Joi Arcand

**Joi T. Arcand** (an haife ta a shekarar 1982) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ne na hoto nehiyaw daga Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, wan da a halin yan zu ta ke zaune a Ottawa, Ontario. Baya ga fasaha, Arcand tana mai da hankali kan bugawa, littatta fan fasaha, zines, haɗin gwiwa da samun dama ga fasaha.  

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Arcand a cikin shekarar 1982 a Hafford, Saskatchewan . Ta girma a Muskeg Lake Cree Nation a tsaki yar Saskatchewan. Ta shafe lokacin bazara da yawa tana aiki a cikin Tarihi na Muskeg Lake wan da ya ba Arcand ƙaunar tsohon hotuna da tarihi.  Daga baya Arcand ta halarci Jami'ar Saskatchewan in da ta sami digiri na Fine Arts tare da Babban Bamban ci a cikin shekarar 2005.  Ta fara yin zane-zanen da ke bayya na matsa yin ta a shekara ta biyu na karatun ta a Jami'ar, inda ta yanke shawarar mayar da hankali kan ɗaukar hoto da buga littattafai. Ayyukan ɗaukar hoto na farko sun kasance cikin amsa kai tsaye ga hotunan mai ɗaukar hoto Edward S. Curtis, wanda ke aiki a farkon 1900s. 

## Aiki
Arcand ta yi aiki a matsa yin shuga ban kwamitin gudanar wa na Paved Art da New Media a Saskatoon, kuma tare da Felicia Gay ita ce co-kafa Red Shift Gallery, wani zane- zane na Aboriginal na zamani kuma a Saskatoon wan da ke aiki daga shekarar 2006 zuwa 2010.  

She was the founder of Kimiwan, a 'zine for Indigenous artists and writers that published eight issues from 2012 to 2014. Arcand curated the zine with her cousin Mika Lafond as a way to showcase Aboriginal-inspired visual art and writings. The magazine focused on decolonization, healing and family. Arcand took inspiration from her involvement in the R.A.I.N. (radical art in nature) collective in Vancouver to found Kimiwan. She has also been published in BlackFlash Magazine.

Arcand shi ne Mawallafin Ziyarar Nigig a Mazauni a cikin Al'adun Kayayyakin Kayayya kin Asalin asali tare da Faculty of Design a Jami'ar OCAD daga 15 Oktoba - 11 Nuwamba 2017.  An nuna aikinta a Gallery 101 (Ottawa), York Quay Gallery (Toronto), Mendel Art Gallery da Paved Arts (Saskatoon), da Grunt gallery (Vancouver).

Ayyukan Arcand na bin cika abubu wan sirri da na siyasa ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na gaurayawan jinsinta.   Arcand yayi nazarin sake farfaɗo da harshen Cree ta hanyar fasaharta kuma ta yi nazarin harshen dukan rayuwarta.  Ta ce "Harshe al'ada ne. Akwai harsunan 'yan asalin ƙasar da yawa waɗanda ko dai sun ɓace ko kuma suna cikin haɗari. An sanya sunan Cree ɗaya daga cikin harsuna uku da suka rage 'mai yiwuwa' ta Statistics Canada; yawan masu magana ya bambanta daga 12,000-75,000. Duk da haka, na fahimci cewa rashin iya yaren da kaina ya yi yana nufin cewa a cikin iyalina harshe *ya* ƙare, wannan fahimtar ta haifar da gaggawa a gare ni cewa yanzu lokaci ya yi da za a fara farfado da harsunanmu na asali."  Wasu daga cikin ayyukanta na baya suna nuna duniyar da aka maye gurbin alamar Ingilishi da Faransanci da harshen Cree.   

Arcand ya bayyana azaman ƙari akan saitin jerin TV *na Portlandia* a cikin shekarar 2015. 

Arcand shine mai kula da aikin gama gari a Ottawa daga 21 ga Yuni 2018 zuwa Oktoba 2019 mai taken *nākatēyimisowin - Kula da Kai.* Heritage Canada ne ya dauki nauyin wan nan aikin kuma an kadda mar da shi a ranar 'yan asalin ƙasar a ranar 21 ga Yuni 2018. Masu zane-zane na asali guda hudu sun kirkiro zane-zane; Cedar Eve Peters, wanda shine Anishinaabe, Ojibwe ( *Shifting of Energies* ), Glenn Gear, wanda shine Inuk ( *Ommatik - Zuciya)*, Michelle Sound, wanda memba ne na Swan River First Nation da Red River Métis ( *Kahkiyaw acāhkosak - Dukan Taurari),* da Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin, wanda shine Cree ( *Mu Ne Resilient).* Waɗannan bangon bango suna cikin rami mai tafiya ƙarƙa shin titin Wellington a gadar Portage.   Arcand ya bayyana cewa "tana so ta magance kulawa da kai daga hangen nesa na 'yan asalin. 'Yan asalin ƙasar koyaushe ana buƙatar yin tsayayya. Muna da mutane, muna da masu fafutuka, muna da masu fasaha waɗanda ke ci gaba da mayar da baya ga mulkin mallaka da kuma duk gwagwarmayar da ta zo. Ina so in koma baya in yi tunani kamar abin da zai faru idan muka daina tsayayya kuma mu kula da juna kawai., ko da yake jigon ya shafi kai, hakika kai a cikin al'umma ba shi da rabuwa, kuma ina son ka ci karo da tabba tare da tsammani ba." 

Ta kera kayan adon da ke nuna harsunan Asalin a cikin wani shiri na kwanan nan mai taken Mad Aunty. 

Arcand a halin yanzu tana aiki a matsa yin Darakta na Lab na Nordic - sabon sarari da aka keɓe ga masu fasaha daga yan kin dawafi - a cibiyar SAW Gallery mai gudanar da fasahaTa kera kayan adon da ke nuna harsunan ƴan asalin a cikin wani aikin kwanan nan mai taken Mad Aunty.

Arcand a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Darakta na Lab na Nordic - wani sabon sarari da aka keɓe ga masu fasaha daga yankin daftarin aiki - a cibiyar SAW Gallery mai fasaha a Ottawa.Aunty.

## nune-nunen

### Solo nune-nunen

* *oskinikiskwéwak (Young Women),* 2012
* *Ta hanyar Abin da yake Scene,* 2013
* *Harshen Hukuma - Joi Arcand,* 2014
* *Ta hanyar Abin da yake Scene,* 2016
* ᓇᒨᔭᓂᑌ ᐧᐃᐧᓇ ᓂᑕᔮᐣ ( *Ba ni da kalmomi na* ), 2017, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Center . 
* Harshen Puncture, 2017

## Manazarta