Events, talks and tours

Artist Bio

Clara Gutsche (Canadian, b. American, 1949) studied visual arts at Concordia University, Montreal (MFA, 1986). A co-founder of the artist-run centre Powerhouse Gallery/La Centrale in Montreal (1973), she has also been an educator, teaching photography at Champlain College, Saint-Lambert and Concordia University. In the 1980s, along with her husband and frequent collaborator David Miller, she was awarded two major commissions from the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), documenting the Lachine Canal and the construction of the CCA’s museum building.

Gutsche’s photographs have been presented in solo and group exhibitions at Optica, Montreal; VU, Quebec City; Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France; Musée de la photographie, Charleroi, Belgium; the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona; and the Musée d’art de Joliette, Quebec. Her work can be found in the collections of The Image Centre; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Musée de la photographie, Charleroi, Belgium; and the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona. In 1997 she was the recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography.

Artist Bio

Rebecca Wood is a multidisciplinary artist exploring relationships in the era of Hyperobjects. Through layered photographic materials, her work challenges binary thinking and highlights the circular nature of time, addressing the escalating hostility toward women. Committed to a speculative documentary practice, Wood avoids reinforcing dominant narratives. A professional photographer for over 20 years, she holds a BFA from the University of Guelph and is pursuing an MFA in Documentary Media Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University with a SSHRC research award. Wood has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Contact Photo Festival, Milk Glass Gallery, and Gallery LeDeco in Tokyo.

Speaker Bio

Professor Doxtater’s national profile includes work in the public and private communications industry. He is a leading senior organizational and cultural specialist in Canada and the US, was past-curator and Chair of the Chiefswood Museum, is currently Chair of the Indigenous Institutes Quality Assessment Board (IIQAB) and a member of the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council (IAESC). He was Head of Studio One of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Doxtater was part of the producing team for the Gemini Award winning film Where the Spirit Lives that raised public consciousness of Indian Residential Schools in Canada--eventually led to the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). He served on the Sudbury Friendship Board and is a member of the Indigenous Innovations Council (ICC). He is Mohawk from Six
Nations Territory.

Speaker/Curator Bio

Gaëlle Morel has been the Exhibitions Curator at The Image Centre since 2010, during which time she has curated dozens of exhibitions and written and edited numerous publications. Her latest projects include Stories from the Picture Press: Black Star Publishing Co. & The Canadian Press; Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81; and Lee Miller, a Photographer at Work (1932-1945). In 2009, Morel was the guest curator of the photography biennial, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. She is currently an instructor in the Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Morel holds a PhD in the History of Contemporary Photography from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.