Curriculum Vitae of Yours Truly
Atelihai!
If you're interested in hiring me for commissions or part-time work or consulting or teaching, by all means, read my CV. I am a busy Inuk woman who is happy to join teams and/or work solo.
I am not bragging nor boasting as it's not the Inuk way. I am posting my CV for any Interested Party(ies) to hire me. I am grateful and appreciate the work.
Nakummek and I look forward to working with you.
Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz
ella.alkiewicz@gmail.com
www.ellaalkinuk.com
Instagram: @ella_alk
Twitter: @ellaalk
EDUCATION:
June 2018 MFA: Creative Writing Nonfiction, Lesley University low-residency MFA Program, Cambridge, MA
May 2012 B.A.: BDIC: Journalism and Certificate Program in Native American Indian Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
May 1994 B.S.: Early Childhood Education, Salem State University, Salem, MA
Certificates:
April 2022 International Active Bystanders Training, Quabbin Mediation
Sept. 2021 MOOC: Learning to Teach Online, University of New South Wales
Dec. 2020 MOOC: Aboriginal Worldviews and Education, University of Toronto
Nov. 2020 MOOC: Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta
Sept. 2020 Introduction to Inuttitut, Nunatsiavut kavamanga
Spring 2010 Active Bystander Training, Quabbin Mediation
Feb. 2010 40-hr. Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Counselor Training, Jane Doe, Inc.
AWARDS:
May 6, 2022 ValleyCreates Project Evolution grant, Community Foundation of Western Mass.
Jan. - Feb. 2022 Art Workspace Easthampton Studio Residency, Easthampton City Arts
June 2021 Poet-Author “Voices of Color” partial Fellowship online, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing
March 2021 Full Scholarship to “Write Over Here: Open online Rezidency,” Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Jan. 2020 ValleyCreates Artist Workshop, Community Foundation of Western Mass.
April 2017 Writer of Color half-scholarship, Muse & Marketplace
GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS
June 1 – July 30, 2022 “Waves,” Quabbin Art Association, Greenfield Savings Bank, South Deerfield, MA
April 1 - 29, 2022 “Two Pink Pitsek,” Quabbin Art Association, South Hadley Public Library, South Hadley, MA
Feb. 23 - March 23, 2022 “Unnuk,” Geçit/Gate, IKU: Atatoy Campus, IKU Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Dec. 2 - 31, 2021 “Blue Ulu,” “Every Child Matters Shirt,” “Happy Inuk,” “Inuksuk in Labrador,” “Inuksuk mikijuk.” Small Wonders, Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
Nov. 6 - Dec. 11, 2021 “heART,” “Uluit,” “Under the Atsânik.” Native Art Exhibit Sky, 50 Arrow Gallery, Easthampton, MA
Nov. 5 - Dec. 18, 2021 “Inuk Beauty,” “Inuksuk,” “kunik kutsojak.” November Red, Paper City Clothing Company, Holyoke, MA
Aug. 4 - 22, 2021 “Every Child Matters.” Wisdom of Kinship: Indigenous Art Exhibition: First Nation, Inuit & Métis, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, Canada
July 29 - 31, 2021 “Under the Atsânik,” Projections of Paper, International Paper Works Exhibition, Boris Georgiev City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
https://bit.ly/3oVfx6C
Nov. 2, 2020 “Post Pause Online Arts Exhibit,” Easthampton City Arts, https://bit.ly/3t2HnAA
Oct. 7, 2020 “Belchertown,” Instagram: btwonjustice, https://bit.ly/3eXXhUB
Aug. 30, 2020 “Aliens,” Straw Dog Writers Guild blog, https://bit.ly/3F1K8V4
WORK EXPERIENCE:
July 2022 – Present Online teacher, Painting Poetry 2022 for BIPoC students
Jan. – May 2022 BIPoC-led Paticipatory Grantmaker, Art Angels
Jan. - April 2022 Artist Advisor, Assets for Artists
April 2021 – May 2022 Online College Tutor, University of Massachusetts Boston
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles:
July 2022 in press-“Three literary leaders put pen to paper during Coronavirus-19,” ArtsHub of Western Mass.
