Curation, Art and Environment
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Please join us for tours and conversations on
Curation, Art, and Environment
with visitors scholar Kirsty Robertson and artist Cassie Paine
A collaboration between the Belle Park Project, the SCCS colloquium, and Union Gallery
Schedule
11:30 | Miller Museum of Geology, 36 Union Street: viewing of Working Ground led by curators Laura Murray, Dorit Naaman
12:30 | Union Gallery, Stauffer Library: viewing and conversation with Visiting Artist Cassie Paine and Gallery Director Morgan Wedderspoon
1:20 | Stauffer Library 014 (basement): presentation by Dr. Kirsty Robertson on "Sustainable Curating and Micro-Museums," followed by a roundtable discussion on emerging themes and ideas
2:30 | Conclusion
Cassie Paine is a sculpture/installation artist and printmaker whose work reflects on the functional and authoritative role of tools and infrastructure within our society. She is based in Windsor and Montreal, and her work engages the economic precarity of post-industrial cities.
Kirsty Robertson, Canada Research Chair in Museums, Art, and Sustainability, Professor and Director of Museum and Curatorial Studies, directs the Centre for Sustainable Curating at Western University. Her research focuses on museums, visual culture, contemporary art, environment, and activism.
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