Presentation, Installations and Workshops
- "Hide and See: Engaging the in/visible presence of blackface in Canada" – keynote presentation by Professor Philip Howard
- Afronautic Research Lab – performance installation by Camille Turner
- Emergence – video installation by Nadine Valcin
- Scream Café – performance installation by Anique Jordan
- Think Tomorrow – by Quentin VerCetty
- Unwearable – sculpture installation by Esmaa Mahomoud
- Future Memories – workshop by Quentin VerCetty
- AAPR Team Panel and Talkback - AAPR Team
Learn more about the AAPR Team Panel and Talkback
This will be an opportunity to hear from the Arts Against PostRacialism team.
Professor Philip Howard, curator Camille Turner, and artists Anique Jordan, Esmaa Mohamoud, Nadine Valcin, and Quentin VerCetty will have a facilitated conversation about their work on the Arts Against PostRacialism project, and about how they imagine it contributing to strengthening resistance against contemporary Canadian blackface.
The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions of the team. Refreshments will be served!
- October 23, 6:30-8 pm, McGill University
- October 25, 6:30-8pm, Queen's University
- October 27, 6:30-8pm, Wilfrid Laurier University
- October 30, 7-8:30pm, Ontario College of Arts and Design University
Events
2018
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November 10: After “Arts Against Postracialism” @Artexte, Montreal, QC
2017
- October 23: AAPR @ McGill University, Montreal, QC - See McGill event poster
- October 25: AAPR @ Queen's University, Kingston, ON - See Queen's event poster
- October 27: AAPR @ Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON - See Wilfrid Laurier event poster
- October 30: AAPR @ Ontario College of Arts and Design University, Toronto, ON - See OCAD event poster
Faculty members at or near the university sites where the events are taking place are invited to have their students engage with events.
AAPR: Arts Against PostRacialism
October 23, 2017
McGill University
Emergence [Video Installation]
Nadine Valcin
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: McLennan Library, Research Commons, Room A
Think Tomorrow [Sculpture Installation]
Quentin VerCetty
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Macdonald-Harrington (Architecture Building), Exhibition Room, Room 114
Unwearable [Sculpture Installation]
Esmaa Mohamoud
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Macdonald-Harrington (Architecture Building), Exhibition Room, Room 114
Future Memories Workshop
Quentin VerCetty
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Macdonald-Harrington (Architecture Building), Exhibition Room, Room 114
Scream Cafe [Performance Installation]
Anique Jordan
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Location: Morrice Hall Theatre
Afronautic Research Lab [Performance Installation]
Camille Turner, Curator and Lead Artist
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: William Shatner University Centre (SSMU building), Room 433A
Keynote - Hide and See
Philip S.S. Howard, Project Lead and Principal Investigator
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: Jack Cram Auditorium (Room 129, Education Building, 3700 McTavish)
Artist Talkback
AAPR
6:30 PM - 8:00
Location: Jack Cram Auditorium (Room 129, Education Building, 3700 McTavish)
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
AAPR: Arts Against PostRacialism
October 25, 2017
Queens University
Emergence [Video Installation]
Nadine Valcin
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Agnes - Atrium
Think Tomorrow [Sculpture Installation]
Quentin VerCetty
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Agnes - André Bieler Studio
Unwearable [Sculpture Installation]
Esmaa Mohamoud
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Union Gallery
Afronautic Research Lab [Performance Installation]
Camille Turner, Curator and Lead Artist
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: The Agnes - David McTavish Room
Scream Cafe [Performance Installation]
Anique Jordan
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Location: The Agnes - David McTavish Room
Future Memories Workshop
Quentin VerCetty
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: The Agnes - André Bieler Studio
Keynote - Hide and See
Philip S.S. Howard, Project Lead and Principal Investigator
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: The Agnes - Atrium
Artist Talkback
AAPR
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Agnes - Atrium
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
AAPR: Arts Against PostRacialism
October 27, 2017
Wilfrid Laurier University
Emergence [Video Installation]
Nadine Valcin
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Turret (3rd Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo Campus)
Unwearable [Sculpture Installation]
Esmaa Mohamoud
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Concourse - Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo Campus
Think Tomorrow [Sculpture Installation]
Quentin VerCetty
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Agnes - André Bieler Studio
Future Memories Workshop
Quentin VerCetty
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Turret (3rd Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo Campus)
Afronautic Research Lab [Performance Installation]
Camille Turner, Curator and Lead Artist
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Laurier Archives Reading Area, Room 1-122 (1st Floor, Library, Waterloo Campus)
Scream Cafe [Performance Installation]
Anique Jordan
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Den, Wilf’s Restaurant & Bar, Waterloos Campus
Keynote - Hide and See
Philip S.S. Howard, Project Lead and Principal Investigator
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: The Turret (3rd Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo Campus)
Artist Talkback
AAPR
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: The Turret
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
AAPR: Arts Against PostRacialism
October 30, 2017
Installations running until Nov. 3
OCAD University
Oct. 30 - Nov 3 - 12 PM - 6 PM
Location Graduate Gallery, RHA 205 Richmond St. W
Featuring:
Emergence [Video Installation] by Nadine Valcin
Unwearable [Sculpture Installation] by Esmaa Mohamoud
Think Tomorrow [Sculpture Installation] by Quentin VerCetty
October 30, 2017
Afronautic Research Lab [Performance Installation]
Camille Turner, Curator and Lead Artist
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Graduate Gallery, RHA 205 Richmond St. W
Scream Cafe [Performance Installation]
Anique Jordan
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Location: Graduate Gallery, RHA 205 Richmond St. W
Keynote - Hide and See
Philip S.S. Howard, Project Lead and Principal Investigator
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: 205 Richmond St. W., Room 420
Artist Talkback
AAPR
7:30 PM - 8:00
Location: 205 Richmond St. W., Room 420
Reception
8:00 PM
Location: 205 Richmond St. W., Room 420
Future Memories Workshop
Quentin VerCetty
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Graduate Gallery, RHA 205 Richmond St. W
