Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch Curators & Artist In Conversation

This talk is currently at capacity for seating. If you are still interested in attending, please arrive before the talk as limited seating may become available on a first come, first service basis. We will do our best to accommodate you!

Join us for an engaging discussion between renowned Mohawk artist Shelley Niro and the three curators of her retrospective exhibition: Melissa Bennett, AGH Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Greg Hill, Independent Curator, formerly Audain Senior Curator, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada, and David Penney, Associate Director of Museum scholarship, Exhibitions, and Public Engagement at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Hear exclusive anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch exhibition. This will be a unique opportunity to celebrate the opening of this ground-breaking exhibition with the people who brought it to life.

Directly afterwards, please join us for the opening celebration of our winter exhibitions Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch and Alex Jacobs-Blum: Living and Lost Connections.

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Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch is organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Hamilton with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and with curatorial support from the National Gallery of Canada.