Feminist Art Conference 2017: Embodied Resistance

FAC 2017 is a full-day interdisciplinary conference that includes panels, performances, community discussions, a keynote, and an open marketplace. Attendees will explore urgent themes in feminist art and activism through a highly curated schedule of artist presentations and public engagement opportunities.

Keynote & Q&A

Sadie Buck with Erika Iserhoff (Presented by Native Women in the Arts + Indigenous Studies)

Artist Panels

Tools, Toys and Tricks of the Trade: Redefining the Domestic Sphere

  • Moderator: Maria Belén Ordóñez

  • Panelists: Niloo Inalouei, Kayla Polan, Hadieh Afshani and Shirley Siegal, Sarah Taavola, Dana Prieto

Bare Bodies: Metaphor, Expression and Self-Realization

  • Moderator: Alla Myzelev

  • Panelists: Jay Smith, James Knott, Kat Pruss, mia susan amir

Resilient Bodies

  • Moderator: Rema Tavares

  • Panelists: Audrey Rousseau, Jennifer Long, Lynx Sainte-Marie

Shared Secrets and Systemic Violence Exposed

  • Moderator: Fiya Bruxa

  • Panelists: Carol Mark, Sydni Lazarus, Sandra Haar, Amanda Robertson-Hebert

Stories of Power: Observations of Becoming

  • Moderator: Charlotte Henay

  • Panelists: A.K. Prince, Angela Aujla, Samaa Ahmed, Karen White, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas

Cultural Hybrids: Decolonizing and Reconstructing Identities

  • Moderator: Natalie Waldburger

  • Panelists: Tanesha Childs, Nadia Chaney, Mahlikah Awe:ri, Vinopa Sivakumar

Artist Performances & Talk Backs (2:30–3:30 PM)

Community Partner Panels (3:45–4:30 PM)

Partner Panels

Gender, Entrepreneurship & Innovation with LiisBeth

  • Moderator: Petra Kassun-Mutch (publisher and co-founder of LiisBeth Magazine and Eve-Volution)

  • Panelists: Jack Jackson (Alljackedup), Renish Kamal (Fidget Toys), Priya Ramanujam (Urbanology Magazine), Emily Rose (Shecosystem), Allison Hillier

Organize This! The Ethics, Politics and Joys of Organizing a Black Feminist Conference with Black Futures Now

  • Panelists: Adwoa Afful, Amelia Ruthven-Nelson, M. Mohamed

Women of Colour and Equity: Double Trouble with Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario

  • Panelists: Sheniz Janmohamed, Astrid Ho, Alicia Rose

Feeling Queerly About Feminist Art with Feminist Art Gallery

  • Moderator: Allyson Mitchell (founder of FAG)

  • Note: This panel was comprised of 24 students from programs including Gender and Sexuality Studies, Art History, Studio Arts, and Film.

Performances

Andrea Thompson, Rimshah Ahmed, Charlie Petch, Clementine Morrigan, HERstory Counts, Lynx Sainte-Marie, Mahlikah Awe:ri, mia susan amir, Olive-or-Oliver, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas

Partnerships

Native Women in the Arts, Liisbeth, Black Futures Now, Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario, Feminist Art Gallery, Iris, Sketch, Activate TO, Jess Dobkin

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