AGH enews
March 2010
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what's on
 AGH film series ~ HIGH LIFE. Wednesday, March 3. Free First Friday Films! Friday, March 5.
New exhibition on Gallery Level Two ~ Max Streicher: Architecture of Cloud. Opening Friday, March 5.
March Break Mania! Camp for kids. Monday through Friday, March 15 to 19.
AGH studio: Relief Printmaking Sundays - March 28 & April 11, 18.
Family FUN Day ~ Theme: Painted Eggs. Sunday, March 28.
Shop at AGH ~ Posing Beauty catalogue now available.
looking ahead
AGH film series ~ BRIGHT STAR. Wednesday, April 7.
Afternoon Tea & Talk ~ The Art of Collecting - The Inuit Collection of Bredt and Cameron. Sunday, April 11.
T.N.T. (Thursday Night Talks) ~ Stealing Beauty: The Fine Art of Art Theft. Thursday, April 22.
AGH performance ~ COBA, Collective of Black Artists presents PASSAGE. Friday, April 23.
Safari Adventure to Tanzania Vacation Raffle & Makossa! The Joy of Africa AGH's annual spring gala.
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HIGH LIFE
Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 pm
Gary Yates, USA 2009, 80 min. Rated 18A
Empire Jackson Square 6 Cinemas
www.highlifemovie.com
Producer Robin Cass in attendance!
Set in 1983, just after the birth of Automated Teller Machines, High Life is a story of kinship, loyalty, and honour among thieves. In a busy downtown hospital, a visit from his former socio-pathic cellmate Bug (Stephen Eric McIntyre) has just gotten Dick fired from his job as a hospital janitor. Unemployed and in need of fast cash Dick gets the idea to rob one of the day’s brand new ATM machines, to “buy a little self-respect”, announces Dick to Bug and the team. Enter the charismatic, criminally-minded Donnie, (Joe Anderson) and the front-man, the sexy, sleepy-eyed charmer Billy, (Rossif Sutherland) and all of the pieces are in place. “It’s a precision job,” says Dick the night before the heist: “No violence.” You think?
Naturally things don’t go according to plan and the unfolding catalogue of disasters that confronts Dick is enough to test any friend’s loyalties as the lovable losers bungle their way toward a pipe-dream of quick riches. Alternately tragic and hysterical, High Life’s perfect plan ends up anything but when one of the bank’s employees double-crosses them all. Set against the nostalgic back-beat of Three Dog Night, Creedence Clearwater Revival and a raft of April Wine, High Life’s highwire tension unfolds with calamitous results.
 (on-line sales end midnight the day prior to screening)
AGH Members $6 | Students/Seniors $8 | General $10
Tickets are available in advance from the AGH Front Desk during Gallery hours, on-line, by phone, or at the venue after 6:30 pm on the evening of the screening. Taxes are included in the ticket price. Call 905-527-6610 ext. 232, or e-mail film@artgalleryofhamilton.com.
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FREE First Friday Films: March 5 at 7:00 pm at the AGH
Paradise
Director: Jesse Rosensweet, Canada 2007, 7 min 49 s. Not Yet Rated
National Film Board of Canada
Location: Art Gallery of Hamilton
A stop-motion animated short that is told using tin toys from the 1950s that move around on metal posts inside an "automated" world, this visual story follows John as he goes about his daily routine only to begin to question his very existence and the role that he plays in his automated world.
City on the Move: 1940 and 1967
20 min each. Not Rated
A documentary film provided by History and Heritage about the City of Hamilton in 1940 and 1967 produced by the Hamilton Real Estate Board to promote Hamilton. These gems are not to be missed!
