From Day to Night: Curatorial Talk by Erin Szikora and Hannah Keating

Daybreak curator Erin Szikora will be joined by Hannah Keating, curator of the companion exhibition Nightfall, opening at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in November 2026. Together, the exhibitions explore the interconnectedness of human rhythms and ancient cycles of time—whether daily, seasonal, generational, or geological—and draw attention to the intuitive, creative, and necessary relationship between rest and action. Szikora and Keating will discuss their inspiration, process, and unique collaboration, and unpack the exhibition themes and relationship.

Free, all welcome, registration required. The Doris McCarthy Gallery is wheelchair accessible. If you have accommodation needs, please let us know through the registration form or contact dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca.

Erin Szikora is a curator based in Guelph, Ontario. Working with both early career and established artists, she is interested in projects that deconstruct assumed authority and carve space for the building of new, more just futures. Her work follows an ethos of care and places relationship and community building at its core. Of mixed settler (Scottish and Hungarian) and Haudenosaunee (Cayuga, Six Nations of the Grand River) ancestry, she holds a BA in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Toronto and an MA in Contemporary Art, Design, and New Media Art Histories from OCAD University. Szikora served as Interim Curator at the Doris McCarthy Gallery in 2024 and currently holds the position of Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Guelph.

Hannah Keating is a curator based in Peterborough, Ontario. She has held various roles in public institutions, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, Artspace, and the Art Gallery of Peterborough. In her current role as Associate Curator at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, she curates exhibitions and public programs, coordinates the RBC Emerging Artist Residency program, and works closely with community partners. She has a master’s degree in art history from Carleton University.