Detail of Tannis Nielsen, Creation / Mazinibii’igan, 2020. Photo Liz Ikiriko

Please pre-book visits to the exhibition here: https://AGYU.as.me.

Events:
Curator-led in-person tour of the exhibition
Saturday, May 14, 2022
2 – 3:30 pm EDT

An in-person tour of the exhibition led by the curators Amy Malbeuf and Jessie Ray Short. All artists were in attendance.

These Streets Remember: Prairie Métis History in Toronto
A virtual lecture by Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette
Date to be determined
When the talk is rescheduled, we will post a new link for registrations.

Due to unforeseen circumstances These Streets Remember is postponed to a TBD date, to take place during the run of the exhibition Lii Zoot Tayr. For those already registered for the original in-person lecture, please join us at AGYU at 2pm for an in-person curator-led tour of the exhibition. All artists will be in attendance.

Lii Zoot Tayr is exploring the seen and unseen in an effort to share those stories that frequently remain obscured from view. To this end, Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette will speak on the connections between and across various colonial sites in Toronto and their relationships with Indigenous histories in what is now known as western Canada.

Dr. Farrell Racette will focus on important events that helped shape the Métis Nation in the Prairies, including the Trial of the Seven Oaks Battle, the resistance at Batoche, and the Queen’s Park monuments to Canadian soldiers who fought at Batoche. It is through acknowledging our shared colonial histories across these sites that we are able to think through possibilities for breaking through to other worlds.

Dreaming Together
An online artist talk moderated by Cheryl L’Hirondelle
Thursday, June 23, 2022
12 – 1:00 pm EDT
To reserve your spot for this talk, please visit: https://AGYU.as.me/?appointmentType=32257824

Join the artists, curators, and exhibition essay author in a discussion that explores the genesis of the Lii Zoot Tayr exhibition. Amy Malbeuf, Suzanne Morrissette, Tannis Nielsen, Tiffany Shaw, and Jessie Ray Short will be joined by Cheryl L’Hirondelle in a discussion about the intersections of science, belief, spirituality, and technology as it informs the work presented as part of the exhibition. Together they will discuss the ideas behind each work with an eye to future directions in considering the possibility of dreaming other worlds into being.