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Max Streicher: Architecture of Cloud
On view March 5, 2010 to February 21, 2011
Curated by Melissa Bennett
Max Streicher’s immense inflatable sculptures spark a wondrous encounter. Created specifically for the AGH’s sculpture atrium, Streicher’s new work draws from the cathedral-like setting of the atrium. Though this soft form is overwhelming in scale, it also invites the viewer to engage with it, walk around it, look upward and inside the form. Filled with air that is blown into the structure using electric fans, the form is intensely captivating, its organic shape inviting a multitude of associations. As Streicher writes, “I use air to animate my work because it provides an effortless naturalism. It not only looks right, it feels right, recollecting our sensation of breath. Inflatables are the medium of enchantment, fantasy and optimism…”.
Streicher is based in Toronto. Since 1991 he has worked extensively with kinetic inflatable forms. He has exhibited his work across Canada in numerous public galleries and artist-run centres. He has completed several site-related projects, most recently in Venice, Siena, Stockholm and Erfurt, Germany. The AGH is pleased to premier this work.
< Max Streicher's sketch for Architecture of Cloud, opening soon at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
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March 15 to 19, 2010
In this week-long Art Camp programme, children will explore the exciting and sometimes surprising things that happen in the world of historic and contemporary art, through hands-on art-making and gallery exploration. Using AGH exhibitions as a starting point, children develop observation and insight into the works of Canadian and international artists. Traditional and contemporary art-making strategies combine to provide a rich and diverse experience.
Programmes are available in the morning (9:00 am to 12:00 pm) and afternoon (1:00 to 4:00 pm) with a supervised lunch break – please provide your kids with their own lunch.
Our flexible schedule lets you sign up for one day or for the whole week, either half or full days!
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AGH Members pricing:
Half day: $15 ~ Full day: $30 | Half day entire week: $75 ~ Full day entire week: $150
Non-Members pricing:
Half day: $18 ~ Full day: $36 | Half day entire week: $90 ~ Full day entire week: $175
JUNIOR class: age 5 - 6 | INTERMEDIATE class: age 7 - 8 | SENIOR class: age 9 - up
Also available:
Masterpiece ME! Ages 3 to 5 with caregivers (morning sessions only - 9:30 to 11:30 am). Children and their caregivers will explore new art materials and techniques, learning child-friendly activities and recipes for home projects.
*Extended Care is available from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm for $5.00 per day
Pre-registration is required.
Registration:
Click the REGISTER button and download the PDF form.
Fax your completed form to 905-577-6940.
You will receive a confirmation e-mail within 3 business days.
 for MARCH BREAK MANIA!
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Relief Printmaking
Sundays - March 28, April 11, 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Guelph artist and educator Carolyn Riddell will explore the printmaking processes including simple styrofoam prints, linoprints and collagraphs. Many cultures use prints to communicate stories and participants in this class will create an image that tells a part of their own story.
AGH Members $55 | Non-Members $65 (all materials & tools provided)
Pre-registration is required as spaces are limited. Please reserve at education@artgalleryofhamilton.com or 905-527-6610 ext. 272.
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Sunday, March 28 ~ Theme: Painted Eggs
Children will create and design their own painted eggs just in time for Easter
Join us on the last Sunday each month for Family Fun Days. Fun, family-friendly artmaking activities inspired by AGH Exhibitions allow children to make masterpieces of their own. Each month has a different theme and a new activity. Artist instructors bring their expertise to each project making each visit new and engaging.
1:30 to 3:30 pm. Please arrive early. Spaces may be limited.
AGH Members Free | Non-Members $5 per family (up to 4 children)
Pre-registration is not required. Please visit Front Desk upon arrival to receive your stickers for all Family Workshops.
Family Fun Days made possible by: 
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Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present
by Deborah Willis
Hardcover - $62.50* (+ GST) *SPECIAL PRICING: AGH Members receive 10% off this publication.
Deborah Willis is the author of the best-selling Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs and the award-winning Reflections in Black. She is the recipient of MacArthur, Guggenheim, and Fletcher Fellowships, and has curated numerous exhibitions. She is the chair of the Photography and Imaging Department at the Tisch School of the Arts and a University Professor at New York University.
