Politics of Play
Date: Nov 27
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Where: Theatre
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ENGAGING EVENING Please join Darryn Doull, Curator of Canadian Art at The Rooms, for a closer look at the organization and planning of Boarder X (organized and circulated by the Winnipeg Art Gallery, curated by Jaimie Isaac) and a critical reflection upon the institutional significance of the exhibition and its programs. Darryn Doull is a curator, writer and musician based in St. John's, NL / Toronto, ON. His work often focusses on facilitating programs of Canadian art and visual culture that critically engage prevailing social, economic and political concerns. Across all projects, there is a priority to foster community toward a collectively articulated intersectional discourse. After receiving the Hnatyshyn Foundation Fogo Island Arts Emerging Curator Residency (2015), Doull completed the MVS: Curatorial Studies program at the University of Toronto (2018). Recent projects include Logan MacDonald: Bædut | Hidden Histories, Philippa Jones: Suspended and curatorial mentorship for Billy Gauthier: Saunituinnaulungitotluni | Beyond Bone (all 2019). He is the former Assistant Curator of the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery (Sarnia, ON) and the current Curator of Canadian Art at The Rooms (St. John's, NL). Amanda Strong, Maaschii (to move) detail (2018). Mixed media (puppets and sculpture installation), 1.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 m. Collection of the artist. Photo courtesy of the Art Gallery of Alberta, Charles Cousins.
Events & Programs
Join us each day for an interpretive guided tour in one of our galleries. From the story of the Cod fishery to visiting a current art exhibition to a Family Rainbow tour, there is something for everyone.
Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.
Fishing for Cod
For centuries, fishing for cod has played a vital role in the lives of the peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador. Generations of fishing men, women and children made use of the land and sea to sustain them and spent their lives “making fish”.
Please join us for a conversation with Sophie Angnatok, an Inuk throat singer and drum dancer from Nain, Nunatsiavut.
Sophie has been practicing the art of throat-singing and traditional Inuit drumming for 20 years and plays an active role within her local urban Inuit community.
Learn about her love of Inuit culture, the knowledge she shares in the community, her relationship with The Rooms, and her experiences in the Inuit drum dance group, Kilautiup Songuninga (Strength of the Drum).
Sophie performed for the Canadian Prime Minister during the Truth and Reconciliation apology for Labradorimut, the Governor General of Canada, and the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2024, she was the inaugural recipient of the Chris Brookes Memorial Award for “artists effecting positive change in the world”.
This is a free event but a ticket is required. Please reserve your free ticket online or by calling (709)757-8090.