Curator Talk: June 30, 2020, 11:00 – 12:00 pm
The Wildflower, curating between Canada and Iceland during COVID-19
A large-scale international curatorial project The Wildflower (Villiblómið), co-curated by Hamilton-based curator and writer Penelope Smart tells a new story of climate change, of a renewed interest in traditional local materials and reveals how artists fashion new visions. Smart speaks to familiarity, disruption and change around international curating in the time of COVID.
Tune in to the Microsoft Teams talk here.
Artist Talk: July 16, 2020, 11:00 – 12:00 pm
I Miss You...Stay Away!
Pamela Dodds, internationally exhibiting painter/printmaker, explores location and relationship through a discussion of her work within the context of isolation/anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic and in relation to the larger issues of refuge and kinship in the Anthropocene.
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Librarian/Researcher Talk: July 30, 2020, 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Cultural Refuge & Library Spaces
By looking to interpretations of space as place, OCAD University Librarian Daniel Payne will advocate that libraries are essential for navigating our anthropocentric future. With a firm grounding in public values, libraries create cultural refuges that ensure equitable access to the information we need for reacting to the Anthropocene age.