This Friday, the SASAH Speakers’ Series presents Racquel Rowe and Jessica Karuhanga in conversation, moderated by Kira McCallum.
Join us on February 28th, 5PM, in the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre’s Digital Creativity Lab or by Zoom (zoom registration in bio).
In partnership with Forest City Gallery, and to celebrate Racquel Rowe’s current solo exhibition, The Centre of the World was the Beach, SASAH hosts a conversation between Rowe and artist Jessica Karuhanga (Western’s Department of Visual Arts). The artists will be discussing their multi-faceted practices in a conversation moderated by SASAH student Kira McCallum.
Racquel Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados currently residing in Canada and pursuing a PhD in Western’s Department of Visual Arts. Her practice is continuously influenced by many aspects of history, matrilineal family structures, diasporic communities, and her upbringing in Barbados.
@kellrowe
Jessica Karuhanga is a first-generation Canadian artist of British-Ugandan heritage who addresses politics of identity and Black diasporic concerns through lens-based technologies, sculpture, writing, drawing, and performance.
@iamkichoncho
Kira McCallum is an undergraduate student at Western University, currently pursuing a double major in the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities and Museum & Curatorial Studies. Her status as both a Jamaican and Canadian citizen informs her perspective, and her writing reflects a desire to foster a global appreciation for the Caribbean region’s unique culture.
@keeks.exe
Jessica Karuhanga portrait by Gillian Mapp.