College

Tuesday, May 19    

College of Arts and the College of Biological Science with
2013 Eden Mills Writers' Festival present

Food For Thought

with Michael Pollan and Sarah Elton

Hosted by Dr. Evan Fraser, Associate Professor, University of Guelph and Canada Research Chair in Global Human Security

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In 2007, an annual international lecture series focused on contemporary was created at the University of Guelph through a generous endowment provided by Dasha Shenkman OBE, a Canadian art collector who has lived in the United Kingdom for over 40 years. Shenkman has long been committed to the development of young artists and has been involved with a number of arts-oriented organizations, either at the board level or as a consultant, says Dr Sally Hickson, Director of the School of Fine Art and Music since 2014.

Michael Craig-Martin is one of the pivotal figures in the "Cool Britannia" art movement in the UK during the late 80s and early 90s. Prof. John Kissick, director of the School of Fine Art and Music, says Craig-Martin represents the complete package as a contemporary artist. "His practice is rigorous and internationally renowned, but he's also been intimately involved in the development of young artists and new ideas in the United Kingdom."

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Best known for work that mixes the personal and the abstract in unique ways, Horn's artistic practice has included sculpture, drawing, lithography, installation and bookworks.

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Iwona Blazwick is among a handful of indispensable gallery directors and critics of contemporary art.

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Hou Hanru is currently the Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs and Chair of Exhibition and Museum Studies, San Francisco Art Institute. Born in 1963, Guangzhou, China, Hou Hanru graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing in 1985 (BA) and 1988 (MA). He lived and worked in Paris, France as an art critic and curator from 1990 - 2005.  Since then, Hou Hanru has been based out of San Francisco.  

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