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Sarah Smith
@smithsarah.bsky.social
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Fellow @globaldiscnct.bsky.social‬
CRC in Art, Culture & Global Relations @westernu.ca
Co-founder @nacdi.bsky.social
New open access book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵 https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/103563/1/9780774868938_OA.pdf

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📕It's official, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 is now out in a free open access version and as a paperback. Spread the word!

📚Open Access: www.ubcpress.ca/asset/103563...
➡️Order paperback: www.ubcpress.ca/trading-on-art

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September 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Ottawa folks - join me and Rachelle Dickenson next Thursday at the Global Centre for Pluralism to talk about 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵!

I'm thrilled to be hosted by Carleton Centre for Public History (‪@cupublichistory.bsky.social‬) & the Embassy of Mexico in Canada. Details here: tinyurl.com/ottawabookla...
August 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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This week was a treat! I had a fantastic time thinking about museum diplomacy - part of a new project with Sascha Priewe, Friederike Landau-Donnelly & Joachim Baur. We facilitated a workshop at the Aga Khan Museum, connecting with and learning from policymakers, arts funders, managers, and scholars.
August 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Join us in person or online tomorrow (Jul. 24) to talk about my new book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵!

I'm thrilled to be in conversation with Ruth Skinner & Judith Rodger at Museum London, hosted by Words, London's literary & creative arts festival.

Register: tinyurl.com/tradingonart

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July 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Delighted to share that my new book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 is out today with @ubcpress.bsky.social!
A hand with pink nail polish holds a book titled Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America by Sarah E.K. Smith. The book cover shows twelve paper plates, on each a state or province from Canada, Mexico and the US is rendered in red, blue or green. In the background you can see the brushstrokes of a grey painting with a building and people.
May 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Interested in diaspora museums and how cultural institutions are addressing migration experiences? Share your work in a panel on global flows and the diaspora experience. Part of UAAC's 2025 Conference at York University. ⏰ Deadline May 30!

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Museums and Migration: Global Flows and the Diaspora Experience Sarah E.K. Smith, Western University, sarah.smith@uwo.ca Panel Session | Session de panel Amidst a continued antagonistic response to migration, diaspora communities are increasingly establishing new museums in North America. These museums are predominantly small to mid-sized, community-driven, and complicate linear narratives of migration by foregrounding the complex ties of diaspora communities to home and host societies (Erdogan-O’Connor et al. 2023). Diaspora museums offer new encounters with migration narratives (Faherty 2023) and facilitate sharing these amongst diaspora communities and with public audiences. Engaging with this growing subsector of the museum field, this session invites papers addressing diaspora museums globally, examining the complexities of this institutional formation and its potential to bridge understandings about migration experiences at a time of geopolitical adversity. Acknowledging that these institutions take shape in diverse, and, at times, informal settings, we also invite contributions that assess community spaces that offer museological functions, but are not professional museums. Keywords: diaspora, migration, diaspora museums, cultural institutions, community spaces
April 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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What a joy to work with Larry, Kiah & Sarah from the Book Arts Lab @carleton.ca yesterday! Our bookbinding workshop brought together community to craft and bind hard cover riso copies of The Air of the Now and Gone exhibition catalogue. The results are gorgeous. Thanks to all our participants!
April 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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"The Air of the Now and Gone" digital catalogue is now out!

Featuring texts by: Kirsty Robertson (kirstymrobertson.bsky.social), Sarah E.K. Smith (smithsarah.bsky.social), Siobhan Angus (siobhanangus.bsky.social), Elaina Foley, & Kristi Leora Gansworth.

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Pink book cover with blue title: The Air of the Now and Gone Pink page with a table of contents written in hot pink and blue ink. Items include: "Thank you" by Ross Gay, "Walk through the garden's dormant splendor" by Kirsty Robertson and Sarah E.K. Smith, "The Weight of Air" by Siobhan Angus and Elaina Foley, "Sacred Mirror, Blood of the Earth" by Kristi Leora Gansworth, and "Credits."
January 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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✨It’s been a dream to install a new exhibition at the Carleton University Art Gallery @carletonu.bsky.social this month! The Air of the Now and Gone opens tomorrow. Thanks to all of the participating artists and my co-curator @kirstymrobertson.bsky.social. More pics to come✨

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Black hand painted text on a white wall with a title that reads: The Air of the Now and Gone
January 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Spent this morning at the Centre for Sustainable Curating putting together these beautiful plantable seed paper name tags for the upcoming Universities Art Association of Canada conference (Oct. 24-26 @ Western University)
October 11, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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The Practitioner Media Lab @ Western University is pleased to partner with the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, Film and Media Department & Cultural Studies at Queen’s University to screen “La Montaña”! Join us Feb. 27 @ 2:30pm.

Info ==> culturaldiplomacyinitiative.com/la-montana-f...
February 26, 2024 at 10:49 PM