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May 2020
Biennales and Beyond: Canada on the World Stage
Biennales and Beyond: Canada on the World Stage – will showcase significant contributions made by Canadian artists to important international exhibitions and cultural presentations. Looking at both museum or gallery contexts and major festival formats, this module will celebrate the influence of Canadian visual art around the world. Each session begins with a video or audio presentation that relates to the specific content of that day’s curriculum module. A single work of art, also related to the session content, will…
Find out more »VAM’s Creative Residence Presents: State of Being (of the Current Situation)
Visual Arts Mississauga’s Creative Residents (VCR) 2020 presents their exhibit, State of Being (of the Current Situation). This virtual exhibition reflects the current, ongoing narrative that each resident must face – whether that is the capturing of information through a technical application, a question of human existence, an analysis of the self through a fractured lens, or of the shamefulness our society implicates on its elderly population. Click here to view the online exhibition.
Find out more »Headwaters Arts Gallery Presents: In the MIX!
Headwaters Arts invites you to enjoy In the MIX, it's second virtual gallery tour. In this exhibition, Headwaters invited artists to submit works that were done with "mixed media". From one form, style, and medium to the next, the alchemy has worked its magic with this vibrant mixed-media exhibit. This exciting and multi-dimensional show will excite your imagination with endless possibilities explored by the several artist members. Click here to view the online exhibit.
Find out more »June 2020
Wonderfest World Stream Series
Let's Make Good Productions presents: Wonderfest World Stream Series hosted by Arlene! LIVE on facebook.com/LMGProductions for the month of June on Thursdays at 7 PM EDT and Sundays at 12 PM EDT. Donates to the performers are kindly accepted at www.paypal.me/letsmakegood June line up: June 4th: Katey Morley - Toronto, ON Steve York - Toronto, ON June 7th: Dahlia - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Ajaye Jardine - Toronto, ON June 9th Wonder Women 10th Year Anniversary - Hosted…
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Oakville Film Festival (OFFA)
The Oakville Film Festival (OFFA) is screening films from June 17 - June 21. The festival will be screening films such as Military Wives, a story which celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir while their loved ones are away at combat, The Rest of Us, based on two mother-daughter duos who become closer once the person who connects them passes away, and From the Vine which focuses on a downtrodden CEO who experiences a moral crisis…
Find out more »Headwaters Arts Gallery presents: What’s the BUZZ?
Headwaters Arts invites you to enjoy What’s the BUZZ? it’s third virtual gallery tour. In this exhibition, a veritable cornucopia of visual delights awaits your perusal from their member artists who are showcasing what is buzzworthy in their worlds. For curious and wide-ranging minds, there are satirical and allegorical references from some artists to decipher, while the literal beauty of our landscape and the summer season speak sublimely for themselves in the other submissions. Click here to view the online…
Find out more »De-Escalate Film Release (Oakville Film Festival – OFFA)
Award-winning filmmaker Cathleen MacDonald's recent documentary "De-escalate" will screen at the Oakville Film Festival June 17 at 7 PM within a block of short films. "De-escalate" combines animation and live-action to tackle the stigma of mental illness and how it contributes to violence toward people in mental crisis. The film features MARTY Award-winning writer Michelle Hillyard performing her poem "Deadly Weapon". Cathleen MacDonald is a Mississauga-based filmmaker and a MARTY Award-winner. Due to COVID-19, this year's Oakville Film Festival will…
Find out more »AGM – Border Crossings – Crochet Math & Patterns
The Art Gallery of Mississauga, as part of its border crossing’s project, is providing a free one-hour educational crochet workshop. Learn how to make a set of crochet nesting bowls while learning math! Join them online Thursday, June 18 at 1 PM. Led by maker and teacher, Sandra Clarke. Click here to register and for more information.
Find out more »AGM – Border Crossings – Sew Many Stories!
The Art Gallery of Mississauga, as part of its border crossing’s project, is providing a free one-hour creative sewing workshop using your personal stories. Create autobiographical textiles using thread and sewing techniques that narrates an event in your life. Join them online Thursday, June 25 at 3 PM. Hosted by textile artist and educator, Khadija Aziz. Click here to register and for more information.
Find out more »July 2020
AGM – Border Crossings – Wishing on a Star
The Art Gallery of Mississauga, as part of its border crossing’s project, is providing a free one-hour paper-folding workshop. Learn the significance of lucky paper stars, and join them for a letter-writing activity to our loved ones! Join them online Thursday, July 2 at 3 PM. Click here to register and for more information.
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