Onsite Gallery’s Annual Curatorial Lecture: eunice bélidor
Images (left to right): eunice bélidor, photo by Charlène Daguin, 2021. Joséphine Denis.
Onsite Gallery’s Annual Curatorial Lecture
eunice bélidor: Handle with Care – Curatorial Practices After the Pandemic
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 6:30 – 8 pm
Auditorium (MCA 190), OCAD University
100 McCaul Street, Toronto
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Onsite Gallery is thrilled to announce its annual Black History Month guest lecture featuring esteemed curator eunice bélidor. Co-presented with the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora and Black Artists’ Networks in Dialogue Gallery (BAND Gallery), this event highlights the vital role of fostering dialogues on Black history, art, and culture within and beyond our communities.
Titled Handle with Care: Curatorial Practices After the Pandemic, the lecture explores critical questions: What does it mean to curate with care in a world facing conflicts, wars, and genocide? Who and what do curatorial practices care for?
In her lecture, eunice bélidor will share strategies employed by curators, including herself, such as archiving and radical hospitality, to create meaningful and relevant exhibitions that nurture all participants—curators, artists, and audiences alike. Following, Joséphine Denis will join eunice for a conversation and moderate a Q & A with the audience.
A reception will take place after the lecture.
ASL interpretation will be provided for the lecture.
About eunice bélidor
Born in Montreal, eunice bélidor is a curator, writer, and researcher. Her curatorial practice focuses on letter writing as a vector of affective archives for curatorial research. She holds an MA in Art History and a Graduate diploma in Curatorial Studies from York University (Toronto). Her exhibitions and curatorial projects have been presented at MAI, the MMFA, the MAC, Galerie de l’UQAM, and articule. Her writing has been featured in C Magazine, Vie des Arts, the Brooklyn Rail, and Hyperallergic. In 2018 she was awarded the Emerging Curator Award from the Hnatsyshyn Foundation. She is currently an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Concordia University.
About Joséphine Denis
Joséphine Denis, born in Haiti and raised in Port-au-Prince and New York, is a curator and writer. Her work advocates for Black diasporic art and encourages deeper engagement to foster a nuanced understanding of the specific contexts surrounding contemporary practices. Rooted in community dialogue, her work is guided by her kin. Joséphine is the Director of Curatorial Initiatives at BAND Gallery in Tkaronto. Recent exhibitions include BAND at Art Toronto, Where we Dwell: Inside the Founders’ Collections, BAND Gallery, and Amartey Golding: The comfort of embers, The Power Plant Gallery of Contemporary Art. Denis’ writing appears in various publications and she has worked at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Serpentine Galleries, and Faurschou Foundation.
Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family. We also acknowledge the support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario and Toronto Arts Council.
Currently on view at Onsite Gallery are dual exhibitions, Fortitude/Fragile + The Delaney Family Emerging Curator’s Prize: Presence in a past or an undetermined future. until May 17, 2025.
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 – 7 pm
Thursday to Saturday: 12 – 5 pm
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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