AGYU Archives - YFile /yfile/tag/agyu/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:11:33 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 快播视频 unveils Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery, a new beacon for the arts /yfile/2024/11/15/york-u-unveils-joan-and-martin-goldfarb-gallery-a-new-beacon-for-the-arts/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:08:33 +0000 /yfile/?p=370537 快播视频 has unveiled the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery, a state-of-the-art space for art and community engagement. With innovative design and inaugural exhibits, this new gallery promises to be a hub for creativity.

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快播视频鈥檚 Keele Campus has unveiled the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery, a striking new art space designed by internationally acclaimed architect Siamak Hariri. The butterfly-shaped building features three exhibition spaces and a versatile performance pavilion, creating a dynamic environment for art and community engagement. With its central reception area connecting four uniquely designed 鈥渨ings,鈥 the gallery stands out as a new cultural landmark, dedicated to exhibitions, performances and creative workshops.

The project, made possible through a $6-million gift from Joan and Martin Goldfarb, reflects the couple鈥檚 long-standing support for the arts at 快播视频. Their contributions have significantly shaped the University鈥檚 visual arts infrastructure, from leading the to donating valued art pieces and supporting arts programs. The new gallery further cements their legacy, while also pushing forward York鈥檚 reputation as a centre for artistic excellence.  

鈥淭hanks to the support of Joan and Martin, 快播视频 now has a space where students, faculty and the wider community can come together to engage with art in meaningful ways, sparking dialogue and collaboration,鈥 said Jenifer Papararo, the gallery's director.  

The opening exhibitions highlight the gallery鈥檚 commitment to diverse and thought-provoking programming. Cree/Saulteaux/M茅tis artist Lori Blondeau honours the land鈥檚 Indigenous history through her artwork, while interdisciplinary Vuntut Gwitchin artist Jeneen Frei Njootli鈥檚 installation interacts with the gallery鈥檚 architecture, evolving over time. The gallery also features the work of El Anatsui, an artist whose experience at York in the late 1970s influenced his career, and faculty member Tim Whiten, who has generously contributed pieces from his collection. 

A key feature of the new gallery is the Visible Vault, a reimagined version of the University鈥檚 previous gallery space. Designed to house and care for York鈥檚 art collection, the Vault provides opportunities for research and education, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at the University鈥檚 extensive holdings. 

With its iconic architecture and focus on community, the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery signals a new era for the arts at 快播视频. Visitors are invited to experience this space and explore the exhibitions that bridge local and global artistic communities. 

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AGYU launches podcast exploring the future of museums, galleries /yfile/2024/07/12/agyu-launches-podcast-exploring-the-future-of-museums/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:53:39 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=356995 The Art Gallery of 快播视频 has launched a podcast series that features discussions on how museums and collections can be more ethical and inclusive in the future.

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The Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) has launched a limited-series podcast, which explores the future of museum collections and contemporary art.  

Museums often have entrenched protocols. In the contemporary art field, some artists, curators and cultural workers across the world are embracing self-reflection. They are challenging long-standing approaches to move forward with practices that question accepted histories, invite diverse critical perspectives, and re-consider what equity, access, inclusion and engagement can look like now and the future.

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The AGYU podcast takes part in those conversations by exploring the diverse ways communities are envisioning the futures of museum collections, and Indigenous-, African-, Afro-American-, and Adivasi- Futurisms.

The series is hosted by Professor Zulfikar Hirji, an anthropologist and social historian, AGYU Curator of Collections and Contemporary Art Engagement Lillian O鈥橞rien Davis, and AGYU Assistant Curator Clara Halpern and will include discussions with guests that look to bring new perspectives to artistic and curatorial practices as they relate to the future of public museum collections.

Among the subjects discussed will be: Afro- and African American futurist approaches to colonial archives from the point of view of a liberated future; how museum collections can create space for untold stories, for example through the recontextualization of objects through new research; and ways the lenses of curatorial and artistic practices can be reoriented towards Indigenous perspectives.

Episodes are available at the or follow and subscribe on  or .

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AGYU earns awards for exhibit, education programs /yfile/2023/12/05/agyu-earns-awards-for-exhibit-education-programs/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:58:09 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=346591 Two juried awards from Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries highlight the programming excellence of the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU).

