Events & Workshops

Join SWG and host Cheyenna Sapp in welcoming Arnolda Defour Bowes to the Tansi Talk Series, Arnolda’s talk will be what storytelling is about, connection and tradition; it's a sweet, consummating journey between you and its creator. For her, the most challenging aspect of sharing story is the vulnerability. Whether art, film, theatre, poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, letting your body of work go out into the world is always terrifying. She will also discuss how this creative adventure has led her to evolve in freedom of expression and grow in courage as an artist in many different genres and forms. Additionally, Arnolda will share a reading called "The Unravelling," featured in the Winter 2024 issue of Grain - The Journal of Eclectic Writing.

To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JkEaRXG0R8GtPORN-VdGbQ

Presenter

Arnolda Dufour Bowes is a Cree-Métis iskwêw, mom and wife from Saskatoon with family roots from Sȃkitawȃk (Île à la Crosse), George Gordon First Nation and Punnichy, Sask. Her first book, 20.12m: A Short Story Collection of a Life Lived as a Road Allowance Metis, received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for 2021 and won the High Plains Award for Best Indigenous Author in 2022. She is a Playwright Resident of the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre in Saskatoon with her play Apples & Traintracks due for production for 2025/26. Currently, her feature film project Truthwalkers is in development, and this script was a quarterfinalist in the GEMFest International Screenplay Competition in 2024. Her first novel for young readers, Maggie-Lou, Firefox, published by Groundwood Books, was released in October 2023. It received a star review from Kirkus Reviews, is in development as an animation and book two, Maggie Meets Her Match, is due for Spring 2025 release. Arnolda also has a sensory art exhibit & short film, "Apples & Traintracks," that was at Wanuskewin April-June 2024 and will be featured at the Allan Sapp Galleries and two BC galleries in 2025.

Please visit her at www.arnoldadufourbowes.com for more information on projects or books.

Host

Cheyenna “Shy” Sapp, she/her, nehiyaw iskwew, and your friendly neighborhood aunty, is from Little Pine First Nation in Treaty 6 Territory. Armed with a Bachelor’s Degree in Indigenous Studies and a Certificate in wicehotowin Indigenous Theatre, Shy is an actor and standup comedian by day, and an advocate for Indigenous Representation by night and by day. All the time, actually. When she’s not touring her standup comedy act, you can catch her on the hit sitcom Acting Good on CTV Comedy Channel and streaming on Crave.

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