Events › Kevin Wesaquate: Storytelling and Poetry Workshop

Writing our stories and interweaving them with poetry makes for great spoken words. We will be writing with Kevin’s insights into traditional storytelling from the prairies. Kevin will offer protocols into making safe space for telling our stories during this workshop. Interaction and community building have always been a part of Kevin’s teaching style. Bringing his teachings from Piapot First Nation he shares ‘sahkihitok’ to love one another. Time to share new and old writings will follow the end of the workshop.

Workshop outline:

• 10 minutes intro
• 30 minutes story & poetry sharing
• Break 5 minutes
• 15 minutes writing focus
• 30 minutes share & discussion

* Please bring a pen and journal.

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Kevin Wesaquate remotely works from his home studio as a ‘Virtual Artist Teacher’ for Northern communities for the Taking IT Global, Connected North Program as one of their most valued presenters. Kevin is the founder of the Indigenous Poetry Society and has hopes of building an increasing community of spoken word artists. Kevin has represented Saskatoon for Tonight It's Poetry at the Canadian Individual Slam in Vancouver in April 2018. He also represented this group for the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2017 and 2018. 

Kevin recently finished the Indigenous Fine Arts Residency in Banff Centre for the Arts, called ‘Ghost Days, Making Art for Spirit. 2019’. From this he has created the Art Performance ‘Sahkihitok’, which was performed at Nuit Blanche Saskatoon. His work has led to community initiatives like planting misaskwatomina (Saskatoon berry) shrubs by the river near downtown Saskatoon with a group known as Locals Only.

In partnership with Historic Joy Kogawa House.

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