Go beyond the main stage with Luminato’s Conversation Series of engaging talks and resources which explore the ideas that fuel the festival. Join us for candid and meaningful discussions about the realities we face and the futures we can envision and create, together. No idea is off-limits as we dig into the issues that affect our communities, our families, our systems, and our lives. Art starts conversations. We invite you to join the conversation. 

This year, the series will feature talks with Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem; Julie Crooks, Curator at the AGO; Justine Abigail Yu of Living Hyphen; and Shannon Chochrane, Artistic Director of FADO Performance Art. 

Sunday, June 9 - 2pm

Supa Rich Kids & Justine Abigail Yu

Post show talk with Supa Rich Kids & Living Hyphen's Justine Abigail Yu. (30 mins)

This post-show conversation will feature ASL interpretation.

Sunday, June 9 - 6:30pm

Shannon Cochrane & Sonia Hughes

401 Richmond

FADO Performance Art Centre Artistic Director Shannon Cochrane in conversation with Sonia Hughes about her performance, I Am from Reykjavik. (60 Mins)

Captions will be available.

Tuesday, June 11 - 6:30pm

D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, BaKari I. Lindsay & Justine Abigail Yu

Pre-show talk in the lobby at Koerner Hall with D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, BaKari I. Lindsay, in conversation with Justine Abigail Yu.

Captions will be available.

Thursday, June 13 - 7pm

The Wedge Lecture

Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Spadina Circle

The inaugural Wedge Lecture, featuring Thelma Golden (Studio Museum in Harlem) in conversation with Julie Crooks (AGO).  (90mins)

Captions will be available.

Saturday, June 15 - 8pm

HOME & Justine Abigail Yu

Bluma Appel Theatre

Post show talk with the cast of HOME and Living Hyphen's Justine Abigail Yu. (30mins)