Fall 2024 ARC Artist-in-Residence
Amanda Strong
with Visiting Artist Bracken Hanuse Corlett
October 30 - Nov 1, 2024
Presented by the Arts Research Center in collaboration with the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, with support from the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanites, and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media, the Departments of Art Practice, Film & Media, and Ethnic Studies, the Native American Studies Program, the Canadian Studies Program, and the Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues
Amanda Strong will be the Arts Research Center's Artist-in Residence for fall 2024. She is a Michif (Metis) interdisciplinary artist with a focus on filmmaking, stop motion animations and media art. Currently based on unceded Coast Salish territories also known as Vancouver, BC, Canada, Strong received a BAA in Interpretative Illustration and a Diploma in Applied Photography from the Sheridan Institute. With a cross-discipline focus, common themes of her work are reclamation of Indigenous histories, lineage, language and culture. Strong is the Owner/Director/Producer of Spotted Fawn Productions Inc. (SFP). Under her direction, SFP utilizes a multi-layered approach and unconventional methods that are centered in collaboration on all aspects of their work. Her films have screened across the globe, most notably at Cannes, TIFF, VIFF, and Ottawa International Animation Festival (Biidaaban The Dawn Comes; Four Faces of the Moon; Flood). She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, BC Arts Council and the NFB. Amanda was selected as the First Canadian Director and first Animated Project for the Sundance Institute Indigenous Filmmaking Lab.
Amanda will be joined during her residency at Berkeley by Bracken Hanuse Corlett, an interdisciplinary artist from the Wuikinuxv and Klahoose Nations. He works in painting, sculpture, audio-visual performance, digital art/design, animation and narrative. He graduated from the En'owkin Centre of Indigenous Art and went to Emily Carr University of Art and Design. He also trained at the Hunt Studio with renowned Heiltsuk artists Bradley Hunt and his sons Shawn and Dean. A recent winner of the 2022 Portfolio Prize and the 2022 Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Visual Arts, he maintains a studio and collaborative practice working with ancestral forms and new media. He has exhibited, screened and/or performed locally and internationally with some notable work at VIFF, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, TIFF, and the Institute of Modern Art.
During their time on campus, Amanda and Bracken will participate in a filmscreening at BAMPFA featuring over nine their works, visit students in Art Practice and Film & Media classes, and give an Artist Talk sharing their solo and collaborative work history, including a preview some upcoming projects.