Tess Martens (MFA 2018) at the X-Camera Speaker Series

TESS MARTENS: From Fear, Fixation & Failure

As part of Inter Arts Matrix's X-Camera Speaker Series, Tess Martens will speak about her work on September 20, 2019 at noon (doors open at 11:30) at Fresh Ground, 256 King St. E., Kitchener, Ontario.  Bring your own brown bag lunch, or get a vegan lunch at the Fresh Ground Café next door. See the event posting on Facebook.

Tess will speak about the perseverance needed to become an artist. She is committed to performance art and to painting, and is obsessed with taking risks, finding loopholes, and exploring boundaries. Tess will talk about her art practice and its ties to mental health and her life experience. 

Each talk starts Friday at 12:00 noon, with a 10 minute introduction, a 30 minute talk by the featured speaker, followed by questions. The session ends with an open mic for those who want to make a quick pitch for collaborators, resources, support. The event continues as a networking lunch, where you can talk to the presenters and other members of the community.

This is event is made possible by grants from Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario Media Projects, and the Musagetes Fund at The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation.