POSTPONED Tar Sands Songbook: Workshop

Workshop Creative Collaboration Workshop

Can we have a different kind of conversation about oil?

Games, image-making, dialogue, songs, stories and lots of laughter. Using conversation, storytelling, dialogue and group process techniques, this workshop introduces participants to new (and often surprising) ways of addressing issues about oil and energy transition through the lens of the arts. No theatre or musical experience is necessary. Just wear comfortable clothing and be prepared for fun.

About the Speaker

Tanya Kalmanovitch is a Juilliard-trained violist and ethnomusicologist (University of Alberta ‘08). Born in Fort McMurray, she has gone onto an international career including field-work in Chennai, Dublin, and Amsterdam; two residences at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music; and master classes at the Banff Centre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and many more. Since 2013, she has been Associate Professor at The New School in New York City.

Project Partners

This residency is part of the FUTURES/forward program, a national mentorship program embedding community-engaged artists with environmental organizations across Canada. Tanya Kalmanovitch is partnering with Climate Action Network-Réseau Action Climate (CAN-Rac), Judith Marcuse Projects (JMP) and the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC). FUTURES/Forward is funded by the McConnell Foundation.

This event is presented by the University of Alberta, through the Sustainability Council, Just Powers and the Research-­Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory.