LRVS / LRCW Visiting Lecture: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Pacific Northwest College of Art and the LRCW program are thrilled to welcome visiting artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson for a lecture on her work and practice.

Live Stream Link Here

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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg musician, writer and academic, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Her work breaks open the boundaries between story and song—bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity.

Working for two decades as an independent scholar using Nishnaabeg intellectual practices, Leanne has lectured and taught extensively at universities across Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe and has over twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. She holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba and is a member of Alderville First Nation.

Leanne is the author of eight books, including A Short History of the Blockade and the novel Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies, which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction and the Dublin Literary Prize. Her collaboration with Robyn Maynard, Rehearsals for Living is a National Bestseller and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction. Leanne is also a musician. Her latest release Theory of Ice was named to the Polaris Prize shortlist, and she is the 2021 winner of the Prism Prize’s Willie Dunn Award. Leanne’s new work, Theory of Water, was released i April from Alchemy at Knopf Canada and Haymarket Books in the US. leannesimpson.ca

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FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Pacific Northwest College of Art
In the first-floor Lemelson Gallery
511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209

Livestream on PNCA's Youtube Channel, for those who can't join in person

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