Kiiwatin Oskapiywis Studio is a research-creation lab for the development, implementation, and sharing of arts-based research in support of pathways for ethical relationality within Indigenous territories. Our purpose is to centre Indigenous knowledge through practices and methodologies that include: the production of artwork, curated exhibitions, publications, and other related events.
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ROSEMARY is a roving gallery — born on the prairies out of the needs and aspirations of artists
for the promotion of arts-based projects that grow from the families and communities with whom artists and arts workers are in relation. It emerges from the belief that art is rooted in our relationships to others in our neighbourhoods, communities, and cities, and that galleries are responsible to the needs of those geographies.
ROSEMARY operates with a mandate to responsively engage in and care for Indigenous and BPOC communities through critical arts-based projects including exhibitions, performances, public discussions, community feasts, and celebrations.
The name ROSEMARY blends the first names of Co-Directors Suzanne’s and Jaimie’s grandmothers: Rose Morrissette (née Richard), and Dr. Elder Mary Courchene. The gallery is named to recognize the strength and vision of matriarchal leadership in Indigenous communities.
It is both a nod to the gifts of their family and Elders while recognizing both Rose and Mary as emblematic of an Indigenous leadership that forms the fabric of our communities.
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Suzanne Morrissette (she/her) is an artist and owner of sznnnnzs. She is guided in this work by her roles as a daughter, partner, mama, sister, niece, aunt, granddaughter, friend, and colleague. She trained as an artist at Emily Carr University of Art & Design and today operates her own studio with ceramic and multi-media production in Toronto.
