“Whither the Imagination? Making Sense of Art” – a Lecture by Musagetes’ Executive Director, Shawn Van Sluys

A man in a blue plastic raincoat stands reading poetry against a stormy sky, a smokestack rises up out of this wilderness in the background.

Bik Van der Pol, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 2012. Image by Jamie Gamble.

Musagetes’ Executive Director, Shawn Van Sluys, delivered a lecture titled “Whither the Imagination? Making Sense of Art” at the University of Lethbridge on February 11, 2013. The lecture gives a conceptual and practical overview of Musagetes’ work, situating the discourse within the transformative potential of the arts for individuals and communities. You can also download a PDF transcript of the lecture here.