PROGRAMMING
Whyishnave Suthagar, கோலம் (Kolam): A Parallel Coexistence. Photo by Anthony Gebrehiwot.
Aabijijiwan New Media Lab Public Opening
Join us for the opening of the Aabijijiwan Media Lab and the Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre.
Details will be announced closer to the date.
Conversations on Art in the Public - Hosted by GLAM Collective
“Conversations on Art in the Public,” hosted by GLAM Collective, will feature speakers working across three distinct projects (Thinking Through The Museum: Unsettling and Decolonizing Cluster, Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project and The Space Between Us).
Join Heather Igloliorte, Julie Nagam, and Carla Taunton for a free, outdoor, socially distanced day of conversations on art, research, and BIPOC / Indigiqueer / allied contemporary and collaborative practices centered around highlighting the Atlantic region and celebrating the Art in the Open night festival.
Exhibition and Symposium on the Art of Kōwhaiwhai and Māori Curatorial Practice
Pātaka Art + Museum presents an exhibition and symposium on the Art of Kōwhaiwhai and Māori Curatorial Practice
Incubator as Collaborative Methodology
This talk explores the recent projects of Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Dr. Julie Nagam, and Dr. Carla Taunton as a collective of curator-artist-scholars who present innovative projects in public spaces by working through Indigenous, feminist, and anti-oppressive methodologies that are grounded in practices of research creation through incubators.
Weweni Indigenous Scholar Series
Theme: Intersections of Critical Race, Place and Culture Within our Current Climate
Moderator: Dr. Julie Nagam, Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration and Digital Media
Panelists:
Dr. Ronak Kapadia, University of Chicago
Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills, University of Winnipeg
Dr. Heather Igloliorte, University of Winnipeg Indigenous Scholar in Residence
Tasha Spillett, PhD Canidate University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Mishuana Goeman, University of California
Overview: This panel will reflect on the collapse of the old world order, sustained through ongoing fears and objectification of the other, critically mapping the emergence of new and radical alternatives. Speakers will consider acts of alliances through BIPOC gatherings, solidarity, creative interventions and scholarship. Each speaker will discuss the ways in which their relationships between race, sexuality, culture and their communities allow for transformation, change through their work of curatorial, literature, aesthetics and artistic practices. Discussing diverse forms of scholarship, this talk will forge new possibilities for our collective anticipation of the new world with BIPOC voices leading the way.
“Dish with One Spoon” Keynote - Indigenous Digital Delegation at MIT
As part of the Inaugural Indigenous Digital Delegation at MIT, Elder Dr. Duke Redbird (Ojibway) will present a public keynote talk titled “Dish with One Spoon”.
Digital Pivoting overuse of the screen - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for Digital Pivoting overuse of the screen as part of Nuit Talks.
Community organize and engagement with the Public - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for the webinar Community organize and engagement with the Public as part of Nuit Talks.
Nuit’s Virtual 2020 with the Mayor
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and Mayor John Tory - City of Toronto for Nuit’s Virtual 2020 with the Mayor as part of the webinar series Nuit Talks.
Nuit Podcasts
Travel across urban, polar and pacific landscapes with Dr. Julie Nagam to reveal the space between us as a potential site for sharing knowledges. Her conversations with artists, elders, arts leaders and scholars from around the globe will uncover the stories and connections between cultures, communities, and the environment, to transform the future of public art.
A series of ten 30-minute curated podcasts with interviews and discussions revolving around a geographic thematic. Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam dialogues with artists, cultural producers and specialists to unearth different artistic practices and their relation to the rich history of rivers, oceans, mountains, and forests as content and metaphor.
Exhibitions, galleries and social distancing - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for the webinar Exhibitions, galleries and social distancing as part of Nuit Talks.
Public engagement with outdoor festivals - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for the webinar Public engagement with outdoor festivals as part of Nuit Talks.
Thinking through Public space in the time of COVID and how people will return to public space and public art - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for the webinar Thinking through Public space in the time of COVID and how people will return to public space and public art as part of Nuit Talks.
The new world order with gathering and performing - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for the webinar The new world order with gathering and performing as part of Nuit Talks.
Nuit Talks
Art speaks volumes with the free Nuit Talks program offering in-depth conversations with Nuit Blanche artists, scholars and curators all year long online and when public talks are able to happen again safely at partner venues across the city.
Beginning with the virtual experience, a series of webinars will offer pithy conversations about public space and art within the new social order with key arts leaders and creatives from Canada and abroad. These curated 60-minute sessions will be hosted by the University of Winnipeg and moderated by Dr. Julie Nagam through a series of set questions and topics where each of the participants dialogues with each other and the host. Beginning September 17, the series runs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:00pm EST until October 1 and then Thursdays only through to October 15, 2020. Registration will be available soon.
Stay tuned for more Nuit Talks programming coming in early 2021.
Sites of Memory, Placemaking and monuments - Webinar
Join Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam and guest speakers for the webinar Sites of Memory, Placemaking and Monuments as part of Nuit Talks.
Becoming our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice - Book Launch and Conversation
Dr. Julie Nagam, the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration and Digital Media, facilitates a conversation about international collaborations from the publication Becoming Our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice. This dialogue is with gallery directors, scholars, and curators such as Nigel Borell, Nici Cumpston, Freja Carmicheal, Karl Chitham, Léuli Eshraghi, Reuben Friend, Jarita Greyeyes, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Jaimie Isaac, Carly Lane, Cathy Mattes, Kimberley Moulton, Lisa Myers, Dr. Jolene Rickard, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Josh Tengan and Daina Warren.
This book and conversation investigates international Indigenous methodologies in curatorial practice from the geographic spaces of Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia. From a perspective of Indigenous peoples important place within society, this collection explores how Indigenous art and culture operate within and from a structural framework that is unique and is positioned outside of the non-Indigenous cultural milieu.
Buy the book: https://arpbooks.org/Books/B/Becoming...
This webinar took place June 10, 2020 in Canada (5-6:30 Pacific; 7-8:30pm Central; 8-9:30pm Eastern) and June 11, 2020 in Australia and New Zealand (10-11:30am Sydney; 12-1:30pm Wellington).
Coming soon!
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