Racquel Rowe and Jessica Karuhanga in Conversation

In partnership with Forest City Gallery, and to celebrate Racquel Rowe's current solo exhibition, The Centre of the World was the Beach, the SASAH Speakers' Series hosts a conversation between Rowe and artist Jessica Karuhanga (Western's Department of Visual Arts). The artists will be discussing their multi-faceted practices in a discussion moderated by SASAH student Kira McCallum.

Racquel Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados currently residing in Canada and pursuing a PhD in Western's Department of Visual Arts. Her practice is continuously influenced by many aspects of history, matrilineal family structures, diasporic communities, and her upbringing in Barbados.

Jessica Karuhanga is a first-generation Canadian artist of British-Ugandan heritage who addresses politics of identity and Black diasporic concerns through lens-based technologies, sculpture, writing, drawing, and performance.

Kira McCallum is an undergraduate student at Western University, currently pursuing a double major in the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities and Museum & Curatorial Studies. Her status as both a Jamaican and Canadian citizen informs her perspective, and her writing reflects a desire to foster a global appreciation for the Caribbean region’s unique culture.

Register for the Zoom webinar here.