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In two Art Camps, children discover art forms and techniques of the East through hands-on art-making and gallery exploration. Using AGH exhibitions as a starting point, children experience the works of artists from Japan, China and beyond. Traditional and contemporary art-making strategies combine to provide a rich and diverse experience of the world through art. Each week focuses on different art forms and ideas, so campers can enjoy one week or two, full of fresh and engaging activities each day.
Junior: ages 5 to 6 years
Intermediate: ages 7 to 9 years
Senior: ages 10+ years
Week 1: July 21 to July 25 ~ Prints, Patterns and Paint
Week 2: July 28 to August 1 ~ An Eastern Arts Adventure
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Drop-off begins at 8:30 am.
AGH Members: One week $150.00 | Two weeks $275.00
Non-Members: One week $175.00 | Two weeks $325.00
Extended Care: After camp care available from 4:00 to 5:30 pm for $5.00 per day.
Click this link to download a registration form: http://www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/images/wo/AGH_sum_camp_reg_form_08.pdf
Pre-registration is required. Please contact the AGH Educator at 905-527-6610, ext. 272 or laurie@artgalleryofhamilton.com. Spaces are limited, please register early.
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The Art Gallery of Hamilton presents First Fridays, an opportunity for members of the public to enjoy GALLERY LEVEL ONE exhibitions at no charge, courtesy of Orlick Industries.
First Fridays invite visitors to enjoy our GALLERY LEVEL ONE exhibitions free in the evenings from 5:00 - 9:00 pm (holiday Fridays are 12:00 - 5:00 pm).
2008 First Fridays:
Friday, January 4th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, February 1st Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, March 7th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, April 4th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, May 2nd Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, June 6th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, July 4th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, August 1st Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, September 5th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, October 3rd Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, November 7th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday, December 5th Free admission 5:00 – 9:00 pm
We encourage Hamiltonians and visitors to celebrate the city’s downtown! Take in the Gallery’s stunning banner exhibition, grab a bite to eat at one of the area restaurants, see a movie, browse in the shops and enjoy all that downtown Hamilton has to offer!
Experience Hamilton's rich diversity and attractions. Visit http://www.tourismhamilton.com/
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
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Art Gallery of Hamilton’s regular hours of operations:
*The AGH will be open holidays (12:00 - 5:00 pm), including Family Day (ON, AB, SK), Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, August Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day. However, we are closed on New Year’s Day (January 1st), Christmas Day (December 25th) and Boxing Day (December 26th). Holiday Hours are from 12:00 - 5:00 pm.
Questions? Please contact us by calling 905-527-6610, or e-mail info@artgalleryofhamilton.com.
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SAGE and SAGE Quest Student Exhibition
On view June 5 to August 4, 2008
Curated by Pearl Van Geest, Laurie Kilgour-Walsh
It is thrilling to once again have the pleasure of collaborating with the students, teachers and parents of SAGE for the third annual Follow Your Art exhibition. This year’s adventure began as usual with visits to the AGH exhibitions and continued as students explored the connections their lives and ideas made with the ideas, materials and techniques discovered in investigating the exhibiting artists’ work.
- Pearl Van Geest
Art Educator: School Programmes
Students from the SAGE Quest programme also participated in an inspiring and interactive Gallery experience. During three visits to the Art Gallery of Hamilton, students looked at, talked about and created art. As each student’s skills and ideas developed over the course of the programme, all involved were pleased to see a growing curiosity and articulation develop. This exhibition is a celebration of talent, creativity and inspiration.
- Laurie Kilgour-Walsh , AGH Educator
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
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An intimate lecture series focusing on selected works from the AGH Permanent Collection or current exhibitions, Art @ Lunch give participants a deeper understanding and appreciation for individual works of art. Art @ Lunch talks are planned for the first Wednesday of each month and feature AGH curators, artists and guest speakers.
Today's Topic:
Wednesday, August 6 - Sara Knelman tours the exhibitions Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan. (Ticketed admission applies to Non-Members).
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After a 40-minute talk, there will be time for questions or the opportunity to enjoy lunch in the Café at AGH.
Location: Visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival. Pre-registration is not required.
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AGH's 10th Annual International Film and Video Festival
and Bell Canada Award for Short Film and Video
Time: Dusk (9:15 pm)
Evening Schedule:
Screening One: 9:15 pm to 10:30 pm
Bell Canada and AGH Awards Presentation: 10:30 pm
DJ Garden Lounge: 10:40 pm to 11:15 pm
Screening Two: 11:15 pm to 12:30 am
Price: AGH Members $4.00 | General $5.00
The screenings are restricted to ages 18 and older.
