We are delighted announce that the speaker for our Northwest Chapter Fall/Winter meeting will be Haema Sivanesan, Curator at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre. All ARLISers are welcome to attend.

 

Haema has held leadership and curatorial positions in public art galleries, artist-run centres and festivals across Canada and around the world.  Her curatorial work focuses on non-western, post-colonial and transnational histories, world views and practices. In 2018, she was the recipient of an Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, Curatorial Research Fellowship; and in 2016, the recipient of a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, Hong Kong, multi-year research and exhibition development grant for the project and publication, In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art and Social Practice (Figure 1 and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2022). Recent exhibitions include, Imagining Fusang: Exploring Chinese and Indigenous Encounters (2019), Fiona Tan: Ascent (2019), and Supernatural: Art, Technology and the Forest (2018).

 

Haema will be presenting on the publication, In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art and Social Practice.

 

If you have not already done so, please complete this registration form.  Zoom links will be sent to registrants prior to the meeting.  The full meeting agenda can be found below.

 

And that’s not all.  The Northwest Chapter is arranging an insider’s virtual view of Calgary Public Library’s Central Library, as featured in the most recent issue of AV Monographs “Snohetta: Recent Works”. This event will be held via MS Teams at 11 am MT on Wednesday, December 7^th .   Registration link will follow in a separate email.

 

Best,

Sylvia

 

The ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter Executive Committee are pleased to share that our Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting will be taking place on Friday, December 2nd, 2022.

 

Zoom links will be shared with registrants the week prior to the meeting.

 

Below is the day's agenda in PST:

 

10:30-12:00 PM: NW Chapter Business Meeting

12:00-1:30 PM: Lunch Break

1:30- 2:30 PM: Guest speaker talk

2:30-3:00 PM: Afternoon break

3:00-4:00 PM: Social hour

 

Are you interested in becoming more involved? Consider nominating yourself for the Vice/Chair-elect position at the Winter Business Meeting. It's a great opportunity to learn more about the organization, spend time with colleagues and learn new skills. The NW Chapter Executive members are happy to answer any questions.

 

All the best,

Sylvia Roberts

Northwest Chapter Communication Officer

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