Connie Michele Morey will be the next Artist Talk Speaker on Feb. 6, from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre at NIC鈥檚 Comox Valley campus. Photo from Roof (Over My Head), taken in Port Union, N.L. Photo supplied by artist.
NIC鈥檚 Artist Talk Series returns Thursday, Feb. 6 with Connie Michele Morey, an artist whose work tackles the relationships between displacement, resource management and mismanagement, labour and housing.
Date: Feb 6, 2020Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Location: Stan Hagen Theatre, Comox Valley campusCost: Admission is freeMorey has exhibited and performed across Canada, Europe and Southeast Asia.
Her recent work, Project Homesick and Roof (Over My Head), makes use of site-specific performative structures made primarily of reclaimed wood and repurposed wool blankets and draws on her childhood experiences living rurally off the land, surrounded by masonry, construction and textile practices.
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Morey earned a practice-based PhD in philosophy, with an interdisciplinary focus on studio practice, philosophy and art education, from the University of Victoria in 2017.
She also holds a master鈥檚 degree in education, with a focus on art education, from UVic and earned her BFA with distinction in visual arts from the University of Lethbridge.
Morey is set to speak from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre on the Comox Valley campus. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
The Artist Talk Series features distinguished local and international artists who share their insights and practices with 糖心vlog传媒students, local artists and community members.
The series is possible thanks to community gifts and corporate sponsorship. If you are interested in supporting future Artist Talk events, please call 250-334-5074 or visit .
Upcoming events include Frances Tr茅panier (March 12) and Jeremy Borsos (March 19). Visit for more information.
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