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SUMMARY: Opening Night | Dancing With Our Ancestors: Weaving Connections Be
 tween Communities
DESCRIPTION: Join us on Red Dress Day (May 5th) for the opening of “Dancing
  With Our Ancestors: Weaving Connections Between Communities”\, a collectiv
 e exhibit that features artists across the globe with lived experiences of 
 disappeared people and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and 
 Two Spirit people (MMIWG2S+). In this multi-site exhibit\, the Transformati
 ve Memory International […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p style="font-weight: 400\;">Join us on <em>
 Red Dress Day (</em>May 5th) for the opening of <strong>“Dancing With Our A
 ncestors: Weaving Connections Between Communities”\,</strong> a collective 
 exhibit that features artists across the globe with lived experiences of di
 sappeared people and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and Tw
 o Spirit people (MMIWG2S+).</p><p style="font-weight: 400\;">In this multi-
 site exhibit\, the<a href="https://transformativememory.ubc.ca/"><strong> T
 ransformative Memory International Network</strong> </a>and <a href="https:
 //www.instagram.com/butterfliesinspirit/?hl=en"><strong>Butterflies in Spir
 it</strong></a> stitch different\, yet parallel experiences of denunciation
 \, resistance\, togetherness\, searching for loved ones\, and seeking the t
 ruth. To reflect upon the aftermath of settler colonialism and prolonged vi
 olence\, while also illuminating the diverse ways artists and communities c
 an weave spaces to dialogue\, contest\, and reimagine memory/futurities as 
 a way of collective action.</p><p style="font-weight: 400\;">Dancing with o
 ur Ancestors: Weaving Connections Between Communities is a transnational co
 mmitment to knit together and recognize the poetics of everyday memories of
  human beings\, who otherwise would be forgotten by dominant history. The p
 ieces that comprise this exhibit are expressions of the numerous resourcefu
 l\, embodied\, and intimate ways in which memory\, as a creative force\, is
  articulated by people worldwide who have experienced systemic violence.</p
 ><p style="font-weight: 400\;">The exhibition will feature pieces from Ugan
 da\, Mexico\, Northern Ireland\, Indonesia\, Colombia\, and Canada. The exh
 ibit also includes three window installations by local artists at Decolonia
 l Clothing (Chinatown)\, Union Cooperative Initiative (Chinatown)\, and the
  windows at UBC Robson Square.</p><p style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Dat
 es: May 5th\, 2025 - May 19\, 2025<br /></strong><strong>Location: UBC Robs
 on Square (800 Robson St.) - Sun Room</strong></p><h3 style="font-weight: 4
 00\;"><strong>May 5th “Red Dress Day” Opening Event schedule:</strong></h3>
 <p style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>4:00pm: Doors Open</strong><br /><str
 ong>5:00pm: Opening remarks</strong><br /><strong>5:30pm: Performance from 
 Butterflies in Spirit</strong><br /><strong>6:30pm: Panel discussion</stron
 g></p><p style="font-weight: 400\;">This event takes place on the unceded a
 nd ancestral territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Firs
 t Nations.</p><h3 style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Creators:</strong></h3
 ><p style="font-weight: 400\;">Alit Ambara (Indonesia)<br />Adriana Contrer
 as (Turtle Island & Colombia)<br />Butterflies in Spirit  (Turtle Island - 
 Canada)<br />Conflict Textiles: Irene MacWilliam (Northern Ireland)<br />Er
 ika Diettes (Colombia)<br />Guayacan’s Crafts Group (Bojayá - Colombia)<br 
 />Luz H. Almendra Aranda & Violeta K. Rozental Almendra (Misak - Colombia)<
 br />Morgan Asoyuf  (Ts’msyen Eagle Clan from Ksyeen River\, BC - Canada)<b
 r />Movement of Victims of State Crimes - MOVICE (Colombia)<br />Peter Mori
 n (Tahtlan Nation - Canada)<br />The Families of the Missing (Gulu - Uganda
 )<br />The Women’s Advocacy Network - WAN (Gulu - Uganda)</p><p>[caption id
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 783 size-large" src="https://grsj.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/
 40/2025/04/Dancing-event-list-2025-04-21-09-21-40-2-662x1024.jpg" alt="" wi
 dth="620" height="959" /> Poster design: Adriana Contreras[/caption]</p><p 
 style="font-weight: 400\;">[buttons][button link_text="Eventbrite RSVP" lin
 k_url="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dancing-with-our-ancestors-weaving-conne
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