February 16, 2017
On February 2, Rhéanne Chartrand, the Aboriginal Curatorial Resident at McMaster Museum of Art, presented her pubic talk on her research and development of the exhibition Unapologetic: Acts of Survivance.
Watch the recording of the Curator’s Talk, below.
The formal presentation is followed by an informal Q&A which begins at the 25:52 minute mark.
Unapologetic: Acts of Survivance presents selected works of critical acclaim from the 1980s by eleven, foundational contemporary Indigenous artists: Carl Beam, Bob Boyer, Robert Houle, Gerald McMaster, Shelley Niro, Ron Noganosh, Jane Ash Poitras, Edward Poitras, Pierre Sioui, Jeff Thomas and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. It is on view at McMaster Museum of Art until March 25, 2017.
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