DRINKS - THINK EAHR 2012

Dear members!

Right, finals are coming up, so let's plan for a drink right after! Sounds good?

We are thinking about events for EAHR 2012 and we need you and your creative power - see below:

Are you interested in curating?
How about art writing, exhibition reviews, critiques, etc.?
If these sparks to you, or better, that you have ideas to share, join us in our next meeting:

Date: DEC 16 (FRI)
Time: 6-7pm
Location: BRUTOPIA (1219 Rue Crescent  Montréal, QC H3G 2B1, Canada
(514) 393-9277)

Items to be discussed:
1. Curate the Art History Vitrine at EV 3rd floor
2. Submit your writing to Concordia newspaper and online journals
3. Review on this semester's event (exhibition visit and reading with Michael Rattray and conversation on curating and art making with Zoë Chan and Cheryl Sim)
4. Your suggestions on more EAHR events and activities.


Spread the words and love of the meeting! RSVP by Dec 12 to ethnoculturalarts@gmail.com

My apologies to the last minute change of location. Tonight's talk will be moved to :

EV 11.705
It's at the 11/F in the EV building (1455 Ste-Catherine, corner of Guy). The room is to the left of the Hexagram Reception.

Zoë Chan & Cheryl Sim 
EV 11.705
6-7:30pm

There will be re-directing signs at the previous location.

EAHR Speaker Series - Zoë Chan and Cheryl Sim - Nov 9

“Zoë Chan and Cheryl Sim will discuss the highs and lows of trying to curate, program, and/or make artworks that are critical, pleasurable, personal, political, erudite, and engaging. Do we ever fail? Of course. Do we sometimes wonder why we started working in this field in the first place? A little too often actually. Will we ever be totally satisfied with the results of our efforts? Probably not. Will we still keep trying? Yes.”

Nov 9 (Wed) 6-7:30pm

Zoë Chan & Cheryl Sim  

Burritoville (2055 Bishop, 3rd floor)

Zoë Chan has a Master’s in Art History from Concordia University (2008); her thesis research project made links between representations of male youth and primitivist perspectives in the films and photographs of Larry Clark. She has been previously published in Canadian Art, C Magazine, Esse, ETC, and RicePaper.  Between 2006 and 2010, she was in charge of visual arts coordination and programming at the MAI Gallery, working with such artists as Karen Tam, Brendan Fernandes, Howie Tsui, and Brendan Tang.

Cheryl Sim is a media artist, researcher and curator based in Montreal. Her interests include the post-colonial condition, spirituality and the nature of work, as well as conceptual art practices of the past, present and future. During the day she is Assistant Curator at DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art and is a PhD candidate in études et pratiques des arts at UQÀM. By night she is a musician and recreational knitter.

Please RSVP by Tuesday November 8th, 2011 at ethnoculturalarts@gmail.com

EAHR Speaker Series with Michael Rattray (Friday October 7th, 2011)

Hello Everyone! 

Hope a great Thanksgiving week-end was enjoyed by all!

Friday October 7th was EAHR's inaugural Speaker Series event. The afternoon began with a group visit of the Mois de la Photo exhibit art Arsenal, afterwards we headed over to Griffintown Café for what turned out to be a fun, informative and candid discussion led by Michael Rattray, PhD Candidate in Art History at Concordia University, on globalization and its impact on various tiers of contemporary art and participants of the visual arts.

We extend our deepest thanks to Michael Rattray for making the EAHR Speaker Series a fantastic debut!

Michael Rattray is a PhD student in the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Art History at Concordia University.  He holds a BA Honours degree in Art History from the University of Victoria, completing his studies in May 2006, and an MA in Art History from Concordia University, completed in September 2008. His MA thesis focuses in on a selection of exhibitions from "The Post-Colonial Landscape Project", an exhibition program from the mid-1990s that explored concepts of national identity and sovereignty in relation to the local and the global. Current research interests are directed towards critical-arts practices and discourse that operate within the global and intersect the new-modern as a contingent application of functional anarchism(s). Rattray maintains an active inter-arts practice, his work has been exhibited within Canada and published internationally.

... Stay tuned for details on our next EAHR Speaker Series on Wednesday November 9th, 2011!

Cheers!
Adrienne & Sally.

Thank you: Getting to know EAHR @ FASA and Art History Department Orintation

Hello Everyone!

A big thanks to all of you for taking a moment to discover EAHR at the Fine Arts Student Association (FASA) and Art History Department orientation events. Central to EAHR is open, fun communication and inclusivity, so to meet so many persons of different backgrounds and academic disciplines interested in art, culture and representation issues was amazing!

Thank so much and stay tuned for details on our first EAHR Event in October 2011!

Cheers,
Adrienne & Sally.

EAHR Coming to you in 2011-2012

• Are you interested in learning about contemporary or emerging First Nation artists and Canadian artists of diverse cultural communities?
• Do you want to meet and network with Montreal artists, curators, and scholars?
• Do you want to see more exhibitions by First Nations artists and artists of colour and more publications on their work?
• Do you want to have focused and edgy, yet safe and productive peer discussions on issues of cultural representation? Do you want to write an article? curate an exhibition?
• Would you like to enjoy a dedicated fun forum to pursue any or all of these activities? 
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If you answered “yes” to any of the above, join  EAHR  coming  to  you  in  2011-2012!