DoublePlus presents three weeks of shared evenings for which established artist-curators each choose a pair of emerging artists and mentor them through the creative, production and audience development processes.
Born and raised on the Annette Island Indian Reserve, Sm Loodm ’Nüüsm (Dr. Mique’l Dangeli) is of the Tsimshian Nation of Metlakatla, Alaska. For the past fourteen years, she and her husband Mike Dangeli have shared the leadership of Git Hayetsk, an internationally renowned dance group specializing in ancient and newly created songs and mask dances.In a time where diversity is treated as a threat to society, language is at the center of the assimilation efforts that inform immigration policies in the US
Maria Hupfield is based in Brooklyn, she is Anishinaabe and a member of Wasauksing First Nation, Ontario. She is the founder of 7th Generation Image Makers, a native youth arts and mural program in Toronto, and co-owner of the Native Art Department International with artist Jason Lujan. For Electric Prop and Hum Freestyle Variations, Hupfield establishes an improvisational practice utilizing movement, sound, and vocalizations to intervene in the Theatre.
