<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:#1f497d"></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-CA"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hello all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>Please see the forwarded message from the Arts Department at First Peoples' Cultural Council, announcing an up-coming Cultural Protocols and the Arts Forum. My apologies for any cross-postings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Aliana Parker</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%">
</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Steven Davies" <<a href="mailto:steven@fpcc.ca" target="_blank">steven@fpcc.ca</a>> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:25:00 -0800<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><<a href="mailto:steven@fpcc.ca" target="_blank">steven@fpcc.ca</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Subject: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RE: Cultural Protocols and the Arts Forum - Call for Participants<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">'Uy' skweyul -<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt;background:#e5d7bc"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600">Cultural Protocols and the Arts Forum<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.fpcc.ca/about-us/news-room/news10071301.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.fpcc.ca/about-us/news-room/news10071301.aspx</a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600;background:#e5d7bc">Project Summary</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">Initiated by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, and hosted by the </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.enowkincentre.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#831706;background:#e5d7bc">En’owkin Centre</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600;background:#e5d7bc">, the Cultural Protocols and the Arts Forum will facilitate meaningful and solutions-focused discussion and sharing amongst Indigenous artists and cultural people, March 3–4, 2014, in Penticton, British Columbia. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><br>
<br><b><span style="background:#e5d7bc">Project Description</span></b><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">The Cultural Protocols and the Arts Forum will provide an opportunity for approximately 50 First Nations artists, arts and culture leaders, and community and organization representatives to meet, share and discuss work already done to define and articulate cultural protocols and concepts of protection, with a particular focus on supporting the current practices of artists working in all disciplines (visual, music, dance, storytelling, media, etc). </span><br>
<br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">Participants will benefit from understanding each other’s work, and together we will identify common concerns and priorities. The group will explore a vision for moving forward, as well as possible models for working together on common initiatives and actions. </span><br>
<br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">The majority of participants will come from British Columbia, as well as the rest of Canada, with a few key invited international participants. Areas of discussion will include: </span><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Defining cultural protocols</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Models for engaging community in defining and articulating cultural protocols</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Models for documentation, sharing and communicating</span><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Protecting traditional knowledge – the collective and the individual</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Marks of authenticity – existing models</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    How do contemporary artists consider and navigate protocols when making and presenting their work?</span><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    How do protocols accommodate the vision and practices of contemporary experimental artists? How do we ensure we are not oppressing ourselves?</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Differences amongst our cultures and values</span><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Recommendations for future actions</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Useful tools</span><br><br><b><span style="background:#e5d7bc">Call to Participants</span></b><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">It is our intention that all attendees be contributors to the forum through presentations, roundtable discussions and other modes of sharing. </span><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">If you would like to apply to attend, please submit:</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    Letter of interest, describing how you will contribute and how your participation might affect your practice or the practice of FPCC artists</span><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">•    CV, bio or resume</span><br><br></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Arts/General/FPCC_Cultural_Protocols_and_the_Arts-Call-Oct_1_Update.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#831706;background:#e5d7bc">Call</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600;background:#e5d7bc"> [PDF]</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.fpcc.ca/files/Office_Documents/Arts/FPCC_Application-Cultural_Protocols.doc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#831706;background:#e5d7bc">Application</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600;background:#e5d7bc"> [Word]</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><br>
<br><b><span style="background:#e5d7bc">Costs</span></b><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">The event fee is being covered for participants who are selected through the application process. We will also provide nutrition breaks, lunch and a cultural feast on the first evening. Travel and accommodation are the responsibility of participants, although a financial subsidy will be available to those who are selected and require assistance. Participants are encouraged to apply to the Canada Council for travel grants in January.</span><br>
<br><b><span style="background:#e5d7bc">Send responses by November 22, 2013 to</span></b><span style="background:#e5d7bc">:</span><br><span style="background:#e5d7bc">Steven Davies - </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:steven@fpcc.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#831706;background:#e5d7bc">steven@fpcc.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#452600"><br>
<span style="background:#e5d7bc">Or by mail to: First Peoples’ Cultural Council, Attention: Arts Program 1A Boat Ramp Road Brentwood Bay, B.C. V8M 1N9<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif";color:#1f497d">HISWKE SIEM,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Steven Davies<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Arts Programs Associate<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">__________________________________<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">FIRST PEOPLES' CULTURAL COUNCIL<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">1A Boat Ramp Road<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Brentwood Bay, B.C.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">V8M 1N9<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Tel: <a href="tel:%28250%29%20652-5952%20ext.%20210" value="+12506525952" target="_blank">(250) 652-5952 ext. 210</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Fax: <a href="tel:%28250%29%20652-5953" value="+12506525953" target="_blank">(250) 652-5953</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Email: </span><a href="http://steven@fpcc.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">steven@fpcc.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.fpcc.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">http://www.fpcc.ca/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">"Committed to the revitalization of B.C.'s First Nations languages, arts, cultures and heritage."<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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