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Future Possible: Art of Newfoundland and Labrador From 1949 to the Present
2019-05-18 - 2019-09-22 | The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, 9 Bonaventure Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5P9, Canada
Taking place on the 70th anniversary of Confederation with Canada, this exhibition gathers close to 100 artworks, images and objects from across The Rooms art gallery, archives and museum collections to ask questions about how histories are told and re-told. The exhibition examines the period after Confederation in 1949, placing historical works in conversation with works by contemporary artists. This is the second part of a ground-breaking, two-part series that looks at the art history and iconography of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The exhibition will be accompanied in Fall 2019 by a major publication that marks the first comprehensive art history of the province.
Exhibited works include pieces by: Angela Antle, Anne Meredith Barry, Jordan Bennett, David Blackwood, Luben Boykov, Fanny Broomfield, Kailey Bryan, Marlene Creates, Emily Critch, Andrea Cooper, Emily Flowers, Caroline Gillet, Scott Goudie, Kym Greeley, Jonathan S. Green, Pam Hall, James Hansen, John Hartman, Barbara Hunt, George Hunter, Thaddeus Holownia, Daze Jefferies, Frank Lapointe, Jamie Lewis, Arthur Lismer, Marc Losier, Marlene MacCallum, Logan MacDonald, Mary Ann Penashue, Rae Perlin, Robert Pilot, Barbara Pratt, Christopher Pratt, Mary Pratt, Barry Pottle, Daniel Rumbolt, Nicholas Aiden Ryan, Helen Parsons Shepherd, Reginald Shepherd, Gerald Squires, Melissa Tremblett, Scott Walden, Terry White, D’Arcy Wilson, Don Wright, Faune Ybarra

Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art
2019-06-01 - 2019-10-27 | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1V9, Canada
Artists: Sandra Brewster, Chantal Gibson, Sylvia D. Hamilton, Bushra Junaid, Charmaine Lurch, Esmaa Mohamoud, Michèle Pearson Clarke, and Gordon Shadrach.
This exhibition challenges preconceived notions of Blackness in Canada through the work of eight contemporary artists. The artworks use current and historical objects, images, and ideas to blur the longstanding perception that Black bodies belong on the edge of Canadian history. Though Canada is widely celebrated as a triumph of cultural diversity, dominant narratives have reduced the Black Canadian experience to one of an everlasting immigrant or newcomer. These artists question this by exposing deep historical traces of Black presence in our country. In presenting multiple voices and sensitivities, this exhibition disrupts simplistic and comforting narratives, while affirming the longstanding relevance of Blackness to the fabric of Canada.
Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art was developed by the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. This exhibition was curated by Dr. Julie Crooks, Assistant Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario, Dominique Fontaine, independent curator, and Dr. Silvia Forni, Curator of African Arts and Culture, ROM.
