Culture Days 2019
September 27 – 29, 2019 | 12 – 5 pm
Free admission | All ages welcome
Explore the Art Gallery of Guelph’s exhibitions on Culture Days weekend:
Seth: A Life, All Play
Featuring the work of graphic novelist and artist Seth, A Life, All Play focuses on the creative exploration that is integral to his storytelling, captured in a dense and lush installation that highlights his life in the studio as well as finished works, including his model city Dominion. read more>
Tina Guyani | Deer Road
Curated by Missy LeBlanc, winner of the 2019 Middlebrook Prize, Tina Guyani | Deer Road features work by Glenna Cardinal and seth cardinal dodginghorse, residents of Tsuut’ina Nation, and mother and son, who explore the impacts of development on First Nations land. read more>
Hot to Warm and Cool to Cold
Named for an early poem of Inuit artist, cartoonist, and writer, Alootook Ipellie, this exhibition highlights graphic and animation work that speaks to Inuit culture with its deep connection to the land and how this imagination is continually transformed and renewed. read more>
Screening of Seth’s Dominion
Friday, September 27, 2019 | 7 pm
Lecture Room | Second Floor | Accessible
Running time: 42 minutes
Part animation and part live action, this documentary offers an intimate portrait of graphic novelist and artist Seth. Through interviews with the artist and those closest to him as well as animated clips of Seth’s stories, director Luc Chamberland offers a close look at the artist’s inner world as well as his work environment, mixing insightful biography with vivid animation to capture Seth’s manifold creative universe. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Seth: A Life, All Play.
Printmaking Pop-Up
Sunday, September 29, 2019 | 1 – 4 pm
Lecture Room | Second Floor | Accessible
Pop by for a pop-up on Culture Days weekend! Join us at the gallery Sunday, September 29, between 1 pm and 4 pm, for a guided printmaking workshop and community build project. Led by Otherwise Studios on a drop-in basis, participants will learn how to design, carve, and hand-print a single-colour linoleum print using a variety of tools and techniques. All printmakers involved will create a one-of-a-kind edition to take home, as well as contribute to a community bunting project. Each design will be printed on a flag and added to a banner that will be installed throughout the day at the Art Gallery of Guelph. Come collaborate and create with your community! All ages are welcome, no experience required. Presented by the Art Gallery of Guelph and Otherwise Studios.