Events & Gatherings
Community Screening: Belong Where You Find Yourself
Thursday, April 24, 2025. Screening 6 PM, Q&A and reception to follow
Location: Riverview Room
Film: Belong Where You Find Yourself
Director: Adrienne “Sunny” Adams
Year: 2024
Runtime: 60 minutes
Country: Canada
Rating: N/R
Belong Where You Find Yourself is a film documenting the work and experiences of those involved in a community-engaged art project that supported artists living with dementia and their care partners. From January 2022 – May 2023, lead Artists Alana Moore and Amber Phelps Bondaroff worked closely with a community of 12 artists from Yorkton and surrounding areas whose lives have been impacted by dementia. In this hour-long documentary, filmmaker Adrienne (Sunny) Adams weaves documentation of the artworks created with personal stories and experiences of the artists involved. Participating Artists in the BWYFY Project include: Elaine Berard & Herb Elder; Bonnie & Leon Jones; Merle & Dean Wiley; Amanda Babey & Verna Off; Pat & Ron Walton; and Twila Napoleoni & Jeanette Haberstock.
Lead artists Alana Moore, and Amber Phelps Bondaroff will be in attendance for discussion and Q&A after the film.
This screening of “Belong Where You Find Yourself” is free and open to the public and will feature a panel discussion following the film.
Event/Exhibition meta autogenerated block.
When
April 24 at 6:00PM–8:00PM
Where
Riverview Room
April 24 at 6:00PM – 8:00PM
In partnership with SPHERU.
About the artists:
Amber Phelps Bondaroff (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, musician, community organizer, yoga teacher, mother and settler living on Treaty 4 Territory (Regina) since 2012. She brings a trauma-informed and care-based methodology to her work and teaching across disciplines. Amber was Programming Director at Neutral Ground, Artist-Run Centre from 2017-2023 and is a co-founder and co-artistic director of Swamp Fest, an annual, community centered music and arts festival in Regina. Amber has sat on numerous boards, including Common Weal Community Arts, ARCA (Artist Run Centers Association) and is currently the chair of the Heritage Neighbourhood Association, a community she has called home since 2019. Amber received an MFA in Intermedia Arts from the University of Regina, in 2014 and a BFA in fine arts from NSCAD University, Halifax in 2007.
Alana Moore (she/they) is a queer, sober, and chronically ill artist and community organizer residing as a white settler on Treaty 6 Territory in Borden, Saskatchewan. Her work investigates vulnerability and how to create shared meaning with participatory projects using dialogue, process, printmaking, design, and often non-object based outcomes.
As an emerging artist, she has a growing body of group exhibitions, collaborations, experience in art education, arts administration, and curatorial projects. Her role as Artist-in-Residence at Sherbrooke Community Centre integrates art into the lives of residents, fostering connections that challenge societal perceptions of aging and illness. Moore was a mentor artist with FAM (Future Artistic Minds) from 2019-2025, and previously served on the board for Commonweal Community Arts. Currently, she organizes with the Saskatoon chapter of SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice). In 2012, Moore obtained her BFA from the University of Saskatchewan.