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Online via Zoom
Wednesday, May 25th
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Registration required; register in person at any branch, by phone, or online.
Join us for a free, virtual & interactive Anti-Islamophobia and Countering Cyberhate101 workshop. Registration is required to attend.

Anti-Islamophobia 101 – Topics include Unpacking Islamophobia, Gendered Islamophobia & Intersectional Identities. The workshops also help participants develop an increased understanding of how Islamophobia further marginalized Black and Indigenous Muslims, queer Muslims, and Muslims living with disabilities.

Countering Cyberhate 101 – Topics include Online hate speech and extremism, including individual and collective counter speech and counter narrative. The workshops help participants explore how cyberhate and online extremism intersect to increase our vulnerabilities on digital platforms and strategies to counter these effectively.

The virtual workshops were originally part of CCMW’s national Digital Anti-Racism Education 2 (D.A.R.E. 2) Project aimed at raising awareness about online hate and Islamophobia. As part of the project, CCMW hosted bilingual virtual workshops, training 3,000+ participants from across Canada on the impact of Islamophobia and how to counter cyberhate. While, the DARE 2 Project ended March 31, 2022, in its commitment to anti-racism work, CCMW continues to offer community workshops across Canada to help participants increase their knowledge and understanding of Islamophobia and Online Hate.

This program is presented in partnership with the Clarington Public Library, Municipality of Clarington, Oshawa Public Libraries, City of Oshawa, and Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW).

Exhibition: Yesterday is Melting

Exhibition Dates: April 1 - May 29, 2022 

Co-curated by: Matthew Kyba and Megan Kammerer 

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to announce the presentation of Virginia-based artist Sandy Williams IV’s first solo exhibition in Canada. Featuring multiple series of work across two and three-dimensional media, Williams problematizes the temporal legacy of public monuments by investigating concepts of time, memory, and agency.  

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Williams strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. They invite the viewer to participate in the emancipation of public space by unravelling structures of power and repression in North America. 

To view our current hours and read our latest visitor guidelines, please visit: vac.ca

About the artist: 

Sandy Williams IV is an artist and educator currently based in Richmond, VA. Their work is about the persistence of memory, the body, and resistance, tasking audiences with agency, to generate both public and private opportunities for collaborative engagement. They make efforts in visualizing pathways towards the emancipation of our physical, conceptual, and emotional landscapes. They work both within and outside of institutions to clarify, make transparent, and undo some of the temporal manipulations and spatial paradigms of oppression that exist in and around us. 

Williams' work in sculpture, film, text, and public performance inspires functional histories for liberated social spaces in real-time. They completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, and earned an MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in the department of Sculpture + Extended Media. They are currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Richmond. Recent exhibitions at Reynolds Gallery (Richmond), de boer Gallery (LA), Socrates Sculpture Park (New York), New Release (New York), Springsteen Gallery (Baltimore), Guadalajara 90210 (Mexico City), 1708 Gallery (Richmond). Residencies include ACA (Florida), MassMOCA (Massachusetts), SOMA (Mexico City), ACRE (Chicago), The University of Cumbria (UK), among others. Currently exhibiting at the University of Richmond Museum, and NADA House with New Release Gallery in NYC.

Image: Detail View of Sandy Williams IV, “Wax Monument VII (Free Wax 2.2),” Wax, Wicks, 2021.  

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Sandy Williams IV strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. 

Additional works by ANTIESTABLISHED (Kate Turner, Warren Jones, and Williams), Mariana Parisca, and Monsieur Zohore respond to Williams’ engagement in the emancipation of public space. Together their disparate works unravel common structures of power and repression in the Americas.

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Sandy Williams IV strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. 

Additional works by ANTIESTABLISHED (Kate Turner, Warren Jones, and Williams), Mariana Parisca, and Monsieur Zohore respond to Williams’ engagement in the emancipation of public space. Together their disparate works unravel common structures of power and repression in the Americas.

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Sandy Williams IV strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. 

Additional works by ANTIESTABLISHED (Kate Turner, Warren Jones, and Williams), Mariana Parisca, and Monsieur Zohore respond to Williams’ engagement in the emancipation of public space. Together their disparate works unravel common structures of power and repression in the Americas.

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Sandy Williams IV strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. 

