In conjunction with "Native Art Department International: Bureau of Aesthetics" and on the occasion of Flagler College's Diversity and Inclusion Week, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum welcomes Julia Paoli, curator and Director of Mercer Union, Toronto, to discuss her curatorial practice and organization of three iterations of this exhibition.
Paoli is a curator and writer based in Toronto where she is currently Director & Curator at Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art. Previously, she was Associate Curator at The Power Plant Contemporary ... view more »
In conjunction with “Native Art Department International: Bureau of Aesthetics” and on the occasion of Flagler College’s Diversity and Inclusion Week, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum welcomes Julia Paoli, curator and Director of Mercer Union, Toronto, to discuss her curatorial practice and organization of three iterations of this exhibition.
Paoli is a curator and writer based in Toronto where she is currently Director & Curator at Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art. Previously, she was Associate Curator at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto. Paoli has organized exhibitions and commissioned new work by artists that include Bambitchell, Bik Van der Pol, Beatrice Gibson, Leslie Hewitt, Onyeka Igwe, Anne Low & Evan Calder Williams, Sophia Al Maria, Emily Mast, Mike Nelson, Native Art Department International, Bahar Noorizadeh, Laure Prouvost & Jonas Staal, RAGGA NYC, Jimmy Robert, and Jennifer Rose Sciarrino. She is the editor of Draw the Line, a critical reader on the work of Jimmy Robert published by The Power Plant as part of its series Power Plant Pages. In 2011, Julia received her MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College where she commissioned new works by artists A.K. Burns and MPA.
Native Art Department International (NADI) is a collaborative project created by Toronto-based artists Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan.
NADI focuses on communications platforms and systems of support in the art world while functioning as emancipation from essentialism and identity-based artwork. NADI seeks to circumvent easy categorization by comprising a diverse range of activities such as curated exhibitions, video screenings, panel talks, collective art-making and documenting, and an online presence. However, all activities contain an undercurrent of positive progress through cooperation and non-competition.
Bureau of Aesthetics was produced and organized by Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, Toronto. The exhibition is made possible with Leading Support from TD Bank Group and the NuytenDime Foundation.
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