JNAAG welcoming public to in-person Art & Ideas lectures

Sarnia, ON – The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery will be hosting two in-person Art & Ideas lectures this October. These will be the first in-person lectures held at the Gallery since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when they shifted to a virtual model.

Art & Ideas is a series of discussions focused on expanding the ideas and topics found in current exhibitions or artwork from the JNAAG's permanent collection. Registration is required and can be completed through the Art & Ideas page of the JNAAG website.

Art & Ideas: Art, Avatars, and Outer Space with Matthew Ryan Smith
Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Join Matthew Ryan Smith, guest curator of the exhibition From Skyworld to Cyberspace, as he discusses how viewers experience artwork using their own lives and experiences, Indigenous Futurism, avatars, and outer space.

Art & Ideas: In Conversation with Darla Fisher-Odjig
Thursday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m.

Lambton County based artist Darla Fisher-Odjig will reflect on her current exhibition Beneath the Mask: Symbols as a Healing Phenomenon and share in her own voice how colonization has had an effect in her life and how she continues to “teach through art and poetry the elegance and masterfulness of First Nations heritage”.

The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery is open Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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Please contact:

Sonya Blazek        
Curator, Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery
County of Lambton
Email Sonya Blazek