08/06/2026
We are so excited to be hosting this event!
Join artist Steacy Easton and curator Luke Maddaford in conversation about Easton’s upcoming exhibition Further Shores, which explores the photographic record of Gull Lake. The discussion will include Easton’s process, the history of photography, regional histories, and placemaking.
The discussion is presented by the Art Gallery of Swift Current in partnership with Yellow Canary Books & Stationery and will take place on August 19 at 7pm at Yellow Canary Books & Stationary, located at 1365 Conrad Ave, Gull Lake, SK.
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Steacy Easton is a writer and visual artist, originally from Edmonton, who is currently based in Hamilton.
They have written on gender, sexuality, and country music for publications including Slate, NPR, and the Atlantic Online. Their book Why Tammy Wynette Matters, from the University of Texas Press, has been covered by the New York Times, Nashville Scene, and No Depression, among others. They have also written a memoir for Coach House, Daddy Lessons, and a book for Bloomsbury, as part of their 33 ⅓ series about Dolly Parton’s White Limozeen.
Their visual practice includes performance, photography, and printmaking—often about the problems of observation, disability, queerness and vernacular forms. They have worked over the last decade on an ongoing project about Autism and rhetoric. This includes performances for the Quiet Parade, at Mt St Vincent in Halifax, film work shown in Toronto, and Hamilton, and a filmed performance for Factory Media, Physical Exercise.
Their printmaking has been shown at Center 3, the vitrines at Tangled Arts in Toronto, and at Monastiraki in Montreal, among others. They have shown photographs in New York, Toronto, and Edmonton, and are in public collections throughout North America including in Edmonton, Burlington, Hamilton, and in the library of the National Gallery of Canada.
They were a resident at the Banff Early Career Residency in the spring of this year.
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