Arts Against PostRacialism @ Wilfrid Laurier University
at Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ON [Waterloo campus map]
The Arts Against PostRacialism project seeks to challenge blackface on Canadian campuses by building capacity for critique and spaces of healing for those negatively impacted by blackface, creating intra- and inter-campus networks between campus organizations interested in challenging blackface, and raising the level of critical dialogue about blackface.
Opens at 11:00 |
Emergence Video Installation (Nadine Valcin) Location: The Turret (3rd Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo campus) |
Unwearable (Defence/Offence) Sculpture Installation (Esmaa Mahomoud) Location: Concourse - Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo campus) |
Think Tomorrow Sculpture Installation (Quentin VerCetty) Location: Glass-enclosed room (2nd Floor, Library, Waterloo Campus) |
12:00-1:30 |
Future Memories workshop (Quentin VerCetty) Location: Glass-enclosed room (2nd Floor, Library, Waterloo Campus) |
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1:00-3:00 |
Afronautic Research Lab (Camille Turner) Location: Laurier Archives Reading Area, Room 1-122 (1st Floor, Library, Waterloo Campus) |
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2:00-3:45 |
Location: Den, Wilf's Restaurant & Bar, Waterloo campus) |
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6:00-7:00 |
Keynote: "Hide and See: Engaging the in/visible presence of blackface in Canada" (Philip Howard, McGill University) Location: The Turret (3rd Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo campus) |
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7:00-8:30 |
Location: The Turret (3rd Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre, Waterloo campus) |