Soul Perspectives is a long-running program creating space for critical discussion about local, national and international issues of concern to Montreal’s Black community.

Every Tuesday 7 - 8:30pm (EST)

July 11, 2023: Celebrating Native Creators w/Martin Akwiranoron Loft

As we continue our celebration of Native Creators in the month of July, we welcome Martin Akwiranoron Loft @martin.a.loft_photography. Born in Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory in 1960, He is a photographer, printmaker, and craftsperson. He is a founding member of the Native Indian Inuit Photographers' Association (NIIPA, 1985-2000), an influential indigenous artists' organization that presented Visions, the first international Indigenous photography conference and touring exhibition. Martin has exhibited his photography, traditional crafts, and prints nationally and internationally at such venues as at the National Museum of the American Indian, Museum of Civilization, Iroquois Indian Museum, Mashantucket Pequot Museum, McCord Museum, and the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic.

His work was included in a group exhibition in Venice, Italy and was part of the Imago International Art Exhibition, a parallel Venice Biennale. He recently was appointed to the PAC as a juror of the Creating, Knowing, and Sharing, Canada Council for the Arts fund.

In 2020 he was to be a lead Indigenous mentor working with emerging Indigenous artists for the Conseil des Arts de Montreal. Since 1988, Martin worked in his community of Kahnawake as Public Programs Supervisor at the Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center, where he coordinated community outreach activities, including culture and history workshops, conferences, art workshops, and visual arts exhibitions. Martin has a strong interest in Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) language and is a graduate of the Ratiwennahnirats Mohawk Immersion.

Join us to find out more about his story and his journey this Tuesday July 11 from 7-8.30pm EST on CKUT 90.3FM or www.ckut.ca

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