Artist Talk: Aram Han Sifuentes at OCADU
Artist and activist Aram Han Sifuentes’s work confronts social and racial injustices, interweaving fiber, social practice, performance, and pedagogy to consider themes of immigration, labor, and protest. Many of her projects, such as the ongoing Protest Banner Lending Library and Citizenship for All: Storytelling Through Nonggi Making, aim to make art more accessible to the disenfranchised, especially immigrants of color.
This talk will take place in-person at OCADU campus in Toronto in room 230 (capacity 180), Approximately 90-minutes.
About the Artist:
“Aram Han Sifuentes (she/they) is a social practice and fiber artist, writer, and educator who works to center immigrant and disenfranchised communities. She confronts social and racial injustices against the disenfranchised and riffs off official institutions and bureaucratic processes to reimagine new, inclusive, and humanized systems of civic engagement and belonging. She does this by creating participatory and active environments where safety, play, and skill-sharing are emphasized. And even though many of her projects are collaborative and communal in nature, they incite and highlight individual’s experiences, politics, and voice.”
Guest artist Aram Han Sifuentes was selected and organized by artist-in-residence Sonia Chow. She finds Aram’s work to be critical, timely, and relevant to discussions around immigration, identity, citizenship and community.
We acknowledge the support of Arts Nova Scotia.
The Learning Hub Artist in Residence Program is made possible by the Chawker’s Foundation.
This event was made possible with the generous support of:
• The Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), OCADU
• Department of Visual Arts & Art History, York University: Graduate Program in Visual Arts & AMPD | School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design
Artist image credit: Virginia Harold
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