2025-26 R. K. Teetzel Lecture in Art

When and Where

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Paul Cadario Conference Centre at Croft Chapter House
University College
15 King’s College Circle, Toronto ON M5S 3H7

Speakers

Deanna Bowen

Description

In the 2025-26 R. K. Teetzel Lecture in Art, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘡𝘳𝘒π˜₯π˜ͺ𝘀𝘡𝘰𝘳𝘺 π˜›π˜³π˜Άπ˜΅π˜©π˜΄ (𝘒𝘧𝘡𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭), acclaimed artist and University of Toronto alumna Deanna Bowen will briefly reflect on her return to Toronto to speak about dismantling the β€œmaster’s house” with the β€œmaster’s tools” in a series of interdependent exhibitions spanning 2010-25. The talk will specifically focus upon the critical success and deeply intimate process behind π˜›π˜©π˜¦ 𝘎𝘰π˜₯ 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰π˜₯𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘒𝘯𝘒π˜₯π˜ͺ𝘒𝘯 π˜—π˜­π˜’π˜Ί (2019), π˜‰π˜­π˜’π˜€π˜¬ π˜‹π˜³π˜°π˜―π˜¦π˜΄ π˜ͺ𝘯 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘏π˜ͺ𝘷𝘦 (2020), π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜‰π˜­π˜’π˜€π˜¬ 𝘊𝘒𝘯𝘒π˜₯π˜ͺ𝘒𝘯𝘴 (𝘒𝘧𝘡𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦) (2022) and π˜›π˜©π˜¦ 𝘎𝘰𝘭π˜₯𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘲𝘢𝘒𝘳𝘦 π˜”π˜ͺ𝘭𝘦 (2024). Bowen will also speak to the personal significance of working with the National Gallery of Canada during the tenure of former Interim Director and CEO Angela Cassie. She will recount the ancestral wisdom that guided her through the profound trauma of confronting generationally recurrent anti-Black, White mob violence in Canada(’s media).

The event is free, and all are welcome, though registration is required and seating is limited for in-person attendance.

Please let us know if you require accessibility accommodations upon registration.

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15 King’s College Circle, Toronto ON M5S 3H7

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