This Week at Agnes

Fully Known: Cotton Production, Black History, and the Canadian Experience with Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince

Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince join Jason Cyrus to investigate the ways in which cotton production in the United States forever changed the landscape of Canadian diversity. Together they tell the stories of Black people on both sides of the border by connecting the Victorian cotton industry with the Underground Railroad and settlement in Canada while addressing the related colonial legacies that still affect Black Canadian life today. Sign up.

History Is Rarely Black or White is on view through 20 March 2022.

Janet Robertson

We lost a long-time dedicated community docent with the passing of Janet Robertson in early December. Read more.

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

Agnes is a Recommender for the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Exhibition Assistance Grants program. We invite visual, media and craft artists living in eastern Ontario (Region 4) to apply for financial assistance (minimum $500, maximum $2,000) for costs related to a confirmed upcoming exhibition.

View program guidelines.