National Black Communities Arts & Culture
Round Table Talk
- September 23, 2021
National Black Communities Arts & Culture
Round Table Talk
An opportunity to become more informed about the different challenges & opportunities Black artists and cultural workers across Canada face.
The Black Opportunity fund is excited to host the Black perspectives on the Arts and Culture sectors across Canada.
This roundtable talk will provide an opportunity to become more informed about the different challenges and opportunities Black artists and cultural workers across Canada are facing.
Panelists will outline some of the sector’s needs while also sharing how Black professionals are leading changes in diversity, equity, access, and inclusion needs.
Host: Craig Wellington, Executive Director of Black Opportunity Fund
Moderator: Karen Carter, Co-Founder Black Artists’ Networks in Dialogue
Gaëtane Verna
Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
Stephanie Allen
Associate Vice President of Strategic Business Operations & Performance of BD Housing and a founding board member of Hogan’s Alley Society
Dominique Fontaine
Curator & Founder of aPOSTeRIORi
Delvina Bernard
Founding member Arts Network of Nova Scotia; Chair Black Music Committee ECMA; EDIA Advisor Mount Saint Vincent University
Belinda Uwase
Curator and Leader of YEGTheComeUP’s Arts & CultureTask force
| Topic | Agenda | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome | by Craig Wellington
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7:00 pm - 7:05 pm |
| Panel Introduction | by Karen Carter Each panellist will have two (2) minutes to:
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7:05 pm - 7:15 pm |
| Panel Discussion | Each panellist will be asked to comment on:
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7:15 pm - 8:00 pm |
| Cultural Commentators Discussion | They will be invited to comment on some of the specific observations from their work as curators or artists
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8:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
| Q&A | Questions that come in via chat will be taken |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm |
The Black Opportunity Fund (BOF) in partnership with the BAND Gallery and Cultural Centre, and Colliers, is excited to host a Roundtable exploring the Black perspective on Canada’s Arts and Culture sectors.
While artists from Black and other equity seeking groups are enjoying greater representation, Black and racialized people are not the ones who predominantly sell and buy their work, or control the power dynamic in the arts & culture eco-system.
This dynamic discussion will provide an opportunity to understand the Black arts & culture eco-system and explore the challenges and opportunities Black artists, administrators and cultural workers across Canada are facing.
Panelists will outline some of the sector’s needs while also sharing how Black professionals are leading changes in diversity, equity, access, and inclusion.