Community Connections, Storytelling in Palliative Care, Unmasked Connections, Curatorial Collaborations
Community Connections
Radical Connections is partnering with the Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County to bring virtual one-on-one sessions to seniors in their homes. RC artists will also be performing in-person in the upcoming weeks and months at DSORC’s weekly Daisy Café.
We gratefully thank:
Storytelling in Palliative Care
Professional storyteller Kim Kilpatrick will work with patients, Family Caregivers, and Healthcare staff in crafting 55-word stories or poems. The participants may offer their story for analysis and to share with a wider audience through events at Bruyère, the Ottawa Art Gallery and academic and medical conferences. We are very excited to be engaging the film maker Rachel Gray to interpret the stories adding another dimension to the expression and exploration of the often-unheard voices.
Unmasked Connections
Personalized, Intimate, and Interactive Performances for People in Care.
Musicians, storytellers, actors, & poets partnered with healthcare organizations, support staff, families, & volunteers to deliver virtual concerts to vulnerable populations in hospitals, and residences.
Visit: the Directory of Artists
We gratefully thank:
The Eldercare Foundation of Ottawa
The Ontario Arts Council
Private Funders
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Curatorial Collaborations
An ongoing project addressing medicalized spaces as vessels for quality art, active imagination, & user-agency. Interdisciplinary-social-practice artist, Maren Kathleen Elliott, is exploring innovative & inclusive approaches to curation at Bruyère’s St.-Vincent Hospital, and beyond! Learn more. This work is supported through:
City of Ottawa Creation & Production grant
Arts Network Ottawa Mentorship program.
Bruyère Academic Medical Organization
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