All Of Niagara

Walker Cultural Leader Series

EVENT DATE:
31 Jan, 2018
EVENT TIME:
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Walker Cultural Leader Series

Walker Cultural Leader Series and Canada 150 Opening Reception: Memories Known and Unknown Date: Wednesday Jan. 31 Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm Location: Visual Arts Exhibition Space, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts A free community event! Description: This exhibition coincides with the talk presented by Walker Cultural Leader, Dr. Julie Crooks. Her research situates the Bell-Sloman Collection as a "fugitive archive," built with defiance and resistance, in order to preserve, salvage and recover the histories of black Canadian communities whose stories and material artefacts are often left untold or subject to erasure. The exhibition in the Visual Arts Exhibition Space will showcase some of the material presented in the lecture. Exhibition: Tuesday Jan. 9 to Friday Feb. 9, 2018 Time: Regular visiting hours are Tuesday through Saturday 1 to 5 pm. Lecture: Wednesday Jan. 31 at. 7 pm