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2017 Cultural Diversity in the Arts Recipients

The City of Edmonton, through the Edmonton Arts Council, established the Cultural Diversity in the Arts program in 2014 to recognize that artists from all parts of the world enrich Edmonton’s cultural scene. Artists from these communities can apply to any Edmonton Arts Council program, but many also face cultural, linguistic or historical barriers to accessing support. The intent of this program is to provide an entry point, to help these artists begin to overcome those barriers, to pursue their professional artistic work and develop connections to the greater Edmonton arts community. Recipients of the 2017 Cultural Diversity in the Arts program: Abdul Malik will use film to produce an artistic examination of various figures that uphold and are indispensable to the diverse and multicultural fabric of Edmonton. Aksam Alyousef is working to mount a full studio production of his play Hagar, a one-woman show about a single mother trying to flee from the war in Syria with her one-year-old son. Cheyenne Bruneau AKA Miss Rae plans to write, record, and release Wild Rose, her sophomore Blues/Soul album with the Midnight Ramblers in Edmonton. One of two Sarangi players in North America, Dr. Deepak Paramashivan will be creating his first studio music album entitled The Blue Line - Lullabies and other Songs of India featuring traditional songs of India on Sarangi and vocals with Western Orchestration. Over two years, Erica Cawagas wrote the original script and music for Emma the Musical to promote international awareness in the preservation and retention of Filipino heritage and culture. Emma the Musical will be staged June 30, 2018 at the University of Alberta, Myer Horowitz Theatre. Jonathan Sherrer is a visual artist who will be examining his strained relationship to his Filipino-Canadian heritage through a large, room-spanning, free-standing autobiographical comic “book” that will unfold as two narratives – one following his Eastern side and the other, the West. Lakshminarayanan (Naren) Ganesan will share his love of Bharatanatyam, Indian classical dance, in a multidisciplinary project celebrating ancient temple rituals and practices in Kshetra. Originally from England and Cameroon, Leo Lucien-Bay will be expanding on a short story he wrote to create a 70-minute animated film that explores our relationship with religion and hero worship. A first generation Turkish-Canadian with roots in the Jewish community, Linda Ozromano will depict her own journey as an immigrant to try to find meaning in loss through a photography project. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Roya Yazdanmehr weaves between her Middle Eastern, Ukrainian, Canadian and Baha’i communities throughout her work. She will be recording her debut full-length music album entitled Breath & Being. Chinese Canadian filmmaker Shawn Tse is the Director, Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Host and Editor of his new project Seconds, Please! This video-based series will explore the transmission of culture and food between first and second generation immigrants. Black Girl Magic is a collective of seven African diaspora women: Shima Aisha Robinson, Jules Nyx, Nasra Adem, Mpoe Mogale, Medgine Mathurin, Karimah Ashanti Marshall, and Fatima (Effy) Adar. They are creating a multimedia work of audiovisual performance art exploring their roots and the women who built Edmonton. Film Credit: Cineflair Productions