Inviting the public into dialogue with artists, theorists, researchers, critics, educators, and cultural workers, the Gallery’s events position exhibition making as a lens through which to examine today’s issues and debates. Recognizing the public’s sense for inquiry and experimentation, these workshops, lectures, screenings, tours and other interventions ask us to reflect critically upon the ways we look and the forces inflecting our experience. Welcoming and supporting different modes of public participation, the Gallery’s programming aims to make and hold space for new vectors of interpretation and inclusion.
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Produced with the support of the Frederick and Mary Kay Lowy Art Education Fund
CONVERSATION: LA TANYA S. AUTRY and INGRID JONES
Moderated by Lise Ragbir
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 6:00 PM
Online [Zoom]
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Free, in English
Join us for a conversation between cultural worker and educator La Tanya S. Autry and curator Ingrid Jones as they reflect on verbal versus active institutional practices of care1 and the labour required to sit with discomfort.2 Framed through Autry’s work in cultural practice and education, the discussion will also explore the development of her manifesto and library installation Inclusion Ruse (2023–2024), currently featured in Labour, an exhibition curated by Jones at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery. The conversation will be moderated by Lise Ragbir, CEO and co-founder of VERGE, a boutique talent agency serving art galleries and museums.
1 Ahmed, Sara. “Commitment as Non-performative.” On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life. Duke University Press, 2012, pp. 113-140.
2 Campt, Tina M. “Adjacency and the Poethics of Care.” A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See, 2021, pp. 167-190.
From labour to rage to rest: How can rest be mobilized as a liberatory practice?
A public conversation with Kathleen Charles, Katsitsanoron Dumoulin-Bush, Prakash Krishnan
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
At daphne art centre, 5425 avenue Casgrain #103 (Rosemont metro)
Free, in English
This public conversation is organized in collaboration with the University of the Streets Café and echoes the themes of the current on-site exhibition Labour.
Drawing from Tricia Hersey’s book Rest as Resistance: A Manifesto, this conversation will explore the meaning and function of rest for Indigenous and Black folks. We will reflect on how rest challenges systems that prioritize productivity in service of capitalism over well-being and consider its role in reclaiming time, space, and dignity.
Together, we will ask: can rest become a collective strategy for healing and liberation? How do cultural traditions and ancestral practices inform our understanding of rest today? This conversation will invite participants to share stories, insights, and practices that honor rest as a radical act of care and resistance.
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This series of performances accompanies the project by Philippe Battikha and Martín Rodríguez, SIGHTINGS 46: A PLACE TO SIT presented until May 17, 2026.
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