Summer 2021 “Life during the pandemic,” Inuktitut, Issue 128-129, pages 4-9, Ottawa, ON https://itk.ca/inuktitut/128-129-2/
Autumn 2020 “Learning Inuttitut on your Fingertips,” Inuktitut, Issue 127, pp. 5-7, Ottawa, ON https://itk.ca/inuktitut-127
Winter 2019 “Inuktitut in Seattle,” Inuktitut, Issue 126, pp. 11-15, Ottawa, ON
https://itk.ca/inuktitut-126
Summer 2019 “Inukuluit in the USA,” Inuktitut, Issue 125, pp. 8-9, Ottawa, ON
https://itk.ca/inuktitut-issue-125
Book Reviews:
2022 in press-“Duende: Quincy Troupe,” African Voices
April 2019 “Poetry Review: Whereas,” 2040 Review, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p. 13, Boston, MA
Photography Credits:
Aug. 25, 2021 “Heather Campbell on Instagram,” Zoom, Inuit Art Foundation, https://bit.ly/3rnCFeq
Summer 2021 Screenshot, “Life during the Pandemic,” Inuktitut, Issue 128-129, p. 6, Ottawa, ON
Nov. 5, 2020 “Writers Night In,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
Autumn 2020 “Learning Inuttitut on your Fingertips,” Inuktitut, Issue 127, p. 3, Ottawa, ON https://itk.ca/inuktitut-127
Sept. 1, 2020 “Writers Night In,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
July 18, 2020 “Retreat,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
July 5, 2020 “Hilltown Writers Read,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
May 6, 2020 “Writers Night In,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
April 5, 2020 “Works in Progress: Writers of all levels finding connections amid
Cancellations,” Steve Pfarrer, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA
Feb. 2, 2020 “Hilltown Writers Read: Suzanne Rancourt,” Facebook, SDWG
Jan. 8, 2020 “The Author Showcase,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
Dec. 3, 2019 “Writers Night Out: Karen Skolfield,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
Nov. 3, 2019 “Hilltown Writers Read: Janet MacFadyen,” Facebook, SDWG
Summer 2019 “Inukuluit in the USA,” Inuktitut, Issue 125, pp. 8-9, Ottawa, ON
https://itk.ca/inuktitut-issue-125/
Pieces:
Aug. 30, 2020 “Out of this World,” SDWG Blog, https://bit.ly/3HFcbeO
Fall 2019 “What’s in a name?” Lucky Jefferson, Takoma Park, MD
Nov. 2018 “The Secret Path, residential schools and reconciliation”
UMass Amherst Linguistics Department Blog, https://bit.ly/3qRi3L9
May 2018 “The American Story,” The Auburn Avenue, https://bit.ly/3qHRAz
May 2018 “My Uivak,” Dawnland Voices, https://bit.ly/3EPziS2
Poetry:
June 13, 2022 “No News for Me,” DarkWinter Literary Magazine, https://bit.ly/3OfsuCx
Dec. 2020 “Christmas Eve,” The Poet Magazine: Christmas: A collection of poetry about Christmas from poets around the world, compiled by Robin Barratt
Dec. 5, 2020 “The Existence,” “Testimony to my journey,” “Adventure”
Locating Me Chapbook, edi. Nicole M. Young
Sept. 2020 “Ripples,” Attack Bear Press, Easthampton, MA https://bit.ly/3pZZJ3k
Fall 2019 “What’s in a name?” Lucky Jefferson, Takoma Park, MD
Oct. 2019 “Ode to a Phenomenal Women,” Ode to the Dead Writers Collection,
edi. Marisa Mizzoni, Straw Dog Writers Guild, Northampton, MA
CIVIC EXPERIENCE:
Features:
April 1, 2022 “Ella Alkiewicz,” Unique Inuk, Rob Lackie, https://apple.co/3qWsoX6
March - May 2022 “Vital. Vibrant. Visible: Local Indigenous Identity Through Portraiture,” Sara Lyons,
VT Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
Feb. 3, 2022 “Alkiewicz participates in Easthampton City Arts residency program,” The Reminder, Lynn Daris, https://bit.ly/3o64J58
Jan. 29, 2022 “Zacharias Kunuk and Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz,” Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut-Welcome to Where We Live Now, www.ugavut.tv
Nov. 26, 2021 “Paper City Clothing Company Hosts Native American Exhibit “November Red.”” Connecting Point, https://bit.ly/3Dc9Q8N
May - June 2021 “Vital. Vibrant. Visible: Local Indigenous Identity Through Portraiture,” Sara Lyons, Athol Public Library, Athol, MA
March 20, 2021 “Women’s History Month Spotlight-Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz,” Cambridge Common Writers, https://bit.ly/3ovDqRF
Oct. - Dec. 2020 “Ripples,” MAP Space Gallery, Easthampton, MA
Spring 2019 “Mother/Anaana and Daughter/Panik,” Sara K. Lyons, Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
Participant:
June 11, 2022 Artist, Cultural Chaos, Easthampton City Arts
April 28, 2022 Artist, Native Crossroads Festival, Hampshire College
March 2022 - Present Advisor, Literary Massachusetts, literaryma.com
