Nuit Talks

September 17 - Sites of Memory, Placemaking and Monuments (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests:

• Sally Han – Manager, Cultural Partnerships, City of Toronto, Toronto
• Natasha Henry, York University and President, Ontario Black History Society, Toronto
• Branislav Henselmann – Director of Culture, City of Vancouver, Vancouver
• Dr. Jolene Rickard – Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University, USA
• Dr. Niigaan Sinclair – Associate Professor, Department of Native Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
• Dr. Carla Taunton – Associate Professor, Art History and Contemporary Culture, NSCAD University, Halifax

September 22 - The New World Order with Gathering and Performing (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests: 

• Randell Adjei – Executive Director, RISE edutainment, Toronto
• Jenn Goodwin – Programming Supervisor, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto, Toronto
• Dr. Heather Igloliorte – Associate Professor and Research Chair in Circumpolar and Indigenous Arts, Concordia University, Montreal
• July Talk (Leah Fay and Peter Dreimanis) – Musicians and Performers, Toronto
• Odario Williams – Musician, DJ and CBC Host, Toronto

September 24 - Thinking Through Public Space in the Time of COVID-19 (Available On Demand)

Public space in the time of COVID and how people will return to public space and public art.

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests: 

• Umbereen Inayet – Programming Supervisor, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto, Toronto
• Dr. Janine Marchessault – Professor, Cinema and Media Arts, York University, Toronto
• Mazyar Mortazavi – President and CEO of TAS Design, Chair, Board of Directors, The Bentway, Toronto
• Julien Christian Lutz, professionally known as Director X – Canadian Film and Music Producer, Toronto
• eL Seed – Artist, Dubai

September 29 - Public Engagement with Outdoor Festivals (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests:

• Lindsay Ann Cory – Executive Director, Nocturne, K’jipuktuk/Halifax
• Dr. Hoe Su Fern – Assistant Professor, Arts and Culture Management, Singapore Management University, Singapore
• Jeanne Holmes – Acting Programming Manager, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto, Toronto
• Ashley McKenzie-Barnes – Curator and Creative Director, Toronto
• Sage Paul – Artistic Director, Indigenous Fashion Week, Toronto

October 1 - Exhibitions, Galleries and Social Distancing (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests:

• Dr. Stephen Borys – Director and CEO of Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
• Karl Chitham – Director of The Dowse Art Museum, New Zealand
• Devyani Saltzman – Director of Programing, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Gaëtane Verna – Director of The Power Plant, Toronto
• Thomas J Price, Artist, England

October 3 - Nuit's Virtual One-on-One with the Mayor (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guest: John Tory – Mayor, City of Toronto, Toronto

October 8 - Community Organizers and Engagement with the Public (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests:

• Reneltta Arluk – Director of Indigenous Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Founder of Akpik Theatre, Banff
• Michelle De Lyon – Project Manager, RISE Edutainment, Toronto
• Alyssa Fearon – Curator/Director, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Regina
• Lila Karim – Executive Director, North York Arts, Toronto
• Kerri MacDonald – Programming Supervisor, City Cultural Events, City of Toronto, Toronto
• Camille Usher – Executive Director, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective, Toronto

October 15 - Digital Pivoting Overuse of the Screen (Available On Demand)

Time: 8 p.m. EST

Guests:

• Brook Andrew – Artistic Director, Bienniale of Sydney, Australia
• Emily Fitzpatrick – Artistic Director, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
• Jason Lewis – Professor and Research Chair in Computational Media and the Indigenous Future Imaginary, Concordia, Montreal
• Niki Little – Artistic Director, imagineNATIVE, Toronto
• Rah – Artist, Toronto
• Ana Serrano – President and Vice-Chancellor of OCAD University, Toronto