Join us virtually on Thursday, April 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. for a special Bletcher Hour featuring guest Tanya Lukin Linklater. 

Tanya Lukin Linklater is an artist, choreographer, and poet. Her work was featured in our 2023 exhibition My mind is with the weather, organized in collaboration with Oakville Galleries and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. For this month’s Bletcher Hour, we will read a selection from the recently published exhibition catalog of the same name. The selection includes texts from Tanya herself, essays from Frances Loeffler, Beth Paiatote, and Eugenie Joo, and a conversation between Tanya and poet Layli Long Soldier. 

Our discussion will take place online via Zoom. This program is free to attend. Please contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator, to register. Readings are sent as PDFs in advance of the event. 

Tanya Lukin Linklater (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, b. 1976, Kodiak Island, USA) undertakes embodied inquiry in rehearsal, performance, video, installation, and writing. Her recent exhibitions include Aichi Triennale, Japan; Gwangju Biennale, South Korea; New Museum Triennial, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Toronto Biennial of Art. Inner blades of grass (soft) inner blades of grass (cured) inner blades of grass (bruised by weather), including works from the last ten years and new commissions, and curated by Kelly Kivland, will be presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2024. Tanya lives and works in Nbisiing Anishnaabeg aki.