January 2020
Opening Reception: Winter Exhibitions
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 16, 6 – 8 p.m. You’re invited to join us in celebrating the opening of two new exhibitions here at the McMaster Museum of Art ANIMALS ACROSS DISCIPLINE, TIME & SPACE Artists: Mary Anne Barkhouse, Kathryn Eddy, Erica Gajewski, Derek Jenkins, Colleen Plumb Curator: Tracy McDonald, Department of History, McMaster University On view Until March 21, 2020 DEANNA BOWEN: A HARLEM NOCTURNE Organized and circulated by the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver Curator: Kimberly Phillips On view…
Find out more »Curator’s Talk | Kimberly Phillips
Join us for a free, public talk by Kimberly Phillips, curator of Deanna Bowen's traveling solo exhibition A Harlem Nocturne which was organized and circulated by the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. McMaster Museum of Art Friday, January 17, 12:30 –1:20 p.m About the curator Kimberly Phillips is Curator at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, where she oversees exhibitions, publications and artist residencies. She holds a PhD in art history from the University of British Columbia and was an Izaak Walton…
Find out more »February 2020
Art & Jazz Soirée
Presented as part of the University’s Black History Month celebrations, this exciting night will feature various displays of art, art-making and music, including the museum’s current exhibition “A Harlem Nocturne” by artist Deanna Bowen which archives Vancouver’s Black entertainment community from the 1940s to the 1970s. The evening includes a collage-making workshop with Hamilton designer and visual alchemist Stylo Starr and musical performances by acclaimed vocalist Colina Phillips. The community art show will feature work by Anisa Nour, Sydney Kuhne, Menny, Aaron Parry,…
Find out more »Winterfest at MMA
Family Winter Memory Box Saturday, February 8, 1 – 3 p.m. Join us at the McMaster Museum of Art during Hamilton’s annual Winterfest! We’ll be hosting a tour of Deanna Bowen’s exhibition A Harlem Nocturne followed by a family-friendly memory box creation activity. Celebrate winter, warmth, and loved-ones by decorating a small wooden box and writing “secret” letters to yourself and your family that you can uncover and share over the coming years! Light refreshment will be served. FREE: Registration…
Find out more »Artist Talk | Deanna Bowen and Selina Mudavanhu
Join us for a free, public event at the McMaster Museum of Art ARTIST TALK / IN CONVERSATION: Thursday, February 27, 7 – 9 p.m. Deanna Bowen and Selina Mudavanhu, assistant professor, Communications Studies and Multimedia Presented as a complement to the exhibition Deanna Bowen: A Harlem Nocturne Organized and circulated by the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver Curator: Kimberly Phillips On view at the MMA Jan 16 - May 9, 2020 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/about/news/bowen/
Find out more »March 2020
Postponed: Artist Panel for Animals Across Discipline, Time & Space
IMPORTANT NOTICE: All McMaster Museum of Art events are cancelled until the end of April, as per McMaster University's COVID-19 Update of March 12/2020. https://covid19.mcmaster.ca/changes-to-university-travel-and-events -------------------------- This event has been postponed until Autumn 2020 -------------------------- Join us for a free, public event presented as a complement to the exhibition Animals Across Discipline, Time & Space About the exhibition: Artists: Mary Anne Barkhouse, Kathryn Eddy, Erica Gajewski, Derek Jenkins, Colleen Plumb Curator: Tracy McDonald, Department of History, McMaster University Jan 4 -…
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Cancelled: Film Screening | Deanna Bowen
IMPORTANT NOTICE: All McMaster Museum of Art events are cancelled until the end of April, as per McMaster University's COVID-19 Update of March 12/2020. https://covid19.mcmaster.ca/changes-to-university-travel-and-events -------------------------- This event is cancelled. FILM SCREENING / DISCUSSION: Friday, April 3, 7 – 9 p.m. Location: Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University Join us for a special screening and discussion of Bowen’s edited cut of On Trial The Long Doorway. The film focuses on a lost 1956 CBC teledrama titled The Long…
Find out more »Virtual Slow Art Day
Join us on McMaster Museum of Art’s Instagram for a Virtual Slow Art Day this Saturday, April 4. Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2020 Time: 12-2 PM Where: Here on our @macmuseum Instagram feed and stories No registration required, just hop on Instagram! What is Slow Art Day? Did you know that the average time spent viewing a work of art is only 7 seconds? Slow Art Day is a worldwide movement to encourage slow looking and attempt to break down the…
Find out more »Cancelled: Opening Reception | Unguarded
IMPORTANT NOTICE: All McMaster Museum of Art events are cancelled until the end of April, as per McMaster University's COVID-19 Update of March 12/2020. https://covid19.mcmaster.ca/changes-to-university-travel-and-events -------------------------- This event is cancelled. -------------------------- The McMaster Museum of Art is pleased to present the graduation exhibition of the McMaster BFA Class of 2020. The 2020 exhibition is curated by Stylo Starr. It is on view April 4 - 25, 2020. Unguarded: SUMMA 2020 exhibition features the work of: Sage Barker Maria Basso-Jimenez Jordan…
Find out more »Cancelled: Artists’ Talks | Unguarded
IMPORTANT NOTICE: All McMaster Museum of Art events are cancelled until the end of April, as per McMaster University's COVID-19 Update of March 12/2020. https://covid19.mcmaster.ca/changes-to-university-travel-and-events/ -------------------------- This event is cancelled. -------------------------- Talk by McMaster's graduating BFA students. Presented as a complement to their exhibition 'Unguarded'. The exhibition is curated by Stylo Starr and on view at the museum from April 4 – 25, 2020 .
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