RIP dear friend❤️ Cris Derksen❤️You were endlessly talented, bold, hilarious, the most fun at parties, always serving the best looks, honest af, uplifting to other artists and absolutely brilliant as a musician and a friend. So much love for you - thank you for all the adventures, laughs and heart to hearts.
Very excited to show off my new website!
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Huge shout out to Mike at @mykillink for being a total dream to work with. If you ever need a website built- he is your guy!
Photo credits by Yvonne Chew! Amazing local photographer/artist @yvonnechewphotography
Femme Drum Stories and Soundscapes
Friday June 5,
7pm-9pm
Tickets: $20
Location: Heritage Church at Parksville Museum
Join Joy on Drums and friends for a night of soundscapes, deep listening, imagination journeys and narratives. We will share our stories and poems, to a soundtrack of live improvised music.
Special Guests:
Varvara- Textile artist and storyteller @painting.waste_textile.stories
Diona Davies- violin musician
Nate Schmold- artist and musician @3030.nate
More about Joy On Drums
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More about Varvara
https://www.varvarastudio.ca/
More about Nate Schmold
https://3030.ca/
More about Diona Davies
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Tickets available online, in person during regular museum hours, or 60 min prior to showtime at the doors if not sold out in advance.
This is the first ever @parksvillemuseum Storytelling Festival
Poster photo by @yvonnechewphotography
Poster designed by @sarahronaldartist
While you’re at the show, be sure to visit the group art exhibition in our Main Hall, From Many, One: The Story in Repetition, featuring artwork by Joy and Nate!
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Radical Creative Night #5
May 8
381 Railway Ave Vancouver #FemmeDrumFriday brings you “Spare Change”
Admission: all your spare change
Experimental percussion performance
Participate or observe
Collaborative performance stitching by Varvarva @painting.waste_textile.stories
Followed by documentary movie Radical Creative
Happy 4/20 y’all💚 “Superbaked” by ESL featuring Dan Mangan
@danmanganmusic
Music vid by @deannamilligan . With the late great Marta lulling us with Polish raps and out of this world vocals!
Based on Anju Singh and Roxanne Nesbitt’s research and methodology I am using the COPY FIRST method - building a copy of a traditional instrument. Here is mid process of making ceramic drum sticks. They are designed to look like traditional drum sticks- different tips, mallets, hot rods and brushes. @meghubert_ceramics guided me with materials and tools as well as techniques. I will be trying these ceramic sticks out on a cymbal installation made from salvaged broken cymbals.
**** In a previous version of this post I incorrectly credited a different person- sincere apologies to Anju and Roxanne for this mistake.
The performance is on March 1 at 7 pm at @progress_lab_1422@currently_arts@whatismakingussick@roxannenesbitt@franciscoberlanga97@slime____studio@daniellagramani@progress_lab_
I haven’t been performing as much the past few years. But 2025 gave me some incredible opportunities to play that I will forever be grateful for!
Here were the shows I played this year
1- Juno Awards at Rogers Arena with @snottynoserezkids and Tia Wood. What a huge honour to share the stage with these incredible artists
2- @tinylightsfestival for a final show with e.s.l. This was deeply meaningful to have the chance to perform this festival. We have been playing music together for 20 years and I am forever grateful we had one last chance to play again.
3- @insidevoices.events in Winlaw with @prophecysun . Our parents played music together and we carry on this with our art together.
4- Tia Wood at the @chancentreubc . What a beautiful group of people and space to perform in
