Join us for a special Articulations featuring social worker and instructor Heidi HeavyShield, who will speak to themes explored in our Lower Gallery exhibition Civic Floor by Sung Tieu. Heidi will draw on her expertise as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator in the Alberta provincial correctional system to discuss power, space, and privilege in public and institutional spaces. This program is free to attend. 

Heidi HeavyShield is a Niitsitapiaki of the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe), Blackfoot Confederacy in Treaty 7. She is a clinical social worker who works within the provincial correctional system serving incarcerated populations as an Indigenous Programs Coordinator for over 17 years. Working from a social justice and Indigenous human rights framework, she integrates Indigenous cultural and healing methodologies and ceremonies with clinical practices. She is particularly active in the areas of incarceration of Indigenous people, restorative justice principles and practices, missing and murdered Indigenous womxn and girls, as well as areas regarding intergenerational trauma and colonial policies. Heidi is an instructor with University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work focusing her teaching philosophies on challenging oppression and confronting privilege. She seeks to honour her family, ancestors and home community of Kainaiwa in her work by recognizing those who have come before her.

The Articulations series offers presentations from contemporary practicing artists and arts professionals. Local and international artists, curators, critics, art historians, theorists, and filmmakers share their practice and engage with the audience in open, critical discussion.