Tuesday, March 23, 7 PM EST
Artist Qiana Mestrich in conversation with fellow artist Liz Ikiriko and scholar Negarra A. Kudumu
Link to archived conversation (Link)
About the participants:
Liz Ikiriko is a Tkaronto/Toronto-based, prairie-born, Nigerian Canadian artist and curator. Her work as an educator, maker and mother inform her practice which is focused on African and diasporic narratives. She is committed to the creation of embodied experiences that utilize accessible platforms to share moments of vulnerability and care for all of us on the margins. She holds an MFA in Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University (2019).
Her work has been exhibited nationally and her writing has appeared in Public Journal, MICE Magazine, C Magazine and Akimbo. Presently she is curating, Is Love A Synonym for Abolition? (2021), which will be on view at Gallery 44 during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto. She teaches photography at Ryerson University and is Assistant Curator at the Art Gallery of York University.
Negarra A. Kudumu is an independent scholar, published writer, and healer working at the intersection of art and healing with a focus on contemporary art from Africa, South Asia, and their respective diasporas as well as African Diasporic knowledge systems. She holds the title of Yayi Nkisi Malongo in the Brama Con Brama lineage of Palo Mayombe; she is a lay person in the Pimienta lineage of the Lukumi spiritual tradition; a practitioner of Muerterismo, Espiritismo Cruzado, and also a level II Reiki practitioner. Negarra lives and works in Seattle where she was formerly Manager of Public Programs at the Frye Art Museum and currently is the Curator at the Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) Seattle, WA.
From L to R: Qiana Mestrich, Liz Ikiriko & Negarra Kudumu