Program Overview

University Program Information

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is situated on the territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek. Agnes is committed to anti-racism, working to eradicate institutional biases and develop accountable programs that support and centre the artistic expression and lived experience of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. Agnes promotes 2SLGBTQIAP+ positive spaces.

Wee Bit Off Centre

Wee Bit Off Centre is an embryonic art centre and a gathering place for its own imagining. This project brings together interested publics to blue-sky art institutions, guided by research into art institutions and a utopian mood. The goal is to collectively shape and rehearse institutional practices, organizational structures, and spatial arrangements towards a forward-dreaming, forever-emerging, always-disappearing art centre.

• Taking up residence across Etherington House and other off-site locations from 1 January to 31 March 2024
• Public events include:
  • Workshop on "Rejection"
  • Karaoke socials
  • Screening series
  • Other programming to come out of public input
• Tear Jerkers is a collaboration between Michelle Bunton and GHY Cheung, examining art institutional practices through the critical lens of hospitality and the relationship between queer aesthetics and the formation of counter-publics.
• Curated by Nasrin Himada, Associate Curator, Academic Outreach and Community Engagement

Related Programs

• Call for co-directors of Wee Bit Off Centre
• Everything Sounds like Crying Eventually: a karaoke party
  • In-Person, 11 January, 6–9 pm, at Agnes (Etherington House)
• Workshop: Re rejection
  • In-Person, 18 January, 6–8:30 pm, at Agnes (Etherington House)
• A Screening Series
  • Sorry I'm late I didn't want to come
  • 4 February, 2–3:30 pm, at The Screening Room
  • Co-presented with ReelOut: Kingston's queer film + video festival
• Atrophied Objects: A Re-Purposing Sculpture Workshop
  • 12 March, 11:30–4 pm, at Agnes (Etherington House)
• This one's coming to an end: Wee Bit Off Centre Open House
  • Open House, 26–28 March 2024
  • Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 am–4:30 pm; Thursday, 10 am–9 pm
  • Closing Karaoke Party, 28 March, 5:30–8:30 pm

News Stories

• Four more co-directors of Wee Bit Off Centre announced, 16 January 2024
• Call for co-directors of Wee Bit Off Centre residency, 23 November 2023

Classes, Workshops, Camps

• Atrophied Objects: A Re-Purposing Sculpture Workshop, 12 March 2024, 11:30–4 pm
• Re rejection, 18 January 2024, 6–8:30 pm
• Everything Sounds like Crying Eventually: a karaoke party, 11 January 2024, 6–9 pm