people to fighting for environmental sustainability\, for public education and art\, and supporting international solidarity. \nThe exhibition also includes reproductions of artefacts from the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion\, the Canadian contingent of the International Brigades that fought against fascism in Spain.\nCurated by Claire Nicolson-Hurtig (@encrenoire.illustration\, Posters for Palestine 2024 exhibition\, member of Education for Liberation Collective) \nPosters are reproduced from the collections of the Fundacion Pablo Iglesias (Madrid\, Spain)\, the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections of Brandeis University (USA)\, and the Centre de Recursos per Aprenentatge i la Investigació at the University of Barcelona (Spain).
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/poster-exhibition-art-is-a-weapon-revolutionary-and-antifascist-posters-from-spain-1936-39/
LOCATION:Gongfu Bao\, 365 Bank St\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P1Y2\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Education for Liberation Collective":MAILTO:educationforliberation@protonmail.com
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer presents wîhtamawik / Tell Them
DESCRIPTION:Join Cree poet and kêhtê-aya (Elder) Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer to celebrate the launch of wîhtamawik / Tell Them: On a Life of Inspiration\, a new collection of memoirs\, essays\, and poems. Louise will be joined in conversation by Omeasoo Wahpasiw. \nThe event will be held at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in their upstairs lobby. Doors open at 6:30pm\, program begins at 7pm. \nIn wîhtamawik / Tell Them\, Louise chronicles her childhood in a cabin on reserve\, through the Indian Residential School system\, and into her reclamation of her nêhiyaw language\, culture\, and spirituality. \nIn Cree\, inspiration is described as a sudden insight. It can come from visits from spirit\, from the charged reciprocal experience of being taught by Elders and teaching the next generation\, from speaking Cree\, which allows the poet to “somersault into memory\,” and from the practice of observing and being in relationship with the land as it “constantly gives birth to itself.” wîhtamawik / Tell Them is a stunning love song to nêhiyaw ways of knowing—ways which Halfe has spent her life working to reclaim from the violence of colonization\, in order to celebrate their survival and share their enduring teachings with future generations. \nLouise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer is an acclaimed nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) poet and writer from the Saddle Lake First Nation in Alberta. She has been the recipient of multiple awards and appointments for her work\, including the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal\, Saskatchewan Provincial Poet Laureate\, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal\, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate\, King Charles III Coronation Medal\, and Member of the Order of Canada. \nOmeasoo Wahpasiw is nêhiyaw from the Treaty 6 territory located in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan) with the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. She is an Associate Professor in the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism and cross-appointed with the School of Indgienous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University. \nCo-sponsored by University of Regina Press. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/4860920260423
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/book-launch-louise-bernice-halfe-sky-dancer-presents-wihtamawik-tell-them/
LOCATION:Great Canadian Theatre Company\, 1233 Wellington St. W\, Ottawa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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