Please bring your lunch to this continuing series, organized by Fine Arts Indigenous Resurgence Coordinator Karla Point. Meaning “to share the teachings” in Nuu chah nulth, Haahuupa offers a chance for us to digest some Indigenous knowledge along with our food. This month’s guest is Heather Igloliorte, Visual Arts professor, speaking on “Curating With Community”

https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/105055-fine-arts-haahuupa-lunch-series-heather-igloliorte

Heather Igloliorte, an Inuk-Newfoundlander and Nunatsiavut beneficiary, is the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices, and a Professor in the Visual Arts Department (2023). In addition to teaching and leading research, Heather has been an independent curator since 2005 and has curated or co-curated over 30 projects.  The exhibition she developed with her community, SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, toured across Canada from 2016 - 2020 and was awarded the 2017 Award of Outstanding Achievement in Education from the Canadian Museums Association. In recognition of her significant contributions to curatorial practice in Canada, in 2021 Igloliorte was awarded The Hnatyshyn Foundation's Award for Curatorial Excellence in Contemporary Art.