Event

18 Nov 2022

10 to 11 a.m. 

Alberta University of the Arts
Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre
1407 14 Ave. NW

IKG Artist Talk: Heather Hart

Please join us on Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 to 11 a.m. for an artist talk with Heather Hart, whose exhibition "Northern Oracle" is currently on display at the IKG.

Artist talks are open to students, staff, faculty and the public – all are welcome!   

Heather Hart, based in Brooklyn, is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the power in thresholds, questioning dominant narratives, and creating alternatives to them. She has been awarded grants from Anonymous Was A Woman, the Graham Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation, NYFA, and Harpo Foundation. Hart co-founded Black Lunch Table in 2005 and has won a Creative Capital award, Wikimedia Foundation grants, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant and an Andy Warhol Foundation of Art grant with that project. Her work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum, Storm King Art Center, The Kohler Art Center, NCMA, Eastern Illinois University, Seattle Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and University of Toronto, Scarborough among others. Hart is an Assistant Professor at Mason Gross School for Art + Design, a member of the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, an external advisor for AUC Art Collective, and a trustee at Storm King Art Center. She works with Davidson Gallery in New York and studied at Skowhegan, Whitney ISP, Cornish College of the Arts, Princeton University and received her MFA from Rutgers University. Hart is a 2021-2022 Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.