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Indigenous

Futures

in Public Art Galleries and Museums

November 30 to December 2, 2023

A three-day public art gallery summit

Day 1 • Thurs, Nov 30
Woodland Cultural Centre
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Brantford

Days 2 & 3 • Fri & Sat, Dec 1 & 2
Toronto Metropolitan University
The Creative School – The Catalyst

Cover image: Victoria E. Ransom

Co-chairs

David Garneau and Zainub Verjee

Guests: 

  • Nancy Marie Mithlo
  • Gerald McMaster
  • Janis Kahentóktha Monture
  • Ruth B. Phillips
  • Dana Claxton
  • Cecily Nicholson
  • Russ Diabo
  • Santee Smith
  • Johnny Mack
  • Ryan Rice
  • Rick Hill, Sr.
  • and many more…
Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Professor, Visual Arts Department, University of Victoria
Dana Claxon, Artist, and Professor & Head of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, UBC
Tara Hogue, Curator (Indigenous Art), Remai Modern, Saskatoon
Santee Smith, Artist, Ohswé:ken/Six Nations
Pending
Bryenton Innes, Artist, and Historian
Julia Lafreniere, Head of Indigenous Ways, Learnings and Equity, Winnipeg Art Gallery – Qaumajuq
Janis Kahentóktha Monture, Executive Director & CEO, Canadian Museums Association
Johnny Mack, Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law and First Nations & Indigenous Studies, UBC
Rick Hill, Sr., Indigenous Innovations Specialist, Mohawk College, Hamilton
Gerald McMaster, Curator, Artist, Author, and Professor Emeritus & Director of the Wapatah: Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge, OCAD University
Cecily Nicholson, Writer, and Assistant Professor, School of Creative Writing, UBC

Meet the advisors… 

David Garneau, Artist and Curator. Professor, Visual Arts, University of Regina
Camille Georgeson-Usher, Curator and Writer. Professor, Modern and Contemporary Indigenous Art, University of British Columbia
Heather Campbell, Inuit Art Foundation
Zainub Verjee, Executive Director, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries
Heather George, Executive Director, Woodland Cultural Centre, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Register (in person)
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For more information contact:

Craig Berggold, Project Manager, Public Art Gallery Summit