Join the MacLaren Centre for a storytelling circle exploring ideas of housing, migration, and what exactly makes a place a home
Hosted by the MacLaren Centre at our downtown location, these are central themes from the forthcoming fall exhibition House for Sale by Innisfil-based artist-duo Dmitry Gretsky and Eugenia Kats. While sharing stories amongst the group, participants will also work together to help make one of the exhibition’s central installations, Black Grass.
Participants will receive a story prompt that will inform the stories that are shared and discussion that follows. This unique activity is an opportunity to meet new people, express yourself, reflect on current local realities, and learn from the experience of others.
About the artists behind Black Grass:
Dmitry Gretsky and Eugenia Kats are an artist duo who have been working in collaboration for more than a decade. They received their MFA in 1995 and have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Kress Project Award (Georgia Museum of Art, US) and the Pollock-Krasner Grant (New York, NY). They have also been shortlisted for the Kingston Prize (Canada), the S. Kuryokhin Award, and they have been longlisted twice for the Kandinsky Art Prize. Their works can be found in many significant institutions, as well as in private collections. Additionally, Gretsky and Kats have actively participated in various Art Fairs, notably Vienna Contemporary, Cosmoscow, and ART MIAMI.
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