This Week at Agnes

Xenolithic

Kingston-based artist Nicholas Crombach invites us to peel back layers of time, material and memory in Xenolithic, an exhibition of new large-scale sculptural works that blend imagination and concepts of archeology and myth to question what lies beneath the surface.

For each sculpture, Crombach designs a complex scaffolding structure that supports playful views into cross-sections of the work. Think futuristic prototypes for archeological museum displays.

Agnes celebrates the opening of  Xenolithic with a public reception on 26 June, 6:30–8:30 pm.

The reception and exhibition takes place at Agnes’s temporary exhibition space, located at the Rideau Building (207 Rideau St).

Nicolas Crombach graduated from OCAD University in 2012. He has exhibited widely across Canada and internationally in the United Kingdom and Germany, and produced ambitious public artworks in Kingston, Woodstock and Niagara Falls.

With Opened Mouths

This month on With Opened Mouths, host Qanita Lilla chats with Palestinian artist Faten Mitwasi.

Faten shares the physical and emotional challenges of attending art school in Israel and the joys of making site-specific and community-engaged art in Palestine and around the world. As demonstrated by this conversation, contemporary Palestinian art is rich in humour and experimentation and full of hope for the future.

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

Deep Looking: Iman Datoo: Kinnomics

Agnes’s trained docents lead participants through a session of Deep Looking in conjuction with Iman Datoo’s Kinnomics. 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.

Making zines with Géorgie Gagné!

Next Sunday’s edition of Queering Collage is extra special–Queer Collage Collective’s Alyssa Vernon will be joined by inspirational artist and speaker, Géorgie Gagné for a zine-making session!

Géorgie and Alyssa will lead a discussion on the relationship between zines, education, activism and the Queer community. Participants will have the opportunity to scan and print copies of their zine to share … because Pride shouldn’t end with June!

Alyssa Vernon (she/her), born in Hamilton, Ontario, is a Jamaican & Guyanese collage artist currently based in Kingston, Ontario. Alyssa is a passionate Black and queer teacher and learner who incorporates collage into educational spaces to blend creativity and learning, while imagining futures where everyone is free to express themselves.

Géorgie Gagné is a multi-award-winning, mixed heritage Cree and franco-québécoise artist, educator, facilitator and advocate. She is dedicated to infusing intersectional approaches, Indigenous ways of knowing, intentionality and care within communities around Turtle Island. Her art practice focuses on physical and digital collage, beadwork, photography and graphic design.

Register today for this free artmaking and activist session!