Art, (Gender), and Identity: A Conversation w/ Three Young Asian Canadians
Join the Asia Pacific Youth Council's Arts & Culture team for “Art, (Gender), and Identity: A Conversation with Three Young Asian Canadian Artists."
The Asia Pacific Youth Council's Arts & Culture team invites you to join a conversation on "Art, (Gender), and Identity" with Hana Amani, Gurjap Kaur, and Tajliya Jamal, three young South Asian Canadian artists who will share with us their thoughts about how they find themselves in their art, how they define their art in relation to their status as visible minorities (while engaging in decolonization), and who they look to for inspiration.
An audience Q & A will follow a moderated discussion.
Moderated by Alaa Akl, Project Coordinator at Foundry, a province-wide network of integrated health and social service centres for young people ages 12-24.
SPEAKERS
Hana Amani, a Sri Lankan-born artist and printmaker whose work focuses on the politics, taboos, and identities of women of Asian-Islamic descent. Hana recently curated a show for Centre A, titled "We Cast Spells on the Mothers of our Daughters and Daughters of our Mothers."
Gurjap Kaur, an illustrator who works with culturally traditional mediums and uses a variety of materials in her pieces.
Tajliya Jamal's work engages the power of storytelling. Being a queer, mixed-race person of colour, they often deal specifically with the (in)visibility of multiracial and queer identities, and feelings of discomfort, belonging, and difference.