miss canadiana

Miss Canadiana’s Adventuresthe red, white and beautiful tour…

1. Miss Canadiana at Hart House signing their visitor's book reserved for dignitaries such as presidents and prime ministers. Produced by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto (as part of the exhibition "Rightfully Yours," 2007). Photograph by Benjamin Tong. Courtesy of the artist.

2. Miss Canadiana in Germany is introduced to the citizenry at a soccer event, Interaktionslabor (a media lab residency in an abandoned coal mine) Germany, July 2003

3. Miss Canadiana with David Miller, mayor of Toronto, Queen Street Art Crawl, September, 2008

4. Miss Canadiana's Red White and Beautiful Tour promotion poster

5. Miss Canadiana visiting the RCMP Training Academy, Regina October, 2004

This photo was taken during a performance at the RCMP headquarters. I arrived unannounced in a stretch limo with bodyguards and camera following me. The performance was part of the exhibition, “Racing the Cultural Interface: African Diasporic Identities in the Digital Age” at Neutral Ground, Regina.

6. Miss Canadiana with royal guard in Dakar, Senegal, 2004 Photograph by Wayne Dunkley

This photo was taken during a performance in Senegal where I was a speaker at the Dakar Biennale in 2004.

7. Tea in the Park with Miss Canadiana, Queen Street Art Crawl, September, 2008

In the middle of a Toronto park, Miss Canadiana hosted a tea party inviting guests to sit and chat while she served maple syrup pie.

8. video still from Petition: Miss Canadiana: Red White and Beautiful Tour, I Represent Exhbition , A Space Gallery, Toronto

Miss Canadiana meets fans on her trip to Ottawa to deliver a petition to the department of Social Exclusion to extend Black History month to a year-long series of events.

9. This is a 2 minute digital story I created about how and why I created Miss Canadiana. Click on the movie to play it.