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Nicholas Vandergugten, "What Comes First," 2018

(left to right: Lindsay Delaronde, Rande Cook and Lance Olsen), video still, photo courtesy of the artist.

TENDER WORKS – MEET THE ARTISTS

Jan 30,  7PM - 8:30PM

Join artists from current exhibition Tender Works for a public program exploring the theme of tenderness as it relates to art practices and our daily lives. Kerri Flannigan, Farheen HaQ, Tiffany Joseph and Chase Joynt will be in attendance.

What does it mean to be tender, to work tenderly or with tenderness? What are the ways in which we can think about tenderness as a tool for healing?

The video works in this exhibition by artists Rachel Echenberg, Kerri Flannigan, Farheen HaQ, Elisa Harkins, Lisa Jackson, Tiffany Joseph, Chase Joynt, Amanda Strong, and Nicholas Vandergugten, invite us to reflect on the various ways in which we might think about tenderness. These works speak of personal narratives: community activism and advocacy; the complexity and intimacy of family relationships; continuity of traditions and culture and honouring of peers and elders.

In this way, we see tenderness as an act of caring, support, of “holding up” each other and as a way to treat ourselves with care. It can also address points of pain and discomfort, and how we might work through them together.

Featuring artists Rachel Echenberg, Kerri Flannigan, Farheen HaQ, Elisa Harkins, Lisa Jackson, Tiffany Joseph, Chase Joynt, Amanda Strong, and Nicholas Vandergugten.

Curated by Nicole Stanbridge 

NOVEMBER 16 at 7-8:30PM

WAMPUM / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᏕᎫᏗ PERFORMANCE BY ELISA HARKINS, WITH HANAKO HOSHIMI-CANES AND ZOE POLUCH

Join us for Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᏕᎫᏗ, an ongoing project (2017 – present) where artist Elisa Harkins sings in a combination of Cherokee, English and Muscogee Creek to electronic dance music, some of which is inspired by of sheet music of Indigenous music notated by Daniel Chazanoff during the 20th century.