Join us for a public celebration of Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison’s "sagawakisis, our ancestors are always with us," on view at Anvil Centre from April 2025-March 2026.
Jacqueline and their Auntie, Grandmother Irene Compton, will activate the work through drumming, song and the gifting of belongings. A reception will follow with food and refreshments on the 3rd floor at Anvil Centre.
Curated by Chelsea Yuill, Capture Photography Festival.
Commissioned by the City of New Westminster, this temporary public art installation is presented in partnership with Capture Photography Festival.
Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 4:00 - 6:00pm
In person at Anvil Centre, 3rd Floor 777 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC, V3M 1B6
Free – All are welcome, but registration is required through Eventbrite. Note: Registration closes April 24, 2025, 12:00PM PST
About Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison
Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison is a Saulteaux and English interdisciplinary cultural worker based in so-called Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Born on the traditional lands of the Niisitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), colonially known as Lethbridge, AB, their family ties are to Keeseekoose First Nation in Treaty 4. Immersed in the Anishinaabe practice of bīskabiyang (returning to ourselves), Morrisseau-Addison weaves together dreaming, beadwork, textiles, performance, photography and film, and site-responsive installations to nurture processes of repair, consent, kinship and care. Through their work, they seek to create spaces of reflection and intergenerational connection through material and spiritual practice.
About Irene Compton
Grandmother Irene Compton is a Saulteaux woman from Keeseekoose First Nation. She is of the Bear Clan and an inter-generational survivor of the residential school system. She is the co-founder of Minwaashin Lodge in Ottawa, ON and celebrates over 30 years of work there. Her work at the lodge supports women survivors of violence, assisting them with safety plans, stabilization, healing, employment, and education achievement. Irene is the Keeper of the stories at Minwaashin’s Sacred Lodge which connects Indigenous women to their culture, identity and pride.
