Author: aylanx

Aylan Couchie is an Anishinaabe interdisciplinary artist and writer hailing from Nipissing First Nation in Northern Ontario.

AGO First Thursdays: Still Nasty Pop Up Talk “Resilient Women Must Sing”

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What a great night. Everyone should check out an Art Gallery of Ontario First Thursday at least once or twice. Excellent atmosphere, pop up talks, performance art and live music. I was absolutely stoked to have been invited to be a pop up speaker for March’s event. My topic surrounded the many Indigenous women leading […]

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It’s been awhile and I won a thing

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I was even stopped by two girls in the washroom who said their table couldn’t stop talking about it…that’s just crazy…like really crazy…seriously crazy

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Once you were here….

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…and I did not feel the ghosts or know their form it wasn’t the first hotel, it wasn’t the last, but all, branded with same a repetitious reminder whether it sat on Hollis or across from Pearson or in Victoria it was our first time taking off, the first time landing, our first taste of […]

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The Latest and Greatest – Pratt Homes Art Competition – H.I.O. Big Chiefs

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Every once in awhile something really amazing comes along that you just can’t believe you get to be part of. One week after receiving the International Sculpture Centre’s “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award”, I was contacted by Pratt Homes to inquire as to whether or not I would be interested in participating in […]

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