<i><span style="font-weight: 400">Aux confluents de l’Akiawenhrahk</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> follows on from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Yahndawa’: portages entre Wendake et Québec </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">(2020-2022), an exchange built by the Wendat collective and VU, in which artists from both communities were invited to collaborate and co-create, with the support of arts organizations. In February 2023, </span><a href="https://ahkwayaonhkeh.org/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Ahkwayaonhkeh</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, a new Wendat artist-run center, is launched.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400">Ahkwayaonhkeh</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> and VU have therefore decided to join forces to continue cultivating relationships with a view to better living together between the two artistic communities. The aim of this alliance is, among other things, to develop more inclusive collaborations and practices for artists and organizations. From an organizational point of view, it will be an opportunity to exchange ideas, question, and rethink existing structural models in our artistic milieu.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">In this spirit, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Ahkwayaonhkeh</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> will take over one of VU's galleries for the year 2023-2024, offering its first programming. Training and awareness-raising workshops will also be offered to members of both artistic communities. In fall 2024, a digital publication will be put online to make accessible the approaches, learning and reflections developed during the process. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">To put our wishes and values into action, we will be accompanied by </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">La Boîte Rouge Vif</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">, an organization whose mandate is the preservation, transmission, and enhancement of community cultural heritage through a co-creative approach. The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Kwatriho'tat </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">committee</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">(meaning "let's all listen very carefully") - comprising three members from each center - will ensure that the project runs smoothly.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400">Each month, a section of our respective newsletters will be devoted to alliance activities. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400">This project is made possible thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts, Strategic Innovation Fund.</span>