With Opened Mouths: The Podcast

In With Opened Mouths: The Podcast Dr Qanita Lilla, Associate Curator, Arts of Africa sits down with artists, musicians, curators and spoken word poets to discuss the expression of their practice. How did they find ...more

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In With Opened Mouths: The Podcast Dr Qanita Lilla, Associate Curator, Arts of Africa sits down with artists, musicians, curators and spoken word poets to discuss the expression of their practice. How did they find their artistic voice? Which life-events shaped them and who are their inspirations? Catch With Opened Mouths: The Podcast for some moving and inspiring conversations.
With Opened Mouths is on view at Agnes Etherington Art Centre from 7 August 2021 to 30 January 2022.
Learn more about the exhibition on Agnes’s website: https://agnes.queensu.ca/exhibition/with-opened-mouths/ With Opened Mouths: The Podcast is produced by Agnes Etherington Art Centre in partnership with CFRC 101.9 FM. This limited series podcast is released monthly. The graphic for the podcast is created by Vincent Perez.
Original music by Jameel3DN, produced by Elroy “EC3” Cox III and commissioned by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2021. The series is supported by the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Fund, Queen’s University and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Meet our Hosts

Dr Qanita Lilla

Dr Qanita Lilla

Dr Qanita Lilla is Associate Curator, Arts of Africa at Agnes Etherington Art Center, Queen’s University situated on Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. At Agnes, Qanita cares for the Lang Collection of African Art and works with contemporary art practice from the diaspora to engage the African collection in the present. She is interested in the life and after-life of objects in collections, hidden histories, the representation of racialised minorities, and alternative practices of collections care. She has published in both peer-reviewed and popular publications, has contributed book chapters to anthologies and is the host of With Opened Mouths: The Podcast. Qanita is also Assistant Professor in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies in the Film and Media Department at Queen’s University.