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INNOVATION MEDIA MASTERS: GROUP OF NINE PART 8
Working Visionary - Jack Chambers
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Thursday, May 22, 2011 at 7PM
Workers Arts & Heritage Centre
51 Stuart Street , Hamilton
The films of Jack Chambers are considered some of the most important films made in the history of Canadian avant-garde cinema. Yet the legacy of Chambers moves well beyond his contributions to filmmaking and his first love of painting . As a founding member of Canadian Artist's Representation / Front des Artistes Canadien or CARFAC, Chambers helped shape the ways in which major public and private institutions engage with artists and how artists are compensated for their work.
Curated by Tyler Tekatch
Invited Speakers:
Chris Lowry, Filmmaker
Kristian Clarke, (Executive Director) CARFAC
Video Screenings
Chambers, Tracks and Gestures by Lowry, Chris Canada / 80 min. / 1982
Hart of London by Chambers, Jack Canada / 79 min. / 1970
Opening Reception May 11th, 2012 7PM
M. Fleur-Ange Lamothe
How Can You Laugh? Faut-il Pleurer? Faut-il en Rire?
May 11th -August 27th, 2012
Main Gallery
How Can You Laugh? Faut-il Pleurer? Faut-il en Rire? tells the story of Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, a Franco-Ontarian community whose primary industry, a pulp and paper mill closed in 2006.
Artist and former Smooth Rock Falls resident, M.Fleur-Ange Lamothe tells the story of this once thriving community through textile, sculpture, photography and video.
MAKING ART WORK:
A Labour Arts Manual
WAHC is pleased to announce the official launch of Making Art Work: A Labour Arts Manual.
Compiled by Hamilton Artist Ingrid Mayrhofer the manual features works by artists engaged in Labour Arts across Canada. It is designed as a source of instruction and inspiration for artists and activists undertaking collaborative art projects in their communities.
A copies of Making Art Work will be on display for general perusal in the Hamilton Hall of Labour and available
for FREE download here
Making Art Work was produced with generous assistance from the Ontario Arts Council.
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The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre is pleased to welcome the Canadian Association of Labour Media to Hamilton for their annual convention, May 24th - May 26th at Mohawk College.
WAHC will have a display table at the convention and encourages participants to visit us there or at our home in the historic Hamilton Custom House located at 51 Stuart St.
The Canadian Workers Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations for its
inaugural class of 2011.
Launched as part of the Workers Arts & Heritage Centres 15th Anniversary
celebrations, the Canadian Workers Hall of Fame seeks to commemorate the
often unsung heroes of Canadas Labour Movement.
To find out more about this exciting initiative or to complete a
nomination form, Click Here.
Annual Reports now available for download in both French and English
Go to About WAHC
Winter/Spring 2010
Newsletter now online
Read it here (400kb pdf)
Looking for Community Service Volunteer Hours?
We are currently recruiting volunteers
Please Contact Fabiola at
905-522-3003 ext 21 for details
Call for Submissions
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Main Gallery:
How Can You Laugh? Faut-il Pleurer? Faut-il en Rire?
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Entrance:
Custom House History & The Hall of Hamilton Labour
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In our West Gallery:
Punching the Clock: Working in Canadian Factories from the 1840s to the 1980s
[view photos]
In our East Gallery:
Gateway to the Workers City & Made in Hamilton Industrial Trail
[view photos]
In our Second Floor Gallery:
Nine to Five: A History of Office Work
[view photos]
In our Community Gallery:
...And Still I Rise:A History
of African Canadian Workers
in Ontario
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