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Left to right: Alyssa Fearon, Tarin Dehod, Crystal Mowry (photo: Daniella Okezie), Leah Taylor (photo: David Stobbe).

Re-mapping the Terrain: A Re-emergence Assembly

Gain insights into the current arts ecology from the perspective of three visionary arts leaders

Event

A keynote presentation and symposium featuring arts leaders Alyssa Fearon, Tarin Dehod and Crystal Mowry

Moderated by Leah Taylor | Hosted by the Department of Art and Art History

Free and open to the public | Mask requirements are in place at the University of Saskatchewan. Read more.

Keynote

Date: Friday, April 8
Time:
6:30–8 pm
Location: Murray Building Room 299, 3 Campus Dr., University of Saskatchewan

Zoom livestream link

Alyssa Fearon (Director/Curator, Dunlop Art Gallery), Tarin Dehod (Executive Director, AKA Artist Run), and Crystal Mowry (Director of Programs, MacKenzie Art Gallery) have been restructuring and rethinking public art gallery and artist run centre organizational governance and are proposing new ways in which art institutions present work, build community, and foster sustainable curatorial and directorial practices. A short presentation by each speaker will be followed by a discussion moderated by Leah Taylor (Curator, KAG/CAG University of Saskatchewan).

Symposium

Date: Saturday, April 9
Location: Livestreamed from Convocation Hall, University of Saskatchewan

Session 1: Response-ability

Looking at the intertwined actualities of capacity and responsibility in the arts community

Time: 11 am–12:30 pm
Location: Zoom livestream link

Session 2: Sustainability

What methods might we engage to ensure our delivery allows for true wellbeing: of ourselves, our multiple publics and communities, and creative practices

Time: 1:30–3 pm
Location: Zoom livestream link


The keynote presentation and symposium are made possible by the generous support of:

The Fine Art Research Lecture Series (FARLS)
The Lou Chrones Lecture Series in Art & Art History
The Mina Forsyth Lectureship
KAG/CAG


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