Additional works by ANTIESTABLISHED (Kate Turner, Warren Jones, and Williams), Mariana Parisca, and Monsieur Zohore respond to Williams’ engagement in the emancipation of public space. Together their disparate works unravel common structures of power and repression in the Americas.

Exhibition: Yesterday is Melting

Exhibition Dates: April 1 - May 29, 2022 

Co-curated by: Matthew Kyba and Megan Kammerer 

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to announce the presentation of Virginia-based artist Sandy Williams IV’s first solo exhibition in Canada. Featuring multiple series of work across two and three-dimensional media, Williams problematizes the temporal legacy of public monuments by investigating concepts of time, memory, and agency.  

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Williams strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. They invite the viewer to participate in the emancipation of public space by unravelling structures of power and repression in North America. 

To view our current hours and read our latest visitor guidelines, please visit: vac.ca

About the artist: 

Sandy Williams IV is an artist and educator currently based in Richmond, VA. Their work is about the persistence of memory, the body, and resistance, tasking audiences with agency, to generate both public and private opportunities for collaborative engagement. They make efforts in visualizing pathways towards the emancipation of our physical, conceptual, and emotional landscapes. They work both within and outside of institutions to clarify, make transparent, and undo some of the temporal manipulations and spatial paradigms of oppression that exist in and around us. 

Williams' work in sculpture, film, text, and public performance inspires functional histories for liberated social spaces in real-time. They completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, and earned an MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in the department of Sculpture + Extended Media. They are currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Richmond. Recent exhibitions at Reynolds Gallery (Richmond), de boer Gallery (LA), Socrates Sculpture Park (New York), New Release (New York), Springsteen Gallery (Baltimore), Guadalajara 90210 (Mexico City), 1708 Gallery (Richmond). Residencies include ACA (Florida), MassMOCA (Massachusetts), SOMA (Mexico City), ACRE (Chicago), The University of Cumbria (UK), among others. Currently exhibiting at the University of Richmond Museum, and NADA House with New Release Gallery in NYC.

Image: Detail View of Sandy Williams IV, “Wax Monument VII (Free Wax 2.2),” Wax, Wicks, 2021.  

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Exhibition: Yesterday is Melting

Exhibition Dates: April 1 - May 29, 2022 

Co-curated by: Matthew Kyba and Megan Kammerer 

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to announce the presentation of Virginia-based artist Sandy Williams IV’s first solo exhibition in Canada. Featuring multiple series of work across two and three-dimensional media, Williams problematizes the temporal legacy of public monuments by investigating concepts of time, memory, and agency.  

Yesterday is Melting encapsulates a relentless pursuit of public agency in the face of colonial power, systemic oppression, and increasing genesis amnesia. Each work implicates audiences to acknowledge how we observe and participate in history. Williams strikes a balance in tension—interplaying the untouchable and the malleable, the passage of time and the infallible memory, the transparent and the concealed. They invite the viewer to participate in the emancipation of public space by unravelling structures of power and repression in North America. 

To view our current hours and read our latest visitor guidelines, please visit: vac.ca

About the artist: 

Sandy Williams IV is an artist and educator currently based in Richmond, VA. Their work is about the persistence of memory, the body, and resistance, tasking audiences with agency, to generate both public and private opportunities for collaborative engagement. They make efforts in visualizing pathways towards the emancipation of our physical, conceptual, and emotional landscapes. They work both within and outside of institutions to clarify, make transparent, and undo some of the temporal manipulations and spatial paradigms of oppression that exist in and around us. 

Williams' work in sculpture, film, text, and public performance inspires functional histories for liberated social spaces in real-time. They completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, and earned an MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in the department of Sculpture + Extended Media. They are currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Richmond. Recent exhibitions at Reynolds Gallery (Richmond), de boer Gallery (LA), Socrates Sculpture Park (New York), New Release (New York), Springsteen Gallery (Baltimore), Guadalajara 90210 (Mexico City), 1708 Gallery (Richmond). Residencies include ACA (Florida), MassMOCA (Massachusetts), SOMA (Mexico City), ACRE (Chicago), The University of Cumbria (UK), among others. Currently exhibiting at the University of Richmond Museum, and NADA House with New Release Gallery in NYC.

Image: Detail View of Sandy Williams IV, “Wax Monument VII (Free Wax 2.2),” Wax, Wicks, 2021.  

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.