Outside the Palace of Me Guided Tour 2
Date: Oct 21
3:05 pm
- 3:30 pm
Where: Level 4 Art Gallery
Coffee & Culture
Please join Anne Pickard-Vaandering for a guided tour of the exhibition of new work by Canadian visual artist and performer Shary Boyle. Outside the Palace of Me is a multi-sensory installation including drawings, ceramic sculpture, life-sized automatons, two-way mirrors, and a coin-operated sculpture.
Two sessions will be offered: 2:30 pm & 3:05 pm
To register, please contact Visitor Services at 757-8090.
Restrictions due to COVID 19 will be in place for everyone’s safety.
Masks are required.
Image: Outside the Palace of Me exhibition. Gardiner Museum, March 2021. Photo credit: Toni Hafkenscheid.
Events & Programs
How do place, identity, and art intersect, and what do their points of intersection tell us about this place we call home?
In this talk, Rhea Rollmann will explore the significance of queer and trans art in Atlantic Canada with particular emphasis on the work of Erica Rutherford as well as iterations of queer and trans art in NL. There will be an opportunity for questions after the talk.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.
About the Presenter:
Rhea Rollmann (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, writer and audio producer based in St. John's, NL, and is the author of A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023). She is a founding editor of The Independent NL and her journalism has appeared in Briarpatch Magazine, CBC, Xtra Magazine, Chatelaine, PopMatters, Riddle Fence, Macleans and more. Her academic work has been published in the Journal of Gender Studies, Labor Studies Journal, Canadian Woman Studies, Journal of Work and Society, Canadian Theatre Review, Canadian Review of Sociology, Screen Bodies and elsewhere. She also has an extensive background in labour organizing and queer/trans activism, and she is Station Manager at CHMR-FM, a community radio station in St. John's.