FOCUS 2020 ? President?s Speaker Series: Dr. Sarat Maharaj March 27, 2006

Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) President Sara Diamond invites you to attend a thought-provoking lecture series, featuring leading thinkers on art, design and the global economy. This lecture series aims to stimulate new thinking on the future possibilities for art and design education. This is the first in a series of lectures being presented. All are invited to attend.

Dr. Sarat Maharaj presents Dynamic Creativity: Remaking Art and "non-Art?

An exploration of the dynamics of creative practices, collaborations and redefinitions of practice within an increasingly global dialogue and exchange about art practices.

South African born, Dr. Sarat Maharaj is an internationally renowned art and culture theorist. He has written extensively on visual art as knowledge production, textile art, cultural translation, difference and diversity. He is currently Professor of Visual Art and Knowledge Systems at Lund University in Sweden. His recent research investigates consciousness, convergence of art practices and science in the form of a series of international Knowledge Labs. His past positions have included Professor of History and Theory of Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Rudolf Arnheim Professor at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Research Fellow at the Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht. He has curated international exhibitions including Optical.Retinal.Visual.Conceptual at the Museum Boijmanns van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 2001, and was a co-curator of Dokumenta XI in Kassel in 2002.

Presented in association with SAVAC - South Asian Visual Arts Collective

Co-sponsored by OCAD?s Employment & Educational Equity Task Force

This presentation takes place at OCAD?s Auditorium (Room 190), Nora E. Vaughan Wing, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto. All are welcome to attend, and admission is free. For information, visit www.ocad.ca or call 416-977-6000.