Workshop

Kirstie McCallum & Maleea Acker

August 26

1 pm - 4 pm

Beaconsfield Carriage House,  2 Kent  St., Charlottetown

Join artist Kirstie McCallum and poet and post-doctoral research fellow with Environment and Climate Change Canada (University of Victoria) Maleea Acker in a creative placemaking workshop. Through games, discussions, drawings, and the creative use of maps we will explore our personal ties to local watersheds. 

We will open with a water ceremony by Elder Elder Methilda Knockwood-Snache. There will be guest presentations by Charlotte Large, Project Manager of the PEI Watershed Alliance and Krystal Pyke, ClimateSense Project Manager at the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation.

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The event will close with a picnic in nearby Victoria Park, next to a rain-catching sculpture by artist Kirstie McCallum.

Thank you to the City of Charlottetown Microgrant Program for their generous support.