Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS
March 8, 2025 - September 21, 2025
Second Floor
Let’s get ready to rumble…
Pitted in opposite corners of the rec room, artists and athletes have historically been at odds, competing for funding, attention and respect.
Drop the gloves…
Artists and athletes want to be the best at what they do. They push unsurpassed limits of the body and the mind. They seek perfection. They collaborate on a team and they go it alone. They show us what is possible, culturally, socially, and physically. They struggle against the odds. They persevere.
Block and tackle…
Artists and athletes perform. Arenas and galleries are sites for spectatorship. Athletes perform with their bodies, but artists can, too. And artists aren’t the only intellectuals on the court. Athletes study, plan and strategize, running plays and weighing options, reading the field like a living diagram.
Full court press…
Logos, mascots, uniforms; colour, form, composition. We wear our favourite team’s jersey; we hang our favourite artist’s print on the wall.
Throw your hat into the ring…
What can artists learn from athletes, and athletes from artists?
In SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS, artists and athletes meet at center ice, playing together for AWE’s first Pro Bowl. With an all-star roster featuring Judy Anderson, Krystal Bigsky, Kristina Bradt, Douglas Coupland, Maria Hupfield Brian Jungen, Brett Kashmere, Lisa Lipton, Myfanwy MacLeod, Kevin McKenzie, Hazel Meyer, Esmaa Mohamoud, Kristine Moran, Bridget Moser, Howardena Pindell, Wendy Red Star, Astria Suparak, Hank Willis Thomas, and Joanne Tod, AWE invites you to get into the game.
