A multi-colour textile artwork featuring abstract designs, faces, and human figures, with a winged humanoid creature as the focal point.

Permanent Danger: In conversation with Anna Torma

Dates June 16.2021

On June 16, 2021, the Art Gallery of Guelph hosted a virtual conversation with artist Anna Torma and artist and curator Bryce Kanbara for a discussion of the ideas and issues explored in Torma’s work in advance of her solo exhibition Permanent Danger. Intensely layering details that speak to ideas of family and well-being, sexuality and identity, home and place, Torma’s densely embroidered textiles reflect a distinct approach to materials as well as subject matter, with every element selected for its distinct qualities and cultural allusions.

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A multi-colour textile artwork featuring abstract designs, faces, and human figures, with a winged humanoid creature as the focal point.

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a variety of wooden chair suspended from a white ceiling

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Q&A | José Luis Torres: Temporary Territories

June 5.2023

This virtual Q&A and tour with artist José Luis Torres unravels the stories behind the exhibition Temporary Territories.

A view master with a golden interior in front of a black background.

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In conversation: Jason Lujan with Rhéanne Chartrand

April 5.2023

Tour Under a Star-Filled Sky virtually with Lujan and Chartrand as they discuss how the exhibition fits the trajectory of Lujan's art-making and responds to place and collecting practices.

Four gradient images hang on the walls with a small square mirrored surface on the floor

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In Conversation: Meg Ross and José Andrés Mora

June 8.2022

Artists Meg Ross and José Andrés Mora discuss the production and display strategies explored in their respective practices.

Three images galleries with art on their walls

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Curating, Care, Community: In conversation with Sally Frater, Taqralik Partridge, and Vince Rozario

February 17.2022

Curators Sally Frater, Taqralik Partridge, and Vince Rozario discuss notions of stewardship in relation to and beyond their exhibitions currently on view at the Art Gallery of Guelph which offer nuanced explorations of distinct colonial histories and anti-colonial approaches.

Colourful drawing of two girls eating sweets on wooden stairs with a bicycle on the right.

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In Conversation: Tarralik Duffy and Taqralik Partridge

January 27.2022

Artist Tarralik Duffy and curator Taqralik Partridge discuss the development of the exhibition ᐃᓅᓯᕋ | Inuusira, focusing on the influence of Pitseolak Ashoona's work as well as her legacy.

Colourful stitch art of a building with a dark background.

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In Conversation: Jagdeep Raina with Shauna McCabe

December 7.2021

Artist Jagdeep Raina and Art Gallery of Guelph director Shauna McCabe discuss the AGG's touring exhibition Chase, presented in partnership with the Textile Museum of Canada.

An N95 mask has two circles of yellow, red, and blue patches

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Art as Resilience | Vectors of Transmission Panel Discussion

October 6.2021

A discussion with featured artists Ruth Cuthand, Bonnie Devine, Bea Parsons, Barry Pottle, and Katherine Takpannie, whose work provides vital context for this novel virus, highlighting how its impacts are not experienced equally and consistently across populations but are rather tied to wider colonial histories.

A close photo of a necklace with multiple coloured beads consisting of red, blue and yellow. There is a blue gem and black strings attached to the necklace.

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Sewing Resilience: A conversation on Breathe.

July 8.2021

Breathe founders Nathalie Bertin and Lisa Shepherd as well as artists Teresa Burrows, Don Kwan, Naomi Smith, and Taalrumiq (Christina King) reflect on how resilience can be redefined through collective artmaking.