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- piñatas and the permanence of memory
- the intersection between the street, resistance, and collective memory: grupo suma
- sanctuaries of tenderness
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these are bones and we imagine and remember their bodies
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Dr. Andrea Fatona
is an independent curator, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art at OCAD University, and a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Canadian Black Diasporic Cultural Production. She is concerned with issues of equity within the sphere of the arts and the pedagogical possibilities of art works produced by Black Canadians in articulating broader perspectives of Canadian identities. Her broader interest is in the ways in which art, ‘culture’ and ‘education’ can be employed to illuminate complex issues that pertain to social justice, citizenship, belonging, and nationhood. She is the recipient of awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and was the 2017/18 OCAD U-Massey Fellow. Fatona has published scholarly articles, catalogue essays, and book chapters in a range of publications.contact: afatona@ocadu.ca
Dr. Dot Tuer
is a writer, curator, and cultural historian whose scholarly and creative work explores artistic practices of visual storytelling and memory making in the Americas. She has written extensively on Latin American and Canadian art, with a focus on performance, photography, and new media. She also has a long-standing research interest in the history of Guaraní-Spanish relations in Argentina and Paraguay. Tuer is the author of Mining the Media Archive (2005) and numerous museum catalogue, book anthology, and journal essays. Her curatorial projects include Frida and Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting (Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012-13).Over the last several decades, Tuer has served as a board member for the Hemispheric Institute at New York University; the Power Plant, Toronto; Toronto Arts Council; Cinemateque Ontario; the Funnel Film Theatre; Fuse and C magazines; and on the Advisory Boards of Public, Prefix Photo, and LACAP (Latin American Canadian Art Projects). In recognition of her contribution to the contemporary art field, Tuer has received the OAAG Curatorial Writing Award, Toronto Arts Award, National Magazine Award, Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants, and OCAD University's Award for Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (2013). She been a co-investigator on a number of SSHRC Insight Research and Partnership grants, most recently the SSHRC Partnership Grant. Hemispheric Encounters: Developing transborder research-creation practices (2020-27).
Tuer is Professor and Founding Chair of Visual and Critical Studies at OCAD University. She has also served as Chair of the Criticism and Curatorial Practice undergraduate and graduate programs. She holds a master's and doctorate in history from the University of Toronto.
contact: dtuer@ocadu.ca
Ernesto Cabral de Luna
is a Mexican lens-based artist working in Toronto. Working through analog and digital processes, he utilizes his own photographs, archived imagery and documents to create still images and short animations emphasizing the multi-dimensionality and materiality of the image. His work centers around altering perception through image manipulation – providing new ways to experience recognizable imagery in unconventional manners and outside of their intended purpose.Ernesto received his BFA in photography from OCAD University in 2024, where he received the 2024 Barbara Astman Photography Award and the 2021 Wendy Coburn Art and Social Change Scholarship. The recipient of the 2024 Gallery44 Residency Award, he has exhibited at various galleries in Toronto including Ada Slaight, Xpace Cultural Center, and Abbozzo Gallery.
Ernesto was selected for the Toronto Raptors’ 2022 Welcome Toronto Creators Program. He has worked closely with notable companies such as The Toronto Raptors, Coors Light and Walmart Canada. Ernesto’s thesis project has been supported through funding by OCAD’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists, The Ontario Arts Council and Partners in Art Canada.