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 The McMichael Canadian
Art Collection offers its visitors a unique and truly Canadian experience. From the
art within its walls to the surrounding landscape, the McMichael is the perfect gallery
for an introduction to Canada's art, its peoples, their cultures and their history.Renowned
for its devotion to collecting and exhibiting only Canadian art, the McMichael permanent
collection consists of almost 6,000 artworks by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, their
contemporaries, and First Nations, Inuit and other artists who have made a contribution to
Canada's artistic heritage.
The gallery welcomes on average 120,000 visitors annually.
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May 4 - June 18
Studio Courses and Workshops - On-going
Public Programs offers studio courses and workshops in a variety of media from drawing and
painting to printmaking and photography. All of our instructors are both practicing
artists and experienced educators. Courses are open to all levels of students from
beginner to advanced, unless otherwise stated.
May 4 to June 8 (6 classes)
Watercolour Painting Studio
Wednesdays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Part of Studio Courses and Workshops
Build on your expressive skills with instructor Anni Bretschneider. This course is
designed for students who wish to develop their level of skill and knowledge in
watercolour painting. Participants will explore various techniques and subject matter,
while they learn the fundamentals of composition and perspective. Materials not included.
Speaker/Instructor/Guest Information: Anni Bretschneider
Cost:
general public: $210
McMichael members: $190
Reservation: Required
Participants must register by April 28. Space is limited to 17 people.
- May 7 to June 18 (6 classes)
Photography Workshop
Saturdays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. No class May 21.
Part of Studio Courses and Workshops
Develop skills in photography with instructor Robert Brown. Learn how to effectively
capture and manipulate digital photographs to achieve imaginative and compelling images.
Students will learn basic photographic skills such as framing, lighting, composition, and
alternative experimental capture techniques. Class exercises will be accompanied by photo
shoots on the McMichael grounds and weekly assignments. Basic image manipulation,
formatting, and editing will also be covered. To rent a digital camera, please contact the
assistant manager of programs at 905.893.1121 ext. 2216.
Speaker/Instructor/Guest Information: Robert Brown
Cost:
general public: $210
McMichael members: $190
Reservation: Required
Participants must register by April 29. Space is limited to 17 people.
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 May 28 to September 11
Marc-Aurčle Fortin: The Experience of Colour
A retrospective overview with some 100 works spanning four decades (1909 to 1949), this
exhibition will highlight Fortin’s contribution as painter, etcher, watercolourist
and pastelist. With his compositions of stately elms and the vivid rural scenes that are
his signatures, this landscape artist left an indelible imprint on Quebec’s
collective imagination. The exhibition is also designed to show a lesser known but
nonetheless significant side of his body of work, his cityscapes, which chronicled the
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 June 11 to
September 11
Steeling the Gaze: Portraits by Aboriginal Artists
Combining portrait photographs and video installations, this exhibition explores how
contemporary Aboriginal artists have used the portrait as a means of self-expression in
spite of the long problematic history of their peoples. They challenge stereotypes,
creating a new visual history. Within these images, which describe contemporary existence,
references to traditions, family and community appear as a source of strength and
grounding. The artists explore contemporary, social and political issues within the
Aboriginal communities, and offer a glimpse of Aboriginality we do not often see reflected
in our media-saturated society. |
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