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The tree has taken on many meanings throughout history and across cultures within mythology, religion, art, political and state propaganda, scientific study and other areas. In current environmental debates, the cultural significance of the tree is juxtaposed against the threat of its extinction posed by massive deforestation, over exploitation\u00a0and urban sprawl.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The home of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Growth: Dialogues on the Tree is a one-day public symposium organized by ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ\u2019s Art History Graduate Students Association<\/span><\/a> (AHGSA) that examines the tree and its many meanings. The symposium is presented in partnership with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/a>, the country\u2019s foremost venue showcasing the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. It takes place at the McMichael\u00a0Canadian Art Collection Gallery\u00a0in Kleinburg, Ont.\u00a0on Saturday, March 31 from 9am to 6pm.<\/p>\n

\"This year's Art History Graduate Student Symposium is a major step in bridging the divide between the academic study of art and its cultural institutions,\u201d said Anna Hudson, director of\u00a0York's Graduate Programs in Art History and Art History & Visual Culture. \u201cOur master's students seized the opportunity to work with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, which has so generously extended an arm toYork for applied training in art history and visual culture. The collaboration promises to be a remarkable event.\"<\/p>\n

Panellists from across Canada and the United States\u00a0will gather at the symposium to speak on such diverse topics as \u201cIconographies of the Tree\u201d, \u201cRoots for Nationalism\u201d and \u201cShifting Landscapes in Contemporary Art\u201d. The full day of presentations culminates in a keynote lecture by Cynthia Hammond<\/span><\/a>, associate professor of art history at Concordia University.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The home of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hammond\u2019s talk, titled \"Every Tree a Staunch Heart: Activism, Landscape and Suffrage in Edwardian England\", focuses on the creation and destruction of an arboretum in Bath, England that was\u00a0planted by a group of suffragettes in the early part of the 20th century. Her most recent publication is the book Architects, Angels, Activists and the City of Bath, 1765-1965<\/a>,<\/em> published last month by Ashgate. In addition to her extensive publications on gender, architecture, public space and landscape, Hammond also maintains a studio practice. She recently co-founded the art\/design firm, pouf! art + architecture.<\/p>\n

View the full schedule<\/a> of symposium presenters and topics.<\/p>\n

New Growth: Dialogues on the Tree is part of The McMichael Tree Project<\/span><\/a>, a series of tree-related exhibitions and programming taking place through April. The exhibition The Tree: Form and Substance<\/em>is curated by Katerina Atanassova, the McMichael\u2019s chief curator and\u00a0a PhD candidate in York\u2019s Graduate Program in Art History\u00a0& Visual Culture. It features works from the McMichael\u2019s permanent collection in dialogue with contemporary artists\u2019 interpretations of the tree. Also on view is the exhibition The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social<\/em>, produced by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Admission to both shows is included in the registration fee for the symposium.<\/p>\n

\"Katerina<\/a>Katerina Atanassova<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atanassova has been chief curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection since 2009 and embarked on her doctoral studies atYork this year. She proposed the symposium partnership and topic, and is gratified that the project was selected by her peers in AHGSA. \u201cI felt the McMichael would benefit from opening our collection to contemporary art dialogue with young artists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Openness is a theme of The Tree Project, with a number of works being shown outdoors on the gallery\u2019s 100 acres of treed property. From sculpture to photography, artists-in-residence at the gallery incorporated the McMichael Canadian Collection\u2019s trees into their works for the program.<\/p>\n

Admission to the symposium is $15 for the general public, free for students and McMichael members with valid identification. Registration is available in advance or at the door, and includes entry to the symposium, exhibitions, refreshments and a catered lunch.<\/p>\n

For more information on the symposium, online registration and transportation options, visit the AHGSA<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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