INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARTS

I participate in art museum and gallery events to speak to how contemporary artists engage politics across the Global South.

I have done past events for The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto and the Mini-Gallery of Underground Anticulture with locations in Minsk and Kiev.

I am continuing the work of public education through the museum space as the 2023-24 J. Clawson Mills Scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, conducting research on feminist painters from Pakistan who opposed the military dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq (1977-1988).

Please contact me at kristin.plys@utoronto.ca for museum or gallery speaking engagements.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

In addition to my involvement in the arts, I also work with various community organizations. I am a member of the Toronto chapter of Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa (GRILA) a bilingual (French & English) network of Pan-African intellectuals from Africa and the diaspora committed to strengthening relationships among Pan-African intellectuals, fostering popular education on anti-imperialism and Pan-African thought, and advocating for African unity and emancipation.

In addition to my work with GRILA, I have collaborated on various events and campaigns with the Jamhoor Collective, Roshni, and the Committee for Progressive Pakistani Canadians.