ROM Speaks

Still Life in the Digital Age

T. M. Glass is a Toronto-based digital painter known for evocative fine art photography and multimedia installations. Influenced by Arts & Crafts philosophies and inspired by natural rhythms, the artist's work captures - through a contemplative and meticulously crafted lens - fleeting moments of beauty within domestic spaces.

The artist's still life photographs often showcase collaborations with renowned local floral artist Lidia Tacconelli, and feature vessel objects from the collections at ROM.

Sara Angel is the Founder, Executive Director and Publisher of the Art Canada Institute (ACI). She launched the Institute in 2013 to democratize the country's visual culture for a diverse, multi-vocal, 21st century audience, and to make it available to all, regardless of one's knowledge of the subject, or proximity or access to a bricks-and-mortar museum. Today, ACI is a national institution and the leading digital initiative in Canadian art research, education, and promotion, which makes knowledge on the subject available to all free-of-charge. 

Francisco Alvarez's arts background is prestigious and long-reaching. He is an artist, curator, art consultant and arts manager who has worked extensively in senior management in the arts, culture, heritage, media, and government sectors. In 2019, Francisco curated a T.M. Glass solo exhibition of large format still life pictures at Onsite Gallery, and has collaborated with the artist on many occasions. As President of Axis Art Projects, his leadership, curatorial, marketing, fundraising, and exhibition development skills enable him to successfully navigate and contribute to diverse cultural landscapes.

Alexa Greist is Curator and R. Fraser Elliott Chair, Prints and Drawings at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Previously, she held research and curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where her work focused on Italian printed drawing books. Her area of specialty is Italian Renaissance and Baroque prints and drawings.