The idea to host a virtual exhibition came from a discussion between Kanaan, Department Chair Johanne Sloan, and Department Coordinator Camille Pouliot.
“Yasmeen has done an amazing job, I’m thrilled to see the launch of our ‘Virtual Vitrine’,” says Sloan.
Normally, the department would host this exhibition in its vitrine on the third floor of the EV building, Sloan explains. The vitrine space is “a kind of community hub for the Department of Art History, showcasing the research undertaken by professors and students,” she says.
Most recently, groups such as the Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR) and the Art History Graduate Association (AHGSA) used the vitrine for exhibitions such as Afrofuturism as an Arts Movement: Black Fantasy, Science & Speculative Fiction in Visual Arts from 2009-2019 by Quentin VerCetty Lindsay as part of an EAHR residency last year.
With the university closed and the public unable to chance upon student work in a vitrine gallery, the Art History department is excited about the creative alternative this online space provides.
“It’s great to be able to visit this Virtual Vitrine, to encounter the wonderful breadth of research projects developed by our graduating MA students,” says Sloan.
In the interests of full disclosure, while I write frequently for the Faculty of Fine Arts news section, I am also a recent graduate of the Art History MA program and my work appears in this show.
I was thrilled to have an opportunity to show my work here alongside my peers.
Learn more about Concordia’s Department of Art History.
Agency and Performativity: MA in Art History Thesis Projects is on view from November 30 to January 17, 2021.