Curators’ talk: Making Radio Space in 1930s Canada
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 at 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
- In-person event
- CUAG St. Patrick’s Building (Carleton University Art Gallery), Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
Please join us for an exhibition walk-through and talk by Making Radio Space in 1930s curators Michael Windover and Anne MacLennan. Presenting a look at the visual and material culture of radio in 1930s Canada, this exhibition offers a new way to think about a medium closely associated with twentieth-century modernity.
Anne MacLennan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at York University and the York graduate program director of the York-Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture. Her work is concerned with radio, media history, popular culture, social welfare, women and communication studies.
Michael Windover, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School for Studies in Art & Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa where he teaches in the History and Theory of Architecture Program. His research interests focus on modern visual and material culture, especially designed environments in the twentieth century.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome! CUAG is an accessible space, with barrier-free washrooms and elevator.
Discount parking passes ($4.00 flat rate) will be available for sale at the tunnel entrance commencing at 6:45 pm. See the visiting page of CUAG’s website for directions and details of the visitor parking in the P18 parkade.