Art, Ecology and Responsive Environments

Queen’s University Fine Art Alumni Council (QFAC), the Department of Art History and Art Conservation and the Fine Art/Visual Arts program are pleased to present the 2026 André Biéler Lecture: Art, ecology and responsive environments.

This year we are thrilled two welcome two internationally acclaimed artists, and Queen’s graduates, Marlene Creates, BAE'74 and Philip Beesley, BFA'78, “whose practices offer two distinct yet complementary approaches to urgent contemporary questions surrounding environment, technology, and human experience”.

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Speakers

Marlene Creates, BAE'74 
An environmental artist whose work explores the relationship between human experience, memory, language and the land, and the impact they have on each other. Learn more about the artist.

Philip Beesley, BFA'78
A pioneer of immersive, responsive environments who has redefined contemporary art through living interactive systems. He leads the Living Architecture Systems Group, an internationally recognized research network. Learn more about the artist.

Visit campus during Fall Preview and see why Queen's might be the right place for you!

• Explore Queen’s campus as the fall term gets into full swing
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The Fine Art (Visual Art) Program at Queen's University is very pleased to present the first lectures in its 2024/2025 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, featuring Matthew Schofield.

Join us for an unforgettable weekend of reconnection and celebration with Fine Art and Fine Art Education alumni from over the past 55 years. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate Fine Arts at Queen's, renew old connections, and create new memories.

To learn more about this exciting event, please visit the Queen's University Alumni Events Page.

"Tracing Kingston’s Solidarities" is a series of performance pop-ups designed to activate Kingston’s rich history of Black entrepreneurial history through the art of printmaking. Each event centers around a significant figure or family from Kingston's history, with a mobile printing press that travels around the city. The public is invited to engage directly by printing t-shirts and collecting brochures that delve into the histories behind the images. This initiative not only brings to light the lesser-known narratives of Kingston but also utilizes printmaking as a tool for public education and engagement.

Movement #2, titled "Mark Making, Meaning Making Poster Workshops," invites participants to animate their personal archives by bringing photographs and mementos to create large posters through collage, drawing, painting, and printmaking. This movement celebrates the living histories of Kingston's residents, making it a deeply personal and communal experience.  This movement will take place in Ontario Hall.

The third movement, "Stories Out Loud," transforms the city into a live gallery. Participants create billboard-scale prints that are collaged and wheat-pasted at key historical sites across Kingston. This act of large-scale community printing serves as an alternative archive, making visible the cherished yet hidden histories of the area.

Six workshop will be offered:

18 and 19 May,

1 and 2 June,

21 and 28 September

10 AM- 4PM; Off-site: Ontario Hall, Room 208, 67 University Ave, Kingston, ON. 

Register for a Workshop. (Sold Out)

Follow for more information on the Agnes Website Page. 

Consult the 2023 exhibition. 

"Tracing Kingston’s Solidarities" is a series of performance pop-ups designed to activate Kingston’s rich history of Black entrepreneurial history through the art of printmaking. Each event centers around a significant figure or family from Kingston's history, with a mobile printing press that travels around the city. The public is invited to engage directly by printing t-shirts and collecting brochures that delve into the histories behind the images. This initiative not only brings to light the lesser-known narratives of Kingston but also utilizes printmaking as a tool for public education and engagement.

Movement #2, titled "Mark Making, Meaning Making Poster Workshops," invites participants to animate their personal archives by bringing photographs and mementos to create large posters through collage, drawing, painting, and printmaking. This movement celebrates the living histories of Kingston's residents, making it a deeply personal and communal experience.  This movement will take place in Ontario Hall.

The third movement, "Stories Out Loud," transforms the city into a live gallery. Participants create billboard-scale prints that are collaged and wheat-pasted at key historical sites across Kingston. This act of large-scale community printing serves as an alternative archive, making visible the cherished yet hidden histories of the area.

Six workshop will be offered:

18 and 19 May,

1 and 2 June,

21 and 28 September

10 AM- 4PM; Off-site: Ontario Hall, Room 208, 67 University Ave, Kingston, ON. 

Register for a Workshop. (Sold Out)

Follow for more information on the Agnes Website Page. 

Consult the 2023 exhibition. 

This year's Fine Art (Visual Art) Program 4th Year show:

without these walls

April 19th-23rd, 2024 in Ontario Hall. 

For more information.