BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//McMichael Canadian Art Collection - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:McMichael Canadian Art Collection X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mcmichael.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for McMichael Canadian Art Collection REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T083408 CREATED:20260304T152549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T212200Z UID:37230006781-1777816800-1777820400@mcmichael.com SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Aaron Jones DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk: \nAaron Jones \n \n \n \n \n \nJoin us for a special afternoon celebrating the installation of a new work by Toronto-based artist Aaron Jones. \nDrawing on found imagery\, video\, and lens-based media\, Jones creates layered collages that construct characters and imagined spaces shaped by memory\, identity\, and lived experience. His practice reflects on the nuances of his upbringing and present-day life\, using image-making as a means of reflection and finding peace. \n \nJones will be in conversation with McMichael curator John Geoghegan\, sharing insight into his creative process\, artistic influences\, and the ideas informing this new commission. \nPresented in partnership with CONTACT Photography Festival. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n \n \n MAY 3\, 2026\n \n \n \n \n 2 — 3 pm\n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n Aaron Jones\n \n \n \n \n John Geoghegan\n \n \n \n \n \nFree with admission. \n\n\n \n \n \n Buy Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n ABOUT THE ARTIST\n AARON JONES\n \n \n \nAaron Jones (b. 1993\, Toronto\, Canada) creates objects and images to explore the inherent possibilities in world-building and abstraction. Employing found images\, video and lens-based media\, he works with different forms of collage to build characters and spaces that reflect upon the nuances of his own upbringing and current life\, as a way of finding peace. Recent exhibitions include As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic\, works from the Wedge Art Collection at The Polygon\, Vancouver (2023)\, We Are Story: The Canada Now Photography Acquisition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2023)\, Timecode Butterfly for Nuit Blanche\, Toronto (2022)\, GTA21\, a triennial survey presented by MOCA\, Toronto (2021)\, Three Thirty at Doris McCarthy Gallery (2020) and Ragga NYC at Mercer Union (2018). His solo exhibition Open Fist\, Closed Palm at Zalucky Contemporary was awarded The Gattuso Prize for “Best Featured Exhibition” during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (2020). He graduated with a BFA in Photography from OCADU in 2018. His work is included in the collections of The Art Gallery of Ontario\, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery\, Ryerson Image Centre\, Wedge Curatorial Projects\, Royal Bank of Canada and numerous private collections. URL:https://mcmichael.com/event/artist-talk-aaron-jones/ CATEGORIES:Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/01-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260524T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260524T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T083408 CREATED:20260420T135333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T164328Z UID:37230007910-1779631200-1779634800@mcmichael.com SUMMARY:Artists in Conversation: Contemporary Landscape in Canadian Art DESCRIPTION:Artists in Conversation: \nContemporary Landscape in Canadian Art \n \n \n \n \n \nJoin curator John Geoghegan in conversation with artists Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka\, Michelle Sound\, and Sky Glabush for a panel discussion on landscape in contemporary Canadian art. \nDrawing from their distinct practices\, the artists will reflect on how landscape shapes their work today\, addressing themes of environment\, identity\, materiality\, and lived experience. \nPresented in connection with Fresh Air: New Acquisitions in Context\, this panel explores how contemporary artists are reimagining relationships to land and place. \nWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n \n \n MAY 24\, 2026\n \n \n \n \n 2 — 3 PM\n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n John Geoghegan\n \n \n \n \n Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka\n \n \n \n \n Michelle Sound\n \n \n \n \n Sky Glabush\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n John Geoghegan\n \n \n \nJohn Geoghegan is a Curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Prior to joining the McMichael in 2022\, he worked as Senior Editor of the Inuit Art Quarterly. He has published on various topics of historical and contemporary Canadian art including: Gathie Falk\, William Kurelek\, Elisapee Ishulutaq\, Mary Wrinch\, and Kent Monkman. John holds an MA in Art History with a Curatorial Practice Diploma from York University. \n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka\n \n \n \nAlexa Kumiko Hatanaka (b. 1988\, Toronto) is a Japanese-Canadian\, queer artist whose lived experience informs a materially rich and interdisciplinary practice. Working primarily with paper\, she combines printmaking\, ink drawing\, natural dyeing\, and sewing to create sculptures\, installations\, and wearable works. \nEngaging with historical paper processes that both depend on and reflect environmental conditions\, her work addresses climate change\, mental health\, and survival. Recurring motifs—landscape\, fish\, and water—speak to personal and collective experiences of resilience\, connection\, and joy. \nHatanaka’s practice includes over a decade of community-engaged projects in the Arctic\, as well as collaborative performances rooted in kamiko\, garments made from washi paper. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held in major collections including the British Museum\, National Gallery Singapore\, and the National Gallery of Canada. She is participating in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. \n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Michelle Sound\n \n \n \nMichelle Sound is a Cree and Métis artist and mother\, and a member of Wapsewsipi Swan River First Nation in Treaty 8 Territory. She is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography\, textiles\, painting\, and Indigenous material practices. \nHer work explores identity through personal narratives rooted in family\, place\, and history\, with a focus on maternal labour\, cultural knowledge\, and inheritance. Blending traditional and contemporary materials\, Sound creates works that reflect both lived experience and intergenerational connection. \nShe holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University and an MA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in collections including the National Gallery of Canada and the McMichael. \n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Sky Glabush\n \n \n \nSky Glabush (b. 1970\, Alert Bay\, BC) explores painting as a means of observation and self-discovery. His works—spanning painting and works on paper—invite viewers into a dialogue between interior experience and the external world. \nThrough a focus on light\, colour\, composition\, and texture\, Glabush’s work foregrounds the material language of painting itself\, creating an experience that mirrors the act of looking. \nHe received his BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and his MA from the University of Alberta. His work has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions in Los Angeles\, New York\, and London\, and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada and other major institutions. 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