Arts in a Digital World Summit
So, I had heard that there was going to be a digital summit for the arts in 2017. It was early days and I wondered how people were going to get invited to such an…
Author Archives: Clayton Windatt
AGENCY: ON “WHO’S” TERMS
“AGENCY: ON WHO’S TERMS” Curated by Collaborated with Clayton Windatt Curatorial statement by Clayton Windatt: It has become an ongoing thematic within my work as an activist and within advocacy circles within the art sphere…
TIFF, Darryl Sainnawap and Treaty 9
I had the pleasure of working with the Toronto International Film Festival on a small project that had huge impact. Cole Alvis and Jesse Wente invited me to engage Darryl Sainnawap in some collaborations. Darryl…
Talking to Water
Working with the Bespoke Cultural Collective, Waterfront Toronto and Artspin as part of their Desire Lines project, Dayna Danger and I are engaging a Toronto audience with a performance piece called “Talking to Water”. Taking…
Wake Up Ontario!
The Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, The Honourable Eleanor McMahon, recently announced that a $5 million dollar increase would be committed to the Ontario Arts Council’s yearly budget in a letter to cultural…
Go “Pop-Culture” Yourself
At the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham, Ontario I programmed “Go “Pop-Culture” Yourself”, a showcase of Indigenous films by Daniel Couchie, Sara DeCarlo, Cole Forrest, Steven Paul Judd, Kelvin Redvers, Lindsay Sarazin, Jessie…
Secret Mask Society
While working in 2016 in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, I took some time to escape to a hot springs about an hour north of the city. I brought a bunch of artists and my masks pack…
New Article in Muskrat Magazine!
I just wrote a response article to issues raised in the media about the appropriation of Indigenous culture and debates about people having the right to imagine other people’s lives. Anyone can imagine anything they…
INCREASE THE OAC BUDGET!!!
I call upon the Province of Ontario to increase the Ontario Arts Council’s budget. The Ontario’s arts and culture sector is a primary economic driver, creating 276,000 jobs and directly contributing more than $25 billion…
Opposition / Unity
Opposition / Unity: The development of new works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous film and media artists. Clayton Windatt working as an Indigenous independent curator sets forth to create a project that embraces working together through…