The Art of Visiting 2025: !Unsettling! – The Game – Non Indigenous Circle

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The Art of Visiting 2025: !Unsettling! – The Game – Non Indigenous Circle
FREE — OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

¡Unsettling! is a life-sized, interactive, board game that uses play as a way to aid Canadian settlers and immigrants to examine their prejudices towards the First Nations, Métis and Inuit. The players are the pieces, moving around the board at the throw of a dice, answering different types of questions in a myriad of creative ways depending on the colour of the square they land on. The challenge: who will reach Truth first?


Part of The Art of Visiting — National Indigenous Peoples Gathering, hosted by LodgePole Arts Alliance. Relearn the art of visiting with fellow Indigenous presenters, artists, agents and producers. Exchange ideas, nourish relationships! Please visit the Eventbrite page for full schedule and more information.

Welcome to the Second Annual Art of Visiting!
Join us from Monday, October 6 to Thursday, October 9, 2025, for three enriching days of connection across Wolfe Island and Katarokwi/Kingston, Ontario.

We invite Indigenous and Treaty-partner (non-Indigenous) presenters, artists, and cultural workers from across the country to gather on the land for conversations, workshops, and inspiring presentations and performances.

We are honoured to share space with Jesse Wente, Ian Case, Christine Friday, Harmony Johnson Harder, Philip Geller, and many more talented individuals offering their stories and gifts.

This year, we continue to centre being on the land—celebrating the vibrant colours of the harvest season while nurturing a relational exchange of knowledge, creativity, and respectful reciprocity.

The Art of Visiting is free for Indigenous arts sector representatives, and Indigenous presenters are encouraged to reach out to explore available travel, food and accomodation support.

Tickets for Treaty Partners are limited. Donations are welcomed.

Mark your calendars and prepare for three days of inspiration, reflection, and community at the Second Annual Art of Visiting!

This project is funded by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).