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SUMMARY:Summer Institute II: Wendy Book Club with Walter Scott & Niki Little | Public Events
DESCRIPTION:For the July 2017 session of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art’s Summer Institute\, Walter Scott and Niki Little co-facilitate the Wendy Book Club from July 14 to August 4\, 2017. Taking Wendy (2014) and Wendy’s Revenge (2016) as their point of departure\, they will use these texts to investigate satire as a strategy for self-reflection and cultural critique\, marginalized narratives\, and the subjectivities of artist\, queer\, non-artist\, Indigenous\, etc. Perceptions of the public and private world of the artist and representations of the art world will be discussed and “dispelled” through Wendy’s perspective. \nWhile moving conceptually through the books\, participants will also engage in a constellation of activities reflective of the concerns of their fictional characters. This may take the form of yoga\, meditation exercises\, and the exploration of esoteric practices such as tarot reading. Throughout the three weeks\, “The Wendy Book Club” will take up the specific formal elements that comprise the graphic novel\, expanding knowledge about comics and comic making. Scott and Little will additionally invite guest artists\, and speakers with specific Indigenous-related knowledge\, while also allowing ample studio time to reflect on the understandings generated as a group. \n\nPublic events:\n \nFriday\, July 21 | 7pm\nWendy’s Revenge Performance by Walter Scott \nTuesday\, July 25 | 7pm\nComing of Age as  a “Fake Nerd”\nArtist talk with Maya Ben David \nMonday\, July 31 | 10am\nCuratorial talk with Becca Taylor \nWednesday\, August 2 | 7pm\nArtist talk with Tau Lewis\n*More info to come \nThursday\, August 3 |4-8pm\nOpen Studio\n*More info to come \n\nFor more information\, including participant bios see: https://plugin.org/node/1250 \n\nRelated exhibit:\nWalter Scott\, Blinky Is Reading | June 12- September 04\, 2017
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LOCATION:Manitoba
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SUMMARY:Magic In Limitation • Artist Talk with Tau Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Self-taught artist Tau Lewis constructs sculptural portraits using found materials and objects sourced from urban and rural landscapes. She connects these acts of repurposing and collecting with diasporic experience and Black bodies. Her portraits are recuperative gestures that counter persistent tendencies to erase or peripheralize Black artists and narratives within Canadian art and history. \nOn Wednesday\, August 2\, 2017 at 7pm\, Lewis will give an artist talk titled “Magic in Limitation” presented in conjunction with Wendy Book Club – session two of our 2017 Summer Institute research program\, lead by Walter Scott and Niki Little. \nInterested in the generative nature of thinking creatively about the material and financial realities of producing work\, Lewis has found new freedom and possibility in using only materials she can source for free – scraps\, found objects or leftovers. Working from this premise\, that magic can be found in limitation\, Lewis will introduce Winnipeg to her practice drawing out the connections between her material choices and the thematic concerns of her work such as: Black identity\, adaptation and survival; identity politics; diasporic bodies and the environment; and self preservation and healing. \nIn addition to participating in the Wendy Book Club\, Lewis’s work will be exhibited at Plug In ICA for the fall exhibition\, Entering the Landscape opening September 30\, 2017. \nTau Lewis is a Jamaican-Canadian artist living and working in Toronto\, Ontario. A self-taught sculptor\, Lewis combines natural and synthetic materials to create simulations of living things with careful consideration of the history and symbolism of her materials. Lewis has exhibited in Canada and the USA at the Art Gallery of Ontario\, Toronto; the New Museum\, New York\, and Night Gallery\, Los Angeles. She has received support from Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council. Recent and forthcoming exhibition sites include: Oakville Galleries\, COOPER COLE\, Art Gallery of York University\, Toronto\, and Plug In ICA\, Winnipeg\, Canada. \n\nUpcoming Wendy Book Club Programming: \nThursday\, August 2\, 2017 | 7pm \nSummer Institute Open Studios \nAll our programming is free and open to the public. Everyone welcome!  \n\nThe Summer Institute is an international post-graduate research program for professional artists working in all disciplines and media. In 2017 Plug In ICA hosts two sessions of the Institute\, both emphasizing writing as an expanded field incorporating elements of critical confession\, reflection and artistry. For the second session\, July 17 to August 4\, participants work with writer\, artist and editor\, Walter Scott and artist and curator\, Niki Little with special guests Tau Lewis\, Becca Taylor\, and Maya Ben David. \nEach session invites participants who wish to work independently or collaboratively based on their own interests and projects and includes opportunities to work in a peer-to-peer environment through group activities planned during the session. A number of guest artists\, curators and theorists will visit the Summer Institute for lectures and studio visits. \n\nThe participants in the Wendy Book Club\, Summer Institute Session II include: \nJoi T. Arcand • Alex Ateah • Madeline Bogoch • Viola Chen 陈宜晴 • Kristiane Church • Kelly Campbell • Dayna Danger • Jillian Groening • Whess Harman • Emma Mayer • Mariana Muñoz Gomez • Pooja Sen • Sarah Stewart • Tanis Worme \nFor More information on the Wendy Book Club Summer Institute\, Session II\, see: https://plugin.org/node/1250 \n\nPlug In ICA extends our gratitude to our generous donors\, valued members and dedicated volunteers. With special thanks to our Director’s Circle. \nWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Manitoba Arts Council and Winnipeg Arts Council. We thank the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support of our 2016 and 2017 program\, as well as Payworks and Wawanesa Insurance for the direct support of our youth programs. \nPlug In ICA relies on community support to remain free and accessible to all\, and enable us to continue to present excellent programs. Please consider becoming a member of Plug In ICA and a donor at https://plugin.org/support or by contacting Angela Forget: angela@plugin.org \nFor media inquiries please contact: Sarah Nesbitt at sarah@plugin.org or by phone at (204) 942-1043. For general information please contact: info@plugin.org \n\n\nRelated exhibit: \nWalter Scott\, Blinky Is Reading | June 12- September 04\, 2017
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LOCATION:Manitoba
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