Working with Archives: Artist Talk with Peyton Keeler-Cox & Molly Steels

Free

Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Location: PIE Education Centre, MacLaren Art Centre
Cost: Free, Registration encouraged but not required 

Through a shared love of working with archives, artists Peyton Keeler-Cox and Molly Steels breathe new life into images of the past while exploring ideas of memory, truth, and self-representation. In conjunction with the exhibition Questions Nobody Asked Me by Peyton Keeler-Cox, they will discuss tapping into archives as a method of storytelling and inquiry. 

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Description

Peyton Keeler-Cox is a Barriebased photographer and artist. Captivated by documenting the human condition and experience through uncovering themes of memory, grief, space, and relationships. Peyton has completed her BFA in Image Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her practice stems from investigating and activating the archive and seeking truth and understanding in the world and people around her. She is driven in being a vessel for others and exposing the deeper complexities in the feelings and relationships we each have. 

Molly Steels is a Toronto-based artist and arts administrator originally from Bradford, Ontario. By worldbuilding in tandem with family archives, Steels blends the past into the present. Here, she creates surreal conceptual spaces using photography as a tool for connection across time. Steels’ work has been exhibited in galleries and festivals across Canada, including The Aurora Cultural Centre, Sankofa Square, Artspace TMU, Gallery 44 and Contemporary Calgary during Exposure Photography Festival’s International Open Call. Steels holds a BFA in Photography and a minor in Sociology from Toronto Metropolitan University.