AGO x RBC Emerging Artists Workshops: Artist Residencies in question and conversation

Haema Sivanesan, Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, and Paola Poletto will critically consider the opportunity offered by artist residency programs from different perspectives—both inside and outside the institution. In this conversation, the panelists offer an entry point into thinking about artist residencies through questions that arise in the context of facilitating or participating in residency programs.  

Maker Friday: Entangled Botanicals with Michelle Peraza

Come make art with our artist-in residence, Michelle Peraza!

As part of her artist residency at the AGO, Michelle Peraza is creating two large-scale drawings, one of which will be made by working on-site and collaboratively with museum visitors as part of our monthly Maker Fridays.

AGO x RBC Emerging Artists: Footprints of Artist Residencies

Join Francisco Guevara for three-part workshop for conversations with a reading list crafted and led by the artist and curator around the impact and ethics of artist residencies. The workshop is aimed at emerging artists, artists-in-residence, those considering residencies, or managers of residencies  

The Goldberg Variations by Clayton Lee

Clayton Lee uses deadpan humour, generosity and a low-vibrating mischievousness to facilitate and indulge the “what-ifs” of the live encounter.

AGO X RBC Emerging Artists Workshop in partnership with The Second City

The AGO X RBC Emerging Artists Program presents a unique workshop for emerging artists, presented in partnership with The Second City, in response to this year’s theme of humor as a practice-based approach.  Join us to learn about storytelling and presentation from the best in the comedy and theatre in

Black Tie Soup Night by Lauren Prousky

Don your most elegant, outrageous and extravagant garments and join us at Black Tie* Soup Night (BTSN), an absurdist art happening, a participatory performance and a party.

Film Premiere: Threading Echoes by Shion Skye Carter with Mayumi Lashbrook and Hitoko Okada

Open Rehearsals: Threading Echoes by Shion Skye Carter with Mayumi Lashbrook and Hitoko Okada

AGO X RBC 2022 Artist-in-Residence, Shion Skye Carter and her collaborators take over Walker Court for two live rehearsals. 

AGO X RBC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE IN CONVERSATION: Ivetta Sunyoung Kang

Join Ivetta Sunyoung Kang for a performative presentation within her Proposition 3: String Figure. Transformed from string figure games (a.k.a. Cat’s cradle), which is one of the most ancient games across continents, the project will let ephemeral conversations with the friends become subjectively and independently invented figures played with a string. Each string figure the friends will create is anecdotes of severe lockdowns during the pandemic, agoraphobia-inducing days and sleepless nights.

AGO X RBC Artists in Residence in Conversation: Mariam Magsi and Eric Chengyang

Join Mariam Magsi and Eric Chengyang for a conversation about their practices and the work during their respective digital residencies.
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