Table Talk with Dee Lysak
This podcast, Table Talk with Dee Lysak, invites you to the eastern shores of Lake of the Woods with miles and miles of shoreline, ancient rock, and 14,522 islands. This is the Laurentian Plateau. Imagine yourself here, sitting with friends and family, around a kitchen table: listening. The stories are mine, to write and to tell. And, the tales - mostly fact, some fiction are centred around all that it means to be Canadian in an ever-changing world. The past will help us know where we came from and the present will ground us in our shared reality. I trust the words, all knitted together, will illustrate the world we live in. And, if we choose to act - individually or collectively: we can imagine and build an even better one. Life moves so quickly. Thank you for spending some unhurried minutes, with me - Dee Lysak.
Table Talk with Dee Lysak
Creative Residencies in Northwestern Ontario
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In the wilds of northwestern Ontario, creative residencies dot the landscape with hundreds of miles in betwixt and between. Rural and remote places are creating new pathways for discovery and exploration as artists travel from near and far away to take deep dives into their artistic practices. Old logging roads are now being used by nemophilists and in these deep, dark woods – artists are finding themselves inspired by the great outdoors: Surrounded by lakes, canopied forests, and rocks that have been here for millions of years.
In 2016, the Bridge & Falls Creative Residency (BFCR) set down new roots in the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls. Since its inception, more than 20 artists have explored their artistic disciplines with time and space away from their usual environment and everyday life. Kindred spirits and soul friends best describe the artist-in-residency (AIR) programs that form a loop, a point of convergence with Whiteshell Provincial Park bordering the west, Quetico Provincial Park marking the southern border, Lake Superior demarcating the eastern end, and the programs in between are the AIRs in the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, the City of Kenora, and the Experimental Lakes Area.
These artist-in-residencies provide a time for reflection, research, presentation and, when possible - production and community engagement. AIR programs are not cookie cutter in nature. Some of the residencies are housed within larger institutions, others are part of museums, while some [like the Bridge & Falls Creative Residency] are hosted by municipalities. What the programs all have in common is that they exist in rural spaces, remote villages and small cities – deep in the heart of our natural environs.
To learn more, I encourage you to visit these sites:
Bridge & Falls Creative Residency