Artist Tour: Future Geographies with Amanda White
Sat Jul 11, 2026 | 11 AM–12 PM
[From right to left:] Amanda White; Installation view of Carolina Caycedo, To Drive Away Whiteness/Para alejar la blancura, 2017, in Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, May 13, 2026, to January 10, 2027, Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery
Join artist and researcher Dr. Amanda White on a walkthrough of Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change. This guided tour will offer insights into select works and the ideas that shape the exhibition.
Drawing on her research into the intersections of art, environmental studies and cultural studies, White will reflect on how the featured artists engage with climate, land and ecology. She will also explore how their works both contribute to and challenge dominant understandings of environmental issues at local and global scales.
This tour is free with Gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Registration is required.
This tour will meet on the 2nd Floor at the exhibition title wall.
If cost is a barrier to you or if you have any access requests for this event, please reach out to learn@vanartgallery.bc.ca or call 604 662 4700.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dr. Amanda White (she/her) is Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Ecological Justice and Climate Action in Creative Practices at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU). She is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, environmental and cultural studies and has recently exhibited and published work focused on plants, food justice and living systems. She co-edited the book Ecologies in Practice: Environmentally Engaged Arts in Canada (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2024). She is co-initiator of the Creative Food Research Collaboratory, and she recently published a graphic novel for middle grade readers about food security. At ECU, White leads the Living Environmental Arts and Futures (LEAF) Kitchen & Lab, a new space supporting environmentally engaged creative research and practices. She was a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Curating at Western University and holds a BFA and MFA in Studio Arts and a PhD in Cultural Studies.