Artists Aaron Jones and Noor Khan will discuss the ways in which artists provide peer support and mentorship, and strategies for approaching this in a way that is productive and sustainable.
This talk is presented as part of the ongoing program series Collection in Conversation, in which artists with works in the Doris McCarthy Gallery Collection participate in discussions about their work, practice, and approach to artmaking, with other contemporary artists.
Aaron Jones' work Seeing Knowledge (2020) was acquired by the Doris McCarthy Gallery in 2023. Noor Khan was the 2023-2024 DMG x Nuit Connects Artist-in-Residence.
This program is free and will take place in the Student Lounge at the University of Toronto Scarborough Library. Space is limited, registration is required. If you have accommodation needs, please let us know through the registration form or contact dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca.
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Aaron Jones (b. 1993, Toronto Canada) is an artist, merging various mediums (like photography, videography, collage, drawing, and installation) to explore surrealism and Black-Futurist ideals through the focal point of nature.
Noor Khan (b. 1994, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a community-engaged multidisciplinary artist, using art and design as a collaborative process to cultivate community, reconnect with people, land, and global indigenous value system(s).
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Image: Aaron Jones, Known Unknowns, from the series Seeing Knowledge, 2020. Paper collage, 50.8 x 61 cm. Collection of the Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough.
