Opening Reception: Saturday September 21, 6-9pm
As part of their artist residency, Simranpreet Kaur Anand with Conner Singh VanderBeek have curated a community exhibition of visual art, Foreign Dreams, in our Community Gallery presented in conjunction with community partners Laadliyan and Naujawan Support Network.
This exhibition includes photographic and media arts work by community artists Sunny Arora, Alejandro Franco Briones, Red Tree Artist Collective, Santosh Chandra Sekar and Jujhar Singh. It highlights objects from WAHC’s historical and permanent collection connected to the history of migrant workers in Canada, as well as documentation of Kaur Anand and Singh VanderBeek’s engagement with Punjabi community activists and advocates while in Ontario.
IMAGE: Red Tree Artist Collective, Santiago, from the series Simcoe Project (2005-2007), photography, 16”x20”.
WAHC wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Hamilton, the Province of Ontario, CUPE National, the Canada Council for the Arts and OSSTF for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs.
For more information, please contact Sylvia Nickerson, Programming and Exhibitions Specialist, at (905) 522-3003 ex. 29 or sylvia@wahc-museum.ca
