TODAY: Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference begins!

The 2024 programme is hosted by Western University in London, Ontario, and many ECH contributors will be present as guests, hosts, and speakers.

View this email in your browser Today, the Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference begins! The 2024 programme is hosted by Western University in London, Ontario, and many ECH contributors will be present as guests, hosts, and speakers. UAAC (AAUC) provides a national voice for its membership, composed of university and college faculty, independent scholars, and other art professionals in the fields of art, art history, and visual culture. The keynote conversation, moderated by Sheri Osden Nault, brings together Emelie Chhangur, Director of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and Jamelie Hassan, artist, activist, and ECH Co-founder.  This year, The Embassy Cultural House has collaborated with UAAC to present a screening of Ali Kazimi's 1997 film, Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas. This screening coincides with ECH contributor Jeff Thomas' survey exhibition, "Stories My Father Couldn't Tell Me: Jeff Thomas Origin" at the Ottawa Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa until March 16, 2025. Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference 2024 Clockwise from top left: Jamelie Hassan with grandchildren, twins Alec and Emily, Iraboty Kazi, Blessy Augustine, and Sharmistha Kar. We are happy to share a range of events in which ECH contributors are involved as speakers, guests, and hosts! Check out the events below!    Art Now! Speakers' Series and UAAC Keynote Conversation  Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM Emelie Chhangur and Jamelie Hassan Moderated by Sheri Osden Nault  Free and open to the public In-Person: Room 141, Talbot College Western University Via Zoom: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2cPeJUoeTKq-MBCba9ciRg / Webinar ID: 936 7990 7969 Annual Hanny and Najet Hassan Lecture in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities "Globalization in the Medieval World: Chinese and Central Asian Artistic Inspirations in the Islamic Mediterranean" Dr. Fahmida Suleman Friday, October 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM Free and open to the public Conron Hall, Rm 3110, University College For more information and to RSVP online, please click here.  ____   A.1 Ragpickers: Refusal, Margins and the Body Friday, October 25, 2024 at 8:30 AM Room 247, 2nd floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Karen Kraven and Swapnaa Tamhane Speakers: Kate Ritchie, Erika Stocking, Jeppe Ugelvig, Sharmistha Kar B.5 19th- and 20th-Century Ecclesiastical Art in North America: Stained Glass, Sculpture, and Architecture Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM Room 247, 2nd floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Cody Barteet Speakers: Shirley Ann Brown, Vajdon Sohaili, Iraboty Kazi, Jessica Ziakin-Cook C.2 Queer Cripping, Art, and Resistance Friday, October 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM Room 234, 2nd floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Ana Moyer and Iraboty Kazi Speakers: Bracy Appeikumoh, Lucy MacKenzie Howie, Casper Sutton-Fosman E.6 Art and the Politics of Care I Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 8:30 AM Room 100, 1st floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Sarah Bassnett  Speakers: Jennifer Orpana, Blessy Augustine, Dan Adler, Victoria MacBeath   Clockwise from top left: Soheila K. Esfahani, Michelle Wilson, Ashar Mobeen, and Jessica Irene Joyce. B.8 Diasporic Bodies 2: Diverse Experiences of Culture, Alternative Narratives Through Research Artifacts Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM Room 100, 1st floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Faseeh Saleem and Soheila K. Esfahani Speakers: Racquel Rowe, Erika Blomgren, Jessica Karuhanga C.1 Breaking Down: Tracking Extraction in the Museum and Gallery Friday, October 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM Rm 100, 1st floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Kirsty Robertson Speakers: Gwenyth Chao, Hailey Becker, Imogen Clendinning, Nicole Burisch   D.5 Public Art in Canada:  (Re)storying the Landscape as Sites of Contemporary Insurgence/Resurgence Friday, October 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM Room 247, 2nd floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Michelle Wilson Speakers: Honoure Black, Anna Binta Diallo, Lins Demchuk, Conner Singh VanderBeek F.1 Ecologies in Practice: Creative Response in Urgent Times Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10:30 AM Room 100, 1st floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Amanda White and Elysia French Speakers: Camille Georgeson-Usher, Ashar “Usher” Mobeen, Leah Decter, Lois Klassen, Natalie Doonan F.8 Curatorial Pedagogy and Practice II Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10:30 AM Room 249, 2nd floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Elyse Longair  Carolyn Jervis, Robin Willey, Mélika Hashemi, Soheila K. Esfahani, Ingrid Jones G.1 Ethos of materiality: balance, bodies, branches and beinghood Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM Outdoor session, please meet at the front doors of the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Chaired by Clara Laratta and Stephanie Florence Speakers: Catherine (Cathy) Chan, Jessica Irene Joyce Ali Kazimi's Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM Free at Western University Room 137 E, 1st floor, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Co-presented by Embassy Cultural House and the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University, we are happy to present a free screening of Ali Kazimi's Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeff Thomas. Spanning over a decade, from 1984 to 1996, Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas is a documentary journey full of quiet insights and surprising twists. Starting the film as a foreign student in 1984, director Ali Kazimi begins to unravel the hidden history of the land that he has chosen as his home. Ali Kazimi is a filmmaker, author and media artist whose work deals with race, social justice migration, history and memory. In 2019, he received a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa from the University of British Columbia. His award winning and critically acclaimed documentaries include Narmada: A Valley Rises (’94), Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas (’97), Documenting Dissent (’01), Continuous Journey (’04), Runaway Grooms (’06), Rex versus Singh (’09), Random Acts of Legacy (’16), and Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence (’22) Ali Kazimi and Jeff Thomas are recipients of the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts. They both, independently, received this honour at the same time for their contributions to Canadian culture. We thank VTape for their ongoing commitment over the decades to Canadian filmmakers and for making this film available for a free public screening in London, Ontario. Now Available: An Alternative Cultural History of London, Ontario: Art and Activism  An Alternative Cultural History of London, Ontario: Art and Activism, 2024 Edited by Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner  $25.00 CAD (+ postage), 240 pages, full colour offset printing The most recent Embassy Cultural House publication is an anthology that reveals the vibrant yet often overlooked cultures of London, Ontario. The history of collective action within the city is narrated through essays, conversations, poetry, and archival images. It includes texts and images by 36 contributors including Lillian Allen, Robin Cary Askew, Blessy Augustine, Christina Battle, Ron Benner, Carl Cadogan, Tom Cull, Greg Curnoe, Stan Denniston, Omar El Akkad, Robert Fréchette, Wyn Geleynse, John Greyson, Janice Gurney, Jamelie Hassan, Salah D. Hassan, Tariq Hassan Gordon, Iraboty Kazi, David Neil Lee, Tarek Loubani, Miriam Love, Michael Lynk, Olivia Mossuto, Shelley Niro, Kim Ondaatje, Andy Patton, James Stewart Reaney, Christopher Régimbal, Judith M. Rodger, Jenna Rose Sands, John Scully, Ruth Skinner, Dan Smoke, Mary Lou Smoke, Diana Tamblyn, and Don Vincent. Their writings and accompanying images add to the previous histories written about London, Ontario. The emphasis in this anthology is on art and activism and presents a historical perspective beginning in the 1950s through to the present.  To order a copy, please email the [email protected]. Copies are also available for purchase at Forest City Gallery, Attic Books, Brown and Dickson Bookstore, and Shop Museum London.  Mireya Seymour (left) and Emmy Meredith (right) at the book launch for "An Alternative Cultural History of London, Ontario: Art and Activism" at Museum London, September 22, 2024. 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