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.
Webinar Schedule
Sites of Memory, Placemaking and monuments
September 17, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Sally Han - Manager, Cultural Partnerships, City of Toronto
Natasha Henry, York University and President, Ontario Black History Society
Branislav Henselmann – Director of Culture, City of Vancouver
Dr. Jolene Rickard - Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University, USA
Niigaan Sinclair – Professor, Department of Native Studies, University of Manitoba
Dr. Carla Taunton - Associate Professor, Art History and Contemporary Culture, NSCAD University, Halifax
The new world order with gathering and performing
September 22, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Randell Adjei - Executive Director, RISE edutainment, Toronto
Jenn Goodwin - Programming Supervisor, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto
Dr. Heather Igloliorte - Associate Professor and Research Chair in Circumpolar and Indigenous Arts, Concordia University, Montreal
July Talk (Leah Fay and Peter Dreimanis) - Musicians and Performers, Toronto
Odario Williams – Musician, DJ, and CBC host, Toronto
Thinking through Public space in the time of COVID and how people will return to public space and public art.
September 24, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Umbereen Inayet - Programming Supervisor, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto,
Dr. Janine Marchessault – Professor, Cinema and Media Arts, York University
Mazyar Mortazavi – President and CEO of TAS, Chair, Board of Directors, The Bentway
Julien Christian Lutz pka Director X
eL Seed - Artist, Tunis
Public engagement with outdoor festivals
September 29, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Lindsay Ann Cory - Executive Director, Nocturne, K'jipuktuk/Halifax
Dr. Hoe Su Fern - Assistant Professor, Arts and Culture Management, Singapore Management University
Jeanne Holmes - Acting Programming Manager, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto,
Ashley McKenzie-Barnes -– Curator and Creative Director, Toronto
Sage Paul – Artistic Director, Indigenous Fashion Week, Toronto
Exhibitions, galleries and social distancing
October 1, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Dr. Stephen Borys – Director and CEO of Winnipeg Art Gallery
Karl Chitham - Director of The Dowse Art Museum, New Zealand
Devyani Saltzman - Director of Programing, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Gaëtane Verna - Director of The Power Plant, Toronto
Thomas J Price - Artist, England
Nuit’s Virtual 2020 with the Mayor
October 3, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Nuit Blanche Toronto Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam in conversation with Mayor John Tory - City of Toronto
Community organize and engagement with the Public
October 8, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Reneltta Arluk - Director of Indigenous Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, founder of Akpik Theatre
Michelle De Lyon - Project Manager, RISE Edutainment, Toronto
Alyssa Fearon – Curator/Director, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library
Lila Karim - Executive Director, North York Arts, Toronto
Kerri MacDonald - Programme Supervisor, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto
Camille Usher - Executive Director, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective, Toronto
Digital Pivoting overuse of the screen
October 15, 7pm CST/8pm EST
Brook Andrew - Artistic Director, Bienniale of Sydney, Australia
Emily Fitzpatrick - Artistic Director, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
Jason Lewis - Professor and Research Chair in Computational Media and the Indigenous Future Imaginary, Concordia, Montreal
Niki Little - Artistic Director, imagineNATIVE, Toronto
Ana Serrano - President and Vice-Chancellor of OCAD University
Rah - Artist