This Week at Agnes

Unpacking Conversation: Intergenerational Archival Engagement

This public roundtable event with Arnait collective members presents an intergenerational conversation about the exhibition Inuuqatikka: My Dear Relations and the process of revisiting and remediating the Arnait video archives.

In March, Queen’s University welcomes members of the Inuit women’s video collective, Arnait, for a two-week media-art open archiving residency as part of an ongoing effort to ensure this media art history is preserved and made available according to culturally specific and ethically driven forms of access.

Open Source 3-D print and design with Stefy McKnight

Making creative and innovative art has never been so accessible and easy. Using open source materials and programming, this workshop will show participants the basics of 3-D printing and design. This workshop will not only give participants the skills to develop projects, but also provide a survey of local 3-D printers available for use.

Register to save your spot. $10 per class, all materials included

Art Hive @Agnes

“Art Hive is a comforting space where you can come and unwind. I like it because it’s very inclusive, and all abilities are made to feel welcome.”
– Robbie, Art Hive participant

Young adults (18–24) are invited to drop-in for art and wellness. Relax, re-charge and expand your creative powers in the Studio. Art Hive is free; great materials are provided and no prior art experience is necessary. If you are looking for guidance, our art therapist/facilitator offers weekly projects and visits to our current exhibitions.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Willem Drost’s Self-Portrait as Saint John the Evangelist

AGNES Collects are short videos that highlight artworks from the permanent collection with interpretations by renowned scholars and curators from Canada and around the world.

Discover a work by one of Rembrandt’s most gifted pupils, Dutch artist, Willem Drost. Dr Jonathan Bikker, Research Curator at the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), makes Drost’s Self-Portrait as Saint John the Evangelist come alive, discussing Drost’s artistic influences, themes in self portraiture and saintly iconography within the painting. Watch now.