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Two awards for the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) recognize the impact of the facility's programming in both exhibiting art and offering educational opportunities to the community.

The 46th Annual Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) Awards, which took place Dec. 2, named the AGYU as the recipient of its Education Award and its Exhibition, Design and Installation Award.

The GOG Awards is the only annual juried awards program of its kind, recognizing the 鈥渙utstanding achievement, artistic merit and excellence of arts institutions and professionals in the public art gallery sector.鈥

"It is always encouraging to be acknowledged by your peers. The GOG Awards give those of us working in public art galleries and museums the time to reflect on the work being presented in our field and give due credit to those who are pushing their work in truly engaging and creative ways," says Jenifer Papararo, director/curator, Art Gallery of 快播视频. "We at AGYU are proud of our colleagues Felicia Mings and Allyson Adley, who both received awards for their unique programs. Adley was awarded for Arts on My Mind, a program she developed in the community to give youth access to develop their crafts by pairing them with professional musicians and poets from the Jane-Finch neighbourhood. Mings, who won for the exhibition design for Meleko Mokgosi: Imaging Imaginations, a curatorial response to space and community that featured a massive, nine-panel figurative painting spanning 16 feet high and over 40 feet in length."

Read about these exhibits, and how they exemplify excellence in the arts, in this .

The AGYU was also noted as a partner in the GOG's First Exhibition in a Public Art Gallery Award, which went to the Art Gallery of Peterborough for the Tim Whiten 鈥 Elemental: Earthen exhibit. is a professor emeritus at 快播视频 with a prolific career in the arts.

The AGYU is a socially minded not-for-profit contemporary art gallery that is a space for the creation and appreciation of art and culture. It is a supported unit of 快播视频 within the President鈥檚 Division. It is externally funded as a public art gallery through the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, local and international foundations, embassies and its membership, who support all of its programs.

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AGYU programs shortlisted for prestigious awards /yfile/2023/11/29/agyu-programs-shortlisted-for-prestigious-awards/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:30:49 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=346225 The Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Awards spotlight the pivotal role public art galleries play in shaping Canada's visual arts sector.

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Two programs offered by the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) have been for the 46th Annual Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) Awards.

The GOG Awards, which will be announced during a Dec. 2 ceremony, is the only annual juried awards program of its kind, recognizing the 鈥渙utstanding achievement, artistic merit and excellence of arts institutions and professionals in the public art gallery sector.鈥

鈥淔or more than two decades, the GOG Awards have given the visual arts sector in Ontario a place to acknowledge the value of its role in building and supporting artists and shaping the cultural fabric of daily life by celebrating the pivotal work of public art galleries,鈥 says Jenifer Parpararo, AGYU director/curator. 鈥淕aleries Ontario / Ontario Galleries estimates that 99 per cent of Canadians engage with arts, culture and heritage in some way every year. It is paramount that we come together to celebrate and honour our burgeoning cultural sector and to recognize the hard-working people who break down barriers and reach new horizons with their impactful projects.鈥

The programs nominated for an award were led by AGYU Curator Felicia Mings and AGYU Education and Community Engagement Coordinator Allyson Adley.

The nominated exhibits and programs are:

Meleko Mokgosi: Imaging Imaginations, which was on view from Jan. 20 to June 10. Curated by Mings, this exhibition is shortlisted for two GOG Awards: Exhibitions of the Year Budget over $50,000 and Exhibition Design & Installation.

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Exhibition view: Meleko Mokgosi: Imaging Imaginations, 2023. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.

For Imaging Imaginations, Mokgosi鈥檚 first solo exhibition in Canada, the artist debuted new works from his series Spaces of Subjection, 2022. Within this growing body of work, Mokgosi examined the complexities of subjecthood and the politics of identity and identification.

鈥淎GYU would like to thank Meleko, Jack Shainman Gallery and the Anderson Ranch Arts Center for helping us realize this exhibition. We want to acknowledge the dedication and support of the entire AGYU team, and especially Clara Halpern, assistant curator, during the run of the show,鈥 said Papararo. 鈥淭hank you also to our team of installers 鈥 Carmen Schroeder, Uros Jelic, Gray Richards, Nadine Maher, Christian Echeverri, Dave Ronchka and Matthew Koudys 鈥 who helped us bring the curatorial vision to life and kept the works safe. And with special thanks to the Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation for their financial support of this exhibition."

