DECADE OF DIALOGUE
Saturday, July 12,9:30am-4pm
As we reach ten years of Sur Gallery, this panel series highlights thepast, present, and future, creating a safe space for reflection, conversation,and vision.
Registration and coffee at 9:30am. Enjoy a morning coffee and treat on the house! There will be a lunch break from 1-2pm. Food, beverages, and merchandise will be sold onsite at this time.
REGISTER HERE FOR ALL PANELS AND WORKSHOPS.
Art Auction will close after the last workshop at 4:30pm.
20 YEARS OFLACAP
10am-11:15am
Founders highlight the various projects developed throughout the years such asthe Allende Arts Festival, the IMAGINE Project, and others, which led to theopening of Sur Gallery. They will discuss various challenges and successes of20 years of advocacy.
Rodrigo Barreda and Tamara Toledo
Moderated by Eva Salinas
ARCHIVO: ACTIVATING LATIN AMERICAN ART ARCHIVES IN CANADA
11:30-1pm
Since 2023, Sur Gallery has hosted the ARCHIVO project, which digitally documents the contributions and trajectories of Latin American,Latin-Caribbean, and Latinx artists in Canada. ARCHIVO was born out of the needto archive a diaspora lacking resources, platforms, and forms of representation. Its approach to archiving has been grassroots-oriented and community-involved, and situates Latin American art and its artists into Canadian art history with its evolving role within the arts landscape.
Two years after ARCHIVO’s launch, we ask: how can we further activate this project and involve communities? What possibilities for research become available? What are the challenges and opportunities of working with archives that cross borders, languages, and hemispheres? This panel gathers researchers,archivists, and artists offering an opportunity to imagine potential futures for this project.
Yasmine Espert, Francisco Fernando-Granados, and Luz Sierra. Moderated by Luisa Cruz
CO-DESIGNINGTHE FUTURE OF SUR GALLERY
2-4pm
This workshop introduces participants to the Three Horizons Map, a tool used to imagine “what a future Sur Gallery may and should be”, and co-design how we may get there. Interested participants are asked to fill-out a seven-question survey prior to the workshop and come prepared with a constructive outlook on building community. All are welcome.
Rodrigo Barreda, MDes
SPEAKERS:
Tamara Toledo
Yasmine Espert
Luz Sierra
Rodrigo Barreda
Francisco-Fernando Granados
Luisa Cruz