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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Hangama Amiri at the Halifax Central Library
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Halifax Central Library on Thursday\, April 16\, for conversation between artist Hangama Amiri and Elizabeth Diggon\, curator at Esker Foundation in Calgary. \n\n\n\nHangama Amiri works predominantly in textiles\, examining notions of home and how gender\, social norms and geopolitical conflict affect the daily lives of women in Afghanistan and the diaspora. Amiri holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Amiri was shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Diggon is a curator at Esker Foundation\, Calgary. Recent curatorial projects have included Anthony Cudahy: metronome yawned (with Shauna Thompson)\, Leonard Suryajaya: Parting Gift for Quarantine Blues\, Farah Al Qasimi: Letters for Occasions\, and Hangama Amiri: PARTING/فراق\, which recently toured to the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Her writing has been published in catalogues including Veronika Pausova: Fast Moving Sun and Rebellious: Alberta Women Artists in the 1980s\, as well as in exhibition texts for galleries across Canada. Diggon holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies and an M.A. in Art History from Queen’s University\, Kingston. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Christina + Nathan Photography. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis program is presented by the National Gallery of Canada\, the Sobey Art Foundation\, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia\, and Halifax Public Library. \n\n\n\nRegistration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://agns.ca/event/artist-talk-with-hangama-amiri-at-the-halifax-central-library/
LOCATION:Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Central Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road\, Halifax\, B3J 1E9\, Canada
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