Join artist Chaddy-Ann Newton for a conversation with the AGO’s Annie Roper about his recent work.

Chaddy-Ann Newton is an artist based in Toronto. He operates primarily on intuition and observation and is best known for drawings centred around anthropomorphised ducks in a series of ever changing environments and situations. Of this work, he says, “I found that inspiration came to me more quickly through the ducks – I could envision the world they inhabited and they had a sort of voice about them that allowed me to see how they could grow and interact within this environment I was perceiving." He has published comic books and zines, designed posters, completed portrait commissions, and participated in the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival.

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Annie Roper is the Curatorial Assistant, Talk Programs and Partnerships at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Interested in the intersections of community, wellbeing and culture, her work is informed by her experience in the mental health and hospitality sectors to facilitate meaningful engagement and deepen community development and collaboration.