An engaging programme of 22 international short films and videos are in competition for the Bell Canada Award. These works were selected from over 200 entries by both established and emerging directors from 12 countries. Genres include drama, documentary, performance, comedy, animation and experimental film and video, all under 15 minutes in length and produced between January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2008. Works screened at this year’s festival include regional, national and international premieres. Several works have also been featured at prestigious international festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Locarno Film Festival. Festival jurors and screened directors will be in attendance. The 2008 Oscar-nominated short I Met the Walrus will also be featured in this year’s programme with the film’s producer and participant Jerry Levitan in attendance.
The Bell Canada Award is a $1000 cash prize awarded by a jury comprised of accomplished film and video professionals. This year, the festival presents a new award, the AGH Shorts Award - $500 cash award presented for innovation in short film and video selected from the 200 submissions.
Also new this year are two screenings at 9:15 pm and 11:15 pm, increasing the number of films presented from 10 to 22 works. A guest DJ will spin outdoors in the Irving Zucker Sculpture Garden between screenings. In case of rain, the event will be held indoors in the AGH’s Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Pavilion.
The AGH International Film and Video Festival 10 is generously supported by Bell Canada Inc., Department of Canadian Heritage Arts Presentation Program, and the City of Hamilton, Office of Film and Television. Additional support is provided by View Magazine and Sound Box Entertainment. The AGH gratefully acknowledges the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Hamilton for their generous support of all its programmes.
PROGRAMME ONE:
Life #2 (Dennis Day, Toronto, 2007, 5:00 min., video) Hamilton Premiere
Capitalism: Slavery (Ken Jacobs, New York, 2007, 3:00 min., digital/computer) Hamilton Premiere
The Gift (Ryan Furlong, Hamilton, 2006, 8:20 min., digital video)
Nikamowin (Song) (Kevin Lee Burton, Vancouver, 2007, Cree/English, 11:15 min., digital video) Hamilton Premiere
I Met the Walrus (Josh Raskin, Toronto, 2007, 5:10 min., animation) Hamilton Premiere
PROGRAMME TWO:
L’Intrus (The Intruder) (Emmanuelle Raynaut, France, 2007, 3:57 min., mini DV) Canadian Premiere
Hinterland (Sheridan Shindruk, Montreal, 2007, 9:20 min., video) World Premiere
Loudly Death Unties (Sheila and Nicholas Pye, Hamilton, 2007, 11:00 min., HD) Hamilton Premiere
Odin’s Shield Maiden (Guy Maddin, Winnipeg, 2007, 4:30 min., Super-8/16mm) Hamilton Premiere
1977 (Peque Varela, Spain/U.K. 2007, 8:00 min. Beta SP) Canadian Premiere
My Personality Hates Me! (Didi Buckmayr & Michael Strohmann, Austria, 2007, 5:00 min. computer animation/Beta SP) Canadian Premiere
Tea Party (Asa Mori, 2006, Japan/Canada, 1:45 min., Super-8 animation) Hamilton Premiere
A Dream (Luo Li, Wuhan/Hamilton, 2008, 8:13 min., video) World Premiere
Made in Japan (Ciro Altabás, Spain, 2007, Spanish/Japanese with English subtitles, 6:00 min., Mini-DV) Canadian Premiere
Milk Teeth (Tabor Banoczki, Hungary/UK, 2007, 11:00 min. HD Cam, hand-drawn cut out animation and computer) Canadian Premiere
U don't bring me flowers (Lucas Michael, Argentina/U.S.A, 2006, 3:30 min., video) Canadian Premiere
Bell Canada Award Jury:
Lesley Loksi Chan (Hamilton) is a film and video artist. Chan was the Canadian Spotlight Artist at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival where she won two awards for her films "I no I no" and "Wanda & Miles". Chan’s work has been screened at festivals/galleries including the Toronto Hong Kong Film Festival, Alucine Toronto Latina Media Festival, Emergeandsee (Berlin), and Pleasure Dome. Chan's "OPIE," a live performance with video, overhead projector, keyboard and sewing machine, was presented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the TH&B Collective in May, 2008.
R. Bruce Elder (Toronto) is a filmmaker whose works have been presented in retrospectives at Anthology Film Archives, the Art Gallery of Ontario, La Cinémathèque Québécoise, Il Festival Senzatitolo (Trento), Images ‘97 (Toronto) and by Cinematheque Ontario, who proclaimed in their program note for their November, 2008 tribute: "R. Bruce Elder is not only one of Canada's foremost experimental filmmakers, he's one of our greatest artists, thinkers, critics, and filmmakers, period." In 2007, he was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Media Arts. His is also the author of several critical books on film.
