Home-grown academic, educator, and activist Elizabeth Sweeney will be encouraging CAGE 2017 participants to examine their galleries and practice during the Friday, April 21st panel with Clair Dykhuis, Caterin Martin and Bria Millar. Sweeney, a visual artist, art gallery educator, and curator is also a “queer learning disabled Acadian who grew up in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia”. [...]
While in Halifax for the CAGE 2017 symposium (April 20-23), participants will explore the Nature of Nature, a celebration of photographer Thaddeus Holownia’s 40 years of production. The New Brunswick-based Holownia merges photographic and geographic histories. His attention to a subject often spans decades. Holownia himself says, “The meaning that resides in my bodies of [...]
If a keynote speaker sets the tone, CAGE 2017 is off to a flying start. Amanda Cachia—a writer, curator and educator currently based in California but originally from Sydney, Australia—is deeply embedded in the study and practice of art curation and production through the lens of (dis)ability. The recipient of the 2014 Irving K. Zola [...]
At the end of March, after almost 35 years in the museum education field, Patricia Sullivan is retiring from the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University. Pat attended her first CAGE symposium in 1991 and has served as Case Studies Chair, Junior Chair and Senior Chair for CAGE. Pat has been instrumental in gathering, [...]
The program is set, the hotel rooms booked, the food arranged--all the CAGE 2017 Symposium needs now is YOU. Maybe you're the only person in your education and programming department. Or maybe you're one of many. The CAGE symposium is always your best chance to meet colleagues, discuss issues that matter to you, and to [...]
Live in the Hamilton areas? Want to know more about the Ontario Arts Council "Artists in Communities and Schools Projects Program?" On Thursday, February 23rd the Ontario Arts Council will be holding an information session about their new Artists in Communities and Schools Projects Program at the Norfolk Arts Centre; it is free to attend. [...]
The V&A Professional Development programme for Spring/Summer 2017 is now available to view online with details of courses available on the V&A website and through our dedicated LinkedIn showcase page. The full course booklet is also available to download here (PDF). By sharing the expertise and knowledge of our staff, our goal is to support [...]