The 2022 edition of Art on my Mind, a series of free songwriting, vocal and performance workshops, is nominated for the Education Award. Presented in partnership with the Black Creek Community Farm, this program was geared towards youth in the Jane-Finch community. It included live performance workshops facilitated by hip-hop powerhouse Dynesti, and songwriting and vocal production workshops with rising R&B and soul singer Kibra.

A workshop session during Art on my Mind.
Art on My Mind workshop with mentors and participants, 2022. Photo: Allyson Adley.
Performance during Art on my Mind
A performance during Art on my Mind showcase, 2022. Photo: Allyson Adley.

Participants were able to enhance performance by developing dynamic stage presence, writing meaningful lyrics and honing their vocal production skills. In addition to receiving personalized performance coaching from experienced artists, selected participants also had a paid opportunity to perform at the AGYU鈥檚 end-of-program showcase celebrating the Black Creek Community Farm鈥檚 10-year anniversary on July 23, 2022. This free event featured performances by the program facilitators, Kibra and Dynesti, along with performances by R&B, reggae, dancehall and hip-hop artists Terence Penny, Nicole Chambers, Zenesoul, Mez Mariye and Teepolo.

Art on my Mind also included mural painting workshops with acclaimed visual artists Curtia Wright and Ray Vidal, which culminated in the painting of a shipping container that was transformed into a Black Creek Community Farm landmark.

鈥淲e want to acknowledge the support of the AGYU team and 2022 Young Canada Works Communications Assistant Shadio Hussein,鈥 said Papararo. 鈥淎rt on My Mind would not have been possible without the expertise and dedication of our workshop facilitators and participants, as well as our wonderful partners at Black Creek Community Farm.鈥

Art on My Mind was funded by the Toronto Art Council through the Animating Toronto Parks program and supported by the Toronto Art Foundation鈥檚 Arts in the Parks program.

The AGYU was also noted as a partner in a nomination for the Tim Whiten 鈥 Elemental: Earthen exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough for the First Exhibition in a Public Art Gallery award. Whiten is a professor emeritus at 快播视频 with a prolific career in the arts.

The GOG Awards ceremony takes place Dec. 2 in the Sears Atrium at Toronto Metropolitan University. To purchase tickets to attend, visit the .

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New online database makes York's art collection accessible /yfile/2023/09/26/new-online-database-makes-yorks-art-collection-accessible/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:04:37 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=341788 The 快播视频 Art Collection Online allows students, faculty, art historians and enthusiasts to explore the collection鈥檚 holdings of nearly 2,000 works by local, national and international artists.

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The Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) recently announced the official launch of the , a searchable database providing students, scholars and the public with access to York鈥檚 valued art collection. This digital resource houses nearly 2,000 artworks by local, national and international artists, spanning a wide range of artistic mediums, including painting, sculpture, prints, photography and new media.

The launch of the online database signifies a milestone in York鈥檚 commitment to making its art collection accessible to a broader audience. The user-friendly digital platform allows students, faculty, art historians and art enthusiasts to explore the collection鈥檚 holdings.

Jenifer Papararo, director and curator of the AGYU, remarks that 鈥渕aking the University鈥檚 collection accessible for research has been an important priority over the last three years and marks a future-oriented vision of art acquisition that is tied not only to building legacy for the University but also with a responsibility to assemble a pedagogical resource.鈥

Access to the online database is free and open to the public, aligning with the AGYU鈥檚 commitment to fostering cultural appreciation and accessibility.

Corresponding with the founding of the University, the 快播视频 art collection has played a pivotal role in enriching the academic and cultural experience at York. With the transformation of the AGYU into a publicly funded gallery in the late '80s, the collection came under the gallery鈥檚 supervision and care, and with its transformation into the Joan & Martin Goldfarb Gallery in Fall 2024, the University鈥檚 art collection will be further elevated, as the new stand-alone building allows for the transformation of the current gallery space into a visible vault for the art collection, increasing its accessibility and significance within the University鈥檚 cultural landscape.

