“Tennis Club would make people laugh, we hoped; it would get them excited, would pose questions, would invite the world to take us in and keep us in some semblance of our wished-for artistic community.”
Focus on Collectives
Looking closer to the role collectives have played in shaping the artistic ethos—both past, present, and future—of the prairies.
Collaboration, collectivity, and community care with the Biofeedback Collective.
An experimental response to the Sounds Like audio art and experimental music festival, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
A response to the Love in Every Stitch: Métis Ribbon Skirts from Kistapinanihk exhibition at the Mann Art Gallery with support from the Shushkitew Collective.
A response to the Radical Stitch: Beading Symposium at the MacKenzie Art Gallery and hosted in partnership with the Shushkitew Collective.
AKA share a recent group chat that centres the collective’s goals, visioning, and future plans.
Chukwudubem Ukaigwe responds to Carnation Zine’s most recent issue – Vol. 2: Pleasure – filled with artworks and writing by BIPOC creators centred around joy, desire, and intimacy.
A conversation with Patterns Collective where they discuss the importance of friendship, love, and care as critical parts of the collective experience.
BlackFlash Expanded is excited to launch our series focusing on collectives with an archive of Prairie Collectives that have and continue to shape the region.
BlackFlash Expanded is developing a series that looks to the role collectives have played in shaping the artistic ethos—both past, present, and future—of the prairies.