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Sunning the Silver: The Tintype Photography of Alexa Black

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Featuring Alexa Black, Sunning the Silver follows Alexa along with crew — Adam Irewolf, and Adam Flynn — as she works to complete the final tintype photoshoots for her original 78-card, ceremonial tarot deck, Ne Temikilis Pal Ne Kuyut Papalut.

Directed and Produced by Sean Cameron Sebastian. Shot in September 2022. A Stray Photon Film.(Short Documentary) Release Date: April 24th 2023.

Alexa Black is an artist of mixed Nahua, Maya and Irish heritage creating as a guest on traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Alexa has been a featured artist in galleries across BC and internationally in Los Angeles. Her drawings, films, and paintings have been featured in published works such as Invisible City and Discorder Magazine. Recently she was awarded the Concept to Realization Grant by the Canada Council of the Arts and Native Earth’s 40 seeds for 40 Seasons award to produce her upcoming 78- piece innovative and intersectional tintype/mixed media collage oracle, inspired by a traditional tarot deck.

For more info on Alexa and her work visit her website at: https://www.alexablack.ca/

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