Talks & Tours

Curatorial Tour: Raechel Wastesicoot: Kenatentas + World-builders, shapeshifters

Feb 8, 2024, 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

Join Associate Curator Erin Szikora for a casual guided tour of Raechel Wastesicoot: Kenatentas and World-builders, shapeshifters, featuring new beadwork by Oshawa-born artist Raechel Wastesicoot and a wide selection of new work by World-builders, shapeshifters artists Alex Jacobs-Blum, Kat Brown Akootchook, Kay Nadjiwon, Natalie King, Nishina Shapwaykeesic-Loft, and Sheri Osden Nault. Everyone is welcome!

If there is anything we can do to support your participation, please reach out to Erin at [email protected].

World-builders, shapeshifters is supported by the Maada’ookii Committee, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and the Downie & Wenjack Foundation and Hudson Bay Foundation through Oshki Wuppowane: The Blanket Fund, and the Government of Ontario through the Tourism Relief Fund.

Upcoming Events

Workshops

Learn to Bead: Peyote Stitch Workshop with Olivia Whetung

Nov 22, 2025, 1:00 PM - Dec 6, 2025, 4:00 PM

This two-part workshop is presented alongside Olivia Whetung: inawendiwok and will teach beginner and advanced-beginner geometric peyote stitch skills. In the first workshop (Nov 22), participants will learn basic peyote stitch including flat even-count peyote and even-count tubular peyote. This session will focus on learning the skills and producing test swatches rather than producing a […]

Talks & Tours

Hortense Gordon: Life + Art

Nov 27, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join Curator of Collections, Sonya Jones, to learn about the life and art of artist Hortense Gordon. Hortense Gordon was an important artist linked to the beginnings of abstract painting in Canada and a founding member of Painters Eleven, Ontario’s first abstract painting group (1953-1960). Jones will discuss Gordon’s compulsive drive towards what was new […]

Talks & Tours

Book Launch | Tim Whiten: Elemental

Nov 29, 2025, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery presents Book Launch of Tim Whiten: Elemental, 2025Published by the McMaster Museum of Art, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, The Goldfarb Gallery, and Art Metropole. In-person at Olga Korper Gallery17 Morrow Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2H9 Artist and curators in attendance The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, […]