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Art Volt is excited to welcome Audible Studios!

When
March 21, 2024 – March 22, 2024 (all day)
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Faubourg Building FB 620 (1250 Guy)
Speaker(s)
Kat Jackson, Timothy Warner, Jesse Einstein, Stephanie Einstein

*La version fran&ccedil;aise suivra* <br><br>The FOFA team is excited to invite you to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibitions.<br><br>On view in the Main Space from March 4th to April 12th, 2024 <br>The Nearness of Distance brings together films by Nancy Bari&#263; and Steven J. Yazzie, centering relationships with land and water. Alternating between documentary style representation and abstract imagery and sound, the two films explore issues of representation, ecology, and stewardship. The films interweave personal, collective and historical narratives, while speaking of connection and disconnection due to colonialism. <br><br>On view in the York Vitrines from March 4th - May 24th, 2024 <br>Praises Unsung emerges as a poignant exploration of eldest daughter perspectives, within the tapestry of immigrant and African households. The exhibition breathes life into the multifaceted roles the women in Sarah-Mecca' Abdourahman&rsquo;s family embody beyond the expectation of providing emotional stability and being selfless nurturers. This installation of paintings explores the resemblances between the dynamic and physically taxing roles of the eldest daughter and mother, and weaves a narrative of grace, a tribute to the endurance of these women, and an affirmation that embracing rest is an act of profound strength. <br><br>On view in the Black Box from March 4th - April 12th, 2024 <br>Please whisper (like the wind in the trees) is a selection of texts, zines, and artist books selected by the staff librarians at Concordia&rsquo;s student-run arts library, the Fine Arts Reading Room (FARR). <br><br>In response to the works Mountain Song by Steven J. Yazzie and Electric Water by Nancy Bari&#263;, the library staff has created an offering of resources that reflect the themes of ecology, decoloniality, flow, movement, and the poetics of water. This selection carefully highlights Indigenous artists and knowledge keepers and offers space to reflect on readers&rsquo; own relationships with land. We invite you to explore, to linger, to exist, to critique and to wonder within these walls in quiet togetherness, to take time in this space to co-exist with our collection. <br><br>--- <br><br>L'&eacute;quipe du FOFA est heureuse de vous inviter &agrave; c&eacute;l&eacute;brer l'ouverture de nos nouvelles expositions. Rendez-vous &agrave; la Galerie FOFA pour le vernissage le 21 mars 2024 de 17h &agrave; 20h.<br><br>A voir dans l'espace principal du 4 mars au 12 avril 2024. <br>&Agrave; port&eacute;e de la distance rassemble des films de Nancy Bari&#263; et Steven J. Yazzie, centr&eacute;s sur les relations avec la terre et l'eau. Alternant entre une repr&eacute;sentation de style documentaire, et une imagerie et un son abstraits, les deux films explorent les questions de repr&eacute;sentation, d'&eacute;cologie et d'intendance. Les films entrem&ecirc;lent des r&eacute;cits personnels, collectifs et historiques, tout en &eacute;voquant la connexion et la d&eacute;connexion dues au colonialisme. <br><br><br>Exposition dans les Vitrines York du 4 mars au 24 mai 2024 <br>Louanges m&eacute;connues se pr&eacute;sente comme une exploration poignante des perspectives de la fille a&icirc;n&eacute;e, au sein de la tapisserie des m&eacute;nages immigr&eacute;s et africains. L'exposition donne vie aux r&ocirc;les multiples que les femmes de la famille de Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman incarnent au-del&agrave; de l'attente d'une stabilit&eacute; &eacute;motionnelle et d'un r&ocirc;le d'&eacute;ducatrice d&eacute;sint&eacute;ress&eacute;e. Cette installation de peintures explore les ressemblances entre les r&ocirc;les dynamiques et physiquement &eacute;prouvants de la fille a&icirc;n&eacute;e et de la m&egrave;re, et tisse un r&eacute;cit de gr&acirc;ce, un hommage &agrave; l'endurance de ces femmes, et une affirmation que le fait d'embrasser le repos est un acte de force profonde. <br><br>Exposition dans la Bo&icirc;te noire du 4 mars au 12 avril 2024 <br>Chuchotez (comme le vent dans les arbres) est une s&eacute;lection de textes, de zines et de livres d'artistes choisis par les biblioth&eacute;caires du personnel de la biblioth&egrave;que d'art g&eacute;r&eacute;e par les &eacute;tudiants de Concordia, la Fine Arts Reading Room (FARR). <br><br>En r&eacute;ponse aux &oelig;uvres Mountain Song [Chanson de montage] de Steven J. Yazzie et Electric Water [Eau &eacute;lectrique] de Nancy Bari&#263;, le personnel de la biblioth&egrave;que a cr&eacute;&eacute; une offre de ressources qui refl&egrave;tent les th&egrave;mes de l'&eacute;cologie, de la d&eacute;colonialit&eacute;, du flux, du mouvement et de la po&eacute;tique de l'eau. Cette s&eacute;lection met soigneusement en valeur les artistes autochtones et les gardiens du savoir et offre un espace de r&eacute;flexion sur les propres relations des lecteurs avec la terre. Nous vous invitons &agrave; explorer, &agrave; vous attarder, &agrave; exister, &agrave; critiquer et &agrave; vous &eacute;merveiller entre ces murs, en toute tranquillit&eacute;, et &agrave; prendre le temps de coexister avec notre collection.

