Narrating the creative landscape.
Climbing the Cold White Peaks (published in 1986) chronicled the city’s art history from 1871-1950, and was a significant enough achievement to warrant a sequel. Presented by the Hamilton Arts Council and funded through the Ontario Trillium Foundation; Building Cultural Legacies is a digital storytelling platform that aims to build knowledge, spark creativity and deepen connection by engaging citizens and visual artists from diverse communities and generations in the sharing of stories about the history of visual arts in Hamilton between 1950 and 2000.
In this exhibition, Hamilton’s rich art history is told through archival materials, collection works, short films, a gallery wide scavenger hunt, and the interactive BCL website: buildingculturallegacies.ca
