Hands-On Art Programmes for McMaster Community
August 31, 2020
Art Attack | Welcome Week
for McMaster First Year Students
August 31, September 1 and 2 from 8-9 pm
Join us in the McMaster Museum of Art Sketching Room to learn how an artist begins an artwork by sketching it! Bring your pencil and paper and we’ll examine the composition and history of Emile Bernard’s 1887 painting “Still Life with a Bowl of Fruit.” Welcome Week info
Sketching Thursdays
for McMaster Community – All students, staff, and faculty
Thursdays Sept 3 – Dec 10 from 3:30 – 4:30 pm (excluding break week)
Join in an online sketching session led by Master education staff and alumni. Each week, you’ll be inspired by a different work of art from McMaster’s collection. Participants are welcome to sketch independently, or with guidance from the session leaders. A free, drop in event.
McMaster community members may log into Avenue to Learn and register here.
Drawing Conclusions 12
for McMaster Graduate Students
Sept 17 – December 10
Through interactive online sessions over 12 weeks, graduate students build skills in observation, description, and critical writing through examinations of visual art and writing exercises.
Graduate students may log into Avenue to Learn and register here.
These programmes are presented by the Museum of Art as part of the N. Gillian Cooper Education Programme.
M(M)A Education Staff Teresa Gregorio Shortlisted in City of Hamilton’s Arts Champion Awards
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Please join us in congratulating M(M)A’s Educator for Campus & Community Engagement, Teresa Gregorio, for being shortlisted in the Arts Champion Awards in City of Hamilton’s Arts Award 2026. The Arts Champion Awards may be conferred annually to living individuals who are outstanding supporters of the arts in Hamilton as volunteers, advocates, or board members. […]
New Acquisitions from Open Studio
June 19, 2026
McMaster Museum of Art M(M)A and Open Studio are pleased to announce that M(M)A has acquired three works by Carl Beam, Janet Cardiff, and Rita Letendre from Open Studio’s historic archive collection through its Print Sales program. These works now enter M(M)A’s Permanent Collection. About Open Studio: Open Studio was founded in 1970 and is […]
M(M)A Education Staff Nicole Knibb Receive President’s Awards for Outstanding Service in 2025
June 8, 2026
Please join us in congratulating M(M)A’s Senior Educator (Academic and Professional Engagement) and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Nicole Knibb, for receiving the President’s Awards for Outstanding Service in 2025. Nicole Knibb has made a profound and lasting contribution to interdisciplinary education, community engagement, and inclusive pedagogy at McMaster University. Through her leadership at the McMaster […]
