Clare Butcher is the Curator of Public Programming and Learning at the Toronto Biennial of Art, an international contemporary visual arts event presented in the GTA every two years. In this talk, Clare will discuss some of the conversations and questions generated following the Biennial’s first iteration in 2019. How might we consider not only the body of work involved in thinking and making together, but also the body at work within art’s organizational logics and support structures? Reflecting on this question, Clare invites us to consider some of the ways we learn and unlearn with our bodies through arts programming and education.  

Clare Butcher is a curator and educator from Zimbabwe who cooks and collaborates as part of her practice. She is Curator of Public Programming and Learning for the Toronto Biennial of Art, before which she coordinated programs such as unsettling Rietveld Sandberg in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and aneducation for documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany. Clare has worked with museums, academies, and communities in Europe and Southern Africa, and holds an MFA from the School of Missing Studies, an MA in Curating the Archive from the University of Cape Town, and has participated in the De Appel Curatorial Program. Some collective and individual endeavors include Men Are Easier to Manage Than Rivers (2015); The Principles of Packing… on two travelling exhibitions (2012); and If A Tree… on the Second Johannesburg Biennale (2012).