SPAO Open House Featuring Material Futures

SPAO Open House
Featuring Material Futures
Friday November 22 | 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Remarks at 7pm
SPAO Centre, 77 Pamilla St.

Join us for our annual Open House Party! Explore the SPAO: Photographic Arts Centre community with an exhibition reception, live DJ performance, the launch of the SPAO Annual publication and a holiday print sale featuring limited edition art prints, just in time for the gift-giving season. All proceeds go directly to the artists. For more information, including access to a print sale preview, please visit https://spao.ca/open-house .

Exhibition: Material Futures
November 9th-December 15th
SPAO is pleased to present Material Futures, an exhibition featuring the photo-based work of Tony Gebrehiwot, Aaron Jones, Linh VH Nguyen and Sage Szkabarnicki Stuart.

Through the subject of portraiture, these four artists use the human form as a site for investigating body-politics, challenging perceptions of beauty, and exploring the potential for future world-building. Using visual elements relating to technology, prosthetics, fashion and assemblage, the works in Material Futures explore contemporary thought surrounding identity, empowerment, and agency in an increasingly mediated future.

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Wednesday - Sunday 12PM - 5PM

ABOUT SPAO
SPAO is one of Canada’s foremost photographic arts centres. It houses the only 2-year photographic arts college diploma program in Canada, a robust selection of recreational classes, a unique 6-month international artist residency as well as the only critical and independent gallery in the region dedicated to lens-based art.