TORONTO, February 25, 2002 -- First Nations artist, curator and art historian Jolene Rickard will speak on "Locating Aboriginal Artistic Practice within Post to Neo-Colonial Theory" at York University on March 7. Her presentation is the fifth in the public lecture series Inuit and First Nations Cultures -- Contemporary Perspectives sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts.

In her work, Rickard examines ideas of indigenous peoples using photography to create a dialogue around collective thought. Her writings focus on issues of historical and current perspectives in Aboriginal American and African-American art.

Rickard’s work has been exhibited at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hood Museum of Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heard Museum and Gallery of the American Indian Community House, NYC, among others. Her most recent curatorial project, Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life, will be on view at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum from June 21 to October 13, 2002.

A member of the Tuscarora Turtle Clan, Rickard holds a BFA and BAA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an MSc from Buffalo State College, and a PhD in American Studies from SUNY. She is currently assistant professor of photography and art history at SUNY Buffalo.

Rickard’ lecture will take place Thursday, March 7 at 7, 4:00 p.m. in Room 312, Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, York University, 4700 Keele St.

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For further information, please contact:

Brigitte Kleer
Public Relations, Faculty of Fine Arts
York University
416-736-2100 ext. 77143
bkleer@yorku.ca