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Culture Days 2020 activities and events:
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Art and the City - Burlington’s Downtown Public Art Walking Tour
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location(s): Virtual online tour, in-person self-guided tour
Description: The City of Burlington has launched Art and the City, a self-guided downtown public art walking tour. Art and the City is available online and accessible from any mobile device. The free web app offers a new way explore Burlington’s downtown and learn about public art in the process. The web-based map works across all platforms and allows residents and visitors to tour highlights from the public art collection using any internet-enabled smartphone or tablet. Art and the City is also available in PDF format to download, save and print.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
BPAC - Postcard Story
Date: Aug. 1 to Sept. 28.
Location: Online
Description: A Postcard Story is a story or poem that is 100 words maximum. By nature, it is short and sweet - like writing a real postcard - and can be written by adults and children alike. Think small, but fun, and really engaging. This year’s theme for Culture Days is: Unexpected Intersections. Normally, you might send friends and loved ones a postcard while you are travelling or when you are far from home. But now, under these strange new circumstances, why not write a postcard from home? Do you have memories and moments from a special place, or from previous Culture Days weekends? What are some of the unexpected intersections you have faced, or are currently facing?
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Celebrating Trees: A Virtual and Self-Guided Event
Date: Sept. 25 to Sept. 27
Location: Multiple Locations
Admission: Online activities free, access to RBG grounds requires admission/membership.
Event Description: Trees give us shade, clean air, food, medicine, building materials and more. And they are about to paint our autumn world in beautiful colours. Join us and celebrate trees during this week-long virtual and self-guided event! Celebrate Trees at Home with RBG at Home Keep your eyes peeled throughout the week to our RBG at Home content for tree-mendous activity sheets, blog posts, and videos!
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Discovery Station: Fall Colours
Date: Sept 26 and 27
Time(s) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Hendrie Park (680 Plains Rd W)
Admission: Included with general admission, included with membership.
Event Description: Stop by our Discovery Station to unravel the mysteries of nature’s spectacular colour change during autumn.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Explore Burlington’s Public Art Collection Online
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Virtual online tour
Description: Public art is a force for placemaking - for expressing and evoking connections between people and places that are meaningful to community and civic life. Public art can take on a variety of forms and media. It can have functional as well as aesthetic qualities and may be integrated into a site or be a standalone artwork. No matter what the form, public art is an original artwork placed in a publicly accessible location created with the intention of reflecting and engaging the community. Public art helps to tell the story of our community. Burlington's public art collection is now available online and accessible from your computer, tablet and mobile device. Explore over 90 public artworks throughout the city. View images, locations and artwork information on Burlington's Public Art Map.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Fall Weeds for Wellness Teas
Date: Sept. 30
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: RBG Centre (680 Plains Rd W)
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Event Description: One of RBG’s Courses & Workshops. Join Felicia Assenza, a naturopathic doctor, in learning about common, edible garden weeds that pop up in the spring (and then in the fall) and how they can be used sustainably and medicinally. After learning about the uses, benefits, safety and risks of these plants, use what you’ve learned along with the herbs provided to make your very own, personalized wellness tea blend to take home.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Family Fun Day: Nature Rocks
Date: Sept. 26
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Arboretum (16 Old Guelph Road)
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Event Description: One of RBG’s Courses & Workshops. Nature is your canvas with this art-themed family event! Join us for a hike through the woods as we learn about the rocks and minerals beneath our feet, then use that knowledge to create our own paint using natural ingredients. Create a pocket painting inspired by RBG’s natural landscape using a mix of conventional paints and natural pigments.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Family Open Studio
Date: Event runs each Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington
*Pre-registration is required
Description: This fall, come join us for our weekly Family Open Studio, every Saturday at the AGB. Our friendly facilitators will help you create an art project inspired by our current exhibitions, P. Mansaram’s The Medium is the Medium is the Medium and Stylo Starr’s 89 Dames. All materials are provided and admission is free! All children must be accompanied by parents or adult caregivers.
*Pre-registration for a one-hour block is required. A new project will be presented each week, and a new theme will be presented each month. Our September/October theme is Print, Stamp, Repeat!
