ACI Video

War Art in Canada: Creativity & Conflict

Throughout Canadian history, conflict has been a catalyst of change and a transformative force in the country’s art history. Celebrate the launch of the Art Canada Institute’s groundbreaking new online art book War Art in Canada: A Critical History by the renowned scholar and curator Laura Brandon. The event will feature some of Canada’s leading war artists. As well, it will include a Q & A between Brandon and Sara Angel, ACI’s Executive Director, who will discuss the impact of conflict on creativity as well as the role that war art plays in shaping the national imagination and identity.