The first photographic history of black beauty. It tells a story overlooked by most of America, and promises to transform the way we think about the history of African American visual culture. Deborah Willis, whose much-celebrated Reflections in Black provided the first definitive history of black photographers, has now collected over two hundred photographs in duotone and full color that provide a lasting statement on beauty in the African American community. From posed studio portraits to dandies on parade to elegant debutantes, Willis has constructed a bold narrative of the ever-changing idea of beauty, both female and male, and shows how history books, newspapers, and mainstream magazines deliberately excluded black models until the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Each photograph opens a window into an entire world of African American life. Edward Curtis and Thomas Askew capture African American society women at the turn of the century, while Russell Lee's photographs of the early 1940s show a prosperous Chicagoan in his smoking jacket and a crowd of young boys on Easter. Willis has also discovered other images, some of them taken by lesser known but equally gifted photographers, which document the world of the barbershop, the beauty salon, and the beauty pageant. More recently, there are Anthony Barboza's series of photos from the streets of Harlem in the early 1970s and Carl De Keyzer's images of natty preachers and families in their Sunday best, which echo Henri Cartier-Bresson's earlier photos of Harlem residents dressed for Easter Sunday parades.
While celebrating ordinary people, Posing Beauty is also filled with photographs of the famous, from Josephine Baker to Lil' Kim. Classic photos of Muhammad Ali, James Brown, and Ray Charles, among others, bear witness to the rise of African American celebrities in the 1960s, while images of Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks show just how politically powerful beauty can be. More contemporary photos of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Denzel Washington, and the Obamas demonstrate how African American beauty has actually often come to dominate popular American culture. Posing Beauty's democratic vision, one that incorporates the dapper man on the street with the pop star of the movie screen, opens up a new vista for understanding what exactly beauty meant for people in the past and what it means for all of us today.
Shop at AGH | Customer Service ~ 905.527.6610 ext. 244 | e: shop@artgalleryofhamilton.com
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BRIGHT STAR
Wednesday, April 7 at 7:00 pm
Jane Campion, Canada 2009, 119 min. Rated PG
Empire Jackson Square 6 Cinemas
www.brightstarthemovie.com
London, 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats’ younger brother that drew them together. Keats was touch by Fanny’s efforts to help and agreed to teach her poetry. Together they rode a wave of romantic obsession that deepened as their troubles mounted. Only Keats’ illness proved insurmountable.
(on-line sales end midnight the day prior to screening)
AGH Members $6 | Students/Seniors $8 | General $10
Tickets are available in advance from the AGH Front Desk during Gallery hours, on-line, by phone, or at the venue after 6:30 pm on the evening of the screening. Taxes are included in the ticket price. Call 905-527-6610 ext. 232, or e-mail film@artgalleryofhamilton.com.
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The Art of Collecting - The Inuit Collection of Bredt and Cameron
Sunday, April 11 at 2:00 pm
Collectors Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron have spent years assembling a stunning collection of Inuit art that includes prints and sculpture from several regions of Canada. Their passion and knowledge are evident in any encounter with the works they have gathered. Please join us for a delicious afternoon of tea and discussion as the collectors talk about collecting, art and the importance of Inuit art.
This talk is inspired by the current exhibition, Arctic Passion: The Inuit Art Collection of Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron.
AGH Members $12
Students & Seniors $14
Non-Members $16
Pre-registration is strongly recommended, as seating is limited.
Reserve your tickets:
By e-mail: registration@artgalleryofhamilton.com
By phone: 905-527-6610, ext. 241
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Stealing Beauty: The Fine Art of Art Theft
Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 pm
Art theft has been ranked as the fourth largest criminal enterprise. The FBI estimates it is worth about $6-billion a year. And, recovery rates are shockingly low – only five to eight percent of stolen works are ever recovered. Even the AGH has been a victim, having had several works stolen from the gallery in 1960 and not recovered until 1965. Stories and legends abound, and the truth is often just as interesting. Please join our scintillating discussion where T.N.T. asks – who gets away with an art heist?
