Art by John McDonald
Literary Curriculum Vitae
Spoken Word/Performance Art Exhibitions and Performances:
2023- featured presenter, LitFest Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2023- virtual Presenter, "THIN AIR-Winnipeg International Writers Festival," online, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023- presenter, "Word On The Street" festival, with Annahid Dashtgard and Ryan Fitzpatrick, Toronto, Ontario
2022- launch of "Carrying it Forward: Essays from Kistahpinanihk," McNally Robinson bookstore, Saskatoon, SK
2022- "League of Canadian Poets Online Reading," online event
2021-featured author, "Bookfest Windsor- Spotlight on Indigenous Authors," online event
2021- "Saskatchewan Book Week Virtual Reading from 'KITOTAM,'" filmed at the Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK, and broadcast online
2021- presenter, "Cathedral Village Arts Festival," online event
2021- presenter, "Digital Soil and Stories," Video for Saskatoon Pride, directed by Ecoaborijanelle
2020- “Indigenous Poets Society Event”- PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK
2019- "Grain Magazine: Indigenous Writers abd Storytellers Issue launch," -d'Lish By Tish Cafe, Saskatoon, SK
2019- “The Letter”, multimedia performance/installation, "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 11", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2018- “Nimohsom Astohtin”, Prince Albert Culture Days, Prince Albert, SK
2018- Presenter, “Indigenous Storytellers Event”, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Prince Albert, SK
2017- "Been a Year" book launch, The Woods Alehouse, Saskatoon, SK
2017- “Trippingly on the Tongue”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 10", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2016- “If You Rub Your Eyes Hard Enough”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 10", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2016- “IPAC: An Archival History”, spoken word performance, John V. Hicks Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
2015- Presenter, “Train of Thought”, CommonWeal/Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Wanuskewin Heritage Site/ Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-Op, Saskatoon, SK
2015- presenter, “Aboriginal Storytellers Event”, First Nations University of Canada/Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Bison Café, Prince Albert, SK
2015- “Requiem”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 9", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2014- “The Book”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 8", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2013- “Scarce Heard Amid the Guns Below”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 7", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2012- Presenter, Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival, Saskatoon, SK.
2012- “Don Saleski was a Good Tap Dancer”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 6", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2011-"Break Breaking", multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 5", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK and Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival, Saskatoon, SK.
2010- "Nihilistic Apathy", Multimedia performance/ instillation, "Two Story Café chapter 4”, Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK.
2009- Presenter, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network, Prince Albert, SK.
2009- Unnamed Performance, “Two Story Café chapter 3”, Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK.
2008- Presenter, “Tonight It’s Poetry”, Flint Bar, Saskatoon, SK.
2008- Unnamed Performance, “Two Story Café chapter 2” Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK.
2007- Presenter, "Appalachian Mountain Seminars," Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
2007- “Time”, multi-media performance/instillation with Michel Boutin, “The Two-Story Café”, Commonweal Community Arts Inc. Prince Albert, SK.
2006- Presenter, Eden Mills Writers Festival, Guelph, Ontario
2006- Presenter, Ottawa International Writers Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
2005- Presenter, Edmonton and Fort McMurray Literary Festival, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort McKay and Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
2005- Presenter, Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival, Saskatoon, SK.
2001-powwow dancer/presenter, Permission to Shine Brightly Youth Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2000-2011- freelance touring Keynote Speaker, for Kamamakus Drama Troupe, Warrior Spirit Walking presentation group, Operation TARGET
1999-2000- Presenter, "Black Hills Seminars on Reclaiming Youth," Spearfish and Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Written Works:
2022- "Carrying it Forward: Essays from Kistahpinanihk," nonfiction, published by Wolsak and Wynn, Winter 2022
2021- “Electricity Slides,” experimental prose, published Fall 2021 by BookLand Press
2021- “KITOTAM: He Speaks to It,” poetry, published Spring 2021 by Radiant Press
2020- “Childhood Thoughts and Water,” poetry, published Fall 2020 by BookLand Press
2019- Contributor, "Grain Magazine Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Issue"
2018- “Memoirs of a Nocturnal Mind”, self-published novel under pen-name of ‘Mac Acimowin’
2017 “Been a Year”, poetry chapbook, published by JackPine Press, SK
2017- “Dispatches from the Front Vol. 1” self-published poetry chapbook
2013- Contributor, “International Summer Schools 90th Anniversary 1923-2013”, University of Cambridge, UK
2011- Contributor, “Strength and Struggle: Perspectives from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples in Canada", McGraw-Hill Ryerson
2010- Contributor, "W'daub Awae, Speaking True: A Kegedonce Press Anthology", by Kegedonce Press
2006-Playwright, "Memoirs of a Nocturnal Mind,” performed by the Carlton Comprehensive High School Drama 20 Class, Prince Albert, SK.
2006- Guest Journalist, "Shout Magazine", May 2006 issue
2004- 2007 -Editorial Writer, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Prince Albert, SK.
