The Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series - Presentation by Reneltta Arluk

December 2020 - exact day and time to be announced

Presentation by Reneltta Arluk (Inuvialuit, Dene, Cree), Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Director of Akpik Theatre

“Reneltta Arluk is currently Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She is responsible for the vision to design Indigenous Arts led programming across all artistic disciplines and offer support for inclusionary programming for Indigenous artists campus-wide. She is also responsible for developing and strengthening partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous artistic institutions regionally, nationally and globally creating spaces for Indigenous creative voices. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Acting degree from the University of Alberta; becoming the first Indigenous woman and first Inuk to graduate from the reputable program. Most recently, Reneltta is the first Inuk and Indigenous woman to direct at The Stratford Festival. There, Reneltta was recipient of The Festival’s 2017 Tyrone Guthrie – Derek F. Mitchell Artistic Director’s Award as Director of The Breathing Hole by Governor General Award-winning playwright, Colleen Murphy”.

Full bio at http://akpiktheatre.com/reneltta/about

For more information on the workshop series and the event: https://www.bu.edu/pardee/the-arctic-environmental-humanities-workshop-series/