Against the current

Wednesday, June 11

Daytime Program | Various venues | 9AM–5PM

• Regional meetings: RCAAQ Members’ Forum, AGAVF Members’ Forum and ARCCO regional meeting

Evening Program | AXENÉO7 (80 Hanson Street, Gatineau) | 7PM–midnight

• Vernissage: Matryoshka Crush by Laura Taler (Ottawa)
• Launch – art public: tonguelangue (2025) by Hannah Azar Strauss (Montreal) in collaboration with Simon Guibord (Gatineau)
• Activity – Pop-up screen printing studio: U-Hull with the participation of Rosaura Guzman Clunes, Rodrigo Medrano, Geneviève L. Richard and Javier Tejeda
• Activity – Open studio: Hugo Gaudet Dion

Free admission
Food available — contributions by donation
Drinks available — upon donation
Free parking

Thursday, June 12

Daytime Program | NCC River House (501 Sir George-Étienne-Cartier Parkway, Ottawa) | 9AM–5PM

• 9AM–9:30AM: Keynote address by Rebecca Belmore (Vancouver)10AM–noon: Panel 1: Reclaiming Truth: Indigenous Authenticity – The Path to Accountability, presented by the ICCA, Panelists: Justin Bear L’Arrivée (Winnipeg), Lori Beavis (Tiohtià:ke/ Mooniyang/ Montreal) and Lori Blondeau (Winnipeg), Moderator: Liz Barron (Ottawa), In English
• Noon–2PM: Group lunch
• 2PM–4PM: Panel 2: Exploring Old and New Frameworks for Artist-run Centres, Panelists:  Julia Caron Guillemette (Québec), Jenny Fraser (Australia), Lisa Theriault (Charlottetown) and Jennifer Cherniack (Ottawa), Moderator: Stefan St-Laurent (Gatineau), In English and French.
• Participatory Installation: Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother by Rebecca Belmore, Parliament Hill (111 Wellington Street, Ottawa) from 10AM–5PM and at SAW Outdoor Courtyard (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa) from8PM–midnight

Evening Program | National Gallery of Canada (380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa) | 6PM–8PM

• Opening Reception: Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works,Artist: Erica Rutherford (Stratford, PEI)

Night Program | SAW Courtyard & Artengine (67 Nicholas Street) | 8PM–midnight

• Opening reception: Ijilauqsimajugut / Takusimajugut (We Were Hidden / We Are Seen), Artists: Lydia Jaypoody (Kanjiqtugaapik), Siku Rojas (Iqaluit), Jason Sikoak (Montréal), Aghalingiak Ohokonnoak (Edmonton), Darcie Bernhardt (Halifax), Malaya Kisa-Knickelbein (Iqaluit) and Kablusiak (Edmonton), SAW,(67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Presented by Debaser and SAW
• Opening reception: New Suns, Artists: Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Ottawa), WhiteFeather Hunter (Ottawa), Seth Thomson (Ottawa), Emily Pelstring and Naomi Okabe (Kingston), Kemi Craig (Victoria), Eva Grant (Victoria), Melanie Barnett (Medicine Hat, AB) and Kriss Li (Montréal), Soundscape: Ben Globerman (Ottawa), Artengine (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Presented by Artengine
• Performance event: Two-Spirit Ball, Artists: Prada Monroe (Vancouver) and others, Club SAW (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa), Admission: Pay What You Can, Presented by the Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival, the ICCA and SAW
• Outdoor Installation: Artist: Laura Grier (Toronto), Curators: Dani Printup (Ottawa) and Joi Arcand (Ottawa), SAW Courtyard (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa), Presented by ICCA and SAW
• Screenings: Stayin’ Alive: Art as Ceremony, Art as Survival, Artists: Melissa Shaginoff, Jason Baerg, Feather Miigwaans, Carmen Selam, Casey Koyczan and Usama Alshaibi, Curators: Cass Gardiner and Feather Miigwaans, Asinabka Microcinema (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa),Presented by ICCA and Asinabka Festival

Friday, June 13

Daytime Program | Plenary and panels — Alma Duncan Salon, Ottawa Art Gallery (50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa) | 9AM–5PM

• 9AM–10AM: Plenary
• 10AM–noon: Panel 3:  Les régions le font mieux (Regions Do It Better), Presented by AGAVF and AXENÉO7, Panelists: Rémi Belliveau (Montréal), Geneviève Crépeau (Rouyn-Noranda), Mériol Lehmann (Montréal), Charlotte Panaccio-Letendre (Laval) and Danielle Tremblay (Sudbury), Moderator: Dominic Lafontaine (Notre-Dame-du-Nord), In French
• Noon–2PM: Group lunch — Club SAW and SAW Outdoor Courtyard
• 2PM–4PM: Panel 4:  Artist-run Centres: A Survivor’s Guide, Panelists: Catherine Bodmer (Montréal), Edith Brunette (Montréal), Tam-Ca Vo-Van (Ottawa) and Justin Waddell (Calgary), Moderator: Jonathan Middleton (Toronto), Presented by SAW, In English and French
• Presentation, perfomance and workshop — SAW (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa)10AM–5PM
• 10AM–noon: Panel: Governance of Compassion, Presented by Gallery 101, Club SAW, Presented by: Liz Barron, ICCA, Monique Fuller Founder, Ottawa Black Artist Kollective and Laura Margita, G101, In English
• 1PM–2PM: Parallel: The History and Archives of Artist-Run Centres in Canada, Club SAW, Presented by Dr. Amber Berson (Concordia University) and Dr. Devon Smither (University of Lethbridge), In English
• 1PM–5PM: Workshop: Introduction to Silkscreening, SAW Nordic Lab Screenprinting Studio, Instructor: Rodrigo Medrano (Gatineau), In English and French
• 3PM–5PM: Interactive performance: Found in Translation / Trouvé dans la traduction, Club SAW, Artists: Jacinte Armstrong (Halifax) with Rémi Belliveau (Montréal), Monelle Doiron (Caraquet), Reza Rezaï (Winnipeg), Laura St. Pierre (Saskatoon), Laura Taler (Ottawa) and  Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott (Halifax), Presented by the AGAVF, In English and French

Evening Program | L’Imagier Exhibition Centre (9 Front Street, Gatineau) | 6:30PM–8:30PM

• Opening reception and Group supper: “Kingunilialuk / Greatly missed, your absence creates a presence”Artists: Saila Kisa, Thomasie Alikatuktuk, Ananaisie Alikatuktuk, Alan Alikatuktuk, Annie Pitsiulak, Lypa Pitsiulak and Malaya Kisa-Knickelbein, Curators: Linda Grussani and Malaya Kisa-Knickelbein, Presented by ICCA and L’Imagier

Saturday, June 14

• Free day: Gallery hopping and impromptu meetings