September 14th at 4 PM

FLEET: Edmonds

Intersection of Humphries St and Rosewood Ave

Join us at FLEET: Edmonds for an artist talk with Michelle Sound and Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun. Sound and White-Hill will share an introduction to their creative practices, reflecting back and looking ahead towards their periods as visiting artists at FLEET. Both Sound and White-Hill are presenting work in shnu’a’th, ᐊᑳᒥᕽ akâmihk, the other side at the Nanaimo Art Gallery this fall, which considers relations with land, family, and ancestors through interventions in the medium of photography. This conversation will touch on their approaches to work in this exhibition, and how they think through connections with community, art, and care.

Michelle Sound is a Cree and Métis artist and mother. She is a member of Wapsewsipi Swan River First Nation in Treaty 8 Territory, Northern Alberta and she was born and raised on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is a multidisciplinary visual artist and her art practice includes a variety of mediums including photo based work, textiles, painting and Indigenous material practices. Her artwork often explores her Cree and Métis identity from a personal experience rooted in family, place and history. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University, School for the Contemporary Arts, and a Master of Applied Arts from Emily Carr University Art + Design.

Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun (he/they) is a Coast Salish and Nuu Chah Nulth artist and storyteller from the Snuneymuxw First Nation in Nanaimo, BC. His family has roots in Hupacasath, Penelakut, and further up and down the Northwest Coast. His interdisciplinary art practice is rooted in honouring and celebrating the stories and teachings that have been passed down by his family, community, and world view. He works across mediums ranging from digital art, painting, sculpture, public installation, and creative writing. He currently resides on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

Image (above): Michelle Sound, mother tongue, (detail) archival photo on paper, embroidery thread, glass seed beads, mink pom poms, porcupine quills. 2024.

Image(below, left): Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun, We Fell From the Sky / Together and Apart, mixed media on birch panel, 2022.

Image (below, middle): Michelle Sound, mother tongue, (detail) archival photo on paper, embroidery thread, glass seed beads, mink pom poms, porcupine quills. 2024.

Image (below, right): Artist talk with Michelle Sound and Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun. Photo by Jay Pahre, 2024.