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detail of Shelagh Keeley's 'Dogon World of Spirits' 1984

February 11, 2010 | Published By MMA

Shelagh Keeley, Dogon World of Spirits (detail), 1984 Today’s Akimblog by Gil McElroy will be of interest to MMA fans. It’s about Allyson Mitchell’s Ladies Sasquatch, an exhibition organized and circulated by the McMaster Museum of Art, and the Shelagh … Continued

Ottawa Orientation

February 8, 2010 | Published By MMA

Every two years the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa hosts an Orientation Program for museum/gallery professionals and, in late 2009, I was lucky enough to attend! The program was a week filled with lectures, tours and peer learning. About 25 museum … Continued

A Fierce Launch

February 3, 2010 | Published By MMA

The Fierce: Women’s Hot Blooded Film/Video exhibition, guest curated by McMaster University’s Janice Hladki, opened last week at the McMaster Museum of Art with record breaking attendance of 400 people. “The exhibition is an example of the Museum’s commitment to … Continued

Fierce in the News

January 28, 2010 | Published By MMA

Fierce: Women’s Hot-Blooded Film/Video opens today, with the grand Opening Reception celebration this evening – hope you can join us. The exhibition has already received some great media coverage including these two reviews, published within the last day or so: … Continued

Fierce Anticipation – part II

January 26, 2010 | Published By MMA

We’re just putting the finishing touches on the Fierce: Women’s Hot-Blooded Film/Video exhibition, which opens this week with a Public Reception Thursday from 6-8 pm, and a Artists’ Think Tank on Friday from 1:30-2:20. In addition to fifteen moving image works, … Continued

Natalka Husar’s Talk

January 26, 2010 | Published By MMA

Natalka Husar’s presentation at the Museum on January 14 was a delightful blend of artist’s talk, performance, and tour. Wearing the costume of her alter ego, the stewardess, Natalka took the audience on a trip – complete with in-flight movies … Continued

Fierce Anticipation

January 13, 2010 | Published By MMA

As guest curator Dr. Janice Hladki’s Research Assistant, I have had the great privilege to be introduced to some of Canada’s amazing female film and video artists. Fierce has been a real learning experience for me – watching the show … Continued

Natalka Husar’s Christmas Paintings

December 15, 2009 | Published By MMA

For more than a decade artist Natalka Husar has been painting on old soft cover romance novels, drawing new images out of the evocative titles she found. The small expressive works are both intriguing and controversial. In 2006, artist Natalka … Continued

Natalka Husar: Burden of Innocence Opens

November 26, 2009 | Published By MMA

Canadian artist, Natalka Husar takes her lifelong obsession with painting and with Ukraine, her ancestral home, into new territory in a new exhibition Burden of Innocence. This impressive collection of fifty paintings is, in fact, a history play in three … Continued

Behind the scenes: Recreating 16th-17th century supernovae

October 22, 2009 | Published By MMA

Light Echo has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Hamilton, and Smith Brothers Contracting Corporation who donated both the materials and their services in the construction of the room itself. Doug Welch and … Continued