In a climate of impassioned global protests against pervasive anti-Black racism, Canada is being forced to more fully confront its own legacy of systemic inequality that has marginalized generations of Black citizens. As we consider how to right this historic wrong, Dr. Andrea Fatona says one good place to start is by increasing the visibility of Black artists in Canada.

An independent art curator and scholar, and an associate professor in OCAD University’s Faculty of Art, Dr. Fatona has been working for years to rectify the absence of Black visual art from “official records”— art critics’ reviews, art archives and other avenues of representation. She has documented much of her efforts online and has launched a re-imagined version of the site: The state of blackness: from production to presentation. A French version of the website is coming soon. 

Group photo of the State of Blackness conference participants. Photo by Ella Cooper.

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Group photo of the State of Blackness conference participants. Photo by Ella Cooper.
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Monday, June 22, 2020 - 4:26pm
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Recognizing Canada’s Black visual artists
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Recognizing Canada’s Black visual artists
Recognizing Canada’s Black visual artists
Monday June 22nd, 2020

In a climate of impassioned global protests against pervasive anti-Black racism, Canada is being forced to more fully confront its own legacy of systemic inequality that has marginalized generations of Black citizens. As we consider how to right this historic wrong, Dr. Andrea Fatona says one good place to start is by increasing the visibility of Black artists in Canada.

An independent art curator and scholar, and an associate professor in OCAD University’s Faculty of Art, Dr. Fatona has been working for years to rectify the absence of Black visual art from “official records”— art critics’ reviews, art archives and other avenues of representation. She has documented much of her efforts online and has launched a re-imagined version of the site: The state of blackness: from production to presentation. A French version of the website is coming soon. 

Group photo of the State of Blackness conference participants. Photo by Ella Cooper.

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