Handle with Care - Curatorial Practices After the Pandemic:
eunice bélidor and Joséphine Denis
Lecture
Public
Onsite Gallery is thrilled to announce its annual Black History Month guest lecture featuring esteemed curator eunice bélidor.
100 McCaul Street
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Onsite Gallery
Lecture
Public
100 McCaul Street
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Onsite Gallery
Lecture
Public
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Onsite Gallery’s Curatorial Lecture
eunice bélidor: Handle with Care - Curatorial Practices After the Pandemic
Thursday, February 13, 2025 – 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
MCA 190 (Auditorium) 100 McCaul Street, OCAD University
Onsite Gallery is thrilled to announce its annual Black History Month guest lecture featuring esteemed curator eunice bélidor. Co-presented with the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora and Black Artists’ Networks in Dialogue Gallery (BAND Gallery), this event highlights the vital role of fostering dialogues on Black history, art, and culture within and beyond our communities.
Titled Handle with Care: Curatorial Practices After the Pandemic, the lecture explores critical questions: What does it mean to curate with care in a world facing conflicts, wars, and genocide? Who and what do curatorial practices care for?
In her lecture, eunice bélidor will share strategies employed by curators, including herself, such as archiving and radical hospitality, to create meaningful and relevant exhibitions that nurture all participants—curators, artists, and audiences alike. Following, Joséphine Denis will join eunice for a conversation and moderate a Q & A with the audience.
A reception will take place after the lecture.
ASL interpretation will be provided for the lecture.
About eunice bélidor
Born in Montreal, eunice bélidor is a curator, writer, and researcher. Her curatorial practice focuses on letter writing as a vector of affective archives for curatorial research. She holds an MA in Art History and a Graduate diploma in Curatorial Studies from York University (Toronto). Her exhibitions and curatorial projects have been presented at MAI, the MMFA, the MAC, Galerie de l'UQAM, and articule. Her writing has been featured in C Magazine, Vie des Arts, the Brooklyn Rail, and Hyperallergic. In 2018 she was awarded the Emerging Curator Award from the Hnatsyshyn Foundation. She is currently an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Concordia University.
About Joséphine Denis
Joséphine Denis, born in Haiti and raised in Port-au-Prince and New York, is a curator and writer. Her work advocates for Black diasporic art and encourages deeper engagement to foster a nuanced understanding of the specific contexts surrounding contemporary practices. Rooted in community dialogue, her work is guided by her kin. Joséphine is the Director of Curatorial Initiatives at BAND Gallery in Tkaronto. Recent exhibitions include BAND at Art Toronto, Where we Dwell: Inside the Founders’ Collections, BAND Gallery, and Amartey Golding: The comfort of embers, The Power Plant Gallery of Contemporary Art. Denis’ writing appears in various publications and she has worked at The Power Plant
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