U of W Action Through Art: Disrupting the Circle

Action Through Art: Disrupting the Circle with Ali Robson & Claire Thérèse

March 23rd | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | In-Person at Merchants Corner (541 Selkirk Ave)

In this presentation Claire Thérèse and Ali Robson will share their art-based research process that took place at West Central Women’s Research in the fall of 2021. They will share their approach, methodologies, findings and experiences from their perspective as students, artists, and researchers. This workshop will be participatory in nature and involve some hands on art making. Please come ready to engage in conversation and discussion and bring your creative curiosity!

Ali Robson is a dancer, choreographer and movement practitioner who works in both dance and theatre and is curious about collaborating across disciplines and creating work with and for people of all ages. She teaches movement in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg, and improvisation and creative movement throughout Winnipeg to children, youth and adults. Ali has three children and is currently pursuing a degree in Urban and Inner City Studies.

Claire Thérèse Friesen is an inter-disciplinary artist from Treaty One Territory who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She loves performing and collaborating in new works of theatre, and performing with her band Claire Thérèse and the Lockdown. When she is not on stage, Claire is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Mount Carmel Clinic, and facilitates and designs arts programming for a number of organizations, including Shakespeare in Stony Mountain (through Shakespeare in the Ruins).

This Workshop will be in person. Participants will be required to be masked and provide proof of double vaccination. Registration is limited, please email Dagen Perrott at Da.perrott@uwinnipeg.ca to register.