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Main Gallery
The Main Gallery is a venue created to feature the work of artists who are in harmony with the mandate of the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. WAHC pays fees according to the CAR/FAC schedule and encourages the production of art as an occupation. Submissions are received on an ongoing basis.
Vincenzo Pietropaolo Harvest Pilgrim: Migrant Farm Workers in Canada
September 11 to December 30, 2009
This collection of images of migrant farm labour in Canada by Vincent Pietropaolo is part of a long tradition of socially useful photographic documentation. In the past the credibility of camera images – their capacity to suggest real space and capture human expression – led to their acceptance as truthful witnesses of reality. As such, they have played a continuing role in efforts to alter disturbing aspects of society, particularly in the United States.
Bill Horne Behind the Lines
January 9th 2009 to May 3rd 2009
"Behind the lines" is a visual rendering of one activists efforts in solidarity with workers, First Nations people and grassroots organizations
Claire Kujundzic Bread and Roses - Art in Solidarity
January 9th 2009 to May 3rd 2009
Selected T-Shirts and posters Claire has created for the labour, women's and solidarity movements over the past 30 years. Also included is the original canvas painting for the International Women's Day poster "Solidarity Across Borders" commissioned by the BC Government Employees Union in 2007.
Brenda McClellan Gone From Advertised Position
May 8th 2009 to September 6th 2009
The paintings are a portrayal of the loss of Newfoundland's rural-outpost traditional way of life. They are a study of turmoil. The images waver between certainty and uncertainty, reality and illusion, past and present. The fragmented images and spatial shifts create paintings depicting the chaos of these changing times.
Vince Pietropaolo Harvest Pilgrims
September 11th 2009 to December 18th 2009
The exhibition is a series of black and white photography exhibition based on the book of the same name. The exhibition will chronicle the phenomenon of migrant or "guest" farm workers in Canada, who come annually, mostly from Mexico, Jamaica and smaller countries of the Caribbean.
Karen Tam Chinese Fever
Dates to be established
An installation made up of gold paper cut-outs that would take over the gallery walls. Inspired by hand-painted export Chinese wallpaper, which was popular throughout Europe and North America in the 1700s.
Lynn Hutchinson Women's Labour Project
Jan-10, 2010 to Mar-10, 2010
Part 1: Series of 8-10 focuses on their work experience - some in Canada, some in other countries of origin. Part 2: Group collaboration in two series of a total of six large paintings, consisting of three in each series. The series is conceptualized as a narrative that follows a life trajectory from exploitation/isolation to collective action and social/political challenge expressed through art-making. Part 3: The Maquiladora Series/the end is also the beginning, depicting the story of a village - the destruction of the village and the lives of its inhabitants who are forced from their agricultural economic practice to work in the multinational Maquiladora. The exhibition follows the life of a child who witnesses the destruction.
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Main Gallery:
Scouring City, Brushing Sky Red Tree and C3 Collective
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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
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In our East Gallery:
Gateway to the Workers City & Made in Hamilton Industrial Trail
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In our Second Floor Gallery:
Nine to Five: A History of Office Work
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In our Community Gallery:
...And Still I Rise
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