Events, talks and tours

Fall Exhibitions Opening Party

Join us to celebrate a new season of exhibitions. Light refreshments and cash bar provided.

Noon Time Collection Talk with Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics

Want to learn more about the RIC's collection? Join Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics, artists and professors at Ryerson University's School of Image Arts, for a talk focused on photographs of the Berlin Wall from our Black Star Collection. 

Curators in Conversation: Philip Brookman and Deborah Willis with Paul Roth

Gordon Parks in History

Join RIC Director Paul Roth in conversation with Deborah Willis and Phillip Brookman in conjunction with our exhibition Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story.

Artist and Curator in Conversation: Claudia Joskowicz with Ilana Shamoon

Join guest curator Ilana Shamoon for a conversation with artist Claudia Joskowicz on her exhibition, Every Building on Avenida Alfonso Ugarte—After Ruscha. 

Special Tour of Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story

Join curator Paul Roth on a behind-the-scenes tour of Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story, along with Julie Crooks, Assistant Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).

Noon Time Collection Talk with Vanessa Lakewood

Want to learn more about the RIC's collection? Join PhD candidate and RIC Research Fellow Vanessa Lakewood for a talk on her dissertation research project Picturing Wild Style, which addresses the work of American documentary photographer Martha Cooper. Utilizing photographs from the Black Star Collection, Lakewood will examine photography's role in representing and making visible aesthetic practices in Black life and lives in New York City in the post-Civil Rights era. 

Opening Party for Jason Perreault: Bien dans sa peau

Join us for a party to celebrate the opening of Jason Perreault: Bien dans sa peau in our student gallery.

Special Tour of TERREMOTO: Mexico City, 1985

Join curator Denise Birkhofer on a behind-the-scenes tour of TERREMOTO: Mexico City, 1985.

Tanenbaum Lecture with Jamel Shabazz

Special Tour of Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story

Join curator (and RIC Director) Paul Roth on a behind-the-scenes tour of Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story.

Noon Time Collection Talk with Jorge Ayala

Want to learn more about the RIC's collection? Join Jorge Ayala, recipient of the RIC's 2018 Elaine Ling Fellowship, for a talk on the visual representations of the Cuban Revolution. As part of our From the Collection series, a small selection of photographs, curated by Ayala and exploring the same topic, will also be on view in the gallery.