ON-SITE
September 17, 2024 to January 18, 2025
Curator: Julia Eilers Smith
An evening of poetry followed by a reception with the artist will take place on Thursday, September 26, 2024, 5:30 PM.
EVENT
Artist-Run Rendez-Vous 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Free, at the Gallery
The Artist-run Rendez-vous at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery is an annual event for students of all degree levels to meet representatives from some of Montreal’s artist-run centres. This drop-in event is part of Concordia University’s back to school activities. Light refreshments will be provided.
SIGHTINGS 41
May 27 – October 20, 2024
A project by B. Brookbank
cold feet talk like hands is an interdisciplinary installation that examines panes of desire, grief and longing through photography, sculpture and writing.
TERMS
Dive into the second segment of the TERMS program, exploring the concept of “depression,” this time through the prism of the economic crisis of the 1930s. Read Andrée Lévesque’s essay, a professor in the Department of History at McGill University, shedding light on the repercussions of the Great Depression in Montreal. Explore a series of photographs taken by Canadian artist Margaret Watkins (1884-1969) during a stay in London amidst the Crisis years, along with the meticulous interpretation by Debra Antoncic, art historian, curator, and Director of the Riverbrink Art Museum.
NEW DIRECTOR
Concordia University is delighted to announce the appointment of curator, researcher, writer and educator Pip Day as the new director of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery. She will begin her mandate on June 10, 2024.
With a career spanning over 25 years that has included stops in New York City, Mexico City and Berlin, Day brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this pivotal role.
The Gallery team warmly welcomes her.
UNICEF
The Gallery’s programming is free and open for all, in absence of fees we encourage you to make a one-time or recurrent donation to UNICEF.