Gisèle Gordon (Toronto) is a filmmaker and programmer whose works have screened at festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival, Hot Docs, and the Images Festival. She curates film and video independently and works as a programmer for Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival and the imagineNATIVE Media Arts Festival where she is currently the Vice-Chair of the board of directors.
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On view from August 9 to September 21, 2008
The AGH is delighted to host Pastel Artists Canada’s 17th Open Juried Exhibition in the Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery. PAC started out small in southern Ontario in 1989, and now boasts a wide membership across Canada. PAC members revel in working with the vibrancy and subtlety of dry pastel. Each year selected entries in the Juried Show stand as wonderful demonstrations of the versatility of the medium and the imagination and skill of the artists.
*The opening reception and presentation of awards is Thursday, August 14, from 7:00 to 9:00, and all are welcome to come and enjoy refreshments in a festive atmosphere.
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
Angkor Wat, Cambodia: Vision of the God-Kings
Photographs by Lois Conner
On view from March 1 to August 17, 2008
Curated by Sara Knelman
Lois Conner’s exquisite photographic portfolio explores the ancient civilization of Angkor, Cambodia. Conner set out, despite the palpable threats of the long-running civil war in the region, to capture the stunning landscape, monuments and people who remain there. Renowned in its age for incredible art and architecture, Conner relates the story of the Angkor Period, about 802 to 1432, through panoramic vistas that stretch the borders and place us inside the frame. Her highly-detailed contact photographs utilize an unusal elongated format, in part because it lends itself better to the narrative effect she wished to evoke. Conner, renowned for her depiction of China and the US, has said plainly of this work: "These photographs are not documents. I’m interested in landscape as culture - how land can hold the subtle yet indelible imprint of those who lived before us."
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
On view from August 23, 2008 to March 29, 2009
Curated by Sara Knelman
Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the field of motion studies photography with his series Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigations of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movement. This exhibition presents a selection of ten collotypes, a small but poignant group from the artist’s overall collection of 781 collotype plates, first published in eleven volumes in 1887.
Commissioned to prove a bet that a horse has all four hooves off the ground while galloping, Muybridge eventually set out to document the gamut of human and animal locomotion. The resulting images are almost all in a grid-like format, depicting incremental stages of movement, similar to film stills.
The images shown in this exhibition all depict the human figure, with five showing male figures, and five which take women as their subject. They are without doubt an early, revelatory investigation of motion–yet they also offer an eye-opening historical view of 19th century social attitudes toward gender roles. While male models are most often depicted playing sports or lifting heavy objects, female models are more likely seen carrying out household chores with dainty composure and adorned with typically feminine props.
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Collectors’ Series: Joe Ng
Collectors’ Series: Luke Chan
On view from May 17 to August 24, 2008
Curated by Dr. Patrick Shaw Cable
Prominent Hamiltonians and friends Joe Ng, founder of Joe Ng Engineering Ltd. and the Joe Ng Group of Companies, and Luke Chan, Associate Vice-President of International Affairs at McMaster University, have each assembled through the years a sizable collection of Asian art. Joe Ng’s collection focuses primarily upon an eclectic range of Japanese ceramics dating from the 17th to the 20th century, but also includes screens, sculpture, lacquer and metalware. Luke Chan has embraced modern Chinese painting that is nourished by and continues the age-old tradition of Chinese landscape painting and calligraphy. These adjacent exhibitions continue the Gallery’s commitment to present significant private collections from the area.
Supported by The Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation.
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
Tour Days are an excellent opportunity to enhance your Gallery visit. Learn about fascinating works of art from our expert Docents. Tours last approximately 40 minutes.
Dates & Time:
- Sundays at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
- Tuesdays at 12:30 pm
Please arrive five minutes early to purchase admission and/or receive your entry sticker from the AGH Front Desk.
Price:
AGH Members FREE | Students/Seniors $10.00 | General $12.00
Pre-registration is not required. Purchase tickets on-line or please visit the AGH Front Desk upon arrival to purchase admission and receive your entry sticker.
Details:
Join us on the last Sunday each month for fun, family-friendly artmaking activities. Inspired by AGH Exhibitions and led by experienced artist-instructors, each month has a different theme and a new activity ensuring each visit is new and engaging.
Theme:
Sunday, August 31: Create a Kaleidoscope
Price: AGH Members: Free
Non-Members: $5.00 per family
(max. 6 persons)
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 ArcelorMittal Dofasco Hamilton.
Summer Camp for Kids