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Artist Sarah Cullen (ON) reflects on MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project, a residency and network for artist-parents and their children, designed to question dominant ideas about care work.
Purdah is a term that encapsulates the concept and practice of veiling and voluntary seclusion from society. The word “Purdah,” derived from Farsi, can also have the literal meaning of “curtains.” “Purdah: Veiled Realities” is a multimedia project that explores this concept through a personal journey, inspired by the rich cultural and feminist lineage of my Islamic heritage, where women in my ancestry have voluntarily embraced various forms of Purdah, such as the hijab, Balochi chadar, niqab, and burqa…
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Cole Thompson discusses the work of Shelley Niro, Lori Blondeau, Marja Helander, and Thriza Cuthand in an attempt to showcase how Indigenous artists dissect consumer culture and its impact on contemporary ideologies, imagery, and relationships.