Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building

A London-based artist who was nominated for the Sobey Art Prize in 2006, Janice Kerbal employs a process of extended research to unveil form for things that are inherently non-visual from detailed plans for bank robberies through ghost towns to imagined nocturnal gardens or emotional states.

Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building

Working across a range of media to create installations which in part respond to specific works from art history, Kate Davis seeks to use her own art activities to reactivate certain questions those works can pose today. Through a discussion and images of her recent practice, Davis will address the problems and possibilities of this direct collaboration with the past and questioning the role of that activity in relation to a feminist discourse within art, past and present.

Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre, Alberta College of Art and Design, 1407-14 Ave NW, Calgary

A London-based curator, writer, and editor, Polly Staple is currently curator of the annual Frieze Art Fair,  is editor-at-large for frieze magazine, and has recently been appointed Director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery. With reference to recent curatorial projects Staple will discuss significant shifts in the production and discursive dissemination of contemporary art set against the backdrop of London’s current contemporary art scene. Co-presented by Visual Arts and the Alberta College of Art and Design.

Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building

Called a “collage enabler” by frieze magazine, Winnipeg-based artist Paul Butler is known for his free-for-all collage parties, which he’s held at galleries across Canada and internationally. The results of these intense, collaborative exchanges inform Butler’s own work as an artist.

Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building 
Matthew Higgs is director of White Columns, New York’s oldest alternative art space. Originally from the U.K., he is as well known for his conceptual artwork as his curatorial practice.

Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building

Harrell Fletcher has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of socially engaged, interdisciplinary projects for over fifteen years. Often community based, Fletcher’s works are formed out of his interactions with ordinary people, turning aspects of their lives that normally pass unnoticed into public art projects and exhibitions. Recent works include Corentine's Turtle (2006), a public sculpture of a turtle designed by an eight-year old boy, and The Problem of Possible Redemption (2003), a video adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses recited by seniors from Parkville Senior Home. Fletcher is a Professor of Art and Social Practice at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.

Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building

Mark Clintberg’s talk will present a framework to examine love relationships as they are represented in and formed through artworks. To illustrate he will discuss several key historical artworks while drawing connections to his own practice.