Vancouver Institute

Vancouver Institute

AN ART MUSEUM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

When: Where: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver.

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Mr. Anthony Kiendl
CEO and Director, Vancouver Art Gallery

Mr. Kiendl is an award-winning curator, writer, arts administrator and educator. Prior to joining the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2020, Mr. Kiendl was the Executive Director and CEO of the Mackenzie Gallery in Regina; the Executive and Artistic Director of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg; and the Director of Visual Arts at the Walter Phillips Gallery and Banff International Curatorial Institute at the Banff Centre. Mr. Kiendl has lectured internationally and has co-organized panel presentations for Tate Modern, Tate Britain, and Art Brussels among others. He was curator of Contour 2011: The 5th Biennial of the Moving Image in Mechelen, Belgium, and recipient of the 2009 Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award for Curatorial Excellence in Contemporary Art.

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Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

RESTORATION AND RECIPROCITY: HEALING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NATURAL WORLD

Note: This lecture will be held at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, September 26 at 6 pm. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of essays Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (2020 and 2022).