This Week at Agnes

With Opened Mouths: Jega Delisca

Artist Jega Delisca talks with WOM host Qanita Lilla about his portraiture practice and how he makes his sitters feel seen by empathizing with their vulnerability. He talks about the importance of building rapport and trust but also of activating a balanced understanding of Black masculinity. Jega’s artistic practice challenges male emotional blindness and the process of becoming vulnerable himself.

Listen today on Digital Agnes or wherever you get your podcasts!

Season three of With Opened Mouths: The Podcast  is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts; the Ontario Arts Council; the George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund, Queen’s University; and the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Fund.

Deep Looking: Nicholas Crombach

Agnes’s trained docents lead participants through a session of Deep Looking in conjunction with Nicholas Crombach’s Xenolithic. Agnes’s popular  Deep Looking program  facilitates conversations about exhibitions and artworks that are shaped by participants’ unique perspectives, opening possibilities for polyvocal interpretations.

Register now for this free experience.

The docent program is generously supported by the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation.

Cultivating Sustainable Collections

Cultivating Sustainable Collections is a two-day gathering focused on advancing sustainable practices in collection management and preventive conservation. Initiated by Agnes’s Collections and Care Manager, Gabriel Bevilacqua, this event brings together professionals, community leaders, researchers, artists, students and collectors to share and exchange innovative, practical and community-rooted solutions for a greener approach to cultural heritage care.

Each day features a panel discussion and a workshop. Participants can build their own agenda by signing up for events individually. Panel discussions are free of charge and are offered in-person. Workshops are fee-based and in-person only. Early bird pricing is on until 31 July 2025.

For more information and to register for the events, please visit Cultivating Sustainable Collections on our website.

With generous support from the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program, a program of the Gordon Foundation and administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation. With additional travel support from the Chancellor Dunning Trust Visitorship.