Oct. 2020 - Present Inuit Elder’s Tea, Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Oct. - Nov. 2020 Advisor, artist, collaborator, editor for iSHAPE_MA, Belchertown Justice Collaborative
July 2020 Consultant: Inuit: Snow Goggles, National Museum of the American Indian-NYC
March 2020 Powwow Committee member, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Feb. - Nov. 2020 Steering Committee member, Straw Dogs Writers Guild
Oct. - Nov. 2019 Co-judge, Emerging Writers Fellowship
Oct. 2019 Ice-breaker presenter, 21st Inuit Studies Conference
Spring 2019 Massachusetts Native Peoples Working Group member, University of Massachusetts Boston
March 2019 Pre-Muse volunteer, GrubStreet
Oct. 2018 Book Representative, Boston Book Festival
June 2018 - Nov. 2020 Marketer, Straw Dog Writers Guild
Spring 2017 Intern: co-planner for the annual Native American powwow
University of Massachusetts Amherst
May 2014 Working group: Native Americans against Domestic Violence University of Massachusetts Boston
Fall 2011 Intern, Pioneer Valley Symphony
Public Reader:
July 23, 2022 “Pitsek,” Enchanted Circle, Holyoke, MA
June 11, 2021 “Racism is alive and frightening,” MVICW, Zoom
June 9, 2021 “Written during a class,” “Part Two,” MVICW, Zoom
March 26, 2021 “Meaber Bobber,” “Adventure,” “The Existence,” Write Over Here
March 19, 2021 “Eyes opened,” “His Name,” “Three,” Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Zoom
March 12, 2021 “Fierce,” “Adventure,” “2020,” “It’s almost 4:30,” Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Zoom
Dec. 5, 2020 “The Existence,” “Testimony to my Journey,” “Adventure,” “Maples and Pines,” Locating Me, Zoom
July 5, 2020 “Superior Sailing,” “Home,” Straw Dog Writers Guild, Zoom
Dec. 3, 2019 “Courageous Living,” The Basement, Northampton, MA
Nov. 12, 2019 “What’s in a name?” “Ode to a Phenomenal Woman,” Endopolis Poetry Room, Easthampton, MA
July 7, 2019 “Awake and Alone,” “Sunday mornings,” “Spirit’s invisible reigns”
Belding Library, Ashfield, MA
May 5, 2019 “Sunday, May 5,” Belding Library, Ashfield, MA
Jan. 25, 2019 “Connections,” Public Reading of Poetry, Prose and Drama, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Dec. 4, 2018 “I am my Mother’s Daughter,” The Basement, Northampton, MA
July 10, 2018 “A Whale of a Tale,” The Basement, Northampton, MA
June 9, 2018 “Rest in Peace D.J.,” Iconica Social Club, Northampton, MA
June 4, 2018 “4 June 2018,” The Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
Public Speaker:
Sept. 30, 2021 “Orange Shirt Day,” NAICOB, JFK Federal Building Plaza, Boston, MA
July 1, 2021 “My family,” NAICOB, Trinity Church steps, Boston, MA
Nov. 7, 2020 “A message from Inuit Elders for International Inuit Day,” Tungasuvvingat Inuit, https://bit.ly/3Gb8ygm
Aug. 1, 2020 A Knee Is Not Enough, Easthampton, MA
Nov. 17, 2019 “We Are Still Here: Diverse Indigenous Voices In the Valley”
Jones Library, Amherst, MA
Sept. 24, 2018 Panelist: MFA Programs Info. Session, Boston Writers of Color, Boston, MA
Nov. 6, 2016 “No DAPL--Water Is Life” student rally, University of Massachusetts Amherst Native American Student Association, Amherst, MA
Sept. 5, 2016 “No DAPL,” Western MA Native Community, Northampton, MA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
April 18, 2022 “Healing through Poetry,” Mt. Holyoke College
Sept. - Oct. 2021 Indigenous Writers Group: Book Discussion- Firekeeper’s Daughter, NAICOB
Feb. - May 2021 Indigenous poetry online, NAICOB
April 10, 2019 Co-facilitator for “Insuca Cubun: Healing Circle for Natives and non-Native People at Smith,” Inclusion & Diversity Conference, Smith College
Jan. 23, 2019 Post-MFA Life: Amherst College Creative Writing Residency
Amherst College
Nov. 28, 2018 Co-speaker for “The Secret Path,” with Exec. Producer Patrick Downie
University of Massachusetts Amherst
June 28, 2018 “The Power of Storytelling: two female Indigenous authors”
Lesley University low-residency MFA program in Creative Writing
April 5, 2018 “Labrador Land Protectors Resist,” 4th Annual Five Colleges Native American & Indigenous Studies Symposium, Amherst College
April 14, 2017 “Tourism in Nunatsiavut,” 10th Annual Indigenous Research Symposium, University of Massachusetts Amherst
CONFERENCES:
Jan. 2022 ArtsHub Western Mass. Virtual Summit
May 2021 Social Media Weekend, Whova dot com
Oct. 2019 21st Inuit Studies, Montréal, Québec, Canada
April 2019 Muse & Marketplace, Boston, MA
April 2017 Muse & Marketplace, Boston, MA
June 2015 Social Media Weekend (#SMWKD), Columbia University, N.Y.C.
