Behind The Scenes Exhibition Tour with Naomi Potter & Doug Haslam
About this Event
In this behind-the-scenes tour, guests will learn about the work that goes into curating and installing our Spring/Summer 2026 exhibitions: ᐃᔨ – Eyes – Shirley Moorhouse and Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo | Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything.
Together, Naomi Potter & Head Preparator Doug Haslam will offer insights into the development of the exhibitions-from curatorial decision-making to installation - highlighting the collaboration and care involved in presenting the artwork, and how the artists’ visions are translated into Esker Foundation's gallery space.
Whether you're a regular visitor or new to Esker Foundation, this program offers a unique opportunity to learn more about the process, people and stories behind these exhibitions.
(b. Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Nunatsiavut; 1955 -) is a highly respected member of the national arts community. Her work has been featured in exhibitions such as the 2023 Bonavista Biennale (Bonavista Peninsula, NL), INUA: Inuit Nunangat Ungammmuaktut Atautikkut (Inuit Moving Forward Together), (Qaumajuq/Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2020); and SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut (2017), a nationally traveling exhibition that originated at The Rooms.
has developed an expansive practice that addresses the nature of diasporic identities, global histories, familial legacies, and interspecies communication. For her, art offers a means to analyse socio-political conditions and cultural behaviours through a lens of masquerade, play, costuming, and storytelling.
Images:
Shirley Moorhouse, Beaded Glacial Rocks, 2020. Collection of the artist.
Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo|Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything (detail), 2025. Courtesy of the artists and Thaddaeus Ropac. Photo by: Eva Herzog.
Respect and Inclusion
By registering for this Program, you agree to co-create, in collaboration with Esker Staff, Artists and Volunteers, an atmosphere of mutual inclusion and respect for all persons. This includes speaking, acting and behaving in a way that is absent of violence, harassment, racism, intimidation, bullying or discrimination of any kind, regardless of, and not limited to, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, culture, age and ability. This includes in online/digital forums.
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programs-at-eskerfoundation.com
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