September 2019
Opening Reception
Join us for a celebration of the reopening of the McMaster Museum of Art and three new exhibitions including: Peripheral Vision(s) On view until December 20, 2019 Curated by Rhéanne Chartrand and Gerald McMaster Perspectives on the “Indian” image by 19th century Northern Plains warrior-artists and 20th century artists, Leonard Baskin and Fritz Scholder. Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. it is from here that the world unfolds: The Levy Collection On view until December 14, 2019 Curated…
Find out more »Curator’s Talk: Spencer Pope
Instruments of Exchange: Coins from Antiquity to Today Join us for a talk by Spencer Pope, honorary curator of McMaster's Bruce Brace Coin Collection and professor in the Department of Classics. He will be speaking about the new exhibition that he has curated at the Museum and the visual language developed in the coins of antiquity that continues to be used today.
Find out more »Curator’s Tour by Rhéanne Chartrand
Join us for a free guided tour of the exhibition Peripheral Vision(s): Perspectives on the “Indian” image by 19th century Northern Plains warrior-artists and 20th century artists, Leonard Baskin and Fritz Scholder. Tour will be led by Rhéanne Chartrand, curator of Indigenous Art at McMaster Museum of Art and co-curator of the exhibition (with Gerald McMaster). Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Find out more »Concert: Cris Derksen and nêhiyawak
Join us for a night of Indigenous music with Cris Derksen and nêhiyawak Presented as a complement to Peripheral Vision(s). Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Cris Derksen A rising star on the Canadian world / classical / folk / electronica scenes, award-winning Indigenous cellist Cris Derksen is known for building layers of sound into captivating performances. Her music braids the traditional and contemporary in multiple dimensions, weaving her traditional classical training and her Indigenous ancestry with new school…
Find out more »Guided Tour
Join us for a guided tour of all the museum’s new exhibitions, then go behind-the-scenes into vaults. No registration required. Presented as part of the N. Gillian Cooper Education Program for Culture Days.
Find out more »Guided Tour
Join us for a guided tour of all the museum’s new exhibitions, then go behind-the-scenes into vaults. Presented as part of the N. Gillian Cooper Education Program for Culture Days. No registration required for tours. Registration IS required for the printmaking workshop immediately following the tour.
Find out more »Printmaking Workshop
Learn the basics of relief printmaking using the material of soft linoleum. Then try your hand at designing and creating prints of your own. Light refreshments will be provided. Presented as part of the N. Gillian Cooper Education Program for Culture Days. Workshop and all materials are FREE. Space is limited. Registration is required. Register here: http://mmaprintmaking.eventbrite.ca
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