Messages on Doors: Taché
Messages on Doors: Taché
Produced by The Fox Queen.
A live blending of storytelling, personal experience, and art.
Join us in person May 1, 2026 for a public feast and artistic responses to the Messages on Doors online workshop. THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
Messages on Doors is a community engagement workshop, live art presentation and feast where members of the public received a gift box to connect and create works of art through an artist directed creative process.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Indigenous and non-Indigenous community participants work together to create messages shared as a live celebration performance on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Dakelh peoples.
The Big Ideas
We are responsible to take action against the Historical and Present day dark messages of hate towards Indigenous peoples.
In these times of Reconciliation, we need to connect more.
Values: Love. Truth. Listening. Survival. Joy.
Artistic Lead — tsatassaya White
tsatassaya Tracey White, B.A., M.A., is a member of The Fox Queen, a progressive theatre collective which works towards an innovative approach to community reconciliation, this work has reached six communities across Vancouver Island and an upcoming project in Prince George, BC. She is a curator, producer, event planner, and community mobilizer from the Snuneymuxw and Hupacasath Nations. A dedicated advocate for Indigenous arts and culture, tsatassaya has directed, produced, and performed in theatre works presented in both English and her Indigenous language, hul’q’umi’num’.
Artistic Lead — The Fox Queen
Progressive Theatre Collective, The Fox Queen (FQ) was formed during the early days of Covid 19, due to a strong desire to connect, inquire, dismantle, (re)align artistic practices, and forge new decolonized ways of theatre making and creation. FQ is tsatassaya White, Tamara McCarthy, Dave Mott, and is guided by a set of shared Values: Love. Truth. Listening. Survival. Joy. Humour. Communication. Listening. Collaboration. Our values lead and define us. FQ exists in the present moment, self reflecting and focusing on the heartbeats around us; we are flexible, continually responding to the evolving needs of the people on our teams and the communities with whom we engage. More Info
Project Consultant — Zaa Joseph
Zaa Derik Gammel Joseph was born in Victoria and raised in the Tl’azt’en Nation Territory and Vancouver. His motivation comes from his upbringing around the value of lifelong learning. He relates to balancing work, school, and family as a father.
MOD: Taché Core Artists
The Community Members
Elders in Community: Joe Joseph, Jane John
Lorna Joseph, Ruby Prince, Shana Labatch, Cherie Chai, Tsau John
The Team
Produced by The Fox Queen
Technical Direction by Allan Frisk
Indigenous Consultation by Zaa Joseph
Event Details
Public Celebration and Feast - May 1, 2026
Eugene Joseph Elementary School Gym
4626 Tlazten Main, Taché 1, BC V0J 1P0
Doors after 3:30pm
Complimentary food and soft drinks will be served starting at 4:30pm until resources run out.
To book a FREE Ticket - please follow this link
Booking is NOT required but encouraged to confirm your seat.
EVENT TIMELINE
Protocol Welcome & Prayer
Feasting
Core Artist Presentations
This is a free event. Donations gladly accepted.
Do you have barriers to access Messages on Doors?
Please contact us to discuss with The Fox Queen.
Eugene Joseph Elementary School GYM, 4626 Tlazten Main, Tache 1, BC V0J 1P0
Messages on Doors Image was created
by Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun.
Artist’s Statement:
Its a simple Salish design in a heart.
The crescent and trigon come together with the shape of the heart to
form a the lower half of a face, kind of like the smiling comedy mask.
