Curatorial Talk with Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith is a Red River Métis curator, writer and arts administrator, working as the Director of the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC). Jennifer will present about her independent curatorial practice, looking at past and future projects, and talk about working with galleries from this independent perspective. During this discussion she will share about her work with NIMAC, what the organization is and some of its histories.

Bio:

Jennifer Lee Smith is a Red River Métis curator, writer, and arts administrator from Treaty 1 Territory/Winnipeg. Jennifer’s interests have always been the use of our hands to tell stories, most often looking to Material Culture and Craft. She works as the Director of the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition, and has worked in the Media Art sector for sixteen years. Working with Indigenous artists in Media Art on a daily basis allows her to understand storytelling both through the slow process of the handmade and lens of technology. Jennifer lives with a hereditary neuromuscular disorder that has been a part of her whole life, but recently has been affecting her mobility in new ways. Increasingly her work is being informed about disability justice and access.