Events & Gatherings

Community Conversation with Cheryl Foggo and Leander Lane

We are pleased to welcome author and filmmaker Cheryl Foggo and Leander Lane, descendant of the Shiloh People, for a conversation. This event is offered in conjunction with taisha paggett’s exhibition soliloquy for a horizon currently on view at Remai Modern.

Leander Lane is the great grandson of Julius Caesar Lane, a founding member of the African American farming community, known as the Shiloh People, which forged the first Black farming community in the province in 1910. He is joined in conversation with Cheryl Foggo, an award-winning playwright, author and filmmaker, whose work over the last 30 years has focused on the lives of Western Canadians of African descent. Learn more about Lane’s personal journey, writing a family history titled “The Road to Shiloh.”

Cheryl Foggo is an award-winning playwright, author and filmmaker, whose work over the last 30 years has focused on the lives of Western Canadians of African descent. Recent works include the release of her NFB feature documentary John Ware Reclaimed, as well as the 30th anniversary edition of her book Pourin’ Down Rain: A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West. Recent journalism can be found on CBC Black on the Prairies and in Westword Magazine. Cheryl is the recipient of the 2021 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Outstanding Artist Award and a 2022 inductee into the Alberta Order of Excellence.