Q & A: HAUI™ Discusses Shedding Light on Underrepresented Figures Through Art

(Photo credit: Michael Cooper) Canadian-based mixed media artist, director, and librettist HAUI™ (he/they) uses his platforms to explore the intersections of race, gender, identity, and sexual orientation and to amplify underrepresented themes, myths, and histories. HAUI™ is published by Playwrights Canada Press and has collaborated with leading arts organizations such as Canadian Opera Company, CBC, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Stratford {…}

Canadian Opera Company to Present ‘Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White’

The Canadian Opera Company is set to world premiere “Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White” from Canadian director and librettist HAUI and composer Sean Mayes. White was a Nova Scotian contralto who was the first Black Canadian concert performer to achieve international fame in the mid-20th century. In a statement, HAUI said, “What a poetic justice to share Portia’s {…}