Artist Talk with Laura Kay Keeling (+make a collage +snacks)

Untitled Portals, Variations
September 9 - mid-October, 2025
ROONEY'S
724 Main St. E, Hamilton
Artist Talk & Collage Night (+ snacks!)
October 9, 2025
7-9pm
Join us on October 9 at ROONEY'S in Hamilton, for an evening with Laura Kay Keeling, where she will share a bit about her artistic practice, the Untitled Portals, Variations project and will take you through all of the different elements that went into creating one of the collage pieces that are up at ROONEY'S.
There will be an opportunity to create your own collage, plus, there will be snacks!
Please get in touch via email ([email protected]) by October 2 with accessibility requests and any food sensitivities/requests. Thank you!

More details on the exhibition:
Untitled Portals, Variations includes a series of collages and a virtual space initially presented as part of CAFKA.25: Field Guide to the Understory. Through a process-centered approach, the artist experimented with and merged analog and digital processes to expand on an earlier body of work. These pieces incorporate natural elements that have been photographed both digitally and on 35mm film, scanned using a flatbed scanner and a 3D scanner, digitally manipulated, and then brought into physical form. Continuing a dialogue between the natural and digital world, the work explores connections to where we find ourselves, the incredible and important ecosystems that surround us, and the joys that can come from everyday moments of being in and engaging with our surroundings through reciprocal care and respect.

How can we maintain and evolve connections to the natural world in an increasingly isolating and technology-dependent society?

Can virtual spaces be used to encourage folks to take pause and explore, and can moments of joy and excitement be replicated in these virtual environments?

Laura Kay Keeling (she/her/they) is a self-taught visual artist based in Hamilton, ON. Her practice is rooted in a process-centered approach that integrates analog photography, video, digital collage, installation, and public artwork. As a process-based artist with archival investigations, her artwork questions how we form connections with the natural world and how we capture and cherish memories and moments in time. She explores the reciprocity of care amongst natural narratives and how one might engage and interact with humans, plants, animals, and nature in the context of care-based relations.

Thank you to the City of Hamilton's City Enrichment Fund and the Ontario Arts Council / Province of Ontario for your generous support of Untitled Portals, Variations.
www.laurakaykeeling.com
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