Our expert panel includes best-selling author, Simon Houpt, author of Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft and writer for The Globe and Mail; Raymond Morrell, Wellesley Consulting Services; and Bonnie Czegledi of International Art & Cultural Heritage Law.
AGH Members $6 | Students & Seniors $10 | Non-Members $12
Reserve your tickets:
By e-mail: registration@artgalleryofhamilton.com
By phone: 905-527-6610, ext. 241
On-line: (on-line sales end midnight prior to event)
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COBA, Collective of Black Artists
presents PASSAGE
Friday, April 23 at 8:00 pm, AGH
A dance performance inspired by Indada, My Children, a collection of African myth and folktale retold in rich, vibrant prose by Credo Mutwa, a Zulu shaman from the South African province of Natal, who was determined to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and become a tribal historian. Rooted in African storytelling and underlined with metaphors, this contemporary interpretation of this anthology is layered with chants, improvised musical buffers and a physical language that captures its essence.
AGH Members $16
Students & Seniors $18
General $20
Tickets are available for purchase:
ONLINE (on-line sales end midnight prior to event)
IN PERSON at the AGH Front Desk
BY PHONE at 905-527-6610, ext. 232
AT THE EVENT at least 30 minutes prior to the event starting time
Co-presented by:
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$100 per ticket (only 495 printed)
To be drawn at Makossa!
The Joy of Africa event on:
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West, Hamilton ON
*Gala attendance is not required to win raffle prize.
Register your raffle tickets on-line!
ONE PRIZE
Experience the famed tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara; see baboons, elephants and hippos at close proximity. At Ngorongoro, descend in a 4 x 4 vehicle into the Ngorongoro Crater, a natural amphitheatre with the endangered black rhino the starring attraction, along with wildebeest, birdlife and the densest population of predators in Africa. Visit the Olduvai Gorge, where Mary Leaky made her famous fossil discoveries of early man, and then off to the Serengeti, the stage for the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth: the annual migration. Tanzania’s oldest park, Serengeti National Park is home to more than three million large mammals, and huge herds of wild animals roam the park freely.
Valued at $9,945 and organized by Goway Travel, this Tanzanian adventure for two includes return flight Toronto-Amsterdam-Kilimanjaro; flight from Serengeti to Arusha; 6 nights’ accommodation in superior lodges and hotels, including Arusha Serena Mountain Village, Lake Manyara Serena Lodge, Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, and Serengeti Serena Lodge; round trip airport transfers; 6 breakfasts and lunches; 5 dinners; services of an English-speaking professional driver-guide; game drives; and park entrance fees.
The raffle winner may also choose to accept a $9,945 gift certificate for travel in lieu of the trip described.
Proceeds benefit programming at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. LOTTERY LICENCE: M640880
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 6:00 pm
A Gala Evening Inspired by Vital Africa, the Art Gallery of Hamilton’s year-long celebration of African Art and Culture, presented by TD Bank Financial Group.
Makossa! The Joy of Africa ... The Art Gallery of Hamilton’s must-attend, guaranteed sold-out Gala returns, offering an intoxicating blend of dining and drumbeats, food and frolic, drama and dancing, as we celebrate the influence of African arts and culture on the world.
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Individual Ticket: $300 | Villages of Eight: SOLD OUT
Dress: Evening Attire or Urban Safari
A joyous evening brought to you by 
For tickets, call 905.527.6610 ext 248, or e-mail arlene@artgalleryofhamilton.com.
Organized by the Council of Governors and Board of Directors with proceeds benefiting AGH programming.
An income tax receipt for the eligible portion of the ticket price, in accordance with Canada Customs and Revenue’s
new receipting guidelines, will be issued to the payor after the event. Charitable Registration #10672 3588 RR0002.
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