ASL Interpretation
With joined hands we open the 10th Annual Vines Art Festival in resistance, reprieve and revival beneath the cedar tree. In partnership with Chaythoose, we witness how our shared breath gives new life and new power to the knowledge that we are the medicine we seek; that community is the medicine we need. We keep giving… Not to get, but because giving is how the land continues to teach us about good living.
In partnership with Neworld Theatre
Featuring
Naad Yogi Gurnimit Singh, Manuel Axel Strain, T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss and Senaqwila Wyss
MC
Manuel Axel Strain
6:10 PM | Opening with Manuel Axel Strain, Mary Point, Amanda Strain & Senaqwila Wyss
6:25 PM | stelliumPoint
stelliumPoint is a music project by xʷməθkʷəy̓əm/ Irish Independent artist May Point-Shaw. May is a 24 year old singer/songwriter who is inspired by themes of self-introspection, existentialism, queer love and therefore queer heartbreak. May has spent the last year recording in the studio and is now working behind the scenes on stelliumPoint’s debut roll-out. Stay tuned for what could be your next favourite lesbian alt-pop artist.
6:50 PM | Naad Yogi Gurnimit Singh
Gurnimit Singh is a 3rd generation Kirtan singer born and brought up in Chandigarh India and is now currently offering to the community in Vancouver Canada virtually and in person.
Gurnimit Singh started his student journey with learning Tabla (drums) at the age of 8 years and by the age of 9 years he started taking vocal, harmonium & kirtan lessons from Professor Jabarjang Singh, head of music department in Patiala University. By the age of 10, Gurnimit Singh had started offering regular Kirtan Ceremonies to the community in big festivals under the supervision of his father Bhupinder Singh and teachers. At the age of 14 Gurnimit Singh started learning intense Indian classical vocals from Pandit Yashpaul, lineage holder of the Agra Gharana until the age. While receiving intense training from lineage holder teachers Gurnimit Singh also started intense studies of Scriptures and Ceremonies as part of the Kirtan family tradition. As a curious student, Gurnimit dived deep into the practice of Kundalini Yoga and is a certified Level 2 Kundalini yoga instructor.
7:20 PM | Salome Nieto – you say I'm a snake?
The snake has a fundamental meaning and importance: it symbolizes fertility, fecundity, harmony, and connection with the earth. With this ancestral archetype of the snake, I reconnect with my cultural lineage, redeeming her image and rejecting the idea imposed by colonialism, patriarchy and Catholicism associated with women as a source of sin. Suppose we change our consciousness and dress in the snake’s skin. In that case, we rediscover ourselves with all the potential that femininity houses. Skin change is healing. We peel our skin to leave the past and renew ourselves. If you tell me I’m a snake, then yes. I am; I carry the sign of the serpent in my blood and skin. (This is a solo adaptation, inspired by a section of a larger work titled The 13th Chronicle, my MFA thesis project).
7:45 PM | Jacky Essombe
Founder of the Spirit of the Village, Jacky Yenga – aka Jacky Essombe – is a performer, TEDx speaker and best-selling author, and a messenger for the healing wisdom of African villages. She teaches how to use the power of community to heal and access joy through rhythm, movement and connection.
8:10 PM | T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss
8:35 PM | Miranda Dick, Saw ses, Gwa & family
9:10 PM | Kalli van Stone
Chantelle Trainor-Matties
Chantelle Trainor-Matties is an artist from British Columbia, Canada with Nisga’a and Métis heritage that specializes in illustration, graphic design, painting as well as mural work. She works for herself and does freelance work for private and commercial clientele through her small business Frettchan Studios. Her work ranges from bold contemporary Northwest coast formline to charming cartoons to painterly realism.
Manuel Axel Strain, Elli-may Eustache and Segwses Strain
milan & karmella
This project is an experiment in offering access to collective, adaptive and quiet ceremony in public outdoor space through an altar installation. Honouring the process of art making and altar building as medicine and prayer, we intend to create a beautiful and sacred space in the park for anyone to engage with, give to and receive from.
Sami Shahin
Sami Shahin, a multi-disciplinary queer artist of Palestinian and Syrian heritage, is deeply rooted in illustration, digital art, and animation. Passionate about bolstering representation within the SWANA queer artist community, he intricately weaves his background into his art, drawing from the rich tapestry of Levantine Arab history with a pronounced focus on the liberation movements of the Palestinian people, interwoven with his gay identity.
Victoria Marie – Reclaiming Ancestral Cosmologies
These paintings represent a few of the sacred feminine images from the cosmologies of my Ancestors that show up in my DNA results. Three of the pieces represent my West African heritage and one my Celtic heritage.
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