G44 Podcast

Vitrine Conversations - Svava Tergesen by Gallery 44

Artist Talk: Stephanie Comilang in conversation with Heather Canlas Rigg by Gallery 44

Vitrines Conversations - Julie Pasila by Gallery 44

Systema Naturae - Anahita Norouzi in Conversation with Toleen Touq by Gallery 44

Vitrines Conversations - Jasmine Liaw by Gallery 44

Vitrines Conversations - Laura Kay Keeling by Gallery 44

An introduction, reading and Q + A with Nic Wilson, author of A Landscape Photograph in the Land of the Dead, recorded at their book launch at Art Metropole, July 27, 2023.

Tune in to hear artist Cruz engage in a conversation about their creative process, sources of inspiration, and the path they've taken as an artist. Joining them are Leila Fatemi, the Curator of Education and Community Outreach at Gallery 44, along with Patricia Abuel, the Program Manager at Kapisanan. Cruz's exhibition THE THINGS THAT MAKE US, US. is on view in the Gallery 44 vitrines from July 14 - August 26, 2023.

How to Ask a Question - Colin Miner, Weiyi Chang by Gallery 44

Listen as artist Jocelyn Reynolds and Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs, Lillian O'Brien Davis, discuss Reynolds' curiosity toward memory, the perception of time and experience of transitioning into motherhood as a genderfluid person, in their exhibition Continuum, on view in the Gallery 44 vitrines from April 11 – May 27, 2023.

In this special edition of How to Ask a Question, artists Christina Battle and Tia-Simone Gardner, explore their intersecting research interests, including digital mapping and the complicated relationship between the environment, climate and Black life. The artists share their work as an expanded element of the ongoing exhibition series exploring relationships to land through the lens of female artists working from different racialized perspectives. Battle and Gardner's exhibitions the air we breathe and Dark and Perfect Memories, took place at Gallery 44 in January, 2023 and September, 2022 respectively.

Vitrines Converstations - Jeff Meldrum by Gallery 44

Author reading of "A Vast Image Life" essay by Gallery 44 writer-in-residence Nic Wilson.

Author reading of "Unseen Forces" essay by Gallery 44 writer-in-residence Nic Wilson.

Author reading of "Introductory Sketches: Thinking, Reading, and (perhaps)Knowing the Dead" essay by Gallery 44 writer-in-residence Nic Wilson.

A conversation between artist and writer-in-residence Nic Wilson and Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs Lillian O'Brien Davis. Wilson discusses concurrent themes of spiritualism, death, and the metaphysical in their writing and current exhibition, Pavilion of Shadows, in the Gallery 44 Vitrines from October 21 - December 10, 2022.

A conversation between artist Elizabeth M. Webb and Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs, Lillian O'Brien Davis. Webb and O'Brien Davis dive deeper into Webb's research and influences behind her exhibition, A Bearing Tree is a Witness, at Gallery 44 from October 21 - December 10, 2022.

An introduction and reading by Letticia Cosbert Miller, author of Swimming Up a Dark Tunnel, recorded at her book launch at Art Metropole, July 26, 2022.

A conversation between artist Tia-Simone Gardner and Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs Lillian O'Brien Davis. Gardner and O'Brien Davis discuss surveillance, the colonial legacy of photography and the artist's relationship to water. more information here: digital.gallery44.org

A conversation between artist Leala Hewak and Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Gallery 44, Lillian O'Brien Davis about her vitrines exhibition, Small House. more info here: digital.gallery44.org

An interview with emerging artist Lorenzo Colocado, Leila Fatemi (G44)and Celeste Cole (JAYU) about Colocado's current exhibition Loving Lola in the Gallery 44 Vitrines.

A French-language interview with curator Josephine Denis about Bracmort's exhibition at Gallery 44 Peau Nature Morte (Tropical Market) from June 3 - July 2, 2022. Materials referenced in the conversation: Minorit'art revue recherches decoloniales trilingual Minorit'Art – Revue de recherches décoloniales (minoritart.org) Edouard Glissant - Institut du Tout Monde http://www.edouardglissant.fr/ Exhibitions et projets à venir Regarder le monde en face/ Looking the World in the Face à l'espace Âjagemô, Ottawa Looking the World in the Face at Âjagemô | Canada Council for the Arts Comme un archipel d'îles en automne 2022 (info à venir) Exposition en cours | entrée gratuite (centre-expo-udem.com) While Black à Montréal, du 1er au 3 septembre 2022 Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto, Montréal

An interview with artist Elnaz Mansouri and curator Lillian O'Brien Davis about Mansouri's current exhibition Winter Abstracts in the Gallery 44 Vitrines.

Interview with artist Bidemi Oloyede and curator Lillian O'Brien Davis

Adrienne Scott is an artist currently based in Toronto with an interdisciplinary approach to media. She takes a material stance to photography, and in her work she refers to themes such as natural history, forgery, and fantasy. She anchors her practice and materials in the collection of objects that may act as props, artifacts, or fabricated evidence from image to image. This accumulation and recycling is central to how she makes work, and the displacement of materials and fragments is in turn how she creates visual play.

Isabel Okoro and Timothy Yanick Hunter in conversation with Liz Ikiriko, Katherine McKittrick and Lillian O'Brien Davis in support of the September 2021 exhibition Is Love a Synonym for Abolition?

WENDY RED STAR "FORGING PATHWAYS FOR FUTURE APSÁALOOKE FEMINISTS" March 22, 7:00PM to 9:00PM As a mother / daughter artist collaborative duo working in the realm of Native history, identity politics, cultural subversion, and reclamation, Wendy Red Star and her ten-year-old daughter Beatrice Red Star Fletcher probe the colonial thought bubble with intergenerational collaboration and institutional critique. Working with museums like the Denver Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, and Seattle Art Museum Beatrice and Wendy engage the public to decolonize thinking around Native American art and collections through performative tours, interactive activities, and interventionist installations. Intergenerational collaborative work is integral and a means to creating a forum for the expression of Native women’s voices in contemporary art.

FIELD OF VISION: LEIGH RAIFORD - “WHEN A COMMUNITY IS AT STAKE: REFLECTIONS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, COLLABORATION AND JUSTICE” January 25, 7:00PM to 9:00PM Berkley-based photography historian, writer and curator, Leigh Raiford will present a talk on a new body of research that looks at the personal and family photo archives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver, a Law professor and notable member of the Black Panther Party. Raiford is a contributor to the exhibition "Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography," on view at the Ryerson Image Centre January 24 - April 8, 2018, which attempts to reimagine the history of photography through the lens of collaboration. Following one of the project's propositions that reminds us, "Sometimes photography is involved in the coming together of a community that warrants change, restitution and justice." Raiford's talk will discuss photography's role in visualizing justice for marginalized communities.