TTIS Artist Retreat:
Reequal Smith
march 6 - 8, 2026
Cardigan, PE
This Town Is Small and the Black Cultural Society are pleased to partner on an artist residency with Reequal Smith
This Town Is Small is partnering with the Black Cultural Society on an artist residency that provides a Black Island-based artist dedicated time for rest, reflection, and creative process. From March 6-8, artist Reequal Smith will be in Cardigan, PEI, developing her new choreographic work, Daughter in the Soil.
Daughter in the Soil is an investigation into the relationship between women, land, and resistance in the Caribbean diaspora. Drawing from Afro-Caribbean movement forms such as Bahamian Folklore, Calypso Fusion, and gestures inspired by Indigenous Taíno Areíto traditions, the work reflects on how Caribbean women have historically used ritual, farming, herbal knowledge, and dance as acts of survival and anti colonial resistance.
Photo credit: Andrew Lewis
about the artist:
Reequal Smith is a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and cultural leader from the Bahamas, now based in Prince Edward Island. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Oshun Dance Studios, where she fuses Caribbean traditions with contemporary movement to create spaces of celebration and reclamation for Black and Caribbean communities. An alumna of Holland College’s School of Performing Arts, her works include Calypso Secrets, Elysium, Unfold, and Caribbean Flamingo. She has collaborated with Neptune Theatre, River Clyde Pageant, Kemi Craig, and Charles Campbell. In 2025, she received the Kerri Wynne MacLeod Women of Impact Award and Diane Moore Creation Award, recognizing her artistry and commitment to equity in the arts.
This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the City of Charlottetown, Innovation PEI through the PEI Culture Action Plan, and the Canada Council for the Arts.