Images (left to right): Artist, Jean Marshall, and Curator, Linda Grussani.

Artist / Curator Talk: Jean Marshall in Conversation with Linda Grussani

Friday, October 4, 2024, 12pm to 2pm
Onsite Gallery, Toronto
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Please join us at Onsite Gallery for an exclusive Artist / Curator Talk with Jean Marshall and Linda Grussani. They will discuss their dynamic exhibition Anikoobijikewin and illuminate the profound connections between community, visiting, creating, and sharing it represents.

Jean Marshall: Anikoobijikewin is the second solo exhibition presented in the Mawadishiwewin (visits) series. Read more about it here.

Jean Marshall: Anikoobijikewin runs through November 30, 2024.

About the Artist

Jean Marshall is a visual artist of Ahnishnaabe / English descent who was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is a member of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, also known as Big Trout Lake, Treaty 9, and currently resides on the lands of the Animikii-Wajiw / Thunder Mountain, also known as Fort William First Nation.

Marshall has been practicing visual arts for the last 20 years, and she has earned a reputation for her vibrant artwork made of beads, porcupine quills, textiles, and hide. Marshall’s passion for beadwork started when she was a child, surrounded by skilled craftsmanship, which taught her the importance of quality and using her hands. This admiration has grown into her present-day practice, where she focuses on beadwork and leatherworking. For the last seven years, Marshall has been dedicated to learning and sharing moosehide tanning with her community, which has become a significant aspect of her work.

About the Curator

Linda Grussani (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg/Italian ancestry) is a curator, art historian and former arts administrator born, raised, and residing on Anishinàbe Akì in the Ottawa area.

For more than 20 years, Grussani has been dedicated to advancing Indigenous arts and culture, promoting positive structural change, and advancing Indigenous cultural diplomacy as a curator, arts administrator, academic, and mentor. Grussani most recently served as the Curator of Aboriginal Art at the Canadian Museum of History, as Director of the Indigenous Art Centre for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and has held various curatorial positions at the National Gallery of Canada.

Grussani is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Cultural Studies program at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on the recommendations, policies, and methodologies that have influenced the relationships between Indigenous people and institutions in museums and galleries on Anishinàbe Akì over the last 50 years.

The Mawadishiwewin exhibition series is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario through the Curatorial Projects: Indigenous and Culturally Diverse program.

About Onsite Gallery
www.ocadu.ca/onsite

Onsite Gallery, OCAD University’s flagship professional gallery, presents contemporary, Indigenous, and public art and design to advance knowledge creation and stimulate local and international conversations on the urgent issues of our time.

Onsite Gallery
199 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 0H4

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12 to 7pm
Thursday to Saturday: 12 to 5pm

Gallery admission and all events are free.

Onsite Gallery is an accessible venue with all-gender, single-user washrooms.
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About OCAD University (OCAD U)
OCAD University (www.ocadu.ca) is Canada’s university of the imagination. Founded in 1876, the university is dedicated to art, design and digital media education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines.

Contact Information:
Susan Jama
Programs & Community Coordinator, Onsite Gallery
susanjama@ocadu.ca

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