When
March 21, 2024, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex EV 1.715 (1515 St. Catherine W.)

Join us at the FOFA Gallery for a vernissage on March 21st, 2024 from 5-8pm, including a discussion with the artists Nancy Bari&#263; and Steven J. Yazzie at 6 pm. <br><br>The Nearness of Distance (on view in the Main Space from March 4th to April 12th) brings together films by Nancy Bari&#263; and Steven J. Yazzie, centering relationships with land and water. Alternating between documentary style representation and abstract imagery and sound, the two films explore issues of representation, ecology, and stewardship. <br><br>Join us at 6pm for a discussion with artists Nancy Bari&#263; and Steven J. Yazzie (introduced by Michelle McGeough). This event is co-presented with the Indigenous Futures Research Centre. <br><br>Dr. Michelle McGeough (Cree M&eacute;tis/Settler) completed her PhD in Indigenous art history at the University of New Mexico. Prior to returning to school for her advanced degree, she taught Museum Studies at the Institute of American Indian Art and was the Assistant curator at the Wheelwright Museum of The Native American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. McGeough has a Master&rsquo;s degree from Carleton University as well as a BFA from Emily Carr and an undergraduate degree from the Institute of American Indian Art. She also has a B.Ed. degree from the University of Alberta. Dr. McGeough currently teaches at Concordia University in the Art History department. <br><br>Steven J. Yazzie (Din&eacute;/Pueblo of Laguna/European descent) is a multi-disciplinary artist working with video, painting, sculpture, and installation environments. He is the co-founder of Digital Preserve, a video/film production project prioritizing collaborations with Indigenous communities, and arts and cultural institutions. He was a founding member of the Indigenous arts collective, Postcommodity. Yazzie's work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of the American Indian, National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, and the Heard Museum.<br> <br>Nancy Bari&#263; is a filmmaker and a visual artist living and working in Tiohti&agrave;:ke/Montr&eacute;al. Her films are featured in the collections of The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and La Grande Biblioth&egrave;que in Montr&eacute;al. Her last fiction film, Veronika, was short-listed for Toronto&rsquo;s International Film Festival&rsquo;s (TIFF) Best Canadian Shorts Top Ten. Her films have been featured in magazines such as 24 images, no. 131 (Canada, Quebec), Let&rsquo;s Panic (United States), and Terra Firma, no. 2 (United Kingdom).<br>

When
March 21, 2024, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex EV 1. 715 (1515 St. Catherine W.)
Speaker(s)
Nancy Barić, Steven J. Yazzie, Dr. Michelle McGeough

When
March 21, 2024, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus EV - Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 1.165 (ground floor) (1515 St. Catherine W.)
Speaker(s)
Lisa McInerney

Writers Read is part of Concordia University’s Creative Writing program and is supported by the Department of English and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Writers Read, directed by Professor Sina Queyras since 2011, invites renowned and emerging authors, both Canadian and international, to read from and discuss their work with students and local audiences. In addition to readings, the series includes Master Classes and professional developmental activities spanning the school year.

When
March 27, 2024, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus MB - John Molson Building 9D (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
Canisia Lubrin, Christina Sharpe

Cassie Thornton, social artist and the initial Hologram's instigator, will present her practice and strategies for collective transformation through social art.

When
April 9, 2024, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex EV 10.625 (1515 St. Catherine W.)
Speaker(s)
Cassie Thornton

When
April 13, 2024, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
PT - Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (7141 Sherbrooke W.)

When
April 29, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Where
Loyola campus PT - Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (7141 Sherbrooke W.)




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