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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - On Thursday, July 10, 2014, Liona Boyd, the “First Lady of Guitar,” will perform an intimate concert of songs from her latest album, entitled The Return…to Canada with Love, at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Boyd, who has won five JUNO Awards and was named to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - Haida art and culture is recognized around the world, and Charles Edenshaw (c. 1839-1920) stands as one of its greatest luminaries. A master carver and iconic figure in Northwest Coast art, this exhibition of Edenshaw’s work opens at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection on Saturday, June [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - On Saturday, June 14, 2014, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection will hold its annual fundraising gala on the gallery’s spectacular grounds. The Moonlight Gala 2014 will be headlined by JUNO Award-winning jazz vocalist, Sophie Milman, who will treat guests to an intimate performance of songs from [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - From May 24 to 25, the 2014 Ontario BioBlitz will take place in the Humber Watershed, Toronto’s largest watershed and home to an incredible variety of plant, animal, and fungi species. Now in its third year, the Ontario BioBlitz engages nature lovers of all ages as [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - TakingITGlobal and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection are pleased to announce their collaboration on the Explore150 project, an interactive mobile app that has reached over 20,000 Canadians since November, and that features over 500 sites of cultural, natural, and historic significance. The partnership is kicking off [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - On Wednesday, April 23, the Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and Vaughan MPP Steven Del Duca, announced that the Ontario government has awarded $500,000 in capital funding to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. The grant will be directed toward renovating the gallery’s [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2014, KLEINBURG ON -  For the first time, the McMichael will partner with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, the world’s largest photography event, and will be a premier site for the Festival. From May 3 to June 1, 2014, the gallery will present the exhibition Arctic Exposure: Photographs of Canada’s North, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2014, KLEINBURG ON -  The internationally recognized, Beijing-born, Canadian-raised artist Terence Koh will present two intriguing new works entitled tomorrow’s snow and a way to the light on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection from Friday, June 6 to Friday, June 13, 2014, produced and commissioned as part [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2014, KLEINBURG ON -  On Thursday, May 1, 2014, the second season of the popular McMichael Concert Series, part of the McMichael Signature Performance Series, will open with a concert by award-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Daniela Nardi. Nardi's world music project, Espresso Manifesto, has played to sold-out audiences in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2014, KLEINBURG ON -  On Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, 2014, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Killarney Provincial Park, one of the Group of Seven's most beloved sketching grounds. Its rugged landscape has inspired Canadian masterworks by A.Y. Jackson, Franklin Carmichael, Arthur [...]