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Elyse Clinning Headshot
New Communications Officer at the MMA: Welcome Elyse Clinning
February 25, 2021 | Published By MMA
The McMaster Museum of Art is pleased to share that Elyse Clinning has joined the Museum as Communications Officer. After completing a bachelor’s degree in art history from Queen’s University, in 2014 Elyse completed a master’s degree in contemporary art … Continued
hands and paper collage
Call for Artists: Online Exhibition and Publication
November 4, 2020 | Published By MMA
the cut, the tear & the remix: contemporary collage and black futures Deadline: December 7, 2020 11:59 pm EST. The McMaster Museum of Art in partnership with Nia Centre for the Arts is seeking forms of expression from Black Canadian creatives … Continued
Front of the Museum building at night
Letter from the Director – Fall 2020
October 27, 2020 | Published By MMA
As we roll into autumn, join me in celebrating some of the big news—in terms of funding, commissions, digital programmes and staff—at the McMaster Museum of Art. To begin, we are thrilled to have recently received the following grants: Canada … Continued
art mural on Hamilton building
Museum brings mural by artist Shellie Zhang to Hamilton for Supercrawl
October 23, 2020 | Published By MMA
The McMaster Museum of Art has nominated and, with the Hamilton downtown BIA, supported a new mural by Shellie Zhang installed this week on James Street North as part of Supercrawl’s year-long arts festival. Installed in downtown Hamilton, To What Do We Owe This Honour? enlarges a collection … Continued
photos of McMaster Museum of Art 2020 curatorial mentees Stylo Starr and Erin Szikora
Museum launches Curatorial Mentorship Program for BIPOC leadership
October 7, 2020 | Published By MMA
One of the ways senior museum staff feel they can disrupt the “traditional museological narrative(s)” as conveyed in the recently revised vision statement, is by fostering a new generation of critically-engaged arts practitioners committed to decolonizing practices, institutional critique, thought-provoking … Continued
Award winning artists (clockwise from top left) Brittany Forest, Sarah Urban, Shveta Sharma. Amanda Drinkwater. Photographs by Sage Barker.
Presenting the 2020 SUMMA Award Winners
October 1, 2020 | Published By MMA
The McMaster Museum of Art is pleased to announce the recipients of the SUMMA awards for emerging artists participating in the McMaster BFA Graduation exhibition unguarded: SUMMA 2020. Faculty Award Brittany Forrest As a queer feminist artist, Brittany Forrest brings … Continued
Head of a woman in George Wallace print
George Wallace exhibition mounted at National Gallery of Ireland
September 28, 2020 | Published By MMA
George Wallace (1920-2009), celebrated artist and McMaster professor emeritus, has been honoured with a solo exhibition of his prints at the National Gallery of Ireland (see their press release below). Wallace taught art at McMaster University for 25 years, becoming … Continued
Hiba Abdallah neon art installation on front of Museum building, view from October 2020.
Hiba Abdallah’s neon sculpture lights up McMaster
September 25, 2020 | Published By MMA
New public art for a bright and engaged McMaster community A new neon sculpture by Hiba Abdallah is lighting up the McMaster Museum of Art. Commissioned and conceived in 2019, Abdallah’s white neon sculpture has now been installed above the … Continued
SUMMA 2020 invitation
Virtual Exhibition:
McMaster’s 2020 SUMMA Show
September 10, 2020 | Published By MMA
McMaster University School of the Arts’ 2020 BFA Graduation Exhibition (aka SUMMA)  unguarded **VISIT THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION NOW** Online exhibition launches September 10, 2020 SUMMA Awards to be announced: October 1, 2020 GUEST CURATOR: Stylo Starr ARTISTS:  Sage Barker, Maria Basso-Jimenez, … Continued
Many images of art-making
Hands-On Art Programmes for McMaster Community
August 31, 2020 | Published By MMA
The Museum of Art is pleased to present a series of hands-on creative programmes for the McMaster community at large and for specific campus student groups! We look forward to virtually meeting you and welcoming you back to McMaster. Art … Continued