Salem (they/them) is a multimedia story-teller, astrologer and an amiskwacîwâskahikan-based prairie boy, Born and barely raised in small-town Alberta, they have loudly declared amiskwacîwâskahikan their soul’s muse. Salem’s vision of the prairies paints it as the backdrop to the stories of flourishing black and indigenous creatives. Their work as an emerging filmmaker and digital media artist works to elevate narratives that centre the stories, aesthetics and values of QTBIPOC and BIPOC artists. Salem’s artistic practice and mission is fueled by astrology, Afrofuturism, and Emergent Strategy practices.

In 2021 Salem launched project the All Y’All Calendar, an astrology calendar for prairie queers and gender-bending BIPOC cowboys.

“The ultimate spirit of this project is to foster a creative space where Black, Indigenous, and creatives of colour of all bodies can access experience on a photoshoot that celebrates decolonizing what it means to be a cowboy. Queer and racialized people aren’t commonly associated with Western wear, cowboy lifestyles, and gritty plains that are so emblematic of Alberta and the Prairies. This project inserts these people and histories into the contemporary narrative of what it means to be an Albertan.”