LOOT: Orienting to Matter – Ten Thieves Artist Collective Exhibition and Symposium

The Ten Thieves Artist Collective launches their inaugural exhibition and symposium LOOT:
Orienting to Matter this spring with events held in Nelson and Kaslo, BC. The exhibition is
at the Langham Cultural Centre from March 07th to May 08th, 2026 with a three-day
symposium opening Friday, March 13 from 6pm – 8pm with a keynote presentation by
Astrida Neimanis at the Nelson Museum, Archives and Gallery. The symposium continues
on Saturday, March 14th and Sunday, March 15th both days start at 10am and run
throughout the day with artist-led panel discussions, workshops and an exhibition
reception. These events take place at the Langham Cultural Centre, in Kaslo, BC.

The Ten Thieves Artist Collective includes Susan Andrews Grace, Hildur Jonasson, Jim
Holyoak, Eimear Laffan, Genevieve Robertson, Maggie Shirley, Marnie Temple, Deborah Thompson
and Carol Wallace. The nine visual artists and writers came together in January of 2023 as a reading
group to discuss post-human feminism, an inspirational imagining of classical humanism
from a feminist perspective. Artists are at the forefront of this re-visioning as they have
been throughout the history of western civilization challenging the status quo and offering
new ways of perceiving the world.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

This Artist-led Symposium is free and open to everyone.

Friday March 13 | Nelson Museum Archives & Gallery
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. LOOT: Orienting to Matter, Introduction Deborah Thompson
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. How We Weather Together, Keynote Astrida Neimanis

**Saturday March 14 | Langham Cultural Centre, Kaslo BC
**10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. — Panel Discussion: Gift or Theft: The Paradoxical Returns
of an Artistic Practice
Moderator: Maggie Shirley
Panelists: Jim Holyoak, Susan Andrews Grace

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.— Workshop: Drawing the Unseeable: Plankton and the
Monstrous
Facilitator: Jim Holyoak

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Work, Wear, and What Remains: Women’s
Labour and its Afterlives
Moderator: Deborah Thompson
Panelists: Susan Andrews Grace, Laura Carter

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. — Panel Discussion: How We Share Our Stories
Moderator: James Wallis
Panelists: Chelsey Luke, Marnie Temple

3:45 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. — Artist/Geologist Walk: Where Are We Really?
Facilitators: Astrida Neimanis, Carol Wallace

3:45 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. —Workshop: Artist as Alchemist: New Material
Demonstrations
Facilitators: Hildur Jónasson, Maggie Shirley, Genevieve Robertson

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. — Exhibition Reception

Sunday March 15 | Langham Cultural Centre
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. — Panel Discussion: Symbiosis: Artist/Scientist Dialogue
Across Sectors
Moderator: Genevieve Robertson
Panelists: Iraleigh Anderson, Astrida Neimanis, Carol Wallace

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Poetry Workshop: Ekphrastic Writing
Facilitator: Eimear Laffan

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. — Panel Discussion: Situated Knowledge: Community Practice
Rooted in Place
Moderator: Tom Wayman
Panelists: Marnie Temple, Hildur Jónasson, Eimear Laffan

SEE CALENDAR PAGE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT EACH EVENT AND TO REGISTER