This is an archived event from Culture Days 2019.
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A Reading with Norma Dunning
Indigenous Museum Poetry & spoken word Storytelling Visual arts
Date and time
Location
TELUS International Centre - Room 134
Edmonton, AB
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Join the UAlberta Museums for Alberta Culture Days and hear Inuk creative writer Norma Dunning read and talk about the writing process of her awarding winning 2017 book, "Annie Muktuk and Other Stories". Afterwards, visit the UAlberta Museums exhibition "Shifting Geographies ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᑦ: Inuit Art from the University of Alberta Art Collection".
About the Author: Dr. Norma Dunning is an Inuk creative writer, scholar and researcher. She is the author of "Annie Muktuk and Other Stories" which was awarded the Danuta Gleed Award, the Howard O'Hagan Award and a bronze standing on Foreward Reviews. Her first collection of poetry, "Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity" is scheduled to release October, 2019.
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University of Alberta Museums
University of Alberta Museums is made up of a network of the 29 registered museum collections. We are the first point of contact for all things museum on the University of Alberta campus. We also manage the University of Alberta Art Collection and the Mactaggart Art Collection.
The University of Alberta Art Collection (UAAC) is one of the 29 museum collections that comprise the University of Alberta Museums. With more than 7,000 works of art, the UAAC aims to build an inclusive and diverse permanent collection of art and visual culture with a current focus on contemporary themes as well as works of art that focus on First Nations (Treaty 6, 7, 8), Métis, and Inuit homelands.