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Visiting Artist Lecture: Alvin Luong
Feb 13, 2024 12:00 PM
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Registration Deadline: Feb 13, 2024 12:00 PM
Placemaking: Building Communities through Art
Artist Lecture with Alvin Luong
Community is an important part of being an artist and conversely, artists build community, define place, and keep culture alive with their work. Thinking through the elements of placemaking-citizen well-being, reliable public transit, and the overall vitality of a community, 2023-2024 invites 9 artists to speak about the impact of community on their practice, the pivotal role placemaking serves in their works, and how artists actively build, maintain, and champion their communities.
**Registration closes at 12pm the day of - please arrive in person if you'd like to attend past the registration deadline.**
Alvin Luong works with stories of human migration, land, and dialogues from diasporic working-class communities to create artworks that reflect upon historical development and its intimate effects on the lives of people. His focus is expressed through photographs, videos, and sculptures. Luong has shown and screened artworks in places including the Images Festival (Toronto), Boers-Li Gallery (Beijing), Gudskul (Jakarta), and The Polygon Gallery (Vancouver). The artist has held research and resident artist appointments at the Inside-Out Art Museum (Beijing), HB Station Contemporary Art Research Center (Guangzhou), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), and Gallery TPW (Toronto). Luong was long-listed for the 2023 Sobey Art Award (Canada). The artist's works have been acquired and shown by The Rockefeller Foundation (New York City).