Beginning in 2011 the academic programs of the Marilyn I. Walker School have celebrated the legacy of Marilyn, her gift and her vision by programming the Walker Cultural Leaders (WCL) Series. The ongoing development and refinement of the WCL program facilitates invitations to recognized cultural leaders, top researchers, visiting artists, scholars, professionals, theatre companies, producing and presenting organizations, associations, and others to contribute to the intellectual and creative life of the School and the Niagara region.
Our guests will engage in professional activities such as public lectures, performances, exhibitions, workshops, laboratories, and demonstrations, and will participate in other pedagogical and creative activities including guest teaching, the professional mentoring of faculty and staff, critiques of student work, and community engagement activities.
In addition to generally intensifying the creative, scholarly and teaching cultures of the School, special emphasis is put on developing knowledge and familiarity of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts as an incubator in the arts and culture sector of Niagara, exploring potential intersections of the School and the surrounding community/region, and promoting inter‐ and trans‐disciplinarity within the School and beyond.
2022-23 Walker Cultural Leader Series Events
Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
Small Walker Press Book Launch and Book Fair
Small Walker Press – Book Launch
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 – 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, MWS 156 and Lower Main Lobby
Small Walker Press – Book Fair
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 – 2 – 4 p.m.
James A. Gibson Library
Small Walker Press – Book Launch
Tues., Oct. 4 – 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts, MWS 156 and lower main lobby
Book launch of 2021-22 and related volumes, with Guest Speaker Marcie Bronson, former Curator at the Rodman Hall Art Centre, recently Curator at Idea Exchange, Cambridge, Ontario. Books will be available for purchase (cash only). Free admission. No tickets. For more information visit brocku.ca/artsandculture.
Small Walker Press Book Fair 2022
Tues., Oct. 5 – 2 – 4p.m.
James A. Gibson Library
A presentation of SWP volumes published since the founding of the Press, including “Tewaaraton. La crosse / Lacrosse”, published on the occasion of the Canada Summer Games. The Editor of the SWP, Catherine Parayre, will be present in the afternoon. No tickets, free admission. See brocku.ca/artsandculture for more information. All SWP titles will be available for purchase (cash only).
2022 volumes:
Under a Velvet Moon. Landon Mackenzie, E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake
Possible Grounds: Redrawing Relations in Toronto. Adrian Blackwell, Bonnie Devine
Tewaaraton. La crosse / Lacrosse. Paul Savoie, Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders, Jason Stefanik, and the Toronto Experimental Translation Collective
Cloud. Donna Szőke
2021 volumes:
Arc, a choreographed poem. Paul Savoie and Mélanie Mesager
Improvising Places / Improvising Time. Devon Fornelli and Thomas Ayouti, with Derek Knight and Matthew Royal
Industrial Niagara. Artists: ARTIndustria, Candace Couse, Catherine Parayre, Shawn Serfas, Donna Szőke
The Department of Visual Arts presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
Mary Mattingly: Proposals
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 – 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Robertson Theatre
Join internationally recognized artist Mary Mattingly as she shares her creative practice, featuring a roster of socially engaged projects.
Mattingly will describe her personal trajectory as an artist and what drives her work between photography and public art, detailing several ecologically-focused artworks that recreate functional ecosystems and act as a type of soft activism, bridging community ecologies.
Event is FREE, however tickets are required. Reserved Seating only.
The Department of Music presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
The Songs we sing, the land we stand on: Decolonizing our music making
Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 – 7:30 p.m.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Recital Hall
A Lecture-Performance with Guest Artist in Residence, Jace Kaholokula Saplan with Brock University Choir, Sora Singers & Avanti Chamber Singers.
Free admission. Tickets must be reserved.
The Department of Dramatic Arts presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
In Conversation with Evalyn Parry
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Marilyn I. Walker Theatre
The Department of Dramatic Arts and the Walker Cultural Leaders Series presents…
In conversation with Evalyn Parry: Award-winning queer performance-maker, theatrical innovator, and artistic leader
With DART Associate Professor Karen Fricker, Parry will discuss her acclaimed theatrical productions including Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools, Gertrude and Alice, and Obaaberima, her five years (2015-2020) as artistic director of the renowned queer theatre company Buddies in Bad Times, and her current MA work in the Cultural Studies program at Queen’s University.
The Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
Guest Artist Seth Weiner
Text-and-image: An online tutorial
Launching Jan. 22, 2023
Artist Talk: Palais des Beaux Arts
Jan. 30, 2023 – 6:30 p.m.
Presented by the 2022-2023 Walker Cultural Leader Series, Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture
Featuring Guest Artist Seth Weiner
Txt-and-image: An online tutorial Launching Jan. 22, 2023
Artist Talk: Palais des Beaux Arts Jan. 30, 2023 – 6:30 p.m.
Seth Weiner (1982, USA) explores the gaps between architectural fiction and social convention. The artistic director of Palais des Beaux Arts Wien, a nonprofit that serves as a mobile place of remembrance for what was lost during National Socialism. Seth sees his work as an act of reclamation and a way to explore his Jewish identity in contemporary Austria. All are welcome to explore the premiere of the online tutorial and attend the Artist Talk.
The Department of Music presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
The Walker String Quartet
Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
Fri. Feb. 3, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.
Vera Sherwood and Orsolya Szalados (violins)
Caitlyn Boyle (viola)
Gordon Cleland – (cello)
with Karin Di Bella (piano)
The Department of Music and the Walker Cultural Leaders Series present…
The Walker String Quartet
Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
Fri. Feb. 3, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.
Vera Sherwood and Orsolya Szalados (violins)
Caitlyn Boyle (viola)
Gordon Cleland – (cello)
with Karin Di Bella (piano)
Repertoire:
Brahms – Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, no.2
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Tickets:
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office
1-885-515-0722 or Book Online
General Admission $15; Students and Seniors $10; eyeGO Program $5
The Department of Visual Arts presents
Walker Cultural Leaders Series 2022-23:
Andy PAtton & Janice Gurney
Opening Reception
Visual Arts Gallery and Student Exhibition Space
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines
Fri. Feb. 3, 2023 – 4 – 7 p.m.
Artist Talk
Film House, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
Tues. Feb. 7, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.
OTHER MINDS: THE WORLD IN TRANSLATION
Department of Visual Arts
OTHER MINDS: The World in Translation
ANDY PATTON | JANICE GURNEY
Presented by the Department of Visual Arts and the Walker Cultural Leader Series
EXHIBITION AND ARTIST TALK DETAILS
Feb 1 – 18, 2023
Opening Reception:
Feb. 3 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm
ARTIST TALK
Feb. 7, 2023, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Free admission. Tickets must be reserved.
Visual Arts Gallery and Student Exhibition Space
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines