Dianna Frid, The Waves (detail), bookwork (canvas, cloth, embroidery floss, adhesives, paper, acrylic paint and cellophane), 2011 diannafrid.net
- Friday, September 2, 2022
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- MAWA, 611 Main St, Winnipeg, MB
Just as written phrases are composed of letters and words, textiles are made with fibers and yarns. Like written language (letters, words), visual texts (lines, colours, images) harbour pre-existing discourses and histories that are not always obvious at first glance. Let’s “read between the seams”…
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85776877389
Online broadcasts will feature ASL translation. Within a couple of weeks, the First Friday Lectures will be posted with captioning and ASL at mawa.ca/videos/lectures.
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Dr. Riva Symko (she/her/white settler) is Head of Collections and Exhibitions and Curator of Canadian Art at WAG-Qaumajuq. Her primary areas of critical and cultural research include feminist theory, theories of authenticity and originality, and anti-colonial pedagogy and methodology.
Free, everyone welcome! Please wear a mask if attending in person. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85776877389
