Marjorie Moeser: Traces of Memory (East & West Galleries).
Carol Rossman: Explorations (East & West Galleries).

SUNDAY SCENE. FREE.
Speakers from the world of art and beyond offer their responses to the current exhibition, Ydessa Hendeles: The Milliner's Daughter. Guest presenters draw provocative connections between our programs and broader cultural and intellectual debates.
25 Jun: Ekow Nimako.
16 Jul: Richard Rhodes.
23 Jul: Emily Cadger.
6 Aug: Rui Amaral.
13 Aug: Ivana Dizdar.
27 Aug: Sergei Petrov.
3 Sep: Abbas Rizvi.

Maria Teresa Hernandez & Paloma Ruiz: Uncovering our generational intention. South Gallery. Featuring encaustic paintings and mix technique art work from Maria Teresa Hernandez alongside Paloma Ruiz' collage on paper.

Jack Wayne: Personal. North Gallery.
Dr. Jack Wayne is a sociologist and street photographer. The first set of images in the exhibition consists of people at leisure. Dr. Wayne's camera captures family and friends on the beach, schoolmates hanging out, and individuals resting after work. Visitors to Propeller Gallery will enjoy also the sequence of beach panoramas that make painterly use of saturated colour and varied camera perspectives.

Kind Words Can Never Die: A Personal Collection of Victorian Needlework. Curated by Anna Richard. Kind Words Can Never Die presents the extraordinary collection built by Jane Webster (1919-2009) of Victorian needlework mottos stitched by anonymous women and girls in the mid- to late-19th century.

Katherine Knight: Portraits and Collections.
Curated by Sarah Quinton.
Portraits and Collections is the culmination of an ongoing project by Toronto artist Katherine Knight. Her multi-dimensional documentation of Jane Webster's highly personal textile collection (see companion exhibition: Kind Words Can Never Die: Personal Collection of Victorian Needlework) and its rural Nova Scotian setting examines the idiosyncrasies of a handicraft craze that was all the rage in Canada 150 years ago. A Primary Exhibition of the 2017 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

The LGBTQ Show: You Can Sit With Us. Works by Philip Hare, Ethel Shoul, Jean Fode & Therese Maude Christie.

Public tours. We offer FREE public tours. Led by our talented and highly trained docents, you can learn more about our current exhibitions, Mother Tongue. // Present | Perfect | Continuous. // Jon Sasaki: Things Saved for a Rainy Day (May 13-Sep 4, 2017). There is no need to register – simply join us in the Gallery lobby.

The Nanking Cargo.
In December 1751, a ship from the Dutch East India Company left Canton, China, with more than 230,000 pieces of porcelain, textiles and tea for the European market. Less than a month later, the ship sank. Over two hundred years later, Michael Hatcher and his team recovered more than 150,000 pieces of porcelain that became known as the Nanking Cargo. The porcelain was sold in 2,800 lots in a record-breaking sale at Christie's Amsterdam. The Art Gallery of Burlington is fortunate to own 240 pieces and is exhibiting them for the first time in June 2017.

Under the Spell.
From the 1000-year-old celadons of the Sung dynasty, to the blue and white export ware of the 18th century, Chinese ceramics inspire and challenge contemporary clay artists to this day. A selection of work from the AGB's Permanent Collection of Contemporary Canadian Ceramics looks at the relationship between the past and the present and how China's mastery continues to capture the imagination of today's artists.

Art & Industry. Artist Jim Eller and photographer Tom Bochsler explore the representation of industry through commercial and historical perspectives.

Maureen Landry: Vessels – Pouring and Storing, pottery; Francis Fougere: The Carports of Pleasant Valley, photography; Adriana Romkes: Owls by Adriana, pottery; The Art of Parenting | Derek R. Douglas, Barbara Reid & Hilary Leung, children's book illustrations (The Barber Atrium).

Informal tours of our current exhibitions are available for visitors on request during gallery hours. On weekends between 10am and 4pm you'll find our Gallery Attendants upstairs; they are happy to lead you on a tour and answer any question you have!

Arthur Shilling: The Final Works.
Featuring paintings by the renowned Anishnaabe artist from Rama, Ontario, this exhibition focuses on work from the last ten years of Arthur Shilling's life, positioning him as a critically important, visionary artist. Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Curator: William Kingfisher.

Call to Action #83.
In direct response to Canada's Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this exhibition brings together eight Indigenous and eight non-Indigenous Simcoe County artists in a collaborative, linked series of artworks that envision a future reconciliation. Organized by the Barrie Native Friendship Centre.

Guided tours: Rembrandt and Highlights. Fees apply. Call 613 533 2190 to register. $10 adults / $7.50 members & children / FREE to children 5 years and under.

Spencer J. Harrison: Not a Freak Show: Growing Up Gay in Rural Ontario bears witness to the artist's experience using the vernacular of the circus freak show to discuss both exclusion and inclusion. The work takes the form of a large circus tent that can be walked around and gathered within, acting as a catalyst for discourse and assertion of presence.
In conjunction with this exhibition, the AGP has partnered with Rainbow Youth at PARN to present works on representation, identity, and perception by LGBT2SQ youth and young adults from the region.
Also on exhibit: From / were / are, which features works from the Permanent Collection along with works by artists from the region.

Open Studio. Join us for a FREE drop-in open studio of family art activities in the GWD Foundation for Kids' Creative Hub at the Art Gallery of Burlington. All are welcome!

