— Residencies —
2020 - Open Immersion II Residency, Canadian Film Centre, NFB, JustFilms, Ford Foundation. Online.
2019 - Peñasco Theatre. Peñasco, New Mexico, USA.
2017 - LIFT/imagineNATIVE Film Mentorship. Toronto.
2017 - PEERS Projects, Whippersnapper Gallery. Toronto.
2016 - PEERS Residency, Whippersnapper Gallery. Toronto.
— Skillsets —
Community Arts, Facilitation, Mentorship, Program Development, Consultation, Anti Oppressive Frameworks, Video Installation Tech
— Software —
Isadora, MadMapper + MadMini, AfterEffects, Photoshop, DragonFrame
— Program Participation —
2022 - ArtWorksTO, City of Toronto, OCAD U and The Remix Project. Online.
2021 - Social Being Digital Program, Textile Museum of Canada. Online.
— Connect —
Samay Arcentales Cajas is a Toronto-based queer Kichwa digital media artist and video designer exploring human-land relations, the new media dimensions of indigenous cosmology, and immersive art as a site of liberation. Her works have been shown at ImagineNATIVE, Xpace Cultural Centre, Mayworks Festival, Tarragon Theatre, TQFF, SoulPepper, among others.
Samay has also facilitated film/digital interactivity programs at Sketch Working Arts, and Charles Street Video, where she worked as program coordinator. She held her first solo show “Will You Listen?: Latinx Voices in Tkaronto”, a projection based media installation at Whippersnapper Gallery. Samay has won awards in two consecutive landJAM+ (Eastside Games Choice Award in 2022 and Best Execution of interactive project in 2021). Samay also wears many tech hats working on projects across the country, primarily as video designer and install tech.
“Embed your spirit in what you make”