The University鈥檚 commitment to collecting and preserving art is reflected in the diverse and eclectic range of artworks found within the collection. In the late 1960s, 快播视频 made significant acquisitions, adding pioneering works by Canadian abstractionists to its holdings, including iconic pieces by Montreal-based non-figurative artists such as Guido Molinari, Claude Tousignant and Yves Gaucher. York is also home to an impressive collection of over 300 Inuit prints and stone carvings produced in the 1960s by artists from the Kinngait Co-operative (Cape Dorset) in Nunavut, acquired in the early '70s. Featuring work by Pitseolak Ashoona, Kenojuak Ashevak, Johnny Inukpuk and Qaqak Ashoona, among others, these prints and sculptures represent an important body of work produced by founding artists of the longest running and most influential artists co-operative in the North.

The collection has continued to expand over the years with generous donations, notably a major gift of sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by Joan and Martin Goldfarb. That significant donation of 65 artworks includes a selection of Andy Warhol silk screen portraits, an iconic painting by Helen Frankenthaler and paradigmatic works by Norval Morrisseau, founder of the Woodland School. The collection also reflects the AGYU鈥檚 program, including commissioned works such as RISE by B谩rbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, a film featuring 30 performers from Toronto鈥檚 Jane-Finch and Scarborough neighbourhoods, as well as an LED sculpture, Politics, that was part of Hannah Black鈥檚 exhibition, The Meaning of Life.

To explore the 快播视频 Art Collection Online, visit . For more information about the database, contact Michael Maranda, assistant curator of publications, at mmarand@yorku.ca. For queries related to the collection, contact Allyson Adley, education and community engagement coordinator, at aadley@yorku.ca.

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AGYU exhibition celebrates York prof's prolific career /yfile/2023/09/06/agyu-exhibition-celebrates-york-profs-prolific-career/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:33:50 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=340326 On display at the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU), Tim Whiten: Elemental Fire features cultural objects from the past four decades of Professor Emeritus Tim Whiten鈥檚 distinguished art career.

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This month, the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) launches its new exhibition, Tim Whiten: Elemental Fire, celebrating the prolific career of the 快播视频 professor emeritus.

The exhibition, on display from Sept. 15 to Dec. 3, brings together more than 14 cultural objects from the past four decades of Whiten鈥檚 distinguished career, including works in glass and on paper, and a new installation created specifically for this exhibition.

Guest curated by Liz Ikiriko, former AGYU curator and the inaugural curator of collections and art in public space at the University of Toronto鈥檚 Art Museum, Elemental Fire considers how the material transformations of fire appear in Whiten鈥檚 work as forms of alchemy, risk, play and energetic power. Often alluding to notions of time and faith through histories of storytelling and spirituality, Whiten鈥檚 work asks observers to consider primary questions of their bodies, their presence and their value in the current moment.

Tim Whiten wide portrait courtesy of Mehraban Mehrabani
Tim Whiten, photo courtesy of Mehraban Mehrabani

Elemental Fire is part of a multi-venue retrospective, running from 2022 to the end of 2023, celebrating Whiten鈥檚 extensive career, developed as a partnership between the Art Gallery of 快播视频, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and the McMaster Museum of Art. This series of exhibitions shares the nomenclature "elemental" and is thematically united by the classical elements of air, water, earth and fire 鈥 a reference to Whiten鈥檚 interest in alchemical practices.

The Elemental Fire opening reception takes place on Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the AGYU. The exhibition's other events include the following:

  • Curatorial walk-through with Liz Ikiriko: Saturday, Sept. 16, 3 to 5 p.m., AGYU.
  • Curatorial panel with Pamela Edmonds, Liz Ikiriko, Chiezda Pasipanodya, Fynn Leitch and Leila Timmins: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 3 to 4:30 p.m., online.
  • Respondent talk and spatial audio experience with Nehal El-Hadi and Zoma Tochi Maduekwe, with Liz Ikirko: Thrusday, Nov. 14, 7 to 9 p.m., offsite at Arraymusic (155 Walnut Ave., Toronto).
  • Elemental reading group with Farhia Tato: Oct. 24 to Nov. 28, 7 to 8 p.m., online.

