September 2019
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…
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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
Find out more »November 2019
Curator’s Talk by Pamela Edmonds
Join us for a free public talk by Pamela Edmonds, Senior Curator at McMaster Museum of Art about her first curatorial project at McMaster, "it is from here that the world unfolds: The Levy Collection."
Find out more »Talk by Kenneth Montague
TALK | Dr. Kenneth Montague, Director of Wedge Curatorial Projects / Collector of African diasporic art: Friday, November 15, 12:30 – 1:20 pm Kenneth Montague is a Toronto-based art collector, and the founder and director of Wedge Curatorial Projects. He has been exhibiting photo-based work with a strong focus on work that explores Black identity and the African diaspora since 1997. Montague has served on the Africa Acquisitions Committee at the Tate Modern, the Advisory Board of the Ryerson Image…
Find out more »Panel Discussion
Peripheral Vision(s) Panel Discussion November 20, 6 – 9 pm Doors open and refreshments 6 pm. Panel Discussion from 7 – 9 pm. SPEAKERS: Janet Berlo, professor of art/art history and visual culture, University of Rochester Gerald McMaster, curator, artist, author, and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair of Indigenous visual culture and curatorial practice, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON Jeffrey Thomas, independent photo-based artist, recipient of the 2019 Governor General Award for the Visual and Media…
Find out more »Talk by Merray Gerges
TALK | Merray Gerges, Art Critic and Editorial Resident at C Magazine: Thursday, November 28, 12:30 – 1:20 pm Merray Gerges writes around art rather than about it. She studied art history at NSCAD and journalism at King’s in Halifax, where she co-founded and co-edited CRIT, a free biannual criticism publication. Her reporting and criticism have appeared in Canadian Art, C Magazine, MOMUS, Hyperallergic and more, addressing issues ranging from the radical potential (and shortcomings) of intersectional feminist memes and…
Find out more »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…
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