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SUMMARY:Where The Rivers Meet
DESCRIPTION:Where The Rivers Meet is a display within the City Gallery that centers the Original Peoples who have been on this land since time immemorial. It includes information about migration\, land relationship\, treaties\, impacts of colonization\, and past and present-day perspectives. The display also considers the founding story of Guelph within the context of a longer history lens. \nThis display is a living exhibition that reflects the truth as we understand it today. We continue to learn from our treaty partner\, the Missisaugas of the Credit First Nation\, and from Indigenous people who call Guelph home today. The display will continue to be updated as our knowledge grows.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/where-the-rivers-meet-2/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:No Word For Art: Exploring the Indigenous Roots of Creativity
DESCRIPTION:Told from historical and contemporary perspectives\, and through the story of beads\, guest curator Naomi Smith shares the ways of the First Nations people of the Woodlands and Northeastern regions of Ontario. No Word for Art features Indigenous beadworks as creative expressions of survival\, crafted by historical artists. The exhibition also includes contemporary beadworks that reflect traditional beading techniques and imagery. \n“Honouring our traditions is my voice within and beyond my culture and community. Traditionally\, there is no word for ‘art’ in Native languages\, yet artistry and visual expression are critical in defining who we are as First Nations people. It is this path I wish to exemplify through my teachings and my work.”\n— Naomi Smith
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/no-word-for-art-exploring-the-indigenous-roots-of-creativity/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Unsettling The Grand: Legacies of Settlement in the Grand River Valley\, from 1700 to the Present Day
DESCRIPTION:What do John Galt and the Canada Company\, the Upper and Lower Canadian Rebellions of 1837-38\, a canal-building enterprise\, and current (and future) land claims all have in common? \nUsing a Two-Eyed Seeing approach\, this exhibition examines the failed enterprise of the Grand River Navigation Company (1832-1861) as a lens through which we can explore historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and settler-colonial communities within and along the Grand River watershed. \nThe exhibition dives into the rich and varied historical tapestries of human settlement in the lands currently known as the Grand River Valley in Southern Ontario\, from 1700 to present day. \nIn addition to historical archives\, the display includes stories and creative expressions by Indigenous and settler artists who annually paddle the Grand River in symbolic renewal of the Two Row Wampum. \nCover images: Left: Mohawk Canal\, just east of the Alfred Street bridge in Brantford\, circa 1911 (earliest postmark for this card is September 2\, 1908) Right: Photo courtesy of Two Row on the Grand / http://www.tworowonthegrand.com/ \nUnsettling the Grand is guest curated by Robert Flewelling and funded in part by a grant from The Guelph Community Foundation—Musagetes Fund. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLeft: Map of Grand River\, 1821(Ridout)Right: Plan of theGrand River & Location of 6 Nations of Indians\, 1828 (Lugger)
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/unsettling-the-grand-legacies-of-settlement-in-the-grand-river-valley-from-1700-to-the-present-day/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Light A Candle To Curse The Dark
DESCRIPTION:Amid the pomp and plump of Canada’s sesquicentennial\, fifteen metalsmiths from across the country marked the occasion by crafting new sculptures from melted-down post-Confederation silver. Each piece is an expression of form and function – art object and candleholder – that\, together\, nod to the past and offer a glimpse of the future. \nThe original silver came from two Canadian families\, who had used it over five generations but increasingly less often. They recognized that their tea and coffee sets\, serving dishes\, and cutlery had greater material value to the artists. They imagined something beautiful could be made from the old metal. \nThe metalsmiths transformed the silver into candleholders\, each inspired by the accomplishments of Canadian women in the arts. Known as the “Illuminations” series\, each piece includes a recognizable element from the source silver. \nAt Guelph Civic Museum\, the candleholders are displayed within an exhibition that considers the local Victorian-era\, when the fledgling colony aspired to silver service status. The exhibition looks frankly and truthfully at the colonial period\, positioning “Illuminations” as its centre\, and drawing from the artifacts\, archives\, and images in the museum’s collection. \nFeatured artists: Beth Alber (Toronto)\, Jackie Anderson (Calgary)\, Mary Anne Barkhouse (Kwakiutl First Nation)\, Anne Barros (Toronto)\, Brigitte Clavette (New Brunswick)\, Lois Etherington Betteridge (Guelph)\, Fiona Macintyre (Merrickville)\, Charles Funnell (Coburg)\, Chantal Gilbert (Ville de Québec)\, Elizabeth Goluch (Halifax)\, Mary K. McIntyre (Toronto)\, Kye-Yeon Son (Halifax)\, Myra Tulonen Smith (Almonte)\, Anne-Sophie Vallée (Montreal)\, and Ken Vickerson (Toronto). \nThank you to Laura Brandon (retired curator\, Canadian War Museum) and Ann Malone-Bianconi (manager\, interior design and crown collection\, National Capital Commission) for loaning the “Illuminations” series to Guelph Museums. We also acknowledge key contributions from Keith Betteridge (photography)\, Rob Brandon\, and Anne Greenlay. \n\n\n\n	Sculpture by Marie Anne Barkhouse \n\n\n	Craft by Lois Betteridge \n\n\n	Theatre by Anne-Sophie Vallee \n\n\n	Fashion & Textile by Fiona MacIntyre \n\n\n	Architecture by Beth Alber \n\n\n	Horticulture by Elizabeth Goluch \n\n\n	Gastronomy by Chantal Gilbert \n\n\n	Music by Jackie Anderson \n\n\n	Drawing and Painting by Brigitte Clavette \n\n\n	Film\, Television & Video by Mary McIntyre \n\n\n	Dance by Charles Funnel \n\n\n	Photography by Anne Barros \n\n\n	Non-Fiction by Myra Tulonen Smith \n\n\n	Design by Ken Vickerson \n\n\n	Creative Writing by Kye Yeon-Son
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/light-a-candle-to-curse-the-dark/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fables In Yarn: Guelph Exhibition by Alisa McRonald
DESCRIPTION:Visit Creative in Residence Alisa McRonald’s community led textile punch needle art piece at the Guelph Civic Museum during Ontario Culture Days. \nThis exhibition will be on display for the duration of the listed dates. Registration is not required to visit the exhibition. Registration will provide updates and reminders of the event. \nProgram Description:\nAlisa McRonald is a contemporary textile artist who experiments with themes of folklore\, fables and the esoteric. For her residency\, Alisa will create colourful\, contemporary punch-needle wall-hangings. During the Festival\, visitors are invited to visit the Guelph Civic Museum to see a punch needle art piece created collaboratively between the artist and the public. Visitors are invited to identify themes within the work. \nAbout the Artist:\nAlisa McRonald’s woven and needle-punched weirdos live in the ironic pop-culture paradise of a Queer GenX Feminist. As a contemporary textile artist\, she has always straddled the line between art and craft. Alisa’s sustainable creative practice involves making her own tools and textiles through scavenging and recycling as a way to connect her current work to the past. Alisa maintains her art practice in Guelph where she is a mentor\, teacher and facilitator. She has exhibited and performed both nationally and internationally\, and has been featured in the publications\, curatorial lists and shops of institutions like Ontario Craft Council and the Textile Museum of Canada. \nThis program is a part of the Creatives In Residence series by Ontario Culture Days.\nOntario Culture Days is dedicated to fostering the public’s engagement with Ontario’s arts\, culture and heritage as a means of enriching our communities while supporting the vibrancy and sustainability of our sector.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fables-in-yarn-guelph-exhibition-by-alisa-mcronald/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events,In Our Cases
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Spirits\, Psychics\, & Divination: How the Great War Haunted the British Empire
DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of the Great War\, people from across the British Isles and Dominion nations read prophecies about the coming new millennium\, experimented with seances\, and claimed to see the ghosts of their loved ones in dreams and in photographs. On the battlefields\, soldiers had premonitions and attributed their survival to angelic\, psychic\, or spiritual forces. These experiences contrast sharply with the legacy of the Great War and modernity in general as a disenchanting experience. What were ghosts and psychics doing amidst a war involving tanks\, airplanes\, submarines\, chemical weapons\, and machine guns? This talk narrates compelling and previously undocumented abnormal experiences to challenge popular myths about the Great War. Between 1914 and 1939 an array of ghosts haunted the British Empire. \nSpirts\, Psychics\, & Divination: How the Great War Haunted the British Empire is presented by Kyle Falcon. The lecture will premier both in-person at the Civic Museum\, and online via our Facebook livestream. The recorded conversation is available on Facebook\, YouTube\, and our Museum Everywhere Portal.  \nGuelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. \nWatch The Recording:\nDue to technical difficulties the October presentation at the Guelph Civic Museum was not able to be uploaded or displayed on the livestream. This recording is from the presentation Kyle Falcon gave at the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada  \n\nAbout Kyle Falcon:\nKyle Falcon is a historian of the British Empire whose research focuses on the role of spiritualism and psychical research during the era of the Great War. He received his MA at Nipissing University and his PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University. His book\, Haunted Britain: Spiritualism\, Psychical Research and the Great War was released by Manchester University Press in July 2023.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-spirits-psychics-divination-how-the-great-war-haunted-the-british-empire/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:"We Remember" Beaded Poppy Workshop with Naomi Smith (Chippewas of Nawash)
DESCRIPTION:Naomi Smith (Chippewas of Nawash) will lead “We Remember\,” a two-day Beaded Poppy Workshop offering traditional teachings and an introduction to Indigenous raised beading techniques and working with deer hide. Participants will create an embossed beaded pin. \nWhile in the museum\, workshop participants will experience the exhibition No Word for Art: Exploring the Indigenous Roots of Creativity\, curated by Naomi Smith. In the afternoon on day one (Saturday)\, they will visit McCrae House to centre the practice of beading and remembrance in the story of Lt. Col. John McCrae and the First World War. \nAll are welcome. Comfort with hand sewing is an asset. Participants should bring a basic sewing kit including small flat nose pliers\, small scissors\, thimble\, and magnifier\, if required. \nCost: $140 + HST (includes materials) \nLunch is not included. Participants are welcomed to bring a bagged lunch or pick up lunch in the area. \nRegistration in advance is required.  Limited spaces. No refunds. Get your tickets on Eventbrite now.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/we-remember-beaded-poppy-workshop-with-naomi-smith-chippewas-of-nawash/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T210000
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SUMMARY:Fourth Friday: Songs and Stories: An Evening With Brad Woods and Friends
DESCRIPTION:On the Fourth Fridays of each month\, admission is free to the Civic Museum from 5 pm to 9 pm\, with free concerts beginning at 7 pm. \nDue to high demand for seating\, please arrive at the Museum and take your seat by 6:50 pm. Please contact us in advance if you can no longer attend so we can release the ticket(s) to others wishing to attend. Seats not claimed by 6:55pm may be re-assigned to rush line visitors. \nCash Bar. \nDonations are always appreciated\, please click here. \nPreregistration is required.  Tickets are available on Eventbrite \nAbout the Artist\nBrad Woods has told stories at festivals\, theatres\, conferences\, prisons\, churches and pubs all over North America and the UK. He tells traditional tales\, literary classics and personal stories. His stories have been featured in a variety of broadcasts and publications including CBC Radio 1\, the Globe and Mail and Canadian Running Magazine. Brad has told to all ages and in every type of venue imaginable. He is the recipient of the Alice Kane Award for Storytelling and used it to travel to Lesotho (Southern Africa) to tell\, trade and collect stories on behalf of Bracelet of Hope. \n“Hilarious\, suspenseful – a masterful story teller. “\nIns Choi\, Creator-Kim’s Convenience \n“Brad Woods is a master storyteller. With wit and wisdom\, humour and heart\, Brad skillfully weaves tales that leave his audience laughing and thinking\, often at the same time.”\nTerry Fallis\, Novelist – Two Time Leacock Award Winner \n“Brad Woods in an engaging and creative storyteller. He has a mix of personal and traditional stories and some that interweave the real and the fabulous.”\nDan Yashinsky\, Founder – Toronto Storytelling Festival
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-songs-and-stories-an-evening-with-brad-woods-and-friends/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231031T080000
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Series: Marjan Kaviani
