Logan’s CRC research project is to create opportunities for Indigenous creative knowledge and leadership to be more fully integrated into the Fine Arts curriculum and, by doing so, to broaden the fundamental core knowledge of Studio Arts.
His
primary
objective
will
be
to
establish
The
Longhouse
Labs,
an
Indigenous
artist-residency
program
that
will
live
alongside
an
exhibition/community
engagement
space,
where
each
year
the
UW
Studio
Arts
program
will
provide
three
Indigenous
artist/curators/creators
with
studios
and
robust
student
and
community
engagement.
In
addition
to
the
three
artist-studios,
The
Longhouse
Labs
also
encompass
a
flex
gathering-space
that
functions
as
a
learning
studio,
community
workshop
centre,
and
art
exhibition
site.
The
program
aims
to
establish
relationships
of
reciprocity
between
Indigenous
participants
and
community,
students,
faculty
and
the
broader
public
and
to
create
new
leadership
pathways
within
the
institution
for
Indigenous
creatives
who
may
not
have
followed
traditional
educational
training,
targeting
equity
and
known
Eurocentric
barriers
in
the
professionalization
of
the
field/discipline.