Navigating a Career in the Visual Arts: Panel discussion with artists and curators on professional practices

 

Presented by ELAN
Sunday, November 29, 12 to 2 p.m.

The English Language Arts Network (ELAN) is please to present Navigating a Career in the Visual Arts, a panel discussion in which experienced professional artists and curators address the burning questions of artists who are in the early stages of their careers. The discussion will be focused around the numerous challenges-practical, social, and conceptual-associated with managing an artistic or curatorial career. The aim of the event is not to provide generalized presentations, but to engage with individuals and respond to the questions of those present. Anyone interested in attending is invited to submit questions and topics for this conference-style Q&A by emailing admin@quebec-elan.org in advance of November 23rd.

 

Adad Hannah, who is represented by Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain and has exhibited work at many museums and galleries, including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Zendai MoMA in Shanghai, and the National Gallery of Canada;

 

Lesley Johnstone, who is a curator at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, former Head of Publications at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and a writer and editor of numerous texts on contemporary art;

 

jake moore, who is an intermedia artist that considers both teaching and social organization to be part of her creative practice, and is the current director of the Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery (FoFA) at Concordia University.