How to Participate: Choose a one-hour block of time (1 pm or 2 pm start) for your family “bubble.” Please arrive 10 minutes early on the day the program. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to us so that we can ensure another family can have your spot, as for your safety studio capacity is limited to just three families per hour. We ask that families be mindful of allowing as many community members the opportunity to attend this program as possible when reserving spots. We want to ensure you and your family have the best experience possible. We ask that all guests review our safety guidelines before arrival at the gallery.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Get to know BPAC’s Executive Director
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: In this Halton District School Board Experiential Learning - Pathways to Success interview, get to know Tammy Fox, Executive Director of the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Part of an ongoing series about BPAC’s professional management staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures Exhibit
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Joseph Brant Museum
Time(s): Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
*Paid, ticketed, pre-registered event. General admission fees apply.
Description: Stories of mythical beings have been with us for thousands of years passed down through generations. These legends, which were sometimes inspired by fossils or living animals, continue to inspire us today. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures traces the natural and cultural roots of some of the world’s most iconic mythic creatures. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Pre-paid Joseph Brant Museum Admission. Pre-pay your admission and select your time slot. Museums of Burlington offers admission times on 1/2 hour, with a limited number of spots available to ensure physical distancing remains possible. Museums of Burlington has implemented increased sanitation measures and additional considerations for a contactless visit. Discounted Family Admission is available for $30 (includes up to 2 adults and 4 children).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museuminfo@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Learn How to Felt Acorns
Date: Sept. 30
Time: 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Facebook Live at @Woolly Doodles
Description: Gather your acorn caps and join fibre artist Cathy Disbrow LIVE where she will show you how to needle felt AND wet felt acorn nuts that can be glued to the acorn caps you collected. Because this is LIVE on Facebook, you can ask questions in the comment area and Cathy will answer them. Supplies you need: Felting needle, Felting surface (foam pad is best), Wool roving or batt, Acorn caps, Bucket, Liquid soap, Bubble wrap, Access to water. More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/1229978114003264/
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
Learn about BPAC
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: The idea of BPAC (Burlington Performing Arts Centre) dates back to the 1980s and after opening our doors in 2011 we have been going strong and getting stronger ever since. Watch a quick overview of BPAC's history and the work we do to support the community and more.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Mindfulness Walks
Date: Sept 27
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hendrie Park (680 Plains Rd W)
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Event Description: One of RBG’s Courses & Workshops. Lauren Anastasi, working with the philosophy of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, guides you to focus on the physical experience of walking and to be aware of our thoughts, feelings and sensations, as well as commune with nature. This practice can help reduce stress and increase positive emotions. The class includes instruction and 45 minutes of walking at a relaxed pace. Meeting location is emailed prior to each class.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Museums of Burlington Heritage Workshops - Private Group Bookings
Date(s): Mondays and Sundays Running September 20 to October 25.
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Ireland House Museum
*Paid workshops, pre-registration required
Description: Museums of Burlington are pleased to offer the option of private bubble bookings for 4 to 6 participants for their Heritage Workshops at Ireland House Museum. All workshops take place in the historic house at the hearth. A guided tour of Ireland House and all supplies are included. This experience is approximately 2 hours in length, 1 pm to 3 pm. Private workshops can be booked on Sundays or Mondays.
Participants must be part of the same social circle or bubble. Each participant will have their own utensils and supplies for use during the workshop. Please note, masks are mandatory. The cost is $30/person for a minimum of 4 and maximum of 6 participants. Please select your preferred day/time from the options available and indicate the workshop type in the booking form.
Workshop Choices: Heritage Fall Baking - Prepare pumpkin pie, cinnamon swirl bread and old-fashioned apple cookies at the historic hearth. Heritage Soups & Stews - Prepare potato leek soup, traditional beef stew, cheddar cheese scones and herb butter at the historic hearth. Heritage Food Preservation - Prepare dill pickles, mixed berry jam, scone and dried apples at the historic hearth.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Museums of Burlington Virtual Visits
Date(s): Semester 1 (Saturday Sept. 12 - Saturday Oct. 24)
Location: Virtual event participants take part in from home
*Paid event, pre-registration required
Description: Virtual Visits are weekly one hour Zoom sessions featuring live instruction by a Museum Educator who will guide a series of creative, fun, hands-on activities that relate to a theme. Programs are designed for children aged 8-12, parental supervision is required for some activities. This program is six weeks in duration and takes place from 11 am to 12 pm on Saturdays from September 12 October 24. Cost: $45/Semester ($40 for Family Membership holders.
How it works: Register online and you will receive an email receipt/confirmation. The week prior to the program start, you will receive the Zoom meeting link, daily itineraries and supply checklists. The Friday prior to the program start date, your supply bag will be packaged up and ready for pick-up at Joseph Brant Museum from 10 am to 3:30 pm. Please ensure you and your child prepare your supplies in advance so you are ready to go for 11 am each Saturday. There will be items required that are not included in the supply bag provided (list provided).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Needle Felt Decorative Fall Gourds - Two Evening Classes
Dates(s) Sept. 29 and Oct 6.
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Description: In this fun 2-week online evening class, learn to needle felt two small Fall gourds of your choosing. Pick from a variety of colors and learn all the ways to make the different kinds of gourds. In session 1 learn the basic shapes, sizes, and add some color while you felt 2 gourd styles of your choosing. In Session 2 learn how to add warts, dirt, color blending, and any extra embellishments to the gourds you made in session 1.
*This is a paid event. The cost is $45.00 and is only for the 2-week class time. If you have all the supplies and wool at home, you don’t need to buy the supply kit. The Workshop Supply Kit and Foam Pad are add-ons when you check out. Registration info is on the Woolly Doodles website.
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
Needle Felt Decorative Fall Gourds - Two Morning Classes
Date(s): Oct. 1 and Oct. 8
Time: 10:00 a.m. to noon
Location: Online via Zoom
Description: In this fun 2-week online morning class, learn to needle felt two small Fall gourds of your choosing. Pick from a variety of colors and learn all the ways to make the different kinds of gourds. In session 1 learn the basic shapes, sizes, and add some color while you felt 2 gourd styles of your choosing. In Session 2 learn how to add warts, dirt, colour blending, and any extra embellishments to the gourds you made in session 1.
*This is a paid event. The cost is $45.00 and is only for the 2-week class time. If you have all the supplies and wool at home, you don’t need to buy the supply kit. The Workshop Supply Kit and Foam Pad are add-ons when you check out. Registration info is on the Woolly Doodles website.
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Lee-Chin Family Gallery
Description: Curated by Indu Vashist and Toleen Touq of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), this exhibition of Burlington’s senior media artist P. Mansaram’s work thinks through the artist’s decades-long practice of repetition. For P. Mansaram, repetition is art practice, repetition is meditation, repetition is spirituality, repetition is falling in love, and as he says, repetition is a way to finding god. Strategically using recurrence and reproduction through a variety of medium including drawing, painting, collage, text, sculpture, xerox, silkscreen printmaking, and film, P. Mansaram’s work invokes unending feelings of travel: through time, dimension and territory.
The Medium is the Medium is the Medium circulating exhibition is co-organized by SAVAC and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and with the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council. The AGB’s presentation has been generously supported by our reopening partner and exhibition sponsor, DJB Chartered Professional Accountants, and the Government of Canada.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Paula Murray: You are Me Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Perry Gallery
Description: Created for a solo exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery, this installation has toured Quebec and has been exhibited in the Taiwan Ceramic Biennale in 2018. Artist statement: “I am drawn to how ceramic materials and processes have affinities with the human condition. How we respond and engage with the injury of experience – within, with each other, with the other is at the core of my practice. By embracing wounds, deeper meaning can be brought to our lives, transforming suffering into something worthy, sensuous and beautiful. As COVID-19 sweeps around the world, profound issues of social injustice are laid bare. Awareness that we are all one has never been more pressing”.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Pre-Historic Grove Tour
Date: Sