Arrivals Legacy Project at Prismatic 2023
From September 29th – October 4th, Arrivals Legacy Project (ALP), in collaboration with Prismatic Arts Festival, will activate their SeedPool digital gathering space for collaborative story-weaving for the first time in Kjipuktuk/Halifax as a part of the Prismatic 2023 Industry Series: Embodied Resonances.
ALP’s Moving/Arriving Together SeedPool Installation will offer artists and festival goers new pathways for seeding, connecting with and weaving ancestral stories.
This activation aligns with the goals of Prismatic’s 2023 Industry Series, Embodied Resonances: to shift the consumption and discourse surrounding the work of Indigenous artists and artists of colour so that these artists can create and share work that is truly representative and exploratory of their identities and artistic visions.
“The events will allow us to return to the original design of this work – which is to build networks of artists, families, and communities in live spaces enhanced by digital technologies that have, and will continue to serve us.” – Diane Roberts, Artistic Director, Arrivals Legacy Project
About Arrivals Legacy Project
Arrivals Legacy Project accompanies artists and creators of change on a journey of attuning to the wisdom of their cultural inheritances using embodied exploration of ancestry, ceremony, and root cultural practices.
The gateway to this journey, the Personal Legacy process, was developed by founding AD Diane Roberts as a transformative exploration of an ancestral connection within an intensive collaborative workshop setting.
SeedPool (going live Oct 2nd 2023) offers a platform for ALP artists and creators of change to take the next step in their journey: the chance to connect, to collaborate, and to begin to co-weave new ancestral stories.
Living Histories at the Crossroads:
Arrivals Legacy Project Meet and Greet
Monday, October 2nd, 2023 | 1:45PM – 3:45PM
Africville Museum
Open to the public | FREE
Come and meet the artists and find out first-hand about the work of Arrivals Legacy Project and the exciting possibilities at the intersection of art, ancestry and creative expression.
SHOWCASE featuring
Arrivals Legacy Project SeedPool & Diaspora Kidz
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 | 3:00PM – 5:30PM
The Bus Stop Theatre
Open to the public | FREE
*limited capacity – reserve your spot here*
Witness art in the making. Join Arrivals Legacy Project artists for Moving Experiences, an interactive installation co-weaving emerging ancestrally-sourced stories from their 3-day CoLab at Prismatic.
Diaspora Kidz, an exciting inter-disciplinary arts collective inspired by Arrivals Legacy Project, will also be debuting their new work.
Arrivals Artists @ Prismatic 2023
The Arrivals Gathering at Prismatic brings together 10 artists from a range backgrounds and artistic disciplines, based in Turtle Island and Nigeria. Together they will explore, collaborate and present new pathways for co-weaving new ancestral stories.
