CONTESTED BODies with work by Leesa Streifler & Cendres Lavy:Leesa Streifler

Leesa Streifler
Cendres Lavy


Co-curators : Pam Patterson, Sevan Injejikian with Leena Raudvee
Production Assistance: Jay Smith,   Hilda Hashimoto
Installation & Catalogue Design: Leena Raudvee

Exhibition Opening & Artist/Curator Remarks (6 pm) at CWSE Gallery, 252 Bloor Street West, 2nd floor, OISE/UT:  March 4th, 5.30pm - 7pm, 
Exhibit runs to March 30, 2013.

OCADU/AGO/WIAprojects Perspectives for Contemporary Art & Design Education Symposium: Tues. March 5, 11.00 am  -2.30 pm, Art Gallery of Ontario, Weston Family Learning Centre (Leesa Streifler, Amy Swartz & AGO/OCAD educators).
University of Toronto Scarborough: Streifler Artist Talk: Wednesday March 6, from 11am - 1 PM  in the Arts Administration (AA) Buildiing Room 304 is  presented by Cultural Pluralism & the Arts, Department of Arts, Media & Culture (Yael Brotman) and Women’s Studies (Connie Guberman) on visual practice, body image, feminism and gender.

All events are free.

Leesa Streifler speaking at UTSC to an audience of feminists and artists.
Still images by Pam Patterson

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