Archived events for

10:30am - 9:00pm

Exhibition Opens

Visit Robert Houle Red is Beautiful, a retrospective exhibition of fifty years of Saulteaux artist Robert Houle's career. Robert Houle:...

7:00pm

Keynote – Robert Houle

From growing up in Sandy Bay First Nation (Kaa-wii-kwe-tawang-kak) and attending residential school to pursuing extensive academic studies and becoming an...

7:30pm

Red is Beautiful, The Conversation

Robert Houle and Faye Heavyshield with Barry Ace

9:00pm

Concert – The Halluci Nation

The Halluci Nation is real. As they enter a new cycle, Bear Witness and Tim “2oolman” Hill of A Tribe...

11:00am

Keynote: Duke Redbird

Dr. Duke Redbird is an established Indigenous intellectual, poet, painter, broadcaster, filmmaker and keynote speaker, he brings his breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a...

11:30am

Between Performance and Museum Object

Maria Hupfield in conversation with Tarah Hogue and Mikinaak (Crystal) Migwans A conversation between artist Hupfield and curators Hogue and...

12:30pm

These Rocks Are Breathing

John Sabourin, Bill Nasogaluak and Shuvinai Ashoona, moderated by Taqralik Partridge A conversation between three artists who grapple with contemporary...

3:30pm

Those Who Stand in Front Take the Heat

Greg Hill, Kathleen Ash-Milby, Peter Jemison A deep dive into some of the crucial artists and events that brought Indigenous...

2:30pm

Nanabozhoo’s Sisters

Lori Blondeau, Shelley Niro, Rebecca Belmore  A conversation between three influential artists who have brought First Nations women, communities and...

4:30pm

Theatre of the World

Alan Michelson (Mohawk, USA) in conversation with Wanda Nanibush Alan Michelson’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) is a video...

5:30pm

In Constant Return

Greg Staats and Rick Hill in conversation Staats dives deeper into the meanings within his exhibition, In Constant Return, at...

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Opening Party

Opening party for Greg Staats, Alan Michelson, Shuvinai Ashoona. Cash Bar and Hors d'oeuvres

10:00am

Pasapkedjiniwong: The River That Passes Through The Rocks

John Hampton, Léuli Eshrāghi, Joi T Arcand,  Caroline Monnet A conversation from the curators and artists in Pasapkedjinawong exhibition which...

11:00am

The Frisky Business of Creation

Artists Taqralik Partridge, Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory, and Tarralik Duffy in conversation. A conversation between three artists on the rise who are also...

12:00pm

Material Languages

Marianne Nicolson and Dempsey Bob in Conversation Their innovative use of materials leads to new/ancient histories, embodiments and politics.

2:00pm

Sovereign Words

Poetry Readings from Billy Ray-Belcourt, Janet Rogers, Timimie Märakfollowed by a conversation between the poets moderated by Liisa-Ravna Finbog.  Each...

3:00pm

Vexoa: Contemporary Indigenous Art from Brazil

Naine Terena (curator) with artists Kaya Agari, Olinda Muniz Tupinambá, Denilson Baniwa “Véxoa-we know, refers to what we know about...

4:00pm

Karanga atu, Holding space

New Maori art by two emerging Maori women artists Megan Tamati-Quennell,  Ayesha Green and Ana Iti Curator of Modern & Contemporary...

5:00pm

Keynote: Gerald Vizenor

Gerald Vizenor is of Anishinabe heritage and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation. The author of more than 50 books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry,...