Kiss & Tell, Drawing the Line, black and white photograph, 1990. Photo by Susan Stewart, courtesy of Simon Fraser University Library
- Friday, November 6, 2020
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Zoom & Facebook Live
As a maladjusted youth in rural Saskatchewan, Blair Fornwald learnt about lesbianism, performance art and grant funding through reading the ultra-conservative Alberta Report, and dreamt of the day when angry taxpayers would fund her degenerate art and gay lifestyle, too. In this talk, Fornwald ruminates on regionalism, class and queer prairie aesthetics.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89454867884 . Watch on Facebook at facebook.com/mawawpg. Ask questions using the comment function.
If for reasons of access (lack of computer, lack of internet, neurodiversity, etc.) you would prefer to attend in person at MAWA, 611 Main St., please register by calling 204-949-9490. Limited seating at a safe social distance will be available. We ask those with any cold or flu symptoms, even mild ones, to stay at home for the health and safety of all.
Can't join us for the live event? Within a couple weeks of their broadcast, First Friday Lectures are available at https://mawa.ca/videos/lectures to watch anytime!
About Zoom Zoom is an internet based video conferencing tool that allows users to meet online, with or without video. Zoom works best if you download the application in advance and set up an account. The download is available here: https://zoom.us/download. Once you have Zoom installed, click the meeting link to watch the lecture. For MAWA's lectures your camera and microphone will be turned off to prevent the speaker from being interupted. You can ask questions during the Q&A by typing into the Zoom chat function.
Free, everyone is welcome!
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Blair Fornwald is a queer white settler and an interdisciplinary artist and curator originally from Treaty 4 Territory/Saskatchewan who holds degrees from the University of Regina (BFA 2002) and Western University (MFA 2007). Fornwald is Director/Curator of the School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba and has held curatorial positions at the Dunlop Art Gallery and RPL Film Theatre. Her practices are united by a collaborative impulse and interests in performativity, vulnerability and humour. Fornwald has presented work across Canada, the US and Germany. Blair Fornwald’s mentorship of two emerging artists will be in honour of long-serving MAWA mentor Sigrid Dahle (1955-2020).
Photo by Zoë Schneider.
