campus Archives - McMaster Museum of Art https://museum.mcmaster.ca/tag/campus/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:51:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-mma_favicon_24bit_alt-32x32.png campus Archives - McMaster Museum of Art https://museum.mcmaster.ca/tag/campus/ 32 32 Ernest Daetwyler’s The Boat Project/everythingwillbefine sails home to McMaster campus https://museum.mcmaster.ca/ernest-daetwylers-the-boat-project-returns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ernest-daetwylers-the-boat-project-returns Mon, 30 May 2022 17:06:54 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=24460 The post Ernest Daetwyler’s The Boat Project/everythingwillbefine sails home to McMaster campus appeared first on McMaster Museum of Art.

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]]> Talk & Tour of Peripheral Vision(s) with Rhéanne Chartrand https://museum.mcmaster.ca/talk-tour-of-peripheral-visions-with-rheanne-chartrand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talk-tour-of-peripheral-visions-with-rheanne-chartrand Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:13:42 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=10998 Peripheral Vision(s) brings together portraits by 19th century Northern Plains warrior-artists and 20th century artists, Leonard Baskin and Fritz Scholder to explore perspectives on the “Indian” image.

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]]> Fall Exhibitions and Events Schedule https://museum.mcmaster.ca/fall2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fall2019 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:57:52 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=10844 The Museum of Art is gearing up for our grand re-opening and we're looking forward to a busy season ahead.

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]]> Museum presents Hamilton Arts Week Events https://museum.mcmaster.ca/haw2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=haw2019 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:50:46 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=10578 McMaster Museum of Art activities for Hamilton Arts Week: June 18, 19, 20

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]]> Museum News: Spring/Summer 2019 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/museum-news-s2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=museum-news-s2019 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:00:22 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=10457 Museum of Art Closing for Environmental System Updates The McMaster Museum of Art (MMA) will be temporarily closed from March 19 – August 23, 2019 for major updates to its environmental systems. The shutdown is necessary to ensure the highest standard of care and preservation for the more than 6,000 objects in the University’s significant […]

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Museum of Art Closing for Environmental System Updates

The McMaster Museum of Art (MMA) will be temporarily closed from March 19 – August 23, 2019 for major updates to its environmental systems. The shutdown is necessary to ensure the highest standard of care and preservation for the more than 6,000 objects in the University’s significant art collection. The MMA is a Category “A” cultural institution as designated by the Government of Canada. more info

We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to reopening in time for the Fall Semester with exciting new exhibitions. In the meantime, Museum staff will be taking programming ‘to the streets’ with a series of free education programs, including In-School Art Programs (Fully Booked), Mini-University activities, public art projects, campus art tours, and much more. Further details below.

We will be sharing updates and additional programming on this page and on social media channels throughout the closure.

MMA Public Programmes during Spring/Summer include…

GUIDED TOURS & LUNCHTIME ART ACTIVITIES

Presented by the N. Gillian Cooper Education Program
Free. No registration required.
In the event of rain, outdoor activities will be cancelled. Please follow our social media channels for updates.

  • Walking Tours of Selected Campus Architecture
    Thursday, May 9 at 12 noon | length: 1 hour
    Meet in front of the McMaster Museum of Art for a guided tour of buildings in the central campus area from Hamilton Hall to Divinity College.
    Thursday, May 23 at 12 noon | length: 1 hour  Cancelled due to inclement weather
    Meet in front of JHE by the clock for a guided tour that will cover buildings in the south area of campus from the Reactor to the Health Sciences Centre.
    Wednesday, June 19 at 12 noon | length: 1 hour
    Meet in front of the McMaster Museum of Art for a guided tour of buildings in the central campus area. Hamilton Arts Week Event
  • Walking Tour of Selected Campus Sculpture
    Tuesday, June 18 at 12 noon | length: 1 hour
    Guided tour begins in front of the Museum of Art. Hamilton Arts Week Event
  • Outdoor Sketching
    Thursday, June 20 at 12 noon | length: 1 hour
    Art supplies provided in front of the Museum of Art. Hamilton Arts Week Event

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
This summer, McMaster Museum of Art will be commissioning three separate public artworks for the exterior of the building.

Must See Exhibitions Off Campus…

McMaster’s Monet in AGO Blockbuster
McMaster’s Claude Monet painting of Waterloo Bridge has been borrowed by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto for their spring exhibition Impressionism in the Age of Industry: Monet, Pissarro and more from February 16 to May 5, 2019. We are delighted that the work was selected and that we were able to accommodate the request. The painting has just returned from the nationally touring exhibition A Cultivating Journey: The Herman H. Levy Legacy, and following the Museum’s spring/summer closure, it will be hung once again and on permanent display at McMaster Museum of Art (MMA). More info

Counterpoint: SUMMA 2019
Annual McMaster University BFA Exhibition
Guest Curator: Hitoko Okada
LOCATION: The Cotton Factory
270 Sherman Ave N, Hamilton, ON L8L 6N4
April 6 – 19, 2019
Due to the Museum shutdown, the 2019 McMaster University BFA Graduation exhibition (aka SUMMA) will be hosted off campus at The Cotton Factory. Please join us at the Cotton Factory on Saturday, April 6, 11 am – 3 pm for the Opening Celebration and MMA sponsored student awards. Until then, follow the graduating class on Instagram @mcmastersumma2019 for a sneak preview of the artists’ work.

 

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]]> Artist Talk by Ernest Daetwyler – Oct 18 at 12:30 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/daetwyler-talk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daetwyler-talk Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:34:10 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=10105 Find out more about the Swiss-Canadian artist and his impressive practice, including a discussion about his new installation at McMaster, The Boat Project/everythingwillbefine.

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]]> New Work of Art Sails onto Campus https://museum.mcmaster.ca/daetwyler-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daetwyler-2 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:41:22 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=9941 The Boat Project/everythingwillbefine, a new site-specific sculpture of a boat-like form was unveiled on campus this weekend in the McMaster Museum of Art’s Artist Garden.

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]]> Workplace Wellness Activities at the Museum https://museum.mcmaster.ca/mma-wellness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mma-wellness Wed, 04 Jul 2018 15:45:17 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=9888 The McMaster Museum of Art is offering two free programs of mindfulness & wellness activities to help McMaster employees recharge this summer.

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]]> New home on campus for TH&B’s Basin sculpture https://museum.mcmaster.ca/thb_mcmaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thb_mcmaster Wed, 30 May 2018 17:00:29 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=9777 Basin, the Great Lakes sculpture/installation, which has graced and grown in our Artist Garden for the last two years has now been purchased by the Museum and placed in a new permanent campus home.

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]]> Guided Tours of Campus Sculpture during Hamilton Arts Week https://museum.mcmaster.ca/sculpturetour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sculpturetour Tue, 29 May 2018 16:58:41 +0000 https://museum.mcmaster.ca/?p=9769 Explore the outdoor sculpture of McMaster’s campus in this 1 hour guided tour with the Museum’s Education Officer, Teresa Gregorio. Bring your camera for taking pics, sharing your perspective, and an interactive way of understanding art and our relationship to it.

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