Join artist Joan Scaglione at this artist talk celebrating her exhibition Shifting Realities. Joan discusses her practice, how the artworks in her exhibition emerged from her organic approach to creation and how she taps into imagination.

Sponsor: J.J.M. Investment Group CIBC Wood Gundy

Dr Tommy Mayberry might be one of the biggest fears of our contemporary cishet, Conservative, white, Western world: a drag queen doing critical race theory (CRT). More specifically, Dr Tommy is a raced-white academic drag queen doing critical race counterstory and teaching queer via their research, pedagogy, practice and leadership; and more specifically, “fears” and “phobias” might not be so much what is happening across these lands now known as North America.

The Historical Costume Ball Drag Show Fashion Pageant Spectacular launches a weeklong series of activities, in collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University. All programs are free and open to the public.

Take time to slow down and deeply observe works in the exhibition Who is Belle Island?. Guided by Agnes docents, this contemplation practice allows for relaxation and new insights.

At Deep Looking, we aim to facilitate conversations around artworks shaped by participants’ unique perspectives, rather than promoting a singular reading. We ask that participants come with a willingness to listen, share and collaborate.

Kingston artists, Billie Kearns (aka Billie the Kid) and Jill Glatt collaborate on an exhibition that asks, “what does it mean to be a local artist?” and “how can we honour the land with stories we tell?” They propose Belle Island is “a being who holds those who are both from this land and those who have come here from far away and live here now.” Agnes’s Atrium is adorned with sound and tapestries coloured with natural dye and embroidered with poetry and quotes from stories contributed by local community members.

The docent program is generously supported by the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation.

The docent program is generously supported by the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation.

We invite folks 16+ to join us for this free and accessible program. Located in Agnes’s galleries, these mindful movement sessions respond to works in Agnes’s exhibitions and inspire individuals to move creatively in ways that make them feel good.

There is an opportunity for improvisation and collaboration at each session. This program is facilitated by Amy Booth, a registered Physiotherapist and dance educator.

Take time to slow down and deeply observe works in the exhibition Turned Back: Filaments of Renewal. Guided by Agnes docents, this contemplation practice allows for relaxation and new insights.

At Deep Looking, we aim to facilitate conversations around artworks shaped by participants’ unique perspectives, rather than promoting a singular reading. We ask that participants come with a willingness to listen, share and collaborate.

Turned Back: Filaments of Renewal presents works from Emebet Belete’s series Turned Back. Celebrating the life of her mother and the intergeneration of Ethiopian women whose stories are woven throughout the fabric of time, this exhibition of acrylics on canvas with installed audio and textiles contemplates a private world beyond the objectifying gaze.

The docent program is generously supported by the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation.