War Art in Canada Creativity & Conflict

    Past Event

    November 11, 2021

    Zoom

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    on the evening of the event to access the live lecture.


     Throughout Canadian history, conflict has been a catalyst of change and a transformative force in the country’s art history. Celebrate the launch of the Art Canada Institute’s groundbreaking new online art book War Art in Canada: A Critical History by the renowned scholar and curator Laura Brandon. The event will feature some of Canada’s leading war artists. As well, it will include a Q & A between Brandon and Sara Angel, ACI’s Executive Director, who will discuss the impact of conflict on creativity as well as the role that war art plays in shaping the national imagination and identity.

    Featuring

    LAURA BRANDON Author of War Art in Canada: A Critical History   EDWARD BURTYNSKY Internationally renowned photographer   GERTRUDE KEARNS Portrait artist and participant in the Canadian Forces Artists Program   ADRIAN STIMSON Interdisciplinary artist and participant in the Canadian Forces Artists Program   ALTHEA THAUBERGER Multi-media artist, filmmaker, and participant in the Canadian Forces Artists Program

    Sponsors

    This book was made possible thanks to the Title Sponsorship of Blake C. Goldring, CM, MSM, CD, and the Cultural Partnership of the Canadian War Museum.

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