Campbell House Museum

November 3 – December 19, 2020

Campbell House Museum is pleased to welcome Ojibwe artist Anong Migwans Beam in a solo exhibit of her large-format oil paintings and watercolour studies. In these paintings, she explores themes that have emerged in her work over the past two years:

Looking at my life, and with my mother entering Alzheimer’s, I have been painting memories. My practice has always centred around water and how it holds and contains us, and is a silent witness again and again to all events, constantly renewed and present in us, as it was for our ancestors.

Anong was born to artist parents, Carl Beam and Ann Beam, who encouraged her to develop as an artist. She was raised with a meaningful connection to both her artistic family roots and her rich ancestral heritage.

For more information, visit: campbellhousemuseum.ca/current-exhibition

For five years, Campbell House has transformed into Mongrel House during TIFF.  This year, Mongrel Media, in partnership with Campbell House Museum, is presenting Mongrel House Outdoor Cinema in the garden on September 18 and 19. 

Your ticket includes popcorn, hot chocolate, movie collector mask, and movie screening. Bring a cozy blanket and settle into your chair for an evening in downtown Toronto! Pre-registration required.

Friday, September 18 : Dirty Dancing

Buy tickets for Dirty Dancing: HERE

Saturday, September 19 : Brooklyn

Buy tickets for Brooklyn: HERE

On March 8th, the wonderful Karen Kain shared her remarks with a full house of visitors during the ICON opening reception.

2019 marked Karen Kain’s 50th year with The National Ballet of Canada, and Kain’s work will be forever tied to the company’s success. ICON: Celebrating 50 Years of Karen Kain with The National Ballet of Canada displays how this relationship produced an Artist, Leader and an Icon.

Since 1969, Karen Kain has been an influential and revolutionary figure in the world of ballet. For almost 30 years, her excellence as a world-renowned dancer thrilled and inspired the public. In 2005 she was appointed the Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada. In this role, she enabled the company to sustain its vision of supporting the excellence of its artists in Canada and abroad.

Visitors will explore Kain’s impact on the art of ballet as a dancer, and her accomplishments as the Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada through costumes, photos, and videos sourced from The National Ballet Archives.

The costumes on display will showcase ballets that have defined Kain’s success throughout her career. They are comprised of both costumes worn onstage, and costumes from ballets she re-staged and directed. Many of these costumes have never been seen off-stage until now.

This exhibition is created in partnership with The National Ballet of Canada and the University of Toronto’s Museum Studies program.

You can read the exhibit panels on The National Ballet of Canada’s website, as well as find out more about the National Ballet of Canada’s year of programming celebrating Karen Kain’s 50th anniversary with the company, at: https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/Karen-Kain-50th-Celebrations

Curated by: Elizabeth Colraine, Christina D’Agnillo, Judith Fernandez, and Cassandra Hutt.

Dave Carley’s work stands out for its questing intelligence, warm humanity and engaging storytelling. (Variety)

Nowhere are these qualities more evident than in Carley’s drama Taking Liberties. Now set for its fifth Toronto production, Taking Liberties is being presented in the ballroom of Campbell House Museum in February 2020.

Taking Liberties examines five critical moments in the life of a city, when ordinary citizens are forced to make extraordinary choices. The play moves back in time through five decades, showing how the moral dilemmas of one era can impact the events of another.

The uncomfortable questions the play raises revolve around the limits of free speech in our society. The issues the play raises have never been more relevant than they are today.

Taking Liberties is being produced by the Taking Liberties Collective and runs from February 5 to 23. It is directed by Cecily Smith and stars Alison Beckwith, Tristan Claxton, Hayden Finkelshtain, John Jarvis and Cecily Smith.

In conjunction with the play, there are six special talkbacks focusing on issues raised in the play. In all cases, the talkbacks directly follow the performances.

For more information on Taking Liberties: https://www.takingliberties.ca/

Buy Tickets Here:  https://takingliberties.bpt.me

Media:

The Slotkin Letter Review: In these fractious times Dave Carley’s play Taking Liberties is more important than ever.