Invitation - Afternoons at the Institute: Writing Inuit Art History: A Conversation between Anna Hudson & Heather Igloliorte

The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art presents its fifth and last event of the year in a series of conversations entitled Afternoons at the Institute.

This event explores the writing of Inuit art history today.

The Inuit art market was established in Canada in the middle of the 20th century. While this initiative allowed Inuit art to gain international recognition, the objects circulated without the voices of the artists who had produced them, or knowledge of their communities. This created a gap between the production and the reception of the works that historians of Inuit art are currently working to fill.

What is at stake in writing Inuit art history today? What theories are currently informing it? How does it inscribe itself in global Indigenous art histories?

The speakers are Anna Hudson, associate professor of Canadian Art History and Curatorial Studies at York University, and Heather Igloliorte, assistant professor at the Art History Department of Concordia University. The conversation will be moderated by Anne-Marie Belley, doctoral student in art history at Université du Québec à Montréal.

Additional information

"Afternoons at the Institute" are held at the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art

Where:
EV-3.719
1515 Sainte-Catherine St. W., H2G 2W1
Metro Guy-Concordia

When:
Friday, March 28, at 4:00 pm

For information, contact Samuel Gaudreau-Lalande, Jarislowsky Foundation doctoral fellow and series coordinator or call 514-848-2424, ext. 4713.

This event is free and open to the public.