Artist Tour with Daze Jefferies + B.G-Osborne

April 20, 2024

Artist Tour with Daze Jefferies + B.G-Osborne

In-person event
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Main Gallery, Eastern Edge, 72 Harbour Drive

Join Main Gallery artists Daze Jefferies + B.G-Osborne for a guided tour of their exhibition, Transient Maternal. Daze and Oz will walk us through the gallery space, discussing their practices and the work displayed in this stunning collaborative exhibition.

Please note: This event will be scent free, and masks are required.

“As white settler trans artist-archivists, Daze Jefferies + B.G-Osborne’s collaborative practice turns to water as a counter-archive of kinship, loss, and care. Transient Maternal offers embodiments of grief and love that are emergent in intergenerational encounters and efforts to communicate with maternal ghosts through water. The loss of a mother at a young age, and the longing for a trans mother figure, guide their reciprocity, closeness, and with/holding. Using sculpture, collage, illustration, sound, and video, they aim to create an immersive environment that explores t4t tenderness, rural inheritance, and the places where continuity and impermanence touch. Beach washup, textiles, charcoal, field recordings, wax, mermaid’s purses, plastics, burnt wood, and poetry form an evocative assemblage of memories and relationships held by water.”

15 registration spots are available for this event. Click here to register!

UPDATE:

Regretfully, we are postponing today’s Artist Tour with Daze Jefferies and B.G-Osborne. The event is rescheduled for next week, Saturday April 20th, from 1-3pm.

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About the Artists:

Daze Jefferies (she/her) is a white settler artist, writer, and educator born and raised in the Bay of Exploits on the northeast coast of rural Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). Her research-creation exploring queer, trans, and sex worker embodiments, counter-histories, and intergenerational relationships has been exhibited and performed throughout Atlantic and Eastern Canada, and her first major solo exhibition stay here stay how stay, curated by Emily Critch, is currently on display at The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery. She holds a BA in Folklore and a Master’s in Gender Studies from Memorial University. Oz [B.G-Osborne] (they/them) is a white settler artist and archivist born and raised in the Kawartha Lakes on Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory (Southern Ontario). Their work exploring neurodivergence, mental illness, and familial collaborations has been exhibited internationally, and most recently in the group exhibition falling through our fingers, curated by Emily Critch, at the Owens Art Gallery. They hold a BFA in Intermedia from NSCAD and a Master’s in Archival Studies from McGill University. Through their collaborative practice, Daze and Oz offer trans embodiments of love and grief in rural archives and maternal bonds.

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