Curating as a Profession

CONFÉRENCE – February 22, 3 – 5 pm, Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University, EV 3.711 Nicole Burisch, a former graduate of Concordia’s Art History MA program, is now Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada. Nicole will be coming to Concordia’s MA thesis seminar to speak about how to develop… Continue reading Curating as a Profession

Danielle Aimée Miles to present at MMFA

CONFÉRENCE – STILL QUESTIONING THE “IDEAL”: DISPLAYS OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES IN WESTERN SURVEY MUSEUMS, Wednesday December 11 2019 – 17:30, Concordia University, Maxwell-Cummings Auditorium – 1379-A Sherbrooke Street West. Theme : Arts of One WorldDuration : 1h 30In EnglishLecture by Danielle Aimée Miles, graduate of Concordia University. This presentation will explore the problematic relationship Survey… Continue reading Danielle Aimée Miles to present at MMFA

Early Modern Color Theory

CONFÉRENCE – Dr. John Casey, 21 novembre 2019, 14h – 15h30, Centre for Expanded Poetics, LB 681, Concordia University. John Casey recently received a PhD from the Department of English at Brown. His work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in Early Modern Culture and ARCADE. Pink is a Kind of Yellow: Making Sense of Early Modern Color and Color Terms… Continue reading Early Modern Color Theory

Dempsey Bob

CONFÉRENCE – Masterclass jeudi 14 novembre de 8h30 à 12h30, VA Building, Room 126, Concordia University. Dempsey Bob is an award-winning woodcarver and sculptor, one of the most illustrious representatives of the Northwest Coast Indigenous art. Born to a highly artistic family in 1948, Tahltan-Tlingit artist Dempsey Bob’s success as an artist was perhaps inevitable. He… Continue reading Dempsey Bob

EMERGE

ÉVÉNEMENT – Mardi 19 novembre – Samedi 23 novembre 2019, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. EMERGE est dédié à la performance contemporaine et présente une douzaine d’artistes et participants européens et canadiens invités à dévoiler leurs récents travaux. EMERGE explore les directions multidisciplinaires d’avant-garde entreprises par ces artistes. Dr. Alice Ming Wai Jim, de l’université… Continue reading EMERGE

Doute : matière à être et à penser

7e édition du Colloque arts et médias de l’Université de Montréal 20 au 22 novembre 2019 En ces temps de mutations accélérées, l’information apparaît sous une forme tellement envahissante qu’il n’est pas possible ni toujours permis de discriminer le vrai du faux. Les images se révèlent ne plus être garantes de vérité mais, au contraire,… Continue reading Doute : matière à être et à penser

Art & Copyright for Artists & Curators

CONFÉRENCE – Jeudi 14 novembre, de 11h à midi, Visual Collection Repository (VCR), EV 03.307, Université Concordia. The VCR is hosting this fascinating talk next Thursday on Art & Copyright by Olivier Charbonneau, a Concordia University librarian whose expertise is copyright law. More information

Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums

CONFÉRENCE – Kirsty Robertson, Vendredi 8 Novembre, de 16h à 17h, Curating and Public Scholarship Lab, Concordia University. « Museums are frequently sites of struggle and negotiation. They are key cultural institutions that occupy an oftentimes uncomfortable place at the crossroads of the arts, culture, various levels of government, corporate ventures, and the public. Because of… Continue reading Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums