Art Gallery Opening Reception
Date: Oct 11
7:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
You’re invited to a night of art, music, and fun at our FREE public gallery opening!
Enjoy a performance by Ukrainian pianist Alla Melnychuk, enjoy tasty snacks, and grab a drink at our 19+ cash bar. Plus, all art exhibitions are FREE to explore during the event.
Denyse Thomasos: just beyond is a career retrospective of one of the finest painters to emerge in the 1990s. The late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos (1964-2012) left an indelible, yet frequently overlooked, mark on contemporary painting. This exhibition brings together more than 50 paintings and works on paper, many rarely seen, to show how she challenged the limits of abstraction, infusing personal and political content onto her canvases through the innovative use of formalist techniques. Through pattern, scale, and repetition, Thomasos conveys the vastness of events, such as the transatlantic slave trade, without exploiting the images of those who were most affected.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and the Remai Modern, Saskatoon, and curated by Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; Sally Frater, Senior Curator, Remai Modern; and Renée van der Avoird, Associate Curator, Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Ontario. Circulated with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Stay tuned for details on a Curatorial Talk on Saturday, October 12 at 2:30 pm!
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Ginok Song: I Reach Home, I am Serene
This exhibition bridges East and West, merging memories and landscapes from Busan, South Korea and Newfoundland. As an immigrant artist in Newfoundland, Ginok Song sees her work as a journey of self-discovery and away to make visible those who often feel like outsiders. Her paintings tell the story of a young woman travelling through time and space, constructing her identity.
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Tekweywinen tel Weljesultiek (Be With Us In Our Joy), curated by Jenelle Duval, is a unique, multidisciplinary, interactive, and play-based experience. It showcases the works of seven artists based in Wabanaki*—inviting you to explore their individual interpretations of joy. Artists: Jordan Bennett, Samaqani Cocahq, Michael R. Denny, Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Megan Samms, Kayla Stride, and Nelson White. Note that a larger scale celebration focusing on this exhibition will take place with the curator and several of the artists in November as part of the Spirit Song festival organized by First Light.
*Wabanaki, translated as “People of the First Light” or “Dawnland,” includes five nations: the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki.
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Image: Denyse Thomasos. Metropolis, 2007. Acrylic, charcoal, porous-point marker on canvas, unframed: 214 x 335.6 x 3.5 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchased with the assistance of the Toronto International Art Fair 2007 Opening Night Preview, and with the Financial Support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2008. © The Estate of Denyse Thomasos and Olga Korper Gallery. 2007/241
Events & Programs
The Rooms presents a special International Women's Day films on a loop.
Join us as we celebrate women's voices in film with a retrospective screening from the Nickel Independent Film Festival's 25th anniversary, featuring a loop of films by talented women directors who’ve shaped the Newfoundland and Labrador's independent film scene.
Avon Ladies, Rural Style
Rhonda Buckley
2017 44 min
Rhonda Buckley’s 2017 documentary Avon Ladies, Rural Style showcases the industriousness of rural women in Newfoundland and Labrador. A loving tribute to rural Newfoundland and Labrador women who earned income, and provided for their families by selling Avon cosmetic products door-to-door in the 1960s.
Mystery of the Secret Room
Wanda Nolan
2016 5 min
In this inspiring portrait of family, adversity, and resilience, we meet a 10-year-old girl named Grace who uses her creative superpowers to navigate the emotional landscape of her mother's depression. Using hand-drawn animation to bring two distinct worlds together – the muted, solid world of reality and the saturated palette of Grace's imagination – the film is a moving collaboration between writer/filmmaker Wanda Nolan and animator Claire Blanchet. Featured as part of the 2016 Nickel Independent Film Festival.
Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher
Heather Campbell
2023 15 min
Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher tells the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational system in the small community of Rigolet, Labrador. Featured at the 2024 Nickel Independent Film Festival.
Talus and Scree
Ruth Lawrence
2013 10 min
Based on a true-story, Kate is 11 years-old when she accidentally hits her younger sister Daisy with a rock. When the accident reveals an underlying illness, one of the girls is set on a path of coming to terms with the weight of her love and loss. Featured as part of the Nickel's 2014 program.
The Gaze
Stacy Gardner
2023 9 min
Stacy Gardner’s directorial debut tells the story of Ginok Song, a South Korean artist living and painting in the small fishing village of Petty Harbour. The film explores Ginok’s choice to become an artist, her need for self-expression, and the journey to know herself through the female gaze. Featured as part of the 2024 Nickel Independent Film Festival.
Nalujuk Night
Jennie Williams
2021 13 min Documentary
Run as fast as you can, the Nalujuit are here! Featured as part of the 2022 Nickel Independent Film Festival, filmmaker Jennie Williams continues to thrill audiences with the story of an exhilarating and sometimes terrifying Nunatsiavut tradition in Nalujuk Night.
Presented in partnership with the Nickel Independent Film Festival and the National Film Board of Canada.
Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador
Stroll across land and sea, and through time, to meet the peoples who have made Newfoundland and Labrador home for the past 9,000 years.
Tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and included in the cost of admission.