NEW: Exhibition Launch video for Life Between Islands: Caribbean British Art, 1950s- Now

Sonia Boyce, Missionary Position II, 1985. Watercolour, pastel and crayon on paper, Support: 123.8 × 183 cm. Tate. Purchased 1987. T05020. © Sonia Boyce (Copyright Visual Arts-CARCC, 2023) Photo: Tate.

More to look forward to in this busy season of exhibitions! The recording of the exhibition launch for Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s – Now is newly available to watch (exhibition opens on December 6).

To access the video, go to this link: https://artcloud.ago.ca/index.php/s/CmpnZpoassNCDGH

You will be prompted for a password to view. Please enter: Island@rtwork

This video features a number of AGO speakers, highlighting important preparations underway, and behind-the-scenes. For Life Between Islands, the exhibition team includes:

  • Brittney Sproule, Project Manager, Exhibitions – introducing the exhibition and teams
  • Gillian McIntyre, Interpretive Planner – big idea, visitor outcomes, interpretive strategies
  • Julia Crooks, Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora and Emile Croning, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora – exhibition overview, about featured artists, floorplan, and artworks
  • Marilyn Bouma-Pyper, 2D Designer – exhibition design
  • Kathleen McLean, Assistant Curator, Talk Programs and Screenings – education and programming for the exhibition
  • Amy Wu, Marketing Coordinator- exhibition marketing plan
  • Anastasia Hare, Senior Manager, Philanthropy – development and donor engagement

To read more, visit the exhibition webpage HERE.