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With Opened Mouths: The Podcast

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In With Opened Mouths: The Podcast Dr Qanita Lilla, Associate Curator, Arts of Africa sits down with artists, musicians, curators and spoken word poets to discuss the expression of their practice. How did they find their artistic voice? Which life-events shaped them and who are their inspirations? Catch With Opened Mouths: The Podcast for some moving and inspiring conversations.
With Opened Mouths is on view at Agnes Etherington Art Centre from 7 August 2021 to 30 January 2022.
Learn more about the exhibition on Agnes’s website: https://agnes.queensu.ca/exhibition/with-opened-mouths/ With Opened Mouths: The Podcast is produced by Agnes Etherington Art Centre in partnership with CFRC 101.9 FM. This limited series podcast is released monthly. The graphic for the podcast is created by Vincent Perez.
Original music by Jameel3DN, produced by Elroy “EC3” Cox III and commissioned by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2021. The series is supported by the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Fund, Queen’s University and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
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In this episode, Qanita Lilla talks with the celebrated artist, Jamelie Hassan about growing up as a first generation Arab Canadian. Jamelie talks about how, with her parent’s encouragement, she traversed continents to study art and to find her creative voice. She does not separate the role of her community in the founding of the artist-run centre, Embassy Cultural House in London, Ontario, and neither does she preclude the valuable, life-long contribution of her beloved life-partner and artist, Ron Benner.
Season 4 Trailer

Season 4 Trailer

2026-09-1801:27

We are back with a brand new season of With Opened Mouths. The podcast where we get exceptional creatives to speak for themselves. I am your host Qanita Lilla, Curator of Canadian and African art at Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University. Join us as we hear from artists, scholars, musicians and media workers working in Canada and Africa today. This season, my guests share how lived experience impacts creative practice, the role of intergenerational learning and how travel expands perspectives, and the importance of collaboration. We also hear how art, language, Black history and music help shape worlds of possibility, trust and resilience. Episodes of With Opened Mouths are released monthly, and you can find them on Digital Agnes, CFRC’s website and on your favorite podcasting platform starting on the 25th of September 2026!
Earth Song: ElizaBeth Hill

Earth Song: ElizaBeth Hill

2025-10-3101:06:39

ElizaBeth Hill talks with Qanita Lilla and guest host Sebastian De Line about her music practice that spans multiple decades. She shares how her songwriting and multimedia artworks reflect her Mohawk culture, are connected to both her spiritual and physical environment, and how they are influenced by her collaborators.   Music highlighted in this episode: ElizaBeth Hill. “Peacemaker’s Lullaby.” Peacemaker’s Lullaby, 2005, #6. Courtesy of the artist.
Sadiqa de Meijer writes between two languages. She has a keen emotional awareness of both Dutch (her mother tongue) and English (the language of her adoptive country). In this conversation with Qanita Lilla, Sadiqa talks about writing “between” these two languages and of having to balance their stylistic tendencies. Interspersed with readings from Sadiqa, we learn about her life enriched by the pain and joy of cultural pluralism.
In this episode, Qanita Lilla talks with Emebet Belete about her community-driven art projects and her passion for arts education. Emebet shares how her art has been influenced by her youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, global travels, and how her art practice has evolved to include large-scale projects which cover pieces of public infrastructure through a process called “yarn storming.”
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