Saturday, March 18, 2006

urban ink productions

urban ink productions


From the "About us" page:
"urban ink production society(urban ink productions) is a First Nations theatre company founded in 2001 by Marie Clements. The company creates, develops and produces aboriginal and multicultural works of theatre, writing and film, utilizing an approach which embraces and strives for the combination and integration of artistic disciplines, including different forms of theatre, story-telling, dance, music, video and multi-media. urban ink productions seeks to create new works which celebrate and bring together different cultural and artistic perspectives and inter-racial experiences.

The objectives of the company are:
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to encourage and support the pursuit of artistic excellence in the development of new aboriginal and multicultural works.
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to encourage and collaborate with emerging aboriginal and multicultural artists to develop work that speaks for cultural integrity and a form that is self-reliant in its vision.
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to encourage and support collaboration between aboriginal and multicultural individuals, companies and organizations demonstrating these similar interests."



Current project is Copper Thunderbird "a two-act play on canvas, based on the life of Norval Morrisseau. Inside the power-lines in which Norval Morrisseau boldly defined were the colours he experienced between his Objibway cosmology, his life on the street, and his spiritual and philosophical transformations to become The Father of contemporary Native art and a Grand Shaman."


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