DESCRIPTION:The Spotlight Series centres the work of contemporary artists in dialogue with past and present-day lived experiences in the place we call Guelph. Recognizing that the month of November invites reflections of remembrance\, the Spotlight Series broadens understandings of war through the lens of two contemporary conflicts\, in Ukraine and Iran. \nThis instillation features the work of Iranian Canadian artist Marjan Kaviani whose art will be on view at the Guelph Civic Museum until March 3\, 2024. \nArtist Statement\n“My parents lived under the Iranian regime before coming to Canada. Growing up\, I saw that the revolution in Iran left a psychological imprint on my family. I speak to\, and retell\, that experience in my art. I imagine the figures in my work as casualties of the Iranian regime. I have firsthand experience with their rage and trauma. \nIn my paintings\, I create a psychological tableau of the people around me. I reveal their humanity\, suffering\, sadness\, and absurdity. The distorted figures lack connection to their spirituality. Through my art\, I ask the victims of the Iranian revolution to question their pervasive malaise (depression). \nAs an expressionistic painter\, I share the emotional impact of my own experiences. My colour palette and the distortions of my figures are used to exaggerate and intensify my creative expression. I use layers of wet and dry oil paint to create a surreal atmosphere.” \nArtist Biography\nMarjan Kaviani is an Iranian Canadian artist\, based in Guelph. Kaviani graduated from Claude Watson Secondary Arts before undertaking an undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph\, where she majors in Studio Art and minors in Psychology. \nIn 2022\, Kaviani won the Jane Graham Memorial Award (Guelph Arts Council). In 2023\, she placed 3rd at the University of Guelph’s annual Juried Art Show. She has had solo exhibitions at Homer Watson House and Gallery in Kitchener and at Boarding House Arts in Guelph. \nHighlighted Iranian Communities in Guelph\nGuelph Iranian Student Association \n\n\n\n	The Cry\, 2022\, oil on linen \n\n\n	The Dehydration of Anahita\, 2023\, oil on canvas \n\n\n	The Drag of Lily Pads\, 2023\, Oil on canvas \n\n\n	Is This Home\, 2023\, oil on canvas \n\n\n	Caste of Arbadil\, 2023\, Oil on canvas \n\n\n	Father's Abandoned Home\, 2023\, oil on canvas \n\n\n	Somewhere Far Away\, 2023\, oil on canvas \n\n\n	The Conjuring of Arak\, 2023\, oil on linen \n\n\n	Whispers of Zoroaster\, 2023\, oil on canvas \n\n\n	The Glimmer of Hope\, 2023\, oil on canvas \n\n\n	Ishafan\, 2023\, Oil on canvas \n\n\n	The Edge of Ramsar\, 2023\, oil on canvas
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/spotlight-series-dreamt-on-a-collective-journey-by-marjan-kaviani/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Series: Taras Lachowsky
DESCRIPTION:The Spotlight Series centres the work of contemporary artists in dialogue with past and present-day lived experiences in the place we call Guelph. Recognizing that the month of November invites reflections of remembrance\, the Spotlight Series broadens understandings of war through the lens of two contemporary conflicts\, in Ukraine and Iran. \nThis installation  by Ukrainian Canadian artist Taras Lachowsky is on view at the Guelph Civic Museum until March 3\, 2024. \nArtist Statement\n“There is war in Ukraine — no one was expecting it\, except the people of Ukraine. The war started with Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Ukranians have been expecting\, dreading\, and praying that war would not happen. \nTaras Shechenko (my namesake and Ukraine’s poet laureate) spoke of destroying a nation by destroying its culture. Unimaginable atrocities have taken place. Cultural landmarks and monuments have been destroyed. \nI am Ukrainian Canadian and I am experiencing this war on a very personal level\, as part of the Ukrainian diaspora. I feel helpless\, stunned\, and numb. \nIn my way\, I am trying to record and understand something that my parents also lived through. Must Ukrainians of every generation know war? \nIn my Guelph studio\, I make art to balance the destruction\, pain\, and horror that I have seen from my safe harbour. Peace and democracy must win.” \nArtist Biography\nTaras Palijh Lachowsky is an Ukrainian Canadian artist\, based in Guelph. He explores the histories of Ukrainian culture\, past\, present\, and future. His parents emigrated from Ukraine\, through Germany to France and finally to Canada in 1950. Born in Sudbury in 1964\, he is the youngest of 10 children. \nLachowsky studied textile and surface design at Sheridan College\, then earned a B.A. in Fine Art at the University of Guelph. His recent exhibitions focus on the symbols\, patterns\, and colours in the Ukrainian cut-paper techniques of Vytynanky\, Vishytchy\, and Pysanky. \nHighlighted Ukrainian Communities in Guelph\nSaving Ukrainian Cultural College\nUkrainian Church Guelph Community  \n\n\n\n	Drevo (Tree) 2023 \n\n\n	The Montanka Project 2023 1 \n\n\n	Which Way Does The Blood Flow in Bucha 2022 \n\n\n	The Montanka Project 2023  \n\n\n	First Day February 2022 \n\n\n\n\n  \n 
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