2022 AGH Hamilton in Focus
On Saturday, May 28, 2022, AGH Gala guests got up close and in-focus with the extraordinary works in our current photographic exhibitions; including a piece of Hamilton history returned home with Margaret Watkins: Black Light.
In the style of Watkins’ work, Tintype Photographs being captured and developed on-site by Stephen Brule. A Silent Auction brimming with exciting local and regional offerings was accompanied by a live painting created by RBC Artist in Residence Nathan Eugene Carson, as well as incredible performances from Mother Tareka, Swaramudra Dance Academy, Hamilton You Poets, James Wilson, and the Brott Music Festival String Quartet.
Many thanks to our generous sponsors, including:
Presenting Sponsor
Wide Angle Sponsors
Close-Up Sponsors
DPAI
Collyer Benson
Arctic Experience
Incite Foundation for the Arts
Local Sponsors
Herzig Eye Institute
Hamilton chamber of Commerce
Simpson Wigle
AON Reed Stenhouse Inc.
From the Canadian Art Collection
This is the Nemesis 1965
William Kurelek (Canadian 1927-1977)
mixed media on masonite, Gift of Mrs. J. A. McCuaig, 1966
© Estate of William Kurelek, Courtesy of the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto