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Thursday, October 16, 2025
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
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Honouring Black Presence: vernissage and talk with artist and Concordia grad Charles Campbell
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University Advancement
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Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Concordia Theatre
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In celebration of Concordia University’s 50th anniversary, you’re invited to join Pascale Sicotte, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, for the unveiling of the first artwork in the Honouring Black Presence public art program.
Created by Charles Campbell, BFA 92, this landmark installation, entitled Those that pass through, remain, return, will be the first piece by a Black artist in Concordia’s public art collection. It will inhabit the Bishop St. entrance to the Henry F. Hall Building for three years.
This special evening will feature a discussion between Campbell and curator Dominique Fontaine. Learn more about the creative process behind his work!
The event is open to Concordia community members and the public. Light refreshments will be served after the talk.
Doors open: 5:30 p.m.
Lecture: 6 p.m.
The Honouring Black Presence at Concordia public art program celebrates the histories, presence and futures of Black Concordians through the presentation of temporary public artworks. It is one of many concrete actions in the final report of the President’s Task Force on Anti-Black Racism.
We are committed to hosting inclusive and accessible events. If you require any disability-related accommodations, please contact us at alumnievents@concordia.ca by October 9 so we can coordinate your request.
Born in Jamaica, Campbell’s practice animates the future imaginaries possible in the wake of slavery and colonization. His artworks, which include sculptures, paintings, sonic installations and performances, have been exhibited widely in Canada and internationally. Recent exhibitions include How many colours has the sea at The Power Plant/Toronto Biennial, Fragments of Epic Memory at the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Other Side of Now at the Perez Art Museum Miami. Campbell is the recipient of the 2022 VIVA Award and was recently long-listed for the 2025 Sobey Art Award. He holds an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmith College and a BFA from Concordia University. He currently lives and works on lək̓ʷəŋən territory, Victoria, BC.
Fontaine is a curator and the founder of aPOSteRIORI, a non-profit curatorial platform focused on researching, documenting, developing, producing, and fostering innovation in diverse contemporary art practices. She graduated with degrees in visual arts and arts administration from the University of Ottawa (Canada) and completed the De Appel Curatorial Programme in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Fontaine also studied museology at Université de Montréal. She co-curated the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art, Precarious Joys, and has curated a range of projects, including Imaginaires souverains; Le present, modes d’emploi; Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art; Dineo Seshee Bopape: and- in. the light of this._______; Repérages ou À la découverte de notre monde ou Sans titre; and Between the earth and the sky, the possibility of everything. Fontaine is a co-initiator of the Black Curators Forum; and is a member of AICA-Canada, the American Association of Museum Curators (AAMC), and the International Contemporary Art Curators Association (IKT). She is also part of Intervals Collective and was named laureate of Black History Month by the City of Montreal in 2021.