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River Jackson-Paton
July-August 2017
found object, sculpture, performance, assemblage, somatics
Visit their personal siteRiver Jackson-Paton uses the pronoun ‘they’ both as a non-binary trans* person and as an artist and coach in private practice who prioritizes a multi-dimensional approach to identity. They practice embodied techniques in art and education creating multi-media expressions (collage, found object assemblages, performance, photography, poetry and somatics) that seeks to integrate nature, culture and self-identity. River has actively pursued Indigenous studies, ecopsychology, and cultural/personal identity issues for three decades.
In 2014, they co-authored with Jürgen Kremer, Ethnoautobiography, an undergraduate text- and work-book for unlearning whiteness and decolonizing identities. In the process of healing from a brain injury in 2009, River has prioritized narrating the thresholds between creativity, cultural politics, embodied senses of place, and fluid sexual and gender identities.
Programming
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Elmwood Waterway Clean-up: Found Artifacts | Mapping | Walking
Sunday, July 23 2017, 10:30am
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Expression Through Embodiment: Somatics and Art by River Jackson-Paton
Thursday, August 10 2017, 7:00pm
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