Sandra Meigs: Room for Mystics (with Christopher Butterfield).

Featuring one of the largest collections of Canadian First Nations art in Toronto. The Gallery showcases a must-see collection of original paintings, prints, hand carved masks, totem poles, and sculptures.
Woodlands Show starting October 19th featuring: Carl Ray, Daphne Odjig, Norval Morrisseau, Alex Janvier, and more.
The Gallery also showcases Haida artists from the Pacific West Coast and contemporary and historical Canadian art such as Ted Harrison.
For over 22 years, Bay of Spirits Gallery has been adding value to our clients' expansive art collections. Explore and celebrate the history, creativity, and diversity of the First Peoples of Canada.

Micah Lexier: Here, Not Here.
For Lexier's 11th solo exhibition with Birch Contemporary the gallery space will become a minimalist environment, with the gallery's white walls supporting a series of carefully-placed arrows and accompanying texts. Here, Not Here started its life as a found image, one of thousands that Lexier has amassed as part of his archive of found imagery. With trademark restraint, Lexier transforms this image into a deceptively simple installation of image, text and context. Each of the gallery's four walls is a discreet artwork, yet each wall hosts the exact same elements, the only differences being colour and position. Together, the four walls coalesce into a cohesive installation that plays with repetition and subtle variation.

Power Tours. Join a FREE guided tour of the exhibitions and engage in dialogue about art and ideas.

Colours of Ancient Mexico | D. D. Gadjanski & Michelle Letarte. Artists D. D. Gadjanski and Michelle Letarte create images inspired by their visit to Teotihuacan, Cuernavaca and the Anthropology Museum of Mexico City.

Lecture: "Seed, Plant, Resist" by Rowland Ricketts. Indigo has a long and rich history as a global commodity. Rowland Ricketts will discuss how he grows and processes indigo and how this shapes his art, informs his world view, and serves as an act of resistance in a culture of overproduction and overconsumption. $10 members / $20 general public / $12 students. http://bit.ly/2yishHy or contact Susan Fohr: sfohr@textiemuseum.ca or416 599 5321 x2228.

Mortar & Pestle presents Breaking Legs, written by Tom Dulack. Oct 12-14, and 19-21, 2017. Mortar & Pestle Productions invites you to help kick off their second season with the fast-paced comedy Breaking Legs. In this farcical comedy we are introduced to a group of successful Italian mobsters looking to strike it big by entering the world of theatre by producing an original play. Enter Terrence O'Keefe, the down-on-his-luck playwright and former college professor and love interest of the Mob Boss's beautiful daughter, Angie. Throw in plenty of drinks, mountains of pasta, family, and a "hit" and you have the perfect recipe for a heartwarming disaster of a comedy. Produced and directed by Melissa Beveridge.
Tickets $15 at the door or online at: http://bit.ly/2xO6F90.
*Not recommended for children. Adult themes.*

PAMA tours. Thursday nights, Saturdays & Sundays. Visitor Services guides are available to tailor a tour for you. They can take you behind the scenes and share facts and stories beyond what's on display! You can also arrange a private tour for your group or organization.

Art Talks. (16+ years; $5 suggested donation) –
Thur 28 Sep, 7-8pm: "Collage Auto Portrait." Twenty years ago, Anishinaabe artist Robert Houle created a remarkable suite of twelve mixed media self-portraits. This landmark series is preserved in the SG permanent collection. Join the artist for this special artist talk on the final Thursday of September.
Mon 2 Oct, 1-2pm: "Indefinite: Art & Disability." This premiere art talk surveys the visual arts' encounter with disability. How has this theme or condition been historically pictured? Who has changed how we appreciate disability and Deaf Arts?
Thur 19 Oct, 7-8pm: "Overlooked: Canadian Art in The Shining." Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror classic The Shining is a covert foray into Canadian art history. Dozens of familiar and not-so-familiar paintings have been spotted on the set of the haunted alpine hotel. Just in time for Hallowe'en, SG Curator Olex reveals his independent research into Canadian artistic content hidden in-plain-sight in Kubrick's cinematic masterpiece.
Mon 6 Nov, 1-2pm: "You Can Call Me Al." "And Betty when you call me, you can call me Al." Taking our cue from Paul Simon's 1986 hit single, we'll take an arbitrary and whimsical stroll through the art world looking for artists given names that begin with Al. There are many artists to choose from, including Allen, Alexander, Albrecht – drop in and see how far this list goes....
Thur 16 Nov, 7-8pm: "Remember When – A Nostalgic Trip Back to the 50s and 60s with Tim Westhead." In this encore presentation we take a Baby Boomer's trip back to the simpler times of the 50s and 60s. Enjoy "remember when" trivia games, fill in missing song lyrics, and chuckle at hairstyles and yesteryear's fast foods. And bring along a Boomer buddy to double your fun during this dynamic, interactive, and entertaining presentation, daddio! *Guest lecturer Tim Westhead welcomes participants to bring one or more non-perishable food items to donate to the Deacon's Cupboard.

Join AGG Director Shauna McCabe for a curator's tour of 150 Acts: Art, Activism, Impact. In conunction with Aboriginal Awareness Week Oct 16-20, 2017.

Distinguished Lecturer Eric Jan Sluijter: "Rembrandt, Value and the Market for Paintings in the Dutch Golden Age."

Late Night Thursdays: Drop in and visit the galleries. The Agnes stays open until 9pm every Thursday. Admission is FREE!

The Kingston Prize | Canada's Portrait Competition is pleased to present a talk by Senator Patricia Bovey: "The Many Faces of Portraits." Sen. Bovey is a Canadian art historian, Director Emerita of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and former trustee of the National Gallery of Canada. Please join us at 5:30pm for refreshments preceding the 6:30pm talk

2017 Canadian Biennial. Special Exhibitions Galleries.

Strain to Absorb: Pigment Workshop with Lisa Myers and Shored Up Collective. Space limited. To register, see http://bit.ly/2xB7F0m. Using the pigments in plants and fruit from areas around Scarborough that have oral and/or written Indigenous histories, participants will create inks for printmaking and painting.

Peel Aboriginal Network (PAN) Drumming Circle. For all ages. Third Thursdays 7-8:30pm, Sep 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 21, 2017.

Knit@PAMA. FREE; studio only. Knit@PAMA is a gathering of beginner and experienced knitters of all ages who meet weekly on Thursdays 6-8pm to create items that are donated to charitable organizations in the Peel community. Supplies and knitting instructions are provided by PAMA.