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University of Windsor professor Jennifer Willett has been selected as one of eight artists to participate in 2024’s Creatives in Residence festival in Ontario this fall.
Creatives are selected to participate in a five-month long residency program, where they collaborate with local institutions and communities to create new multidisciplinary work. The results culminate in installations, performances and community-based activities presented during Ontario Culture Days from September 20 to October 13.
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Willet is a Canadian artist, researcher, and curator. She is a professor in the School of Creative Arts at the university and a Canada Research Chair in Art, Science and Ecology.
Willet will present her project, Baroque Biology, as an outdoor art and science fair at Point Pelee National Park.
This year the Creatives in Residence series revolves around the theme of Heartbeat. Drawing inspiration from Don Kwan’s Heartbeat of the Valley and utilizing reclamation, research, gathering and interventions, these multi-disciplinary artists incorporate personal and collective experiences.
“Every year, we seek out creativity in local Ontario communities through the Creatives in Residence program,” says Ruth Burns, executive director, Ontario Culture Days.
“This year, projects are featured under a curatorial banner, titled Heartbeat. “Heartbeat evokes energy, the sound of drumming, passion, and strength. The theme reflects the diversity of creative expressions that makes arts and culture in Ontario distinct and remarkable.”
Other artists selected for the festival are: Aaron Jones (Scugog and Toronto), Reilly Knowles (London), Don Kwan (Westmeath, Whitewater Region), Lucia Laford (Waawaaskone Kwe, Sault Ste Marie), Vik Mudge and Skye Rogers (St. Catharines), Yasmeen Nematt Alla (Toronto) and Camila Salcedo (Toronto).
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