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    • photograph of guitar with detailed inlay on fingerboard and writing around the edge of top half of the body

    The World on a String: Arts & Music Festival

    Delve into various string instruments and their cultural importance across the world through instrument-making workshops, art workshops, and in-gallery iPad activities.

    • Photograph of a guitar on a work bench seen from above. The guitar is lying on a piece of grey carpet with the headstock to the left. It is decorated in an abstract way in shades of blue, black and cream. There is a secondary partial neck with painted strings coming from the guitar body at a 45 degree angle. There are guitar makers tools on the bench.

    Acoustic Conversations: Lawren Harris Guitar

    Luthier Linda Manzer created this remarkable guitar inspired by several works by Lawren Harris, and with the spirit: "if Lawren Harris were to build a guitar, what would it look like?" Manzer will be in a moderated conversation with musician Tony McManus about the creation of the guitar before a live performance, where McManus will perform.

    $20 – $49
    Oil painting of many silver birch tree clumps in a predominantly blue landscape.

    SOLD OUT Sonic Palette: Tom Thomson’s Voice Through Music 100 Years Later

    Including Sonic Palette – Tom Thomson’s Voice through Music 100 Years Later, an immersive musical celebration capturing the spirit of his landscapes through original compositions created by Kathryn Briggs, Terry Tufts and John Geggie and performed by The Algonquin Ensemble.

    Free
    photograph of the interior of a room with window; table, chairs and artwork on easels

    Family Day: Remembering Tom Thomson

    This Family Sunday, explore Tom Thomson’s art and life through the gallery tours and outdoor painting workshops. We also have a special performance happening at 2pm: an immersive musical celebration capturing the spirit of Tom Thomson's landscapes through original compositions performed by The Algonquin Ensemble.

    oil painting of leafless silver birch trees with an icy lake in the background

    Tom Thomson’s Last Spring

    An evening of art, history and music to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the mysterious and early death of Tom Thomson. Starting at 5 pm, the event will include a presentation by the McMichael’s Executive Director, Ian Dejardin, along with readings by Murdoch Mysteries’ Yannick Bisson and a musical performance by Kathryn Briggs and Terry Tufts.

    Free
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    Tom Thomson Shack: Artist Residency Project

    Dr. Sarah Stanners and Zachari Logan in conversation highlighting the connection of this very special artist residency to the thesis of the Passion Over Reason exhibition.

    Free

    OH CANADA! Arts & Music Festival

    This family festival engages the senses through various art workshops related to exhibitions on view. Evolving around musical themes, take part in family performances and outdoor activities such as McMichael Art Battles and the En Plein Air Competition. This programming will be offered in partnership with JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band and Kleinburg BIA.

    • photograph of first nations woman dancing with hoops, wearing a red and blue costume

    National Aboriginal Day Celebration

    On June 21, celebrate National Aboriginal Day at the McMichael! Enjoy heritage trail walks led by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), family story walks from Vaughan Public Libraries, storytelling and workshops in the McMichael's gallery spaces, and live performances by national hoop dancing champion Lisa Odjig, and the Manitou Mkwa Singers! A Land Acknowledgment Ceremony with Elder Jim Dumont will take place in the Sculpture Garden earlier in the day.

    Close up photograph of the side, soundhole and part of neck of a guitar. The side is decorated to simulate birch bark. There is a design around the soundhole. The wood is light in to medium in colour.

    Acoustic Conversations: J.E.H. MacDonald Guitar

    Sergei de Jonge created a birchbark guitar inspired by the work, and historical context, of artist J.E.H. MacDonald. The luthier will be in a moderated discussion with musician Emma Rush before a special live performance with this guitar.

    $20 – $49

    The Group of Seven Guitar Project Talk

    Explore The Group of Seven Guitar Project through a conversation led by exhibition curator Sarah Stanners, Director of Curatorial & Collections at the McMichael, with producers Jason Charters and Liam Romalis of Toronto-based Riddle Films, the production company that produced a feature-length documentary on the making of these very special guitars.

    Free

    • Photograph of mid-section of a guitar. The fretboard is decorated with image of a building. There are words written in black script on the left side of the light orange sounding board and words in capitals and images in a ring around the sound hole.

    Acoustic Conversations: F.H. Varley Guitar

    Grit Laskin created this guitar inspired by the work of F.H. Varley. Laskin will be in discussion with celebrated guitarist Jesse Cook in a moderated conversation as well as a live performance, with Cook playing this very special guitar.

    $20 – $49
    The McMichael Gallery Entrance

    Non-Objective Painting in Acrylic with Lila Lewis Irving

    This class will concentrate on studies in design, composition, and values. You will be equipped with the skills to create expressive, yet structured, non-objective paintings full of life and spirit.

    Extreme close up photograph into the interior of a guitar, also showing the sound hole, strings and part of the fretboard. There is a landscape image in the interior in blue, white, black and beige. There are three dark brown circles around the sound hole. The fretboard is dark blue.

    Acoustic Conversations: A.Y. Jackson Guitar SOLD OUT

    Jean Larrivée and his team created a guitar inspired by artist A.Y. Jackson. Larrivée will be in discussion with astronaut Chris Hadfield in a moderated conversation as well as a live performance, with Hadfield playing this very special guitar.

    Free – $49
    photograph of wintery streetscape with people walking past a large painting

    Artist Talk & Workshop with Finn O’Hara

    Finn O'Hara has been working as a portrait and landscape photographer for the past 15 years. During this workshop, you’ll learn about the production and narrative concepts behind his most recent images and projects - from portraits of Robert Duvall and the late Rob Ford, to images from the Steve Driscoll & Finn O’Hara: Size Matters exhibition debuting at the McMichael on March 11, 2017.

    • oil painting of icebergs and floating ice in shades of blue and white

    Breaking the Ice: the McMichael + AGO in Conversation

    Reflecting on their experiences of bringing Lawren Harris art to both Canadian and American audiences, this lively exchange between Dr. Sarah Stanners, the McMichael Chief Curator, and Andrew Hunter, the Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art, at the AGO, will explore the challenges faced by brave curators who strive to produce popular yet intellectually meaningful exhibitions.

    $15 – $29
    photograph of ten musicians playing their instruments in a theatre with a woodland view outside the large window

    Buffalo Chamber Players Concert

    Formed in 2007 by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra violist Janz Castelo, the critically acclaimed Buffalo Chamber Players are known for exploring both historical chamber music masterworks as well as contemporary works.

    $15 – $39

    • oil painting in an abstract style of triangles and circles in shades of blue, black and white

    Matinée Francophone – Higher States

    A petit déjeuner followed by a guided tour in French of the Higher States exhibition, which focuses on Lawren Harris’s spiritual and artistic explorations during the 1930s and 40s, and his involvement in the Transcendental Painting Group.

    painting of a person wearing a bird mask and costume in a mountainous setting

    The Abstracted Landscape with Andrew Sookrah

    Each landscape has an abstract, graphic presence at its core. This intense, fun, hands-on course will teach artists to go beyond the obvious and truly explore composition, movement, texture, colour and bring out abstracted form and colour, whether they are beginners wishing to start developing a style of their own, or established artists looking to refine theirs in the medium of their choice.

    $143 – $179