{"id":67555,"date":"2020-06-30T01:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=67555"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:15:33","slug":"cuag-virtual-visits-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/cuag-virtual-visits-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"CUAG Creates New Connections with Virtual Visits to Physical Exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When Carleton closed the bulk of its physical operations in mid-March, Carleton University\u2019s Art Gallery (CUAG) responded by contemplating ways to shift exhibitions online, so that professors could still incorporate exhibition visits into their courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CUAG Director Sandra Dyck<\/a> says their team moved quickly to create digital resources, as many Carleton classes were scheduled to visit the exhibitions later in March. Fiona Wright, CUAG\u2019s student and public programs coordinator, produced informal virtual tours of the exhibitions so that CUAG could continue engaging and serving Carleton students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Engaging students online was a test that according to Prof. Fiona Jeffries, was a successful prototype by CUAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffries had her fourth-year Citizenship and Human Rights class take the virtual tour of current CUAG exhibition Shannon Finnegan: Lone Proponent of Wall-to-Wall Carpet<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThe students got a lot out of it and we had a really interesting discussion. They checked out the accompanying images of the pieces and found those helpful too,\u201d said Jeffries in a message to Wright. \u201cSo, thanks again for doing it. It must\u2019ve been a lot of work!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This positive feedback from professors on the early digital tours helped CUAG know, \u201cwe were on the right path,\u201d says Dyck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view of UPRISING: Christi Belcourt \u2013 A Retrospective \u2013 with Isaac Murdoch, curated by Nadia Kurd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Going Virtual<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once the winter term concluded, CUAG\u2019s staff started to explore other ways of providing virtual access to the gallery\u2019s exhibitions, both present and past.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re now working on expanding the ambition, scope and professionalism of this project, creating multi-dimensional digital modules that include PowerPoints with audio voice-overs, response questions and recommended readings,\u201d says Dyck.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cWright, along with Dani Printup, CUAG\u2019s programs assistant, started the research, development and production of these modules, with the technical assistance of Patrick Lacasse, CUAG\u2019s collections\/exhibition assistant. The amazing staff of the Education Development Centre<\/a> and the Media Production Centre<\/a> have been instrumental in guiding us. And the artists have been really supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view of Shannon Finnegan: Lone Proponent of Wall-to-Wall Carpet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CUAG\u2019s digital modules are available on cuLearn<\/a>\u2014Carleton\u2019s online management system for students and instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning new software and how to write engaging tour scripts has been a positive and educational experience for Wright. \u201cWe\u2019re so used to being in front of the artists\u2019 works with the students and being able to respond to their questions and insights,\u201d says Wright. \u201cSo we\u2019ve found different ways to create conversations and connections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI think these digital modules are a great way to introduce larger classes of students to how artists see the world, and can greatly inform, enrich and shape their studies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Printup is also enjoying this new collaborative learning experience. \u201cI really like how the CUAG staff is coming together as a work team and using our different skill sets to help each other create these digital modules,\u201d says Printup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installation view of They Forgot That We Were Seeds, curated by Kosisochukwu Nnebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First Complete Digital Module<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The exhibitions that are in the process of being presented in the gallery\u2019s first-ever digital modules are the current exhibitions, Shannon Finnegan: Lone Proponent of Wall-to-Wall Carpet<\/em> and They Forgot That We Were Seeds<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printup is developing a module for a 2019 exhibition that CUAG co-produced with Thunder Bay Art Gallery titled, UPRISING: THE POWER OF MOTHER EARTH \u2013 Christi Belcourt \u2013 A Retrospective with Isaac Murdoch<\/em><\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright has now completed the digital module for the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based multidisciplinary artist Shannon Finnegan\u2019s exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lone Proponent of Wall-to-Wall Carpet<\/em> features Finnegan\u2019s custom furniture, text-based works and drawings. The furniture was created on Carleton\u2019s campus at the School of Industrial Design<\/a> and the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism<\/a> using the talent of Walter Zanetti, Anthony Dewar, Paul Durocher and Brant Lucuik. \u201cThat was the brilliant idea of CUAG\u2019s curator, Heather Anderson,\u201d says Wright of the collaborative effort, \u201cand the furniture is impressive!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright explains Finnegan\u2019s exhibition that, \u201cthe artist makes cheeky work about disability culture and access. Her furniture, murals and drawings call out ableism in art galleries and other public places, and imagine a world committed to ongoing, responsive and collective care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Looking to the Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While CUAG remains closed to the public for in-person visits, gallery staff are actively discussing ways and means of making future exhibitions virtually accessible\u2014both in the near-term and long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cOnline teaching and engagement is increasingly a fact of life in the post-secondary sector, especially at present,\u201d says Dyck.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re keen to further develop, strengthen and build these resources for the Carleton academic community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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