Video: Live Chat with Sarah Anne Johnson, David Moos, Meeka Walsh and Robert Enright

Live Chat took place Friday, June 6th 2026 | University of Winnipeg Manitoba Hall Boardroom, room 2M70 | 5 – 7PM

This panel discussion dissected House on Fire, Sarah Anne Johnson’s response to her grandmother’s experience as a victim of psychiatric experimentation. The conversation delved into Sarah Anne’s artistic methodologies and approaches spanning the length of her career. The interest in multimedia, expanding the photographic image and asking the question – does art do anything? In contrast to her themes of outward exploration and connectivity at the heart of her past environmental series, House on Fire directs inward for Johnson. Alongside longstanding peers; David Moos, Meeka Walsh and Robert Enright, Sarah Anne talks of the hesitation to intimately showcase the traumatic matrilineal impact of the Allen Institute.

Plug In ICA would like to thank Michael Nesbitt for making this exhibition possible.

Acknowledgements

We are on Treaty 1 Territory. Plug In ICA is located on the territories of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. Our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.

Plug In ICA extends our heartfelt gratitude to our generous donors, valued members, and dedicated volunteers. We acknowledge the sustaining support of our Director’s Circle. You all make a difference.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council, the Manitoba Arts Council and Winnipeg Arts Council. We could not operate without their continued financial investment and lobbying efforts.

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For more information on this program, please contact: info@plugin.org or call 1.204.942.1043