Make-do Studio Tour by Dawn Matheson
Live ZOOM presentation
March 16, 7-8:30pm. Artist Talk and Studio Tours, followed by Q and A with ALL artists in attendance.
ASL interpretation provided
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Dawn Matheson will visit four female artists in their “make-do studios.” Each artist has collaborated with Matheson through participatory projects in the past, but who themselves do not get to ‘live as artists’ as they are marginalized in society through poverty, disability or cultural difference, yet, make art everyday for personal meaning-making, creative expression and survival. These are true artists.
Matheson will discuss the rich community collaborations that inform her work as a social-practice artist, followed by video tours of the “Make Do” studios of four former co-creators.
Following her talk, Matheson will be joined by the artists themselves for an open Q and A.
Dawn Matheson’s art is about relationships. She is a Guelph-based multimedia artist with a socially engaged practice, specializing in video and audio art, installed, broadcast and performed in public spaces. Her work can be found at festivals, galleries, museums; in national publications and on broadcast stations; but lives best in forests, train stations, fountains, barns and alleyways in your neighbourhood. Through inclusive artistic practices, Dawn seeks to interrupt civic and social spaces with unexpected moments of beauty, curiosity and joy. Her relational interventions hope to offer liberation from everyday suffering and to dismantle barriers between individuals by creating alternative stories that build compassion and kinship. You can find out more about her work at 
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