Whiten was born in Inkster, Mich., in 1941. Self-described as an image maker and creator of cultural objects, his practice spans five decades. After receiving his master of fine arts from the University of Oregon in 1966 and serving military duty from 1966 to 1968, he immigrated to Toronto and began his teaching career in the Division of Humanities in 快播视频's Faculty of Arts.

For 39 years, Whiten inspired thousands of students in their creative pursuits. As an award-winning educator and Chair of York鈥檚 Department of Visual Arts, he has contributed to generations of the Toronto arts ecology. His work has been exhibited across North America, from MOCA, Toronto, to ICA, Boston, and the Colorado University Art Museum, with his work in public collections at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Art Gallery of 快播视频 and the de Young Museum in San Francisco, among others.

Of his many accolades and awards, he is the recent recipient of the at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the 2023 Governor General鈥檚 Award in Visual and Media Arts for Artistic Achievement.

For more information about the exhibition, visit .

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Updated: AGYU to debut public art series with City of Markham /yfile/2023/08/25/agyu-to-launch-public-art-series-with-city-of-markham/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:51:35 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=339779 贵补莽补诲别, a public art series organized by the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) and the City of Markham, kicks off Sept. 10 with a family-friendly launch event at the Markham Pan Am Centre.

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Update: New information after publication of this article indicates the Sept. 10 launch event has been cancelled, and the first edition of this program entitled "Bicycle" will not proceed. Continue to read YFile for further updates on this project.

The Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) has partnered with the City of Markham to launch a two-year public art series called , in which four artists will be commissioned by four different curators to each develop a 127- by 32-foot photomural for the west fa莽ade of the in Markham, Ont.

A 2023 artwork by Julian Yi-Zhong Hou called "Bicycle"
Julian Yi-Zhong Hou,聽Bicycle,聽2023 (detail)

The series invites four artists to explore the performative potential of an architectural element as public space and to contemplate the layered identity of a place through the lens of their artistic and theoretical concerns.

Each of the artworks presented in 贵补莽补诲别 will bring a distinct perspective to this series, in both artistic approach and content. The projects will be unveiled consecutively, beginning with Bicycle by B.C.-based multidisciplinary artist Julian Yi-Zhong Hou, and be curated by Yan Wu, public art curator for the City of Markham.

The rest of the series will include work by northern Minnesota- and Chicago-based visual artist Andrea Carlson, curated by AGYU assistant curator of exhibitions Clara Halpern; and Berlin-based artist Aleksandra Domanovi膰, curated by AGYU director and curator Jenifer Papararo; with a final project curated by Mariam Zulfiqar, director of British arts organization .

鈥淭his collaboration between the AGYU and the City of Markham鈥檚 Public Art Program reflects the essence of the project 贵补莽补诲别 itself 鈥 a liminal space where exterior and interior meet, where rigid dividing lines open and where art becomes a bridge to the public," said Papararo. "Just as the artworks in this new public art series address complex issues of belonging and identity, the partnership between the AGYU and the City of Markham鈥檚 Public Art Program invites us to reimagine the potential of education, culture and its impact in defining communities.鈥

Chosen as the architectural host of 贵补莽补诲别, the Markham Pan Am Centre is a multipurpose community and aquatics centre designed to serve as one of the venues for the 2015 Pan American Games, and is adjacent to where 快播视频 is constructing its new Markham Campus, scheduled to open in 2024, which will focus on technology and entrepreneurship, hosting programs in science, engineering, the arts and more.

A family-friendly launch event, free and open to all, will kick off the 贵补莽补诲别 public art series on Sept. 10, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Markham Pan Am Centre. The event will feature drag performances by Haus of Devereaux, with a special guest appearance by Lady Boi Bangkok; tarot card readings by FASTW脺RMS; I Ching readings by Yam Lau, associate professor in York's Department of Visual Art and Art History; food trucks; and the big reveal of Yi-Zhong Hou鈥檚 new photomural.

