Episode 36 – Jason Cyrus and Curating Decoloniality

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The 36th episode was recorded with my dear friend Jason Cyrus, whose new exhibition History Is Rarely Black or White just opened at the Agnes Etherington Art Center at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It will be on display from November 27, 2021, until March 20, 2022. It explores Victorian cotton, slavery, and their ongoing legacies. Jason was featured on Chic podcast last season during the Canadian Fashion Symposium. He has a master’s degree in Art History and Curatorial Studies from York University in Toronto and is currently working on his PhD in the History of Art at Warwick University in the UK. He has held research posts at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum. In January 2020, he also curated York University’s first fashion exhibition, entitled ReFraming Gender.