WAYFINDERS: A collaborative workshop and paid student residency at daphne art centre

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

This paid, week-long artist workshop and residency with Sydney-based Anishinaabe artist Rolande Souliere will take place at daphne, the Indigenous artist run centre in Tiohtia:ke (Montreal), from April 27 to May 1, 2026.
Over five days, up to five Concordia students will work alongside Souliere to develop a sculptural installation that will serve as a visual landmark for the centre. Together, they will explore how wayfinding can express personal and collective identity, Indigenous knowledge systems, lived experience, relationships to land, and pathways of care and community.

Students will be paid hourly CREW rates for their participation. All materials and daily lunch will be provided.

When: Monday April 27 to May 1- from 9:30am -4:30pm ( *with a residency vernissage on Friday, May 1st at 5 pm.)

Where: daphne, indigenous artist-run centre in the Mile End ( 5425 Av. Casgrain, Montreal)

This project is coordinated between daphne, the IFRC, and the MAI. It is generously supported by the SSHRC Connection Grant.

*Deadline to apply: Sunday, March 22, 2026*

About the artist:

Rolande Souliere was born and raised on Turtle Island (North America) and lives and works on Gadigal Land, (Sydney) Australia. She is a member of Michipicoten First Nation and has a PhD and MVA from Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.

Working across installation, painting, collage, sculpture, socially engaged art, and public art, Souliere’s art practice is anchored in the extended field of Painting which serves as the foundational language to explore Anishinaabe worldviews, language, and personal and collective histories.

Working primarily with abstraction within installation and large scaled wall paintings, Souliere investigates how painting can function both as a formal practice and as a site of cultural memory. For example, translating the visual politics of codified public transportation systems and or cultural narratives like First Nation mythology and language into contemporary visual forms that address borders, boundaries and creation stories.

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If you have any questions, please reach out to ifrc@concordia.ca