Seniors Arts Activities
Dates: Thursdays – March 7, April 4, and May 9
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Join us select Thursdays for an introduction to our current exhibitions followed by an art-making activity.
We’ll begin with a tour of the exhibitions in the Gallery and then move to the Schurman Family Studio to experiment with making our own art.
Tea, coffee, and snacks will be provided. Cost is $10.00 per person.
Guided Tour
Dates: Thursday – March 14.
Time: 12 p.m.
Join us for a guided tour of the gallery exhibitions on the second Thursday of each month this winter.
March’s free gallery tour will be held on Thursday, March 14 at noon. Andreas Fobes will provide insights the Gallery’s newest exhibition, Arctic Visions, Arctic Life.
Johnny Inukpuk, Mother and Child, c.1963, soapstone, 77.5 x 35 x 30.5 cm
Gift of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, 1964, CAG 64.3
Film screening: The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
Date: Thursday – March 21
Time: 7pm
A free screening of the film The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) will take place at Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m.
The Canadian-Danish film directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn highlights the pressures on traditional Inuit shamanistic beliefs as documented by anthropologist Knud Rasmussen during his travels across the Canadian Arctic in the 1920s.
Set primarily in and around Igloolik in 1922, the film depicts the encounter between a group of Inuit, led by one of the last shamans of the Canadian Inuit, and three Danish ethnographers during Rasmussen’s Great Sled Journey of 1922. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. The shaman and his entourage must ultimately decide whether to join the ranks of another group of Inuit who have converted to Christianity.
Produced by Isuma, Canada’s first Inuit-owned production company, the film received nominations for a Genie Award and the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. It was included on the Toronto International Film Festival’s annual year-end Canada’s Top Ten list for 2006.
A conversation and questions will take place after the screening. The film is a great companion to the exhibition Arctic Visions, Arctic Life – on view until April 7 at Confederation Centre Art Gallery.
Register Here or contact the box office.
Family Sundays
Dates: Sunday March 24
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Come and join us in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery for an hour of FREE art and craft activities for the whole family. Explore our current exhibitions at a leisurely pace and create fun and simple crafts to take home. All materials will be provided.