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Conference - Cultural Convergences I: Testify
EAHR presents first inaugural conference
The Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR) is pleased to present its inaugural conference Cultural Convergences I: Testify, with keynote speaker, curator and scholar Dr. Andrea Fatona, Assistant Professor, Criticism and Curatorial Program, OCAD University, Toronto.
The theme, Testify, inaugurates EAHR's new annual conference series, Cultural Convergences. To testify is to attest, demonstrate, bear witness, affirm, and profess. This conference aims to provide a platform for dialogue and debate about the representation of art and artists from Canada's diverse ethnocultural communities.
Conference keynote speaker, Dr. Andrea Fatona was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Ottawa Art Gallery and is a regular contributing editor to Fuse magazine and Assistant Professor at OCADU. She will present a keynote lecture entitled Claiming Space: Displacing the Centre at 5:30pm.
Panel speakers include Gada Mahrouse, Cheryl Thompson, Chantale Potie, Lori Beavis, Katerina Korola, Erika Couto, Erandy Vergara-Vargas, Chen Chih-En and Sorouja Moll.
Additional information
Where:
Concordia University, York Amphitheater, EV-1.605
When:
Saturday September 21, 2013, from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Contact Info:
media@ethnoculturalarts.org
EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research)
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., EV.3.777
Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8
1-514-848-2424,ext. 5376
The Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR) is a student-driven research community based within the Department of Art History Concordia University since 2011. EAHR facilitates critical and creative engagement with issues of ethnic and cultural representation within the visual arts in Canada.
EAHR activities are made possible with the support of The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, the Department of Art History at Concordia University and gratefully acknowledge its sponsors, faculty advisor, and volunteers.