Lacrosse: The Creator’s Game
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaDewa’áo’:gajíhgwa’e’ is the Cayuga Nation word for lacrosse, which has multiple meanings: “they play with webbed sticks” and “to throw or pass the ball” and “hitting their hips. Lacrosse was…
Konnón:kwe
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaImage: Amanda Strong, How to Steal a Canoe, 2015 (still from stop-motion animation) Konnón:kwe, a Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk) word signifying “three or more women,” speaks to the power of collective agency…
The Dailies: Front Pages & Frontispieces
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOpening reception: Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m. What “makes” the front page? The Dailies explores the history of headline news, the form and function of the “front page” in news…
B&W and Read All Over
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOpening reception: Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m. Guelph’s storied past is recounted through this exhibition, which traces the history of The Guelph Mercury, this city’s daily printed newspaper that reported…
Art As Activism: Truth, Survivance, and Resilience
Image: Alex Jacobs-Blum, The Medicine Game Opening reception: Friday, August 2, 6 PM Guelph Museums was established in the 1960s to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then, our…
Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaContent warning: The exhibition Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario includes content that some visitors may find offensive and/or traumatizing. Guelph Museums aims to provide open spaces…
VibraFusionLab: Bridging Practices in Accessibility, Art and Communications
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaExperience sound and vibration technologies through art installations by David Bobier, Lindsay Fisher, Marla Hlady, Ellen Moffat, Gordon Monahan, Alison O’Daniel, and Lynx Sainte-Marie. By making sound tangible through touch, this exhibition aims to change public perceptions of difference and disability. Presented in partnership with VibraFusionLab, an innovative centre for vibrotactile research and creative practice…
Tales from the Hill
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaJoin Guelph Guild of Storytellers and special guests on the first Wednesday of each month. Free admission.
