Some Scottish Roots in Canadian Art, Virtual Talk
Virtual Talk Some Scottish Roots in Canadian Art Tuesday, August 22 | 7 pm Did you know that Tom Thomson’s grandparents hailed from Aberdeenshire? Or that David Milne wore a kilt to school? Join our Edinburgh-born Executive Director Ian A.C. Dejardin as he explores the Scottish roots of some [...]
Ann MacIntosh Duff, Curatorial Talk
Curatorial Talk Ann MacIntosh Duff Saturday, July 8 | 11:30 am at the McMichael Join Associate Curator John Geoghegan as he discusses the work of the late Canadian artist Ann MacIntosh Duff. For nearly eight decades, MacIntosh Duff recorded the world around her studios in Toronto and Georgian Bay [...]
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at the McMichael Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at the McMichael NEW DATE: Friday, November 24 at 8 pm TICKETS COMING SOON The history of the arts is liberally laced with the tales of practitioners whose lives and careers were cut unnaturally short. For today’s concert, we take [...]
Tom Thomson: North Star, Curatorial Talk
Curatorial Talk Tom Thomson: North Star Sunday, June 25 | 2 pm at the McMichael Join McMichael Executive Director and North Star curator Ian Dejardin as he delves into the history and technique of Tom Thomson’s astonishing oil sketches, untangling fact from fiction. Gain a better understanding of the [...]
Sublime Rage Curatorial Talk
Curatorial Talk Sandra Meigs: Sublime Rage Saturday, May 20 | 11:30 am at the McMichael Join contemporary artist Sandra Meigs, guest curator Jessica Bradley and McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a conversation exploring Meigs’ recent series of paintings created during her pandemic retreats in the woods of Algonquin Park. [...]
New Orleans Night
New Orleans Night at the McMichael Celebrate Mother’s Day New Orleans style with the smooth sounds of the Red Hot Ramble band, which blends traditional jazz, blues and funk. Join us at 5 pm for dinner at CABIN (prix-fixe menu available, not included with admission), followed by a concert [...]
Curatorial Talk The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism
Curatorial Talk The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism Sunday, May 7 | 2 pm at the McMichael Please join us for a discussion of art’s role in the growing climate crisis, and the ways in which artworks open up a space for collective reckoning. Speakers: Sarah Milroy, Bill [...]
In Person Introductory Studio with Clarence Porter
THE ULTIMATE BEGINNERS’ PASTEL WORKSHOP In-Person Introductory Studio with Clarence Porter Program Description Have you wanted to try working with soft pastels, or tried them and felt they were unforgiving? Then this is the workshop for you! I call this my gentle boot camp for pastel beginners. From pastel surfaces to mark [...]
In-Person Essential Watercolour Workshop with David McEown
In-Person Essential Watercolour Workshop with David McEown Program Description This introduction to essential watercolour techniques and colour perception exercises will prepare participants to paint directly from nature with this travel-friendly medium. Learn how to interpret and translate sketches and photo references of a trillium into a painting. This studio program is a [...]
Teaching Artist Series with David McEown
TEACHING ARTIST SERIES A Watercolour Journey: from the Great Bear Rainforest to Antarctica with David McEown Program Description Award-winning artist David McEown will share his adventures circumnavigating the polar regions and exploring the wilderness of Canada’s West Coast. This live presentation will be followed by an hour-long live watercolour demonstration and [...]
Virtual Curatorial Talk William Kurelek’s Jewish Life in Canada
William Kurelek (1927–1977), Jewish Immigrants Arriving on the Prairies, 1975, mixed media on board, 50.8 × 57.2 cm, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Photo: Michael Cullen, Dunnville, Ontario, © Estate of William Kurelek, courtesy of the Wynick / Tuck Gallery, Toronto Virtual Curatorial Talk William Kurelek's Jewish Life in Canada Wednesday, [...]
2023 Goldfarb Lecture in Visual Arts Meryl McMaster
2023 Goldfarb Lecture in Visual Arts Presenting Meryl McMaster In partnership with the York University Department of Visual Art and Art History **New Date: Wednesday, March 1 at 5 PM Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been rescheduled to March 1 at 5 pm. If you have already [...]
The Perseverance Suite: A Conversation with June Clark
Virtual Artist’s Talk The Perseverance Suite: A Conversation with June Clark Tuesday, February 21 | 7 pm Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a virtual Artist's Talk with Toronto-based visual artist June Clark about her work Untitled (From the Perseverance Suite), which was recently acquired by the Gallery. Milroy and Clark [...]
Meryl McMaster: Bloodline, Virtual Artist’s Talk
Meryl McMaster, The Grass Grows Deep, 2022, Giclée Print, 40” x 60” Meryl McMaster (b. 1988), On the Edge of This Immensity, 2019, Digital Chromogenic Print, 101.6 x 152.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Bulger Gallery, and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, © Meryl McMaster [...]
Artist’s Talk: Wolves The Art of Dempsey Bob
Dempsey Bob, Wolf Headdress, 1988-89, adler, acrylic paint, fur, operculum shell 40.6 x 20.3 cm, Private Collection Photo: Rachel Topham Photography p. 90 VIEW EXHIBITION Artist’s Talk Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob Saturday, December 10 | 2:30 pm at the McMichael Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy [...]
Artist’s Talk: Rajni Perera
Rajni Perera (b. 1985), Traveller #5, 2019, mixed media on paper, 152.4 × 101.6 cm, Royal Bank of Canada Art Collection, commissioned by the RBC Curatorial Department, Photo courtesy of Patel Brown, © Rajni Perera VIEW EXHIBITION Artist’s Talk Rajni Perera: Futures Saturday, November 19 | 11:30 am at [...]
Gathie Falk: Revelations, Virtual Curatorial Talk
Gathie Falk: Revelations, Virtual Curatorial Talk Tuesday, July 12 7 pm About the event Join Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a virtual introduction to Gathie Falk: Revelations, a retrospective that explores the boundless imagination of one of Canada’s most beloved and esteemed artists. Now 94, Falk has long been known and celebrated for her [...]
Virtual Artist’s Talk: Jen Aitken
Virtual Artist’s Talk: Jen Aitken Tuesday, July 5 7 pm About the Workshop Jen Aitken will be in conversation with Chief Curator Sarah Milroy about her artist residency in the Thomson Shack and how the site's architecture, history, light, and angles inform the work in progress. Speakers: Sarah Milroy and Jen Aitken Host: Jennifer [...]
Soirée francophone : Causerie virtuelle sur Krieghoff et Monkman
Soirée francophone : Les conteurs en compagnie de Lisa Laurin | Soirée francophone: The Storytellers with Lisa Laurin: Krieghoff and Monkman Jeudi 12 mai à 19 h | Thursday, May 12 at 7 pm à propos de l'événement Quel est le rôle de l’artiste dans la narration historique ? Participez à une causerie interactive en [...]
Generations Sobey Curatorial Talk
Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a virtual tour through the exhibition Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art.