Archived Art Now


Curator and Historian, Richard Hill, speaks in Art Now in the Recital Hall at 12 noon, Oct. 27, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
Richard Hill lives and works in Toronto and is a curator, critic and art historian of Cree heritage. His areas of interest and expertise include historical and contemporary art created by Indigenous North American artists.   Hill, while curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, over-saw the museum’s first substantial effort to include North American Aboriginal art...

Curator, Candice Hopkins, speaks in Art Now, 12 noon, Recital Hall on Oct 22, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am

Multimedia artist, Laurel Woodcock, speaks in Art Now at 12 noon, Recital Hall October 18, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
"Laurel Woodcock is a mid-career multimedia artist living in Toronto and Associate Professor, Extended Practices at the University of Guelph. Woodcock is interested in the legacy of Conceptual art practices, their collaborative and performative spirit, use of language as a medium, and endeavor to integrate art and life. A large portion of Woodcock’s practice...

Curator, Steve Loft, speaks in Art Now, Oct. 15 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
Emerging Curator, writer and media artist, Steven Loft, is a Mohawk of the Six Nations and is the new Executive Director of imagineNATIVE. In 2008, he became the first Curator-In-Residence, Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada and was formerly the Director/Curator of the Urban Shaman Gallery in Winnipeg; Aboriginal Curator at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and...

Writer, Simon Houpt, speaks in Art Now, 12:00 noon, Recital Hall on Oct 13, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
Simon Houpt is the author of Museum of the Missing: The High Stakes of Art Crime. In the summer of 2004, when Simon Houpt heard about the theft of Edvard Munch’s The Scream from the Munch Museum in Oslo, he wondered who on earth would take such an iconic work of art. At the time, he was the New York-based arts reporter for the Globe and Mail and didn’t...

Painter, Alexander Irving, speaks in Art Now at noon, Recital Hall Oct 8, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
“Irving’s paintings and drawings are the product of a working method that stumbles through both lived and mediated experience. Comprehending the political, metaphysical, and the mundane, each is expressed through a miscellany of cultural bits and pieces. Evoked in his work are the likes of Shakespeare and the Marx Brothers, Picasso and Tex Avery, Slim Pickins and...

Animator and illustrator, James Braithwaite, speaks in Art Now, Oct. 6, 2010 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
"James Braithwaite is an animator and illustrator living in Montreal. James graduated from Concordia University, and really has no idea what to do with his degree. He is seriously considering making it into a paper hat. After university, James worked away in a dark cave, and managed to get his illustrations in The Believer, The Globe and Mail, The Financial Times, and...

Dutch installation artist, Susanne Bruynzeel, speaks in Art Now, Oct 4, 2010, Recital Hall at 12 noon
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
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Michael Morris & Vincent Trasov speak in Art Now at noon, Recital Hall on Oct. 1, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
In 1970 Vincent Trasov and Michael Morris founded Image Bank, a conceptual vehicle for mail art projects, which featured collaborations with Eric Metcalfe, Gary Lee Nova, Ray Johnson, General Idea, and Robert Filliou. Further to this, Morris and Trasov, along with eight colleagues from various disciplines, founded and directed the Western Front Society, an artist-run centre...

Michael Morris & Vincent Trasov speak in Art Now at noon, Recital Hall on Sept. 29, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
In 1970 Vincent Trasov and Michael Morris founded Image Bank, a conceptual vehicle for mail art projects, which featured collaborations with Eric Metcalfe, Gary Lee Nova, Ray Johnson, General Idea, and Robert Filliou. Further to this, Morris and Trasov, along with eight colleagues from various disciplines, founded and directed the Western Front Society, an artist-run centre...

Art Gallery of Alberta, Catherine Crowston, speaks in Art Now at 12:00 noon on Sept. 27 in the Recital Hall
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
Catherine Crowston is Deputy Director / Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Alberta. From 1994-1997, Crowston was the Director / Curator of the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre and prior to that was Assistant Curator at the Art Gallery of York University in Toronto. Crowston currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Edmonton Public Art Committee and has been both an...

Artist, writer and curator, Jeffrey Spalding, speaks in Art Now at 12 noon, Recital Hall, Sept 24, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
 Jeffrey Spalding is an artist, writer and curator.   Works by the artist are held in the principal public collections in Canada including the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, The Canadian Embassy, Washington, Art Gallery of Alberta, Glenbow Museum, Banff Centre, University of...

Artist and Curator, Jeffrey Spalding speaks in Art Now, 12 noon, Recital Hall on Sept 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 6:00am - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 6:50am
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Artist, writer and curator, Jeffrey Spalding, speaks in Art Now at 12 noon, Recital Hall on Sept 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
Jeffrey Spalding is an artist, writer and curator.   Works by the artist are held in the principal public collections in Canada including the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, The Canadian Embassy, Washington, Art Gallery of Alberta, Glenbow Museum, Banff Centre, University of...

Western Front’s new executive director, Caitlin Jones, will speak in Art Now on Sept 20, 2010 in the Recital Hall at 12:00 noon.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
"Caitlin Jones is the Executive Director of the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Prior to this appointment she had a combined curatorial and conservation position at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and was the Director of Programming at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York. A key member of the Variable Media Network, Jones has also been responsible for developing...

Jamelie Hassan speaks in Art Now on Sept 17 at 12:00 noon in the Recital Hall
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:55am
"Jamelie Hassan's art as well as her organizing activities reflect her political awareness and her desire to effect communication between people of different backgrounds. She is deeply aware of the politics of the Middle East and its effects, which extend even to her immediate family, Canadians of Lebanese descent. She has travelled widely in the Middle East, Europe,...

Sculptor, Faye HeavyShield speaks in Art Now, 12 noon, Recital Hall on Sept 15
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
 

Robin Arsenault speaks in Art Now, Sept 13 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
Robin Arseneault was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. She received her BFA from the Alberta College of Art + Design, Canada. She has worked as an instructor, curator, arts administrator, and as the Director of the Stride Gallery, Calgary. Arseneault is the recipient of several awards and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and...

Catherine Crowston speaks in Art Now, Recital Hall at 12 noon on Sept 27
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
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RBC Canadian Painting Competition winner, Brenda Draney, will speak in Art Now April 9 in the Recital Hall at 12:00 noon
Friday, April 9, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
 

Annie Martin speaks in Art Now , Recital Hall April 7 at 12 noon
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
 

Marcus Miller speaks in Art Now, March 31 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
 

Mindy Yan Miller speaks in Art Now, March 29 in the Recital Hal, 12 moon
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
 

Jennifer Fisher will speak in Art Now at 12:00 noon in the Recital Hall on March 26, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
 Professor Jennifer Fisher's research examines contemporary art, curatorial practice, display culture and the aesthetics of the non-visual senses. She is a founding member of the curatorial collaborative DisplayCult, which are commissioned curators of Zone B, Toronto’s Financial District, for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (2009). DisplayCult exhibitions include...

Ho Tam will speak in Art Now at 12:00 noon in the Recital Hall on March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
Born in Hong Kong, Ho Tam is a media/visual artist who has worked in advertising and community psychiatry. He received a BA from McMaster University and a MFA from Bard College (NY). From 1996 to 1997, he was a participant at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Tam has exhibited in public galleries and alternative spaces across Canada, including A Space (Toronto) and...