Curator Talk: Camille Georgeson-Usher
Sat Feb 28, 2026 | 2–3:30 PM
[left to right] Camille Georgeson-Usher; Installation view of Walas Gwa’yam, Chief Beau Dick, Undersea Kingdom, 2016–17, in We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, November 6, 2025 to April 6, 2026, Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery
From Tide to Form: Curating We who have known tides
Join Camille Georgeson-Usher, Audain Senior Curatorial Advisor on Indigenous Art, to explore the curatorial thinking behind We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection.
This talk invites audiences to engage with the exhibition’s development from initial ideation to final realization. Georgeson-Usher will share insights into her research process, curatorial methodology and the relationships that shaped the project, moving beyond the gallery floor to reveal the thinking and collaborations behind the exhibition.
This talk is free for Experiences and Artist Circle Members and ticketed at the reduced price of $5 for Ideas Members and $10 for Access Pass Holders. For non-members, the talk will be $10 in addition to the cost of Gallery admission.
Registration is required. Space is limited. Seating is first come, first served. Priority will be given to those who register. Doors will open at 1:30 PM.
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 SPEAKER
Camille Georgeson-Usher is a Coast Salish/Sahtu Dene/Scottish scholar, curator and writer from Galiano Island, BC. Through her research, Georgeson-Usher is interested in the many ways in which peoples move together through space, how public art becomes a site for gathering, and intimacies with the everyday from an Indigenous perspective. She uses her practice as a long-distance runner as a methodology for embodied theory and an alternative form of sensing place. With a focus on contemporary art history, Georgeson-Usher studied at Concordia University in Art History and Queen’s University in Cultural Studies. She is an award-winning writer whose work merges theory with poetry and, at times, science-fiction. She has been published widely across academic books, magazines, arts journals and exhibition texts. In addition to her academic work, Georgeson-Usher serves as Co-Chair of the Toronto Biennial of Art, is a Board Member of the Galiano Island Literary Festival and sits on several advisories and committees across academia and the arts sector.
