Category Archives: Perm Collection

What a Situation!

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Friday night the Gallery held an Opening Reception for the newest exhibitions, Emotional Blackmail and Situational Comedy. Ahead of the opening Emotional Blackmail curators Markús Þór Andrésson and Chen Tamir lead an enthusiastic tour of their exhibit for more than 30 visitors. The pair … Continue reading

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Help Create KW|AG’s Summer Exhibition!

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This summer the Gallery will be displaying works from our Permanent Collection as part of the exhibition Collecting Resonance: Works from KW|AG’s Permanent Collection (on view July 18 – September 16, 2012). We have more than 4,000 works in our … Continue reading

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KW|AG Catch Up

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As always there has been a bustle of activity at the Gallery in recent months. It’s been hard to find time to get all the blogs in that we’d like. That said, here is a bit of a catch up on … Continue reading

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We Have Picasso … Who Knew?

Members of Parliament and regional councilors recently stopped by the Gallery for a visit and behind-the-scenes tour with Executive Director Shirley Madill. Kitchener City Mayor Carl Zehr, Township of Wilmot Mayor Les Armstrong, Kitchener-Centre MPP John Milloy and Kitchener-Waterloo MP … Continue reading

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Smashing Reception

What a show! The opening reception for our two latest exhibits was a huge success. Artists, art enthusiasts and the media came out to celebrate regional artists featured in the 5th Biennial and to muse over Jon Sasaki’s exhibit Good … Continue reading

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Staff Pick: Bryce Kraeker

With the new season comes the next installment of our Education Department’s Staff Pick program which enables staff and board members to dive into the depths of our 4,000 piece permanent collection and select an artwork that will then be … Continue reading

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A Homer Watson Mystery

While filming the Spring Exhibitions YouTube tour with Kate last week, I discovered the Homer Watson drawing that had been selected by Jane Alison Breithaupt for her exhibition of permanent collection art works, Perspective; Perception: What Matters Most. The drawing, … Continue reading

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Bubbles, stalactites & the universe: a virtual tour

What do bubbles, stalactites & the universe have in common? Find out as tour guide and artist educator Kate Carder-Thompson takes you on a virtual mini tour of Michelle Allard’s Materialscape, Colwyn Griffith’s Something About Time, Robert Linsley’s A Geomorphic … Continue reading

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The Mayor’s Office

Gallery Registrar Cindy Wayvon gave Eleanor, our Development Associate and I a sneak peek of her picks for Mayor Carl Zehr’s office at City Hall. Curated from the permanent collection, Cindy’s selections worked with themes of urbanization, regional significance and … Continue reading

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Moonlight on the Grand

  In honor of tonight’s collision of the Winter Solstice and 2010′s only full lunar eclipse, we present KW|AG’s newest addition to our permanent collection, Homer Watson’s Moonlight on the Grand gifted by Henry and Emily Janzen. “Homer Watson was … Continue reading

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