Elizabeth Burden is interested in asking the right questions when it comes to the U.S. criminal justice system.
According to the visual artist, much of the policy and artwork addressing criminal justice reform in the last few decades stems from the premise that the system is broken and must be fixed — but is that really the case?
As an African-American woman whose family includes citizens who have served time in prison and who worked in law enforcement, Burden finds herself in a unique position to create art “that allows people to think about their role — that is, their complicity in the system.
Carmen was born in Santiago, Chile to parents who were teachers and activists. At six, her family fled the country and made their way to Canada as political refugees. After spending her early adult years in South America working for the underground resistance movement, Carmen returned to Vancouve...
Joel Ivany is an arts innovator and the multi-award-winning artistic director of opera at Banff Centre. He first took part in an opera residency at Banff and now leads it each summer, challenging us to experience opera in new ways.
Songwriter-performer iskwē was born and raised in Treaty 1 Territory, growing up in Winnipeg surrounded by an eclectic mix of musical influences—pop, rock, jazz, electronic as well as traditional Indigenous sounds. She would sing and dance all the time as a kid and took part in elementary school ...
