Labour Day CLOSURE
The Gallery will be closed on Monday, September 1 for Labour Day. We will resume our regular programming activities on Wednesday, September 3 with an exhibition by artist Raven Chacon as part of MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain’s 19th edition.
ON-SITE
Place Where the Waters Crossed
September 3 to November 1, 2025
Raven Chacon
Curator: Marie-Ann Yemsi
Exhibition presented by MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain and produced in collaboration with the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
Event
Opening reception with artist & curator in attendance
Wednesday September 3, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Free, at the Gallery
Join artist Raven Chacon and curator Marie-Ann Yemsi to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Place Where the Waters Crossed, presented as part of the 19th edition of Momenta Biennale d’art contemporain. The opening event is also part of La Rentrée Concordia 2025.
SIGHTINGS 44
June 16 to September 21, 2025
A project by Alexandre Bouffard
IDLE considers, on one hand, the architecture and volume of the cube in relation to the Hall Building’s vicinity; on the other, its role as an object of representation—a medium for display in public space. Its glass facades act as an interface between these two dimensions, rendering the cube both self-contained and open to the outside world, particularly through the ephemeral and ambivalent relationship it seeks to establish with passersby. The installation sets in motion a dynamic of reciprocal gazes—between what looks and what is seen, what captures and what is captured.
communications assistant
The Gallery is seeking a dynamic and creative communications assistant who will help with internal and external promotion of our activities to various media outlets, the general public, the university at large, and students. Working with our communications officer, the position supports the production and management of content for our website, social media, and newsletters. Excellent writing skills in both English and French are required.
Deadline: September 9, 2025
Part-time position: 14 hours/week
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
Nicole Burisch is joining the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery today as its new director. Burisch, an accomplished curator and Concordia alumna, brings over 20 years of experience in arts leadership, programming and advocacy to this role.
“I am deeply honoured to take on this role at the Ellen Art Gallery,” Burisch says. “University art galleries have a unique position in the contemporary art landscape, they have the capacity to support in-depth artistic and curatorial research while also being important spaces for experimentation and risk-taking.
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.