AGM BUS TOUR

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Contact: Jaclyn Qua-Hiansen – Communications
905 896 5131
jaclyn.qua-hiansen@mississauga.ca / agm.connect@mississauga.ca


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Art Bus

Saturday, October 26, 11:30 – 5 pm
PWYC, suggested donation of $5 | Buy tickets at artbus2013.eventbrite.ca
Pick up and drop off at the Art Gallery of Mississauga
300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga

Hop on the bus! Guided tours at:

  • The Art Gallery of Mississauga 
  • Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 
  • The Elora Centre for the Arts

ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA

300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga ON L5B 3C1
905 896 5088
M, T, W, F 10-5 Thurs 10-8 Sat, Sun 12-4

Hop on the bus and take a tour of the arts scene in the region!

GUIDED TOURS OF FEATURED EXHIBITIONS


Art Gallery of Mississauga

artgalleryofmississauga.com

300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga
Tour: 11:45 am | Depart: 12:30 pm

The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre right on Celebration Square across from Square One Mall. The AGM is proud to admit people free of charge, serve communities, and provide positive visual art experiences for all visitors.


F'd Up!

The AGM is Fibre'd Up as contemporary directions in fibre-based art create a radical vocabulary around material invention and sculptural ambitions.

Franco Arcieri: Astral Noise

Arcieri employs sculpture, video and sound to create an unforgettable encounter with the viewer through an innovative fibre-based performance.

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
msac.ca
358 Gordon Street, Guelph
Arrive: 1:30 | Tour: 1:40 | Depart: 2:30

MSAC is Guelph and region's public art gallery. MSAC annually presents over 12 regional, national, and international exhibitions that explore contemporary visual arts and historical research. MSAC's collections contain over 7000 works, spanning three centuries of Canadian art including Canadian contemporary art, Inuit art, and public sculpture.


Artefact Artefiction

This exhibition examines the trend in contemporary art practice of using objects of material culture -- socially imbued artefacts, both contemporary and historical.

Beyond the Frame

Sound Check, The Jazz Photography of Thomas King

The first major exhibition of Thomas King's Jazz Photography.

À table!

Featuring new work by a collective of sixteen contemporary Canadian metal artists who represent a broad cross section of the country.

Bone, Stone, and Ivory: The Borins Collection of Inuit Art
Elora Centre for the Arts
eloracentreforthearts.ca
75 Melville Street, Elora
Arrive: 2:50 | Tour: 3:00 | Depart for AGM: 3:30 | Arrive at AGM: 5:00

The Elora Centre for the Arts is located in a restored, three-story limestone school building in one of Ontario's most picturesque villages. The Elora Centre for the Arts consists of 10 large classrooms converted to provide in total over 10,000 square feet of dedicated space plus additional service corridors and amenities. It is now considered a home where Art lives. The facility is envisioned as an enhancement to cultural life in the region through production and reception, and through the practice and presentations.

As Perennial as the Grass

This exhibition shares visual segments from stories about love in the form of textile, video and installation art.

About The Art Gallery of Mississauga

artgalleryofmississauga.com

The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre right on Celebration Square across from Square One Mall. The AGM is proud to admit people free of charge, serve communities, and provide positive visual art experiences for all visitors.

Engage. Think. Inspire. This phrase opens the dialogue at the AGM. The Gallery connects with the people of Mississauga through the collection and presentation of relevant works from a range of periods and movements in Canadian art. Expressing multiple ideas and concepts, this visual art translates into meaningful cultural and social experiences for all audiences. The AGM employs innovative education, artist projects and other forms of dialogue to advance critical enquiry and community connection to the visual arts. The mandate of the Gallery is to "bring art to the community and the community to art."

Directions to the AGM, as well as transit routes and other information, can be found on the website.
For more information, please contact the Art Gallery of Mississauga at 905 896 5088 or visitartgalleryofmississauga.com.

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