Four Lands of Sioux Lookout

with the Municipality of Sioux Lookout at the Sioux Lookout Historic Train Station
Other participating groups: Sioux Lookout Health Authority, Kasabonika First Nation, Lac Seul First Nation, Friends of Cedar Bay, Sioux Lookout Native Friendship Centre, Girl Guides, Sacred Heart School, Children’s Art Festival, and Sioux Lookout Senior’s Centre.

Jumblies Artists: Ruth Howard, Adrienne Marcus Raja, Sam Egan, Darla Contois

Sioux Lookout Artists & Contributors: Meredith Culham, Victor Lyon, Romaine Lyon, Tom Chisel, Melody McIver and others.

Public Activities

Saturday 17th
Project opening, historical presentations, wagon-making, introductory art-making, 1-6 pm

Sunday 18th
Drop-in art-making (drawing, making miniatures, creating poems), 1- 6 pm

Monday 19th
Art-making & performance explorations, 6:30-9 pm

Wednesday 21st
Culture Night at the Youth Centre (54 Front St.), 5-7 pm

Thursday 22nd
Diversity Talk, 5:30-7:30 pm

Friday 23rd
Art-making & performance explorations, 6:30-9 pm

Saturday 24th
Art-making & performance explorations, 1-4 pm
& Closing presentation & celebration, 4-6 pm

Sioux Lookout Four Lands Poster

Media Coverage

Artist Profiles

	Ruth Howard Ruth Howard is the founding Artistic Director of Jumblies Theatre. She and Jumblies have created multi-year residencies resulting in large scale performances, in a series of Toronto neighbourhoods, resulting in large-scale productions and lasting Offshoot organizations. She has worked across Canada and in England as a theatre designer, has taught at many universities, colleges and schools, amentored many emerging artists and organizations, and won many awards for her work. In 2015 Ruth and Jumblies produced the west-to-east-coast Train of Thought tour with partners across the country. Her most recent projects with Jumblies include the May/June 2017 Touching Ground Festival of new works in Toronto and the Four Lands tour.
	Adrienne Marcus Raja Adrienne explores a range of practices which blends in painting, puppetry, audio, installation, moving images, and photography. As a Malaysian with a Kelabit and Hainan ancestory, she is a multi-disciplinary artist currently living in Toronto. Her works has been presented nationally and internationally. She is an MFA graduate of Ryerson University in Documentary Media. She also holds a BA degree in Mass Communication and Television Production from Curtin University. She is the first recipient of Jumblies’ Al Levitt Memorial Award. She enjoys travelling as well as learning alongside people from different backgrounds and communities. She is currently the Tour Coordinator for Jumblies’ most recent collaborative touring project, The Four Lands. She is also Jumblies’ Arts Management Intern (thanks to an Ontario Arts Council Compass grant).
	Sam Egan SAM FIRST ENCOUNTERED JUMBLIES IN SCARBOROUGH DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIKE AN OLD TALE IN 2010, HE THEN DISAPPEARED TO ENGLAND FOR FOUR YEARS TO STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL FOR A MASTER’S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY. IN 2014, SAM RETURNED TO TORONTO AND HAS WORKED WITH JUMBLIES IN A RANGE OF OPERATIONAL ROLES, CURRENTLY AS OPERATIONS MANAGER. SAM IS FASCINATED BY THE POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ARTS AS WELL AS THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN TORONTO AND OTHER CITIES AND LOCATIONS. ASIDE FOR HIS TALENT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR SPREADSHEETS, SAM HAS A FLAIR FOR HAND LETTERING AND CURATING AND INSTALLING INSTALLATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS – SKILLS WHICH HE HAS BESTOWED ON SEVERAL FOUR LANDS ITERATIONS.
	DARLA CONTOIS DARLA CONTOIS IS A CREE/SALTEAUX PERFORMER, PLAYWRIGHT, POET AND TEACHER. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS THEATRE’S PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2014, ATTENDED DAVID SMUKLER’S NATIONAL VOICE INTENSIVE AND PREMIERED HER SOLO SHOW WHITE MAN’S INDIAN AT SUMMERWORKS 2017 IN TORONTO. SHE WAS AWARDED THE EMERGING ARTIST AWARD FOR HER WORK AT THE FESTIVAL. ALONG WITH PERFORMING SHE HAS ALSO BEEN TEACHING STORYTELLING AND DRAMA WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Ruth Howard

Ruth Howard is the founding Artistic Director of Jumblies Theatre. She and Jumblies have created multi-year residencies resulting in large scale performances, in a series of Toronto neighbourhoods, resulting in large-scale productions and lasting Offshoot organizations. She has worked across Canada and in England as a theatre designer, has taught at many universities, colleges and schools, amentored many emerging artists and organizations, and won many awards for her work. In 2015 Ruth and Jumblies produced the west-to-east-coast Train of Thought tour with partners across the country. Her most recent projects with Jumblies include the May/June 2017 Touching Ground Festival of new works in Toronto and the Four Lands tour.

Adrienne Marcus Raja

Adrienne explores a range of practices which blends in painting, puppetry, audio, installation, moving images, and photography. As a Malaysian with a Kelabit and Hainan ancestory, she is a multi-disciplinary artist currently living in Toronto. Her works has been presented nationally and internationally. She is an MFA graduate of Ryerson University in Documentary Media. She also holds a BA degree in Mass Communication and Television Production from Curtin University. She is the first recipient of Jumblies’ Al Levitt Memorial Award. She enjoys travelling as well as learning alongside people from different backgrounds and communities. She is currently the Tour Coordinator for Jumblies’ most recent collaborative touring project, The Four Lands. She is also Jumblies’ Arts Management Intern (thanks to an Ontario Arts Council Compass grant).

Sam Egan

SAM FIRST ENCOUNTERED JUMBLIES IN SCARBOROUGH DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIKE AN OLD TALE IN 2010, HE THEN DISAPPEARED TO ENGLAND FOR FOUR YEARS TO STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL FOR A MASTER’S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY. IN 2014, SAM RETURNED TO TORONTO AND HAS WORKED WITH JUMBLIES IN A RANGE OF OPERATIONAL ROLES, CURRENTLY AS OPERATIONS MANAGER. SAM IS FASCINATED BY THE POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ARTS AS WELL AS THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN TORONTO AND OTHER CITIES AND LOCATIONS. ASIDE FOR HIS TALENT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR SPREADSHEETS, SAM HAS A FLAIR FOR HAND LETTERING AND CURATING AND INSTALLING INSTALLATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS – SKILLS WHICH HE HAS BESTOWED ON SEVERAL FOUR LANDS ITERATIONS.

DARLA CONTOIS

DARLA CONTOIS IS A CREE/SALTEAUX PERFORMER, PLAYWRIGHT, POET AND TEACHER. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS THEATRE’S PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2014, ATTENDED DAVID SMUKLER’S NATIONAL VOICE INTENSIVE AND PREMIERED HER SOLO SHOW WHITE MAN’S INDIAN AT SUMMERWORKS 2017 IN TORONTO. SHE WAS AWARDED THE EMERGING ARTIST AWARD FOR HER WORK AT THE FESTIVAL. ALONG WITH PERFORMING SHE HAS ALSO BEEN TEACHING STORYTELLING AND DRAMA WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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