"We鈥檙e delighted that AMPD Professor Yam Lau will be a part of the AGYU鈥檚 exciting series in Markham," said Sarah Bay-Cheng, dean of York's School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD), "and we look forward to future collaborations, with the opening of the Creative Technologies program in fall 2024.鈥

贵补莽补诲别 photomural on-view dates:

  • September 2023 to March 2024: Bicycle by Julian Yi-Zhong Hou, curated by Yan Wu, public art curator for the City of Markham.
  • April to September 2024: Project by Andrea Carlson, Curated by Clara Halpern, Assistant Curator, AGYU.
  • September 2024 to April 2025: Project by Aleksandra Domanovi膰, Curated by Jenifer Papararo, Director/Curator, AGYU.
  • April to September 2025: Project curated by Mariam Zulfiqar, Director, Artangel, U.K.

Free bus transportation will be available from downtown Toronto (Spadina Avenue and Bloor Street West) to the launch event, subject to capacity; contact Maria Won at mwon11@yorku.ca to register. For more information about the 贵补莽补诲别 launch event or the public art series, visit .

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Special performance part of AGYU exhibit by York grad student /yfile/2023/06/07/special-performance-part-of-agyu-exhibit-by-york-grad-student/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:30:00 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=335869 The Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) will host a special performance by 快播视频 PhD student Erica Stocking as part of MotherGinger Promenade, an exhibit running until Dec. 2.

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The Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) will host a special performance by 快播视频 PhD student Erica Stocking as part of MotherGinger Promenade, an exhibit running until Dec. 2.

The performance, which takes place June 10 at 3 p.m. with a reception following at 4 p.m., charts a path through the emergence of fashion as a discipline within modernism in late 19th century Paris, its entanglement in rhythms and spaces of visibility, and the social and material conditions of movement. Inspired by early examples of public promenades (such as those on the Bois de Boulogne in Paris after its redevelopment as a society gathering point in the late 1800s) as spaces where economic, social and aesthetic interests come together in an event of looking and being seen, Stocking invites the audience to consider, 鈥淲hat is a closet and where can it take you?鈥

Erica Stocking, MotherGinger Promenade, 2023. Courtesy the artist.
Erica Stocking, MotherGinger Promenade, 2023. Courtesy the artist

The performance builds on Stocking鈥檚 ongoing project, MotherGinger, named after the iconic drag character from Russian composer Tchaikovsky鈥檚 ballet The Nutcracker. By referencing this figure, characterized by a massive dress that houses eight children, Stocking foregrounds the connection between mothers as producers of human bodies for labour, Western industrialization and the blurring of the boundary between leisure and work.

Stocking has developed MotherGinger as a brand, with multiple forms from performances to pop-up shops. Situating itself within fashion as a conceptual framework, this project considers the ways that gender, fashion, Western modernism, subjectivity and survival intertwine within this balletic character.

Engaging both container technologies and the character鈥檚 roots in the Zanni characters of commedia dell'arte, MotherGinger Promenade is an invitation, a monologue, and a fashion show.

Exhibition: AGYU Vitrines
May 27 鈥 Dec. 2

For this installation of MotherGinger, Stocking has transformed the AGYU vitrines into stylized containers 鈥 evoking closets, window displays and travel trunks. In calling attention to the structure of the vitrines, and their role as containers, this installation echoes the writing of Australian researcher Zo毛 Sofia on 鈥渃ontainer technologies,鈥 which highlights the significant role of containers throughout history, including vessels and a myriad of objects and devices frequently associated with women鈥檚 labour. For Sofia, as well as for Stocking, containment is not passive; it is active and integral, exemplified by human beings鈥 inextricable entanglement and reliance on their own container, their own environment.

The AGYU vitrines are situated in the colonnade of the Accolade East Building, a space designed for movement. To promenade is to move with the intent of display, and, in this iteration of MotherGinger, garments made from domestic household materials and found objects displayed in the vitrines are removed, worn, and later returned in a series of performances that echo the movement of clothing through private and public spaces, testing what it means to be seen.

Erica Stocking: MotherGinger Promenade is curated by Clara Halpern, assistant curator, Exhibitions, AGYU.

About the artist

Erica Stocking is an artist working at the intersection of sculpture, performance and installation. Her work has been exhibited in Canada at Artspeak, Mercer Union, The Western Front and at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Stocking鈥檚 public artworks are part of the City of Vancouver, City of Surrey and SFU Community Trust Collections. She received her BFA from Emily Carr Institute in 2004, and recently completed an MFA at OCAD University in 2021. Stocking lives and works in Toronto and is currently pursuing her PhD in visual arts at 快播视频.


