Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOP for WATER WHEEL  🎉

In this online workshop, Gina will guide participants through the process of connecting with the white pine of paddles through sanding. White pine is the foundation for Gina’s project “Water Wheel”, as its warmth and beauty are highly regarded by local Indigenous people as the tree of peace. Please join us for this participatory workshop as we reflect and share stories about the bodies of water we live on: Lake Erie & the Grand River.

GAGL 2020 artist Gina Mcintee has been working closely with the Water Walkers during her “Water Wheel” project. In February 2020, Gina and the Water Walkers presented at Dunnville Secondary School to students. GAGL is pleased to present this special talk with the All Nations Grand River Water Walkers.

Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOP for Digital Storytelling in a Digital Age,  🎉

Today’s world is changing, and as audiences shift online it can feel like a crowded space.

As the first stage of Layla’s, Blood and Water project, we will be learning how to stand out from the noise online and create real emotional connections with your audience.

No matter who you are or what you are promoting, your story matters.

Please join us for our FIRST GAGL TV WORKSHOP for HOOKED ON THE BAY  🎉

Sign up today, get your materials ready, and connect with Heather as she guides us through the process of rug hooking, all while sharing stories on the importance of Lake Erie and the Inner Bay to life in Port Rowan. Ideal for beginners to advance, this online workshop is all about learning, connecting and sharing. Heather and her mother, Marlene, hold a great connection to rug hooking and the Bay, and will use this participatory workshop as a gathering space to gain deeper insights on the water.

Please join us for GAGL TV WORKSHOP, UN-ROLL YOUR THOUGHTS WITH PAUL  🎉

Artist Paul Chartrand will introduce the “Grand Remediator” project and explain why he asked participants to save toilet paper and paper towel rolls. Discover Paul’s thought-mapping processes and find out why he’s filling an old boat with plants anyway.

Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOP for the PADDLE PROJECT  🎉

In this online space, GAGL artists Richelle Miller & Thomas Anderson will facilitate collective connection, sharing indigenous culture by intertwining drum, song, and ways of knowing.

Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOP for WATER WHEEL  🎉

In this interactive online workshop, Gina will guide participants through the process of painting global water symbols on white pine paddles.

The blades of the paddles will be painted into 13 sections on both sides. The Turtle has 13 sections on top of her back representing 13 full Moons in a calendar of a year. The full Moons have a strong influence on all bodies of water on earth. Once the paddle sections have been outlined, you will add your chosen global water symbol to one of the sections. The paddle is an extension of ourselves and together with the canoe we can go many places. The blade of a paddle is the natural propeller for a canoe. This workshop will share how every water droplet counts in our water cycle.

Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOP for BLOOD AND WATER  🎉

In this interactive online workshop, Layla will guide participants through the process of sharing their stories to a digital audience for contribution to her work “Blood and Water”.

In Workshop 2, Layla will work on building your confidence on camera and give you strategic steps towards sharing on social media, and guidance on how to utilize online outlets for income streams.

Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOP for HOOKED ON THE BAY  🎉

Sign up today, get your materials ready, and connect with Heather Smith as she guides us through designing your own rug hooking pattern, all while sharing stories on the importance of Lake Erie and the Inner Bay to life in Port Rowan.

Please join us for GAGL TV WORKSHOP, FOLK ECOLOGY HIKE  🎉 

Our first in-person, social distancing Canada Day hike with artist Paul Chartrand and poet Karen  Houle as they discuss the history of the Grand River as an ecological treasure in the process of creating the new public art piece, ‘The Grand Remediator’.

Have you ever walked or driven by the Grand River? Do you know any of her stories and histories? Do you have one of your own? 

Please join us for our next GAGL TV WORKSHOPS for the PADDLE PROJECT  🎉

In these very special workshops, GAGL artists Richelle Miller & Thomas Anderson will facilitate collective connection, sharing knowledge around the Dish With One Spoon wampum belt and horn rattles.

Required material kits can be purchased up to July 4th. Rattles $40 and Wampum $50.

Please contact Richelle Miller at rdt.miller@gmail.com to order.

PLEASE NOTE: There are two separate Zoom links to sign up to if you wish to attend both sessions. You are welcome to join just one, or both of the workshops. Everyone is welcome.

Join us for this exciting, intimate riverside concert with Layla Black and Juno-award nominated artist Logan Staats! Layla will lead a guided walk down the Grand River. Enjoy an afternoon of sharing stories, singing traditional songs, and learning the medicines along the water’s edge with Elder Grandfather Blackbear. We ask that everyone bring their rattles, drums and music makers to join along.