July 2014 Goggle for Media New York City (#G4MNYC), New York, N.Y.
May 2014 Native American & Indigenous Studies Association, Austin, TX
Oct. 2012 Journalism And Women Symposium (JAWS), Burlington, VT
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
June 13, 2022 “Community Foundation Announces Artist Grantees for ValleyCreates
Project Evolution Program,” Community Foundation of Western Mass, https://bit.ly/39RXQQX
June 12, 2022 Wow, @easthamptoncityarts, Instagram, https://bit.ly/3xLrW1W
May 22, 2022 Thanks so much, @btownjustice, Instagram, https://bit.ly/3aBx27D
May 12, 2022 Saturday 5/21, @btownjustice, Instagram, https://bit.ly/3zrAgF2
May 3, 2022 “Art Angels Turn to Artists of Color to Award Grants,”
Community Foundation of Western Mass., https://bit.ly/3nlMfgm
March 2, 2022 Sending out huge thanks, @easthamptoncityarts, Instagram, https://bit.ly/396zLpb
Jan. 11, 2022 Recipient of AWE 2022, @easthamptoncityarts, Instagram, https://bit.ly/3nj0yCz
Dec. 29, 2021 Guest Artist, @gallery_a3, Instagram, https://bit.ly/3HtWDdK
Dec. 12, 2021 “Christmas Eve,” Facebook: The Poet Magazine, https://bit.ly/3FbnVVO
Nov. 30, 2021 “Welcome 2022 Studio Residents!” https://bit.ly/3xlE881
Nov. 30, 2021 “Native American and Indigenous creatives describe their experiences at UMass,” The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, https://bit.ly/3rphOcm
Nov. 2021 “Cambridge Common Writers End-of-Year Celebration and Gift Guide 2021,” Cambridge Common Writers, https://bit.ly/3wPlTqQ
Nov. 8, 2021 “Indigenous art, culture showcased during Native American Heritage Month,” MassLive, April Munford, https://bit.ly/3n0058L
March 2021 “Member News,” Straw Dog Writers Guild Newsletter
Feb. 22, 2021 “Member News,” Facebook, Straw Dog Writers Guild
Nov. 16, 2020 “Stepping Down,” Straw Dog Writers Guild Newsletter
Nov. 10, 2020 “Publication News and Announcements,” Cambridge Common Writers
https://bit.ly/3sAWVsr
Oct. 12, 2020 iSHAPE_MA, @btownjustice, Instagram, https://bit.ly/32IbnHl
Sept. 14, 2020 “Publication News and Announcements,” Cambridge Common Writers,
https://rb.gy/af9xjs
July 2020 “imagiNations Creations: Snow Googles,” National Museum of the American Indian-NYC
May 2020 “Author Bios: Nonfiction,” Cambridge Common Writers https://bit.ly/3u5Qded
April 14, 2020 poetry, @jin_xia_art, Instagram, https://bit.ly/32z8vwt
April 2020 “Our Members,” Straw Dog Writers Guild, www.strawdogwriters.org
March 28, 2017 “Native American Student Association plans for powwow after travelling to Native Nations Rise March in Washington D.C.,” The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Stuart Foster, https://bit.ly/3dwXrS3
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
April 2022 - Present Academy of American Poets, New York, NY
Nov. 2021 – Present Quabbin Art Association, Belchertown, MA
Aug. 2020 - Present North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB), Jamaica Plain, MA
July 2019 - Present The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
July 2018 - June 2021 Straw Dog Writers Guild, Northampton, MA
April 2017 - Jan. 2020 Grub Street, Boston, MA
Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2014 Native American Journalist Association, Norman, OK
Dec. 2008 - Present Nunatsiavut kavamanga, Labrador, Canada
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