Agnes Etherington Art CentreSunday 4 October 20152-4 pm What new approaches can we bring to the much-loved iconic Canadian art of the inter-war period? Dr Christine Boyanoski, curator of A Story of Canadian Art: As Told by the Hart House Collection, and Sarah Milroy, art critic and co-curator of From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia offer their perspectives through short presentations and a discussion. Admission is free; a reception follows.A Story of Canadian Art contains forty well-known works of early twentieth-century Canadian art from the permanent collection of Hart House, University of Toronto. Boyanoski examined their acquisition, their installation in Hart House and their subsequent exhibition histories to understand how these paintings have taken on the iconic status they hold today.Dr. Christine Boyanoski is an independent curator, writer and lecturer based in Toronto. She has curated many exhibitions and written extensively on the subject of Canadian art. Among her current projects is a study of cultural decolonization in the settler societies of the former British Empire between the two World Wars.
