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A.Y. Jackson (1882 1974) First Snow, Algoma 1919 \/ 1920 oil on canvas 107.1 x 127.7 cm In Memory of Gertrude Wells Hilborn McMichael Canadian Art Collection 1966.7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJanuary 13, 2020, Kleinburg, ON<\/strong> – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce a historic season of exhibitions that further the gallery\u2019s mandate to protect, preserve and promote the art of Canada. In 2020, the McMichael will serve as the epicentre of celebrations commemorating the centenary of the Group of Seven\u2019s first exhibition with a ground-breaking lineup of programming throughout the year.<\/p>\nAll dates and details are subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cA Like Vision\u201d: The Group of Seven at 100<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>
\nDates: January 25, 2020 \u2013 Spring 2021<\/p>\nTo commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven\u2019s first major exhibition, McMichael Executive Director Ian Dejardin dove deep into the gallery\u2019s extensive Group of Seven holdings to develop \u201cA Like Vision\u201d: The Group of Seven at 100.<\/em> Opening on January 25, 2020, the exhibition features more than 280 artworks spanning five galleries, including beloved masterpieces by every member of the Group, as well as a selection of lesser-known pieces, such as a series of humorous sketches by Arthur Lismer depicting his fellow artists, and Lawren Harris\u2019s Montreal River<\/em> (c. 1920), the first work acquired by Robert and Signe McMichael in 1955.<\/p>\nTom Thomson<\/em> (Working Title)<\/strong> <\/a>
\nDates: February 8, 2020 \u2013 February 2021<\/p>\nOne of Canada\u2019s most beloved artists, Tom Thomson (1877\u20131917) is often associated with the Group of Seven but was never a formal member. Prior to his tragic death in 1917, Thomson dazzled his fellow artists with the brilliance of his oil sketches\u2014works that would become Canadian icons. Discover the paintings that inspired the founding of the Group of Seven and altered the course of Canadian art history forever.<\/p>\n
Walter J. Philips: At the Lake<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nDates: February 15 \u2013 May 10, 2020<\/p>\nThis special presentation of works on paper by the Canadian painter and printmaker Walter J. Phillips (1884\u20131963) explores the artist\u2019s emotional connection and artistic response to Ontario\u2019s Lake of the Woods region. Phillips was born in England and moved to Canada in 1913, settling with his family in Winnipeg. His summers were spent at Lake of the Woods from 1914 until 1940, grounding his sense of belonging to his new home. Phillips created works of quiet subtlety and serenity that capture the unique topography of the region, gracefully combining the graphic languages of Japanese printmaking and the British Art and Crafts style. The exhibition is guest curated by Sophie Lavoie.<\/p>\n
John Hartman: Many Lives Mark This Place<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nDates: March 7 \u2013 June 7, 2020<\/p>\nIn 2014, Ontario-based painter and printmaker John Hartman (b. 1950) embarked on a project to capture the intimate relationship between more than 30 Canadian authors and the places that inspire them. The result is a body of portrait paintings that celebrate the richness of Canada\u2019s literary fabric. The McMichael is pleased to debut John Hartman: Many Lives Mark This Place,<\/em> a special exhibition organized by the Woodstock Art Gallery. The exhibition features approximately 30 large-scale paintings from Hartman\u2019s portraits series and a selection of landscape paintings that showcase the artist\u2019s celebrated skill for depicting nature. Many Lives Mark This Place will be accompanied by a series of public literary discussion panels with the featured authors, led by McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy.<\/p>\nBrenda Draney<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nDates: March 7 \u2013 May 31, 2020<\/p>\nAward-winning Edmonton-based Cree painter Brenda Draney asserts that stories are as much about what is left out as what is included. This belief colours her approach to painting \u2013 to record not just what she sees, but what she strives to remember. The exhibition Brenda Draney combines a selection of the artist\u2019s early paintings with more recent works created in response to her childhood encounters with settler landscape art, particularly A.J. Casson\u2019s iconic White Pine<\/em> (c. 1957). The exhibition is guest curated by Laurel Saint-Pierre.<\/p>\nMargaux Williamson: Interiors<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nDates: May 23 \u2013 November 15, 2020<\/p>\nWhile women artists of the early twentieth century were known for depicting interior spaces as places of privacy and domestic quietude, Toronto artist Margaux Williamson\u2019s (b. 1976) interiors reveal spaces of creativity, subjectivity, and anarchic experimentation. Williamson has a distinctive way of understanding and depicting space and a woman\u2019s place within it, exploring the studio, the home and the bar as subject matter, as well as the interior spaces of subjectivity.<\/p>\n
Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nDates: June 27 \u2013 October 18, 2020<\/p>\nUninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment<\/em> is a major exhibition of Canadian women artists timed to coincide with, and offer commentary on, the centenary celebration of the Group of Seven. Uninvited will gather more than 200 pieces of art by a generation of extraordinary women painters, photographers and sculptors from a century ago \u2014 pioneers who opened new frontiers for women artists in Canada \u2013 as well as works made by their Indigenous female contemporaries working in traditional media, for a cross-country snapshot of female creativity in this dynamic modern moment.<\/p>\nEarly Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael<\/strong><\/em>