2004- “The Glass Lodge”, poetry, published by Kegedonce Press (Out of Print)
2000-2011- Journalist, Saskatchewan Sage, Edmonton, Alberta
2000- 2003- Creative and Cultural Consultant/ Playwright, Kamamakus Drama Troupe,
1999-2010- Contributing Editor, Reclaiming Children and Youth Journal, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1998- 1999- Editorial Writer, Prince Albert Shopper
2023- featured presenter, LitFest Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2023- virtual Presenter, "THIN AIR-Winnipeg International Writers Festival," online, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023- presenter, "Word On The Street" festival, with Annahid Dashtgard and Ryan Fitzpatrick, Toronto, Ontario
2022- launch of "Carrying it Forward: Essays from Kistahpinanihk," McNally Robinson bookstore, Saskatoon, SK
2022- "League of Canadian Poets Online Reading," online event
2021-featured author, "Bookfest Windsor- Spotlight on Indigenous Authors," online event
2021- "Saskatchewan Book Week Virtual Reading from 'KITOTAM,'" filmed at the Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK, and broadcast online
2021- presenter, "Cathedral Village Arts Festival," online event
2021- presenter, "Digital Soil and Stories," Video for Saskatoon Pride, directed by Ecoaborijanelle
2020- “Indigenous Poets Society Event”- PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK
2019- "Grain Magazine: Indigenous Writers abd Storytellers Issue launch," -d'Lish By Tish Cafe, Saskatoon, SK
2019- “The Letter”, multimedia performance/installation, "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 11", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2018- “Nimohsom Astohtin”, Prince Albert Culture Days, Prince Albert, SK
2018- Presenter, “Indigenous Storytellers Event”, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Prince Albert, SK
2017- "Been a Year" book launch, The Woods Alehouse, Saskatoon, SK
2017- “Trippingly on the Tongue”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 10", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2016- “If You Rub Your Eyes Hard Enough”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 10", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2016- “IPAC: An Archival History”, spoken word performance, John V. Hicks Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
2015- Presenter, “Train of Thought”, CommonWeal/Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Wanuskewin Heritage Site/ Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-Op, Saskatoon, SK
2015- presenter, “Aboriginal Storytellers Event”, First Nations University of Canada/Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Bison Café, Prince Albert, SK
2015- “Requiem”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 9", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2014- “The Book”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 8", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2013- “Scarce Heard Amid the Guns Below”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 7", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2012- Presenter, Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival, Saskatoon, SK.
2012- “Don Saleski was a Good Tap Dancer”, multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 6", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK
2011-"Break Breaking", multimedia performance/instillation "Two-Story Cafe Chapter 5", Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK and Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival, Saskatoon, SK.
2010- "Nihilistic Apathy", Multimedia performance/ instillation, "Two Story Café chapter 4”, Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK.
2009- Presenter, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network, Prince Albert, SK.
2009- Unnamed Performance, “Two Story Café chapter 3”, Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK.
2008- Presenter, “Tonight It’s Poetry”, Flint Bar, Saskatoon, SK.
2008- Unnamed Performance, “Two Story Café chapter 2” Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective, Prince Albert, SK.
2007- Presenter, "Appalachian Mountain Seminars," Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
2007- “Time”, multi-media performance/instillation with Michel Boutin, “The Two-Story Café”, Commonweal Community Arts Inc. Prince Albert, SK.
2006- Presenter, Eden Mills Writers Festival, Guelph, Ontario
2006- Presenter, Ottawa International Writers Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
2005- Presenter, Edmonton and Fort McMurray Literary Festival, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort McKay and Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
2005- Presenter, Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival, Saskatoon, SK.
2001-powwow dancer/presenter, Permission to Shine Brightly Youth Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2000-2011- freelance touring Keynote Speaker, for Kamamakus Drama Troupe, Warrior Spirit Walking presentation group, Operation TARGET
1999-2000- Presenter, "Black Hills Seminars on Reclaiming Youth," Spearfish and Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Written Works:
2022- "Carrying it Forward: Essays from Kistahpinanihk," nonfiction, published by Wolsak and Wynn, Winter 2022
2021- “Electricity Slides,” experimental prose, published Fall 2021 by BookLand Press
2021- “KITOTAM: He Speaks to It,” poetry, published Spring 2021 by Radiant Press
2020- “Childhood Thoughts and Water,” poetry, published Fall 2020 by BookLand Press
2019- Contributor, "Grain Magazine Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Issue"
2018- “Memoirs of a Nocturnal Mind”, self-published novel under pen-name of ‘Mac Acimowin’
2017 “Been a Year”, poetry chapbook, published by JackPine Press, SK
2017- “Dispatches from the Front Vol. 1” self-published poetry chapbook
2013- Contributor, “International Summer Schools 90th Anniversary 1923-2013”, University of Cambridge, UK
2011- Contributor, “Strength and Struggle: Perspectives from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples in Canada", McGraw-Hill Ryerson
2010- Contributor, "W'daub Awae, Speaking True: A Kegedonce Press Anthology", by Kegedonce Press
2006-Playwright, "Memoirs of a Nocturnal Mind,” performed by the Carlton Comprehensive High School Drama 20 Class, Prince Albert, SK.
2006- Guest Journalist, "Shout Magazine", May 2006 issue
2004- 2007 -Editorial Writer, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Prince Albert, SK.
2004- “The Glass Lodge”, poetry, published by Kegedonce Press (Out of Print)
2000-2011- Journalist, Saskatchewan Sage, Edmonton, Alberta
2000- 2003- Creative and Cultural Consultant/ Playwright, Kamamakus Drama Troupe,
1999-2010- Contributing Editor, Reclaiming Children and Youth Journal, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1998- 1999- Editorial Writer, Prince Albert Shopper