WVML Art Talks: Martha Sturdy in Conversation with Hilary Letwin
Channel: West Vancouver Memorial Library
Date: 26/11/2022

Recorded on November 24, 2022.

Join West Vancouver Art Museum Curator Hilary Letwin and artist Martha Sturdy to discuss the new sculpture installations featured in the exhibition Martha Sturdy: All Fall Down showing at the Museum from October 19 to December 17, 2022. These sculptures explore the themes of climate change, extreme weather, and the natural life cycle. They also represent a culmination in Sturdy’s work, revealing an underlying tension around materiality that she has consistently sought to balance throughout her career.

Martha Sturdy received her BFA in sculpture from the Vancouver School of Art in 1978. Her accolades include an honorary doctorate from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a Golden Jubilee Medal from the Governor General of Canada.

Dr. Hilary Letwin gained her PhD in Art History from Johns Hopkins University in 2013. She has held Curatorial Fellowships at the British Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Recent projects include Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci (2020); Design for Living: West Coast Modern Homes Revisited (2019); Saints, Sinners and Souvenirs: Italian Masterworks on Paper (2019); and Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town (2018). She currently works as the Museum Administrator/Curator at the West Vancouver Art Museum.

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