Our Head of Programs & Collection — Julie Rae Tucker — recently sat down with Jude Abu Zaineh, the artist behind the exhibition In the Presence of Absence. Read on to hear what they had to say! Julie Rae Tucker: Could you describe your relationship with Palestine? Jude Abu Zaineh…

Art Windsor-Essex is excited to announce our third — and final — emerging artist in residence for 2022: Dante Bresolin! From September 1st through November 30th, 2022, Dante will work at AWE creating new works of art, engaging with the public through community projects and planning their offsite solo exhibition…

By Raida Farzat, youth intern and Teen Arts Council alumna at Art Windsor-Essex Photography by Frank Piccolo, GXZ Design Inc. I still remember the first time I saw Jude Abu Zaineh’s In the Presence of Absence exhibition — it was Wednesday, June 22, the day of our last Teen Arts…

By Raida Farzat, youth intern at Art Windsor-Essex This summer I had the pleasure of assisting at AWE’s summer art camp for children aged 7–12. Each week, we had a new group of campers and with each group, I found myself learning new things thanks to the little campers. Here…

AWE’s second emerging artist-in-residence focuses on environmental degradation in Windsor-Essex and beyond This is an exhibition you won’t soon forget. Drop by the Dry Goods Gallery inside of Chance Coffee to see Michael Khalil’s hauntingly poignant window exhibition, Decay. The exhibition focuses on “Mother Earth and the decay she…

As part of our commemoration of Pride Month in Windsor-Essex, we are shining a spotlight on two more artists who were included in our 2021 “We All Belong” presentation, researched and created by Derrick Carl Biso. These artists also have artwork that is currently on display at Art Windsor-Essex in…

In the summer of 2021, our Special Initiatives Coordinator Derrick Carl Biso put together a special presentation for schools across Windsor-Essex called “We All Belong.” The goal of the presentation was to teach students about artists in AWE’s collection who were from the 2SLGBTQ+ community and to remind students that…

Want to learn more about our second emerging artist-in-residence? Read on for a conversation with Michael Khalil! What excites you about AWE’s emerging artist residency? I have to be honest, everything about this residency excites me. As a self-taught artist, there aren’t significant opportunities to share my art and work…

Taking its name from the Mayan word for “bat,” Z’otz* Collective consists of three artists with Latin American roots who also maintain individual practices: Nahúm Flores (Honduras), Erik Jerezano (Mexico), and Ilyana Martínez (Mexico/Canada). For over fifteen years, these artists have worked collaboratively out of a shared Toronto studio on…