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Parks Canada and Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design Welcome Erika Germain as 2022 Artist in Residence
Parks Canada and Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design Welcome Erika Germain as 2022 Artist in Residence,November 2, 2022 Ingonish, Nova Scotia Parks Canada Agency Parks Canada and Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design are pleased to welcome Erika Germain

Parks Canada and Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design Welcome Erika Germain as 2022 Artist in Residence

November 2, 2022 Ingonish, Nova Scotia Parks Canada Agency

Parks Canada and Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design are pleased to welcome Erika Germain as the 2022 Artist in Residence in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

Erika Germain is a Canadian artist currently based out of Toronto, Ontario. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she graduated as valedictorian, and her Master of Fine Arts from Cornell University.

Her art practice situates an investigation of translation, language and poetry as a means to explore questions around rituals, community, religion, and social practice. These explorations make use of mediums ranging across painting and writing to ceramics, installations and sculpture, print media, book media, and performance.

Ms. Germain began her residency on October 1, 2022, and is staying in Ingonish for six weeks until November 12, 2022.

In its fifth year, the Artist in Residence program in Cape Breton Highlands National Park provides an opportunity for a professional artist to focus for a concentrated period on developing new projects, or to work on existing projects, within quiet, natural surroundings. Natural spaces such as Cape Breton Highlands National Park have always been sources of inspiration for many people and supporting the creation and enjoyment of art is one more way Parks Canada can encourage people to enjoy the outdoors and connect with nature.

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