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Fast Times at the Rubaboo Lobby #1

The artists and audience of the 4th Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival mix it up in the lobby of the Catalyst Theatre on the night of

of a very heart-warming performance of a one-woman show by Gemini award winner Michelle Thrush.

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4th Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival

Media Launch

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3rd Rubaboo Arts Festival – Theatre, Work-In-Progress Reading

Christine Sokaymoh Frederick and Ryan Cunningham introduce Telly James.

Telly James introduces No Way Home.


Trevor Duplessis, Sarah Sharkey , Roseanne Supernault, Julian Black Antelope, Telly James, Ryan Cunningham, and dramaturg Ed Roy read No Way Home.

Aris Vincent Pipestem.


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival – Musical Moments


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival – Digging Roots


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival – Will Belcourt & the Hollywood Indians


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival – More Gala & Lobby

Powwow dancer Jason Skani delights festival participants.

Leo Paskemin generates soulful, passionate rhythms for Jason Skani.

The stirring voice of Asani’s Sheryl Sewepagaham entrances every space she occupies.

Actors Trevor Duplessis and Julian Black Antelope in a scene from Kevin Loring’s play Where the Blood Mixes.

Actors Roseanne Supernault and Julian Black Antelope perform a reading of Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring.

Festival participants converse in the lobby of the Catalyst Theatre.

Darla Daniels and Corbim Poitras rocked the Catalyst with their amazing guitar and fiddle vibrations!

Dramaturg Ed Roy, Playwright Telly James and actors Roseanne Supernault and Julian Black Antelope engaged in conversation.

Alberta Aboriginal Arts co-founder Christine Sokaymoh Frederick and Erik Pipestem share a tender moment.

Hoop dancer Erik Pipestem hams for the camera.

Ed Roy and Julian Black Antelope are engrossed in conversation while Roseanne Supernault simply radiates.


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival, Hip-Hop Event

Taro Hashimoto, Matthew Creeasian, and Alberta Aboriginal Arts co-founder Ryan Cunningham stand with just-finished pieces from the poster contest.


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival – Aboriginal Theatre, Music, & Comedy

Carol Jenkins charms an appreciative audience at Catalyst Theatre.

The elegant and soulful music of Carol Jenkins fills the house.

The uproarious Dawn Dumont brings her distinct brand of cultural humour to an appreciative audience at the Catalyst Theatre.

This is no shortage of laughs in any room that Dawn Dumont finds herself in.

Ed Roy, Roseanne Supernault, and Julian Black Antelope enact a reading of the award winning script Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring.


Ed Roy, Roseanne Supernault, Trevor Duplessis, and Julian Black Antelope get animated on the Catalyst Stage.

Paula Jean Prudat and Roseanne Supernault in a tender moment from Where the Blood Mixes.

Trevor Duplessis disappears into his character.

Julian Black Antelope and Roseanne Supernault.

Donald Morin creates an intimate atmosphere at the Catalyst Theatre with his very personal catalogue of music.

Participants of the 3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival provide percussion for Donald Morin.


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival Traditional & Contemporary Dance

Alberta Aboriginal Arts present They Shoot Buffalo, Don’t They? by Ryan Cunningham and Troy Emery Twigg at the Rubaboo Arts Festival.

Vincent Forcier, Richard Lee, and Arik Pipestem perform They Shoot Buffalo, Don’t They?

Arik Pipestem and Troy Emery Twigg pose with festival participants.

Performers Arik Pipestem and Vincent Forcier stare down an ipad while Rosanne Supernault and Richard Lee are overcome with laughter.

Richard Lee, Arik Pipestem, and Vincent Forcier perform They Shoot Buffalo, Don’t They?


3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival opens at Catalyst Theatre

A traditional grass dance consecrates the land and space to be used in anticipation of the 3rd Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival.

Alberta Aboriginal Arts co-founder and festival director Ryan Cunningham opens the festival for local media.

A tipi raising demonstration on the land in front of Catalyst Theatre.