Garden of Chimes. This community outdoor installation celebrates Canada's 150th anniversary by inviting the public to contribute to this exibition by making wind chime pieces during Open Studio Chime Workshops Jun 11 & 25 in the AGB Creative Hub.

Open Life Drawing – Sundays 10am-1pm, from Jan 15, 2017. $15. Easels and boards provided.

FAMILY PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES –

Sundays 1-3pm, Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 26, Apr 30, May 28, Jun 25, Jul 30: Family-Friendly Drop-In Art Studio. Great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! See gallery exhibitions & make your own artwork in studio. $2 suggested donation per participant.

Fri 30 Jun, 4:30-10pm: Pumphouse Art Activity @ Holiday Weekend Family Fun. Visit us at Centennial Sports Park, Virgil, for sesquicentennial celebrations, a family-friendly art activity and much more!

Mon 3 Jul, 1-4pm: Pumphouse Art Activity & Plein-Air Painters @ Confederation Celebration. Visit us at Simcoe Park for sesquicentennial celebrations!

Sat 15 Jul, 8am-1pm: Pumphouse Art Activity @ NOTL Farmers' Market Kids Day. Visit us to participate in an outdoor art activity for all ages!

Family Fun Activities. Every Saturday & Sunday, 1-4:30pm. Guide your family through art projects at PAMA and inspire creativity! These are drop-in activities, and registration is not required.
Dec: Text Works, Holiday Edition. Join in on the fun by making your own story this holiday season by combining text, images and drawings.
Jan: Paper Lanterns – celebrating Chinese New Year.
Feb: Celebrate Black History Month.
Mar: Create your very own graphic novel character.
Apr: Make your own nature-inspired kite.
May: Design your own journal, inspired by Terry Fox.
Jun: Canada's National Aboriginal Day falls on Jun 21. Create your own inukshuk and celebrate Aboriginal cultures and traditions.
Jul: In celebration of the 150th birthday of Canada, come make your very own 3D Canada globe.
Aug: Create your own fabric collage inspired by your thoughts and feelings about what home and comfort mean to you.

Art Workshops. Fourth Sunday of each month 1-3pm.
$29.75 members / $35 non-members (per workshop).
Sun 28 May 2017: Drawing – Flowers and Bugs.
Sun 25 Jun 2017: Acrylic painting – Canadian Landscapes.
Sun 30 Jul 2017: Text – Poetic Art.
Sun 27 Aug 2017: Fibre – 3D Textural Art.

POWER KIDS. FREE. Tour the gallery and engage in art activities inspired by the current exhibition, Ydessa Hendeles: The Milliner's Daughter, in these art workshops for children ages 7-12.
25 Jun: Rainbow Bodies. Ydessa Hendeles has created an installation titled From her wooden sleep..., in which wooden manikins represent people – some insiders, some outsiders – but the manikins are mostly monochromatic. After discussing the contextual importance of Hendeles' installation, we will design and make marionette shadow puppets out of paper and cardboard using all the colours of the rainbow as a symbol of inclusion! http://bit.ly/2tKo5hp.
27 Jun: Citizens of a Diverse City. Canada is a diverse country – from coast to coast – and Toronto is a diverse city! In these workshops we will look to Ydessa Hendeles' manikins as a springboard for discussion about difference, diversity and community, then we will invent and create shadow puppets inspired by characters and stories reflecting our own experiences of diversity in Canada. This Power Kids program is presented as part of Harbourfront Centre's Here in the Six – Celebrating Multiculturalism. Drop-in sessions will run 10-11am, 11:30am-12:30pm, and 1-2pm. http://bit.ly/2tq46p6.
9 Jul: DIY Wind-Up Toys. Ydessa Hendeles' Aero-Car inspires this STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) program. We will discover how Hendeles speaks to both the past and the future in her work by drawing upon the use of antique toys and futuristic automatons. Each participant will then design and build their own retro-style wind-up toy using springs, thread and cardboard. Once complete, we will wind up our toys and watch them go zoom! http://bit.ly/2rNMCG2.
23 Jul: Manikins Come to Life! The manikins in Ydessa Hendeles' The Milliner's Daughter appear as if they have been frozen in a tableau vivant – a living picture. After viewing and talking about the manikins in the exhibition, we will work in small groups – inspired by performance art – to invent a story, and design and make props from mixed media. Then, using our props, we will pose as living models in our tableaux vivants. Each group will be photographed in one (or more) pose(s), and we will share those pictures with you! http://bit.ly/2rS69Ap.

The 506 Streetcar Show.
Exhibition dates: Jun 28-Jul 16, 2017 | reception Thur 29 Jun, 6-9pm.
Artwork drop-off day: Sun 25 Jun, 4-7pm.
The 506 Streetcar Show asks artists to reflect on Canada's 150th birthday, our history, heritage, determined, in many ways, geographically by a national railroad connecting east to west; describing, in many ways, how we came together as a country. As diverse as it is vast, stories describing oral histories have been shared and continue to be – some heroic, about overcoming great odds, some very sad and tragic, some still being created. A vast country with many stories to describe it, attempting to explain it. The 506 Streetcar route is a snapshot of that east-west travel, rolling through several different neighbourhoods, whose citizens speak many different languages, hold many different religious beliefs, and whose stories may be as different,with perhaps a surprising common link or two.
We are asking artists to tell a visual story that reflects this part of our history, or your personal history; whether it is local or national, and how you relate and identify as a Canadian. Tell us your story.
$25 members / $45 non-members for maximum 4 pieces per artist.
Maximum size: approx. 24" x 24" each.
Please send an email to gerrardartspace@gmail.com for submission forms.