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Stand in solidarity with Black and Indigenous lives

6/9/2020

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Art Museum at the University of Toronto has put together a great list of resources to support Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities, in the ongoing fight against violence and systemic oppression. Artists and cultural workers can join the fight to redress inequality through exhibitions, public programs, and collections. Consider donating or supporting:

  • Black Lives Matter
  • Black Legal Action Centre
  • Black Health Alliance
  • Black Youth Helpline
  • Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council
  • ImagineNATIVE
  • A Fund for Black-led Mental Health Supports
  • Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue
  • NIA Centre for the Arts
  • BAU Collective
  • Wedge Curatorial Projects
  • Black-Owned Businesses in the GTA
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Hand To Mouth- in memory of Ruth First, 1984. Collection: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who was assassinated in Mozambique by the South African police. This piece was done in recognition of the those who show solidarity with oppressed peoples. 
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A recent article about art helping to save the planet

6/9/2020

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PictureRon Benner's installation, As As The Crow Flies, at Museum London in 2014. (Roland Schubert)
Check out the article Art as engagement: creative ideation in the fight to save the planet on Terra Observer’s recently launched page! Written by Olivia Mossuto, the article is in conversation with myself, Christina Battle, and Shelley Niro on how art is changing our relationship to the environment.

Leave a comment below, to tell us what you think. 



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Recent video: As The Crow Flies

6/6/2020

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It was great to meet Andrew Kear, Head of Exhibitions, Museum London, and give him a tour of As The Crow Flies, a photographic/garden installation on the grounds of the Museum in August 2019. Museum London produced this video in 2020 as part of their Museum Stories, created by Adam Caplan.
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Ron Benner (born 1949) is an internationally recognized Canadian artist whose longstanding practice investigates the history and political economics of food cultures. He is also a gardener and writer who currently lives and works in London, Ontario, Canada.

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London, Ontario is on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Attawandaron and Huron-Wendat peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and other treaties.​

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