Rita McKeough hosted by Conversations in Contemporary Art

Rita McKeough will discuss her interdisciplinary artist practice, drawing on a range of past works and experiences from her decades-long career in the arts in Canada.

Refreshments to follow.

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Rita McKeough is an installation and performance artist, based in Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta on the traditional territories of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuut’ina, Îethka Stoney Nakoda Nations, and the Métis Nation, Region 3.

Her work incorporates audio, electronics, and mechanical performing objects. She works from a feminist perspective, and her recent work focuses on the environmental impacts of resource extraction and demonstrates her desire to use sound to create a rhythmic voice of agency and empathy to articulate forces of resistance in the natural world.

Her work was included in Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women (YYZ Books, 2004) and Rita McKeough: Works (Emmedia, Truck Gallery and MST performative art festival, 2018).

McKeough feels very fortunate to have had the support and assistance of her community to produce her work and offers respect and love to everyone who has helped her.

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Conversations in Contemporary Art is a free event series sponsored by Concordia University's Studio Arts MFA Program. The series provides a unique opportunity to hear artists, designers, critics, writers, educators, and curators share their practice(s) and perspectives. All events are held in English. In-person seating is first-come-first-served and everyone is welcome.