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PROGRAMS
FALL 2010
OCTOBER
INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
CAROLYN CHRISTOV-BAKARGIEV
Wednesday, 6 October | 7 PM
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
FREE Members, $12 Non-Members
Call the Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416.973.4000 to purchase/reserve tickets.
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is the Artistic Director of doc umenta (13), which will be taking place from June to September 2012 in Kassel, Germany. Prior to her appointment, Christov-Bakargiev was the Chief Curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art in Turin from 2002 to 2008 and the Artistic Director for the 16th Biennale of Sydney (2008). From 1999 to 2001 she was Senior Curator of Exhibitions at PS1, New York. Christov-Bakargiev is also an accomplished writer with a background in both literature and the history of art. She will speak about her practice and her plans for documenta (13).
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Patricia Bentley
Sunday, 10 October | 2 PM
Patricia Bentley is a textile expert and an awardwinning museum education specialist and exhibition designer. She is currently Senior Curator at the Textile Museum of Canada.
FREE
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Michal Maciej Bartosik
Sunday, 17 October | 2 PM
Michal Maciej Bartosik is an artist and architectural designer. Ranging from digital diagrams to public installations, his work spans urbanism, architecture, art, and design.
FREE
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Shelley Hornstein
Sunday, 24 October | 2 PM
Shelley Hornstein is Associate Professor of Architectural History at York University. Her research examines concepts of place and spatial politics in architectural and urban sites.
FREE
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Yvonne Li and Deborah Wang
Sunday, 31 October | 2 PM
SYvonne Li is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s MA program, specializing in Art History with a focus on modern/contemporary work. With a background in architecture and currently completing an MFA at OCAD University, Deborah Wang is interested in walking and mapping the city. Both are Curatorial Department Interns at The Power Plant.
FREE
NOVEMBER
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Jen Hutton
Sunday, 7 November | 2 PM
Jen Hutton is a Toronto-based artist and writer. She holds a BA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph.
FREE
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Robert Wright
Sunday, 14 November | 2 PM
Robert Wright is an Associate Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. Wright’s research is focused on landscape infrastructure, low-impact development, landscape and art, and urban design.
FREE
INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
PAE WHITE
Wednesday, 17 November | 7 PM
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
FREE Members, $12 Non-Members
Call the Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416.973.4000 to purchase/reserve tickets.
American artist Pae White, whose survey exhibition ‘Material Mutters’ is currently on view at The Power Plant, discusses her acclaimed art practice and new commission. A brilliant manipulator of materials, White’s oeuvre roams across different forms — including expansive sculptures, textiles and animation — with glorious abandon. Pae White currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She has been exhibiting internationally since the 1990s and was included in the Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 (2007), the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) and the Whitney Biennial (2010). Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (2007) and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona (2008).
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Josh Thorpe
Sunday, 21 November | 2 PM
Josh Thorpe is an artist and writer living in Toronto. He has a Master’s in Visual Studies from University of Toronto and he teaches at OCAD University and U of T.
FREE
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Gaëlle Morel
Sunday, 28 November | 2 PM
Gaëlle Morel is Associate Curator at the Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre. In 2009 she was Guest Curator of the international photography biennale Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal.
FREE
DECEMBER
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Marlee Choo
Sunday, 5 December | 2 PM
Marlee Choo is the Visual Arts Coordinator at Harbourfront Centre.
FREE
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Pamela Meredith
Sunday, 12 December | 2 PM
Currently working as a freelancer, Pamela Meredith previously held curatorial posts at The Power Plant and Cold City Gallery in Toronto and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.
FREE
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Joel Herman
Sunday, 19 December | 2 PM
Joel Herman completed his MFA at the University of Guelph in 2008. His work has been exhibited across Canada and he is represented by Diaz Contemporary, Toronto.
FREE
JANUARY
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The Power Plant Animateurs
Sunday, 2 January | 2 PM
FREE