As a participant, you will have the opportunity to share your connection to the water as a part of Layla’s “Blood & Water” short film, to be publicly premiered later this year! Throughout the day, Layla will be igniting discussion and interviewing participants about their experiences with Lake Erie & the Grand River.

Only 30 spots available – please email Alexis at alexis.moline@waterlution.org to reserve your spot!

Special Guest speaker – Elder Grandfather Blackbear

Please join Richelle Miller & Thomas Anderson as they continue to lead us through a sharing of Indigenous perspective, voices and history of Indigenous traditions through time, while acknowledging water as a sacred gift that connects all life. Through the use of paddle designs, the artists will share stories of:

• Water as the most life sustaining gift on Mother Earth and the interconnection among all living beings
• Water sustains us, flows between us, within us, and replenishes us
• Indigenous symbolism, Water Clans, cycles and Water is Life

This event is FREE with registration for those interested in participating in person or online through Zoom. Spots are limited for in person participation. Please email Alexis at alexis.moline@waterlution.org to reserve your spot. Please indicate if you are attending in-person or online. Please note that registration for in-person attendance is required in order to prepare and follow safety guidelines set by Six Nations of the Grand River.

Strict safety protocols will be in effect.

Please join us for a morning of painting, free ice cream and giving love to our water at the Grand River Marina & Cafe. This fun filled summer morning by the water will allow participants to continue work painting for Gina Mcintee’s “Water Wheel” project. Gina will be leading stations on art making, with a special guest station from Hobbitstee Wildlife Rescue.

It’s going to be a sunny summer morning, so complimentary Hewitt’s ice cream will be served to all registered participants. Additionally, all registered participants will receive a free t-shirt designed by Gina courtesy of Nova Mutual.

This event is FREE with registration. Spots are limited and filling up quickly. Please email Alexis at alexis.moline@waterlution.org to reserve your spot solo or preferably as a bubble (group of up to 10 people). 

Strict safety protocols will be in effect.

Please join us for an afternoon of music and rug hooking, brought together with love for our water. This relaxing summer afternoon at the Normandale Century Inn will allow participants to continue practicing rug hooking for Heather Smith’s “Hooked on the Bay” project. Heather and Marlene Smith will show the rug hooking project that they have been working on for GAGL 2020. Special musical guests Tia McGraff and Tommy Parham will be performing throughout the event.

We invite experienced rug hookers to bring their creations to show the group in an impromptu exhibition.  If you are a rug hooker, please bring some of your creations to show to the group – 5 to 10 rugs each would be terrific! JoAnne Harris will be here with a variety of rug hooking supplies.

This event is FREE with registration. Spots are limited and filling up quickly. Please email Alexis at alexis.moline@waterlution.org to reserve your spot!

Strict safety protocols will be in effect.

We are excited to offer 4 bubble groups of 10 people the opportunity to join us for this very special event at Shared Harvest Organic Farm. Led by artist Paul Chartrand with special guests Dan McKay who helped establish the Thompson Creek Eco Centre, this fun filled summer afternoon on the farm includes art making (Try your hand at mind mapping graffiti on the side of a boat), a walk and talk along the Grand River, all accompanied by a free locally sourced, lovingly made, cup of home-made soup!

It’s going to be a sunny summer afternoon, so complimentary beer samples will be provided by Concession Road Brewery!

We look forward to a beautiful afternoon of engagement and connection, and will be following strict safety protocols. Ongoing hand washing and sanitizing will be the order of the day. Let’s all stay healthy and safe.

This event is FREE with registration. Spots are limited and filling up quickly. Please email Alexis at alexis.moline@waterlution.org to reserve your spot solo or as a bubble (group of up to 10 people). Please note that registration is strictly required so we can properly prepare and follow safety guidelines. 

This finale event will feature water and social songs, and Indigenous language and culture sharing.

In celebration of the completed artwork, special performances by:
James Wilson
Steve Johnson
Hunter Sky
Teha Henhawk
Erika LaForce
Music for the Spirt Youth
& Special Quests

This event is FREE with registration online through Zoom.

Heather will be hosting a live Q&A on the corner of Bay & Church, Port Rowan. Join us from 1:30-2:30pm to join the Q&A live and see the work from Zoom!

‘Hooked on the Bay’ will be on display at Abode Home + Cottage (1017 Bay Street, Port Rowan) from Oct 1-10th, before moving to the Norfolk County Public Library for permanent installation.

This event is FREE with registration for those joining online through Zoom.

This live event will also feature exclusive talks with participants and a live performance by Layla and her siblings.

This event is FREE with registration for those joining online through Zoom.

Join Gina as she installs her project at Dunnville Secondary School and answers questions about her experience working with the community with love for the water. We encourage all who participated and followed along with Gina’s art this year to join us on Zoom to celebrate!