Date & time
Friday, June 12, 2026 –
Friday, June 19, 2026
1 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Friday, June 19, 2026
1 p.m. – 1 p.m.
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Office Hours! with WdKA
Weronika Zielinska & Skye Maule-O'Brien in Residence at 4thSpace
Cost
This event is free.
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Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE
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3 Zeehonden by Herman Lamers
4thSpace is thrilled to welcome Weronika Zielińska-Klein - artist, curator, educator, PhD Candidate, Upominki founder and Leader Autonomous Practices at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (WdKA)
She is joined by Skye Maule O'Brien (she/her), Principal Lecturer in the Theory Program at the Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA) and lead for interdisciplinary pedagogical projects that support shifts in curriculum, research, and administration across departments.
We are hosting both of them this week at 4thSpace for a one-week residencyin collaboration with the Faculty of Fine Arts as they complete a multi-year colaboaration with Concordia.
If you have an idea for a project or some questions about WdKA you should sign up for Office Hours! For the week, Weronika and Skye are avialble to meet with students, faculty and staff.
How can you participate? Please send us an email to info.4@concordia.ca and we will help arrange a time!
Weronika Zielińska-Klein
Weronika Zielińska-Klein works as an artist, researcher, and educator. She has been running Upominki (gifts in Polish), a project space in her family home in Rotterdam, formerly known as Guestroom, since 2012. In her work, she often explores various curatorial approaches in which gift-giving and hospitality are central. Zielińska currently serves as a Principal Lecturer and, until June 2025, was the leader of Autonomous Practices, an interdisciplinary BA program at the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Zielińska is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Humanities, Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory, and Material Culture (AHM). Her interdisciplinary PhD research in art history, theory, and artistic practice examines the intersection of pedagogy, feminism, and artistic research.
Skye Maule-O’Brien
Skye Maule-O’Brien
Skye Maule-O’Brien is an educator and researcher. Caring deeply about how we create knowledge together and how we can use collaborative learning strategies to promote social and environmental change, her research looks at how to employ intimacy and vulnerability as transformative pedagogical tools.
Her PhD in Education from York University (Toronto) focused on the development of a theory and method called intimate pedagogy, and included an academic exchange with the University of the West Indies, Institute for Gender and Development Studies (Barbados). She holds a BFA in Art History, with a minor in Adult Education, and a Master’s in Educational Studies from Concordia University (Montreal).