AGYU gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday, during exhibitions; AGYU vitrines can be accessed at any time.

AGYU is a public, University-affiliated, non-profit contemporary art gallery supported by 快播视频, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and by our membership.

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AGYU online event to consider role of public art /yfile/2023/04/19/agyu-online-event-to-consider-role-of-public-art/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:06:58 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=332914 The Art Gallery of 快播视频 will host an online event discussing the role public art should play in society.

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The Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) will present 鈥淧ermanence/Impermanence: The Life of Public Art" on May 4 at 1 p.m, an online conversation featuring prominent global artists discussing the challenges and importance of public art.

The conversation is part of The Uncontainable Collections Research Project presented by AGYU, an annual workshop series initiated in 2022 to make 快播视频鈥檚 art collection more accessible to the public and for research purposes.

In the spirit of accessibility, this iteration of the workshop was produced collaboratively by AGYU staff Allyson Adley, Liz Ikiriko and Jenifer Papararo, as well as faculty and students in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design.

The preliminary interview questions were developed with 快播视频 graduate class, ARTH 6000, led by Professor Anna Hudson, and will be addressed to the participants who are prominent artists and curators whose work critically engages with notions of 鈥減ublicness鈥 as it relates to 鈥減ublic art,鈥 鈥渢he public sphere,鈥 鈥減ublic space鈥 and 鈥減ublics.鈥 They include: Allison Glenn (United States), Vanessa Kwan (Canada), Mohammed Laouli (France, Germany, and Morocco) and Raqs Media Collective (India).

During the online conversation, each participant will give a 10-minute overview of their research and practice before joining a collective conversation that uses public art to counter codified notions of public space. In preparation for this live discussion, pre-interviews with each of the participants will be conducted, addressing the principles and ideals of democracy in how public space is inhabited; how decolonial acts of resistance de-centre monuments that glorify settler-colonial histories; what role communities can play in the commissioning of public art; and the limitations and risks of working in public spaces. Transcripts of these interviews will be available on the on April 28.

This iteration of the workshop intends to activate, question and learn from involved arts practitioners discussing public art as a form of inspiration, as community engagement, and as a marker of time and place.

Those who wish to find more information or register, can do so .

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AGYU curator awarded research fellowship /yfile/2023/01/17/agyu-curator-awarded-research-fellowship/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:14:47 +0000 https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/?p=327472 Felicia Mings, curator at the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU) has been awarded a Curatorial Research Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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Felicia Mings, curator at the Art Gallery of 快播视频 (AGYU), has received a prestigious Curatorial Research Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Image shows Felicia Mings, curator at the Art Gallery of 快播视频
Felicia Mings

Over the next year, Mings will embark on a new research project focusing on the work of influential Guyanese artist, anthropologist and novelist Denis Williams (1923-98). The project will examine the international significance of Williams鈥 practice through an analysis of the artist鈥檚 illustrative works and their relationships to African and Caribbean literature. Digging deep into Williams鈥 collaborations with writers and publishers and the material nature and circulation of his works on paper, the project will consider the artist鈥檚 contributions to discourses on modernism. Working with numerous public and private archives, scholars, and conservators, Mings will be developing a future exhibition.

As curator at the AGYU, Mings focuses on interpreting and presenting modern and contemporary art of Africa, the Caribbean, and their diasporas. Prior to joining the AGYU, Mings held the position of academic curator in the Research Center at the Art Institute of Chicago. Highlights of her Art Institute of Chicago tenure include leading the Andrew W. Mellon Summer Academy and Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program, co-curating the exhibitions, and co-editing the accompanying catalogues for Malangatana: Mozambique Modern (2020) and The People Shall Govern! Medu Art Ensemble and the Anti-Apartheid Poster (2019). 

Mings holds a master of arts in visual and critical studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a bachelor of arts from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.   

More about the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts  

In accordance with Andy Warhol鈥檚 will, the mission of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is the advancement of the visual arts. The foundation manages an innovative and flexible grants program while also preserving Warhol鈥檚 legacy through creative and responsible licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonn茅 projects. To date, the foundation has nearly $280 million in cash grants to more than 1,000 arts organizations in 49 states and abroad and has donated 52,786 works of art to 322 institutions worldwide. 

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