LET ME TELL YOU A STORY
4 graphic storytellers come to Rupert!
FREE READINGS AND WORKSHOPS MAY 10th, 11th AND 13th brought to you by THE PRINCE RUPERT COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL AND THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
FREE READINGS AND WORKSHOPS MAY 10th, 11th AND 13th brought to you by THE PRINCE RUPERT COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL AND THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
It could be a timeless legend — One nation’s story about a fish. It might be a thriller made of blood, fantasy and warriors. Or a Canadian’ Road trip from east coast to west coast. We are all different, and you probably have pictures in your mind when you think of these stories. That’s how history is made. Bring your imagination with you to “Let Me Tell You a Story“ in Prince Rupert this spring. Four Graphic storytellers will come for readings and workshops at the Prince Rupert library.
Let them tell you some stories.
Let them tell you some stories.
Jon Claytor
May 10, 7pm, Wednesday, Reading at the Prince Rupert Library. May 13, 1:30 pm, Saturday, workshop at the Prince Rupert Library. In 2019 artist Jon Claytor said good-bye to the Maritimes and hit the road. His destination: an artist's residency in Prince Rupert, where he planned to work on a graphic novel about his eight-week journey across Canada. But this story, like most, isn't just about the destination. Claytor explores alcoholism, love, and family through heart-rending vignettes and expressive linework. This is the story of a man who unpacks a difficult past, only to discover that even at his lowest point, he was never truly alone. Prince Rupert welcomes back John Claytor, to read from this classic road trip memoir Take the Long Way Home. Jon is the recipient of numerous New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) Creation Grants and has recently been awarded a Canada Council for the Arts Grant. In 2004 he was nominated for a Juno Award for the cover of Gord Downie's “Battle Of The Nudes”. Take the Long Way Home is available from Conundrum Press. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION. Participants collectively select 3 topics from a list. Exploring the library collection, looking for 3 images that relate to us, or the topics shared. Using drawing paper, tracing paper or the photocopier, we copy the images and play with them. Collecting our images together we create a narrative in the form of a zine or a poster series. Zines (photocopied booklets) and posters can be reproduced on a photocopier and placed around town in cafes and stores. |
Jon Claytor is a Sackville, New Brunswick-based artist, painter, and writer. He holds an MFA from York University (2012), attended Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1991), and holds a BFA from Mount Allison University (1998). Jon’s work ranges from oil painting and watercolour to comics. He recently published his first graphic novel, Take The Long Way Home (Conundrum Press) and regularly publishes illustrated interviews for CBC Nova Scotia. Jon has worked with Ingram Gallery in Toronto and has participated in the Prince Rupert Arts Council/Casiar Cannery Residency in 2019 and the Skeleton Park Arts Fest Virtual Residency in Kingston, ON in 2020. Jon is a father to five children and, for him, being a father is the biggest part of being an artist.
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Cole Pauls
May 11, 7 pm, Thursday, Reading at the Prince Rupert Library. May 13, 1 pm, Saturday, workshop at Charles Hays Secondary School. Indigenous Voices Award winner Cole Pauls (Vancouver, Haines Junction Yukon) is a Tahltan First Nation comic artist, printmaker and illustrator. He will read from a robust collection of stories that celebrate the cultural practices and experiences of Dene and Arctic peoples, and these comics are his most personal work yet. You’ll hear stories about family, racism and identity, Yukon history, winter activities, Southern Tutchone language lessons and cultural practices. Have you ever wanted to learn how to Knuckle Hop? or to acknowledge and respect the Indigenous land you’re on? Or how to be an ally to Indigenous people? Well, gather around and hear this Kwändǖr! (Story!) Kwändǖr is available from Conundrum Press. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION. Join Indigenous comic artist Cole Pauls in creating a one page mini zine workshop. Tired of explaining your family's history? Make a zine about it! In a three hour session, you will learn how to fold and cut your own mini zine as well as learn some sequential imagery storytelling skills. |
Cole Pauls is a Champagne & Aishihik Citizen and Tahltan comic artist, illustrator, and printmaker hailing from Haines Junction (Yukon Territory). He holds a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University. Residing in Vancouver, Pauls has created three graphic novels: Dakwäkãda Warriors (2019), Pizza Punks (2021) and Kwändür (2022). In 2017, Pauls won Broken Pencil Magazine’s Best Comic and Best Zine of the Year Award Dakwäkãda Warriors II. In 2020, Dakwäkãda Warriors won Best Work in an Indigenous Language from the Indigenous Voices Awards and was nominated for the Doug Wright Award categories The Egghead & The Nipper.
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Samantha Beynon and Lucy Trimble
May 13, 1:30 pm, Saturday, Reading and workshop at the Prince Rupert Library. Oolichan Moon is a beautifully illustrated children’s book about passing down traditional knowledge from Nisga'a Elders and the sacredness of traditional foods, particularly the oolichan fish. Together, author Samantha Beynon(Prince Rupert, Victoria) and illustrator Lucy Trimble (Prince Rupert) have created a children’s book rich with cultural knowledge and tradition that relates to their Nisga'a ancestry surrounding the oolichan fish. With playful text and vibrant illustrations, young readers can learn alongside the two Nisga’a sisters, as they are gifted with sacred knowledge from their Elders. A gorgeous celebration of Nisga’a language, history and culture, Oolichan Moon also includes historical and cultural information about the oolichan fish and related Nisga’a vocabulary. Oolichan Moon is available from Harbour Publishing. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION. We will learn how to write our own stories. Colouring Sheets, pencils, and crayons will be provided. |
Samantha Beynon was born and raised in Prince Rupert, BC, and currently lives on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ peoples in Victoria, BC. Beynon’s heritage includes Nisga’a and Tsimshian. She grew up in a close-knit family and community, which has infused a passion for being a strong role model and educator for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, helping to guide and support a path towards encouraging and positive experiences.
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Lucy Trimble’s traditional Nisga’a name is Hlgu Maksguum Ganaaw;
she comes from Wilps Axdii Wil Luugooda, The House that is Always Full, in the Nass Valley. She hails from the Frog clan and has maternal roots in Gingolx, BC. Trimble also works as an Indigenous Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician for coastal T’msyen communities and has been in the social service field for the past ten years. She holds an MSWI through the University of Victoria and is a student at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art. Her passions include breathing life into land-based Indigenous ways of healing and seasonal traditional food harvesting. |