\nDates: Fall 2020<\/p>\nChief Curator Sarah Milroy shapes a survey of the McMichael\u2019s remarkable holdings of Indigenous art, from the masks collected by Robert and Signe McMichael in the 1950s to the urgent political works of Carl Beam, Faye Heavyshield and Robert Houle collected in the 1980s and 1990s to a roster of new acquisitions representing the flowering of contemporary Indigenous art over the past two decades, including landmark works by Rebecca Belmore, Kent Monkman, Meryl McMaster and others.<\/p>\n
Uprising: The Power of Mother Earth<\/strong><\/em>
\nDates: Fall 2020<\/p>\nThis exhibition charts Christi Belcourt\u2019s (b. 1966) artistic career beginning with early works showcasing the natural world\u2019s beauty and on to her large sweeping murals, including her collaborations with knowledge holder, storyteller and emerging visual artist Isaac Murdoch. Spanning more than 25 years of artmaking, the exhibition celebrates Belcourt\u2019s many inspirational, artistic and collective achievements. Uprising<\/em> is co-produced by Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Carleton University Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Media wishing to request high-resolution images of the artworks may contact Sam Cheung at scheung@mcmichael.com<\/a><\/span> or 905.893.1121 ext. 2210.<\/p>\nCette information est \u00e9galement disponible en fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\nAbout the McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an agency of the Government of Ontario and acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and the McMichael Canadian Art Foundation. It is the foremost venue in the country showcasing the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. In addition to touring exhibitions, its permanent collection consists of over 6,500 artworks by Canadian artists, including paintings by the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, as well as First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit artists. The gallery is located on 100 acres of northern landscape and hiking trails at 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, north of Major Mackenzie Drive in the City of Vaughan. For more information, please visit mcmichael.com.<\/span><\/p>\n*THE ART OF CANADA is an official mark of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>-30-<\/span><\/p>\nMedia Contacts<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nSam Cheung<\/strong><\/span>
\nMedia Relations and Communications Coordinator<\/em><\/span>
\nMcMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span>
\n905.893.1121 ext. 2210<\/span>
\nscheung@mcmichael.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nGrace Johnstone
\n<\/strong>Director, Communications, Marketing and Sales<\/em><\/span>
\nMcMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span>
\n905.893.1121 ext. 2265<\/span>
\ngjohnstone@mcmichael.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
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January 13, 2020, Kleinburg, ON<\/strong> – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce a historic season of exhibitions that further the gallery\u2019s mandate to protect, preserve and promote the art of Canada. In 2020, the McMichael will serve as the epicentre of celebrations commemorating the centenary of the Group of Seven\u2019s first exhibition with a ground-breaking lineup of programming throughout the year.<\/p>\n All dates and details are subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cA Like Vision\u201d: The Group of Seven at 100<\/strong> <\/em><\/a> To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven\u2019s first major exhibition, McMichael Executive Director Ian Dejardin dove deep into the gallery\u2019s extensive Group of Seven holdings to develop \u201cA Like Vision\u201d: The Group of Seven at 100.<\/em> Opening on January 25, 2020, the exhibition features more than 280 artworks spanning five galleries, including beloved masterpieces by every member of the Group, as well as a selection of lesser-known pieces, such as a series of humorous sketches by Arthur Lismer depicting his fellow artists, and Lawren Harris\u2019s Montreal River<\/em> (c. 1920), the first work acquired by Robert and Signe McMichael in 1955.<\/p>\n Tom Thomson<\/em> (Working Title)<\/strong> <\/a> One of Canada\u2019s most beloved artists, Tom Thomson (1877\u20131917) is often associated with the Group of Seven but was never a formal member. Prior to his tragic death in 1917, Thomson dazzled his fellow artists with the brilliance of his oil sketches\u2014works that would become Canadian icons. Discover the paintings that inspired the founding of the Group of Seven and altered the course of Canadian art history forever.<\/p>\n Walter J. Philips: At the Lake<\/strong><\/em><\/a> This special presentation of works on paper by the Canadian painter and printmaker Walter J. Phillips (1884\u20131963) explores the artist\u2019s emotional connection and artistic response to Ontario\u2019s Lake of the Woods region. Phillips was born in England and moved to Canada in 1913, settling with his family in Winnipeg. His summers were spent at Lake of the Woods from 1914 until 1940, grounding his sense of belonging to his new home. Phillips created works of quiet subtlety and serenity that capture the unique topography of the region, gracefully combining the graphic languages of Japanese printmaking and the British Art and Crafts style. The exhibition is guest curated by Sophie Lavoie.<\/p>\n John Hartman: Many Lives Mark This Place<\/strong><\/em><\/a> In 2014, Ontario-based painter and printmaker John Hartman (b. 1950) embarked on a project to capture the intimate relationship between more than 30 Canadian authors and the places that inspire them. The result is a body of portrait paintings that celebrate the richness of Canada\u2019s literary fabric. The McMichael is pleased to debut John Hartman: Many Lives Mark This Place,<\/em> a special exhibition organized by the Woodstock Art Gallery. The exhibition features approximately 30 large-scale paintings from Hartman\u2019s portraits series and a selection of landscape paintings that showcase the artist\u2019s celebrated skill for depicting nature. Many Lives Mark This Place will be accompanied by a series of public literary discussion panels with the featured authors, led by McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy.<\/p>\n Brenda Draney<\/strong><\/em><\/a> Award-winning Edmonton-based Cree painter Brenda Draney asserts that stories are as much about what is left out as what is included. This belief colours her approach to painting \u2013 to record not just what she sees, but what she strives to remember. The exhibition Brenda Draney combines a selection of the artist\u2019s early paintings with more recent works created in response to her childhood encounters with settler landscape art, particularly A.J. Casson\u2019s iconic White Pine<\/em> (c. 1957). The exhibition is guest curated by Laurel Saint-Pierre.<\/p>\n Margaux Williamson: Interiors<\/strong><\/em><\/a> While women artists of the early twentieth century were known for depicting interior spaces as places of privacy and domestic quietude, Toronto artist Margaux Williamson\u2019s (b. 1976) interiors reveal spaces of creativity, subjectivity, and anarchic experimentation. Williamson has a distinctive way of understanding and depicting space and a woman\u2019s place within it, exploring the studio, the home and the bar as subject matter, as well as the interior spaces of subjectivity.<\/p>\n Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment<\/strong><\/em><\/a> Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment<\/em> is a major exhibition of Canadian women artists timed to coincide with, and offer commentary on, the centenary celebration of the Group of Seven. Uninvited will gather more than 200 pieces of art by a generation of extraordinary women painters, photographers and sculptors from a century ago \u2014 pioneers who opened new frontiers for women artists in Canada \u2013 as well as works made by their Indigenous female contemporaries working in traditional media, for a cross-country snapshot of female creativity in this dynamic modern moment.<\/p>\n Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael<\/strong><\/em> Chief Curator Sarah Milroy shapes a survey of the McMichael\u2019s remarkable holdings of Indigenous art, from the masks collected by Robert and Signe McMichael in the 1950s to the urgent political works of Carl Beam, Faye Heavyshield and Robert Houle collected in the 1980s and 1990s to a roster of new acquisitions representing the flowering of contemporary Indigenous art over the past two decades, including landmark works by Rebecca Belmore, Kent Monkman, Meryl McMaster and others.<\/p>\n Uprising: The Power of Mother Earth<\/strong><\/em> This exhibition charts Christi Belcourt\u2019s (b. 1966) artistic career beginning with early works showcasing the natural world\u2019s beauty and on to her large sweeping murals, including her collaborations with knowledge holder, storyteller and emerging visual artist Isaac Murdoch. Spanning more than 25 years of artmaking, the exhibition celebrates Belcourt\u2019s many inspirational, artistic and collective achievements. Uprising<\/em> is co-produced by Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Carleton University Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<\/div> Media wishing to request high-resolution images of the artworks may contact Sam Cheung at scheung@mcmichael.com<\/a><\/span> or 905.893.1121 ext. 2210.<\/p>\n Cette information est \u00e9galement disponible en fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n About the McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an agency of the Government of Ontario and acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and the McMichael Canadian Art Foundation. It is the foremost venue in the country showcasing the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. In addition to touring exhibitions, its permanent collection consists of over 6,500 artworks by Canadian artists, including paintings by the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, as well as First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit artists. The gallery is located on 100 acres of northern landscape and hiking trails at 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, north of Major Mackenzie Drive in the City of Vaughan. For more information, please visit mcmichael.com.<\/span><\/p>\n *THE ART OF CANADA is an official mark of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div> -30-<\/span><\/p>\n Sam Cheung<\/strong><\/span> Grace Johnstone
\nDates: January 25, 2020 \u2013 Spring 2021<\/p>\n
\nDates: February 8, 2020 \u2013 February 2021<\/p>\n
\nDates: February 15 \u2013 May 10, 2020<\/p>\n
\nDates: March 7 \u2013 June 7, 2020<\/p>\n
\nDates: March 7 \u2013 May 31, 2020<\/p>\n
\nDates: May 23 \u2013 November 15, 2020<\/p>\n
\nDates: June 27 \u2013 October 18, 2020<\/p>\n
\nDates: Fall 2020<\/p>\n
\nDates: Fall 2020<\/p>\nMedia Contacts<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\nMedia Relations and Communications Coordinator<\/em><\/span>
\nMcMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span>
\n905.893.1121 ext. 2210<\/span>
\nscheung@mcmichael.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Director, Communications, Marketing and Sales<\/em><\/span>
\nMcMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/span>
\n905.893.1121 ext. 2265<\/span>
\ngjohnstone@mcmichael.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
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