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Raven Davis
Raven Davis (born 1975) is a multimedia Indigenous artist, curator, activist, and community organizer of the Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Nation in Manitoba. Davis's work centers themes of culture, colonization, sexuality, and gender and racial justice. Davis currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and works between Halifax and Toronto, Ontario. Davis is also a traditional dancer, singer, and drummer. Career In 2010, Davis joined the Friends United initiative as an artist and associate and currently sits on the advisory board. In 2017, Raven Davis was hired as co-artistic director of Halifax's Queer Acts Theatre Festival. Awards, honours, and residencies * Art and Activism Resident, NSCAD University (2016) * Cape Breton Partnership, Aboriginal Women of Distinction in Business, nomination (2010) * Cape Breton Industry Award, Sydney Ports Authority (2009) Curatorial * ''Nocturne,'' Halifax, Nova Scotia (2018) * ''Bonnie Devine , Circles and Lines: Michi Saagiig.'' Art Gallery of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County. Halifax is a major economic centre in Atlantic Canada, with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Department of National Defence, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Saint Mary's University, the Halifax Shipyard, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry, and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of the municipality. History Halifax is located within ''Miꞌkmaꞌki'' the traditional ancestral lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
