The Windsor Project

In The Black: Canada has a new incarnation with The Windsor Project and we are super geeked about the opening tomorrow night at The Art Gallery of Windsor.

Commissioned specially for exhibition at the Art Gallery of Windsor, In The Black Canada: The Windsor Project is the latest video endeavour by In The Black: Canada; a place for diverse Black Canadians to tell their stories and the stories of their ancestors, both here in Canada and the Diaspora. The Windsor Project features participants ranging in age from the mid-20s to the late 80s in a series of interviews. All our members of Windsor, Ontario’s Black community. This video art work will be on display as part of the Position As Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity | Photographs from the Wedge Collection exhibition. Position as Desired is the first major exhibition to examine the history, movement and experiences of African Canadians through contemporary photography. Conceived and organized by Windsor-born art collector Kenneth Montague, the exhibition presents a wide variety of photographic works from his personal archive—the Wedge Collection—ranging from rare vintage portraits of the first African immigrants to Canada to contemporary works by established artists.

“From the early days of my collecting, I recognized the importance of creating a space for African Canadian artists. While there are many other stories to be told beyond those selected for this exhibition, I hope that this intimate and subjective collection of works will provide a forum for contemplation and further the discussion of how we all feel about our own Canadian experience.”

– Kenneth Montague, Curator

It's a huge honour for us to be alongside so many incredible artists.
Come check the show out! The run is from Feb 11 - May 7, 2017.

VIDEO: The all important Windsor Project comes from a collective called In The Black Canada, three filmmakers from Toronto who came to Windsor and with the help of Jaclyn Meloche (Art Gallery of Windsor, Contemporary Art Curator) filmed stories about growing up black in Windsor.