Image credit: Samuel Thomas, Sky Woman Messenger Bag, 2022, Glass beads on velvet, cardboard backing, cotton calico.
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Samuel Thomas: New
Exhibition extended April 27, 2024
Curated by Debra Antoncic Exhibition Catalogue now available in RiverBrink Gift Shop
This exhibition brings together recent work by celebrated Haudenosaunee artist Samuel Thomas, alongside selections from his previous body of work. Framed as a statement of renewed purpose and a fresh start, the exhibition explores themes of continuity and innovation, community collaboration, and Indigenous storytelling. Art works in the exhibition highlight the artist’s transition from traditional beading to a contemporary art practice. Samuel Thomas is a member of the Lower Cayuga Band of the Iroquois Nation. He lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario. For over forty years, Sam has worked to resurrect beadwork styles from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has recovered several “lost” techniques, and in the process, has garnered international respect for Iroquois beadwork. He is largely self-taught, informed by extensive study of museum/collector pieces, books and illustrations. Thomas received additional training with tanner Juliette Meness-Ferguson, beadworker Faith DuBuc, and Royal Ontario Museum curator Dr. Trudy Nicks. Sam’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the British Museum, the Canadian Museum of History, the National Gallery of Canada, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, along with museum, gallery and private collections in the Netherlands, Germany and Australia. We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario. Generously sponsored by the Radlett Foundation. |
Image credit: Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq, Shadows of the Wolf, Lithograph 9/50, 1985
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Inuit Drawings & Prints
February 10 - April 27, 2024
Curated by Debra Antoncic and Asta McCann This exhibition features drawings and prints by seven Inuit artists from the Baker Lake and Kinngait (Cape Dorset) regions of Nunavut. Artists Shuvinai Ashoona, Mary Kudjualju, Irene Avaalaaquiaq (Tiktaalaaq), Bessie Iquginnaaq, Napachie Pootoogook, Marion Tuu’luq, and Myra Kukiiyaut, explore themes of Inuit history, culture and stories, animals and nature. Collectively, the work of these women artists is informed by the mid-twentieth-century transition away from a nomadic way of life, whether experienced first-hand or inter-generationally. The works in this exhibition, a proposed donation to the RiverBrink Collection, showcase Inuit life from this diverse range of perspectives. |
Image credit: Marc-Aurèle de foy Suzor-Coté, PORTRAIT OF J. B. TAILLON, n.d., Oil on canvas.
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On AgingSeptember 23, 2023- January 27, 2024
Curated by Debra Antoncic "When you see me sitting quietly,
Like a sack left on the shelf, Don’t think I need your chattering. I’m listening to myself..." -From On Aging, Maya Angelou, 2015 |
Image detail: Lawren Harris, Study for "In the Ward 1, City Paintings," 1918, Oil on cardboard, Samuel E. Weir Collection.
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Centre and Periphery:
Fall 2018- Ongoing
Curated by Asta McCann The Group of Seven has become synonymous with ideas of an untouched, seemingly uninhabited Canadian wilderness. These artists, however, also sketched and painted urban locations, with clear evidence of civilization and industry. Drawing from a selection of artworks in the Samuel E. Weir Collection, this exhibition considers the complex relationship between the urban centre and rural periphery in paintings by members of the Group.
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40 x 40September 23, 2023- March 30, 2023
In celebration of RiverBrink’s 40th Anniversary, we called upon our community to share their favourite piece from our permanent collection, and asked them to describe why it held significance for them. The result is a dynamic selection of 40 inspiring pieces, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, silverware and more.
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Adopt-an-ArtworkFall 2020 - Ongoing
Adopting an art work from the permanent collection at RiverBrink is a unique way to support the art museum. Although adopted art works remain at RiverBrink, your financial support enables you to establish a special connection with a beloved work of art. You may choose from one of five annual giving levels, starting at $50. Your adoption helps support ongoing care and conservation of art works and helps ensure the future of the collection. For more information and to view the artwork available for adoption click here. |
Image detail: Mary Prittie, Untitled (Canada Furnace), 1986, Gift of Allan Prittie
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Recent AcquisitionsOngoing
Bottom Floor RiverBrink continues to collect through donation and purchase, with the goal of developing a collection that both complements and broadens the Samuel E. Weir Collection. The recent acquisition of three works by Ghitta Caiserman-Roth increases the number of women artists in the collection, an underdeveloped area of acquisition. |
Image: Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, L'essoucheur (The Digger of Roots), c.1880-1937, Bronze, Samuel E. Weir Collection.
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Suzor-Coté at RiverBrinkOngoing
Curated by Debra Antoncic Lower Level Bronze sculptures by the 20th-century Québec artist are on permanent display in the library. Beginning in the 1940s, Sam Weir commissioned the casting of the bronzes with the goal of acquiring a representative survey of the artist’s work in sculpture. This project was continued following Weir’s death. |
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