Working Through This with T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss and Jolene Andrew

Recorded on Thursday, April 16, 2020
As part of GVPTA's Working Through This series where we explore ways of navigating through COVID-19 and beyond, we invite artists and arts workers of all disciplines to join us as we have a conversation with T’uy’t’tanat- Cease Wyss and Jolene Andrew where they will share their stories and strategies for navigating current realities through Indigenous ways of knowing.
About the Presenters
T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss (Skwxwu7mesh/Sto:Lo/Irish Metis/Hawaiian/Swiss)
T'uy't'tanat-Cease is an interdisciplinary artist who works with new media, performance and interdisciplinary arts and is a community engaged and public artist. Her works range over 25 years and have always focussed on sustainability, Coast Salish Cultural elements and have included themes of ethnobotany and digital media technology. Cease has recently been focussed on connecting to her Polynesian roots through weaving and digital media projects and has been collaborating with more Oceania people.
Jolene Andrew
Jolene is Gitksan Witsuwiten and has worked with The Urban Indigenous Community in the Lower Mainland for 18 years. Her specialization is in strategizing to build resilient communities through Indigenous approaches. Community and systems engagement, community planning and designing initiatives, and organizational development are some of the ways she works in community. She is also an artist and has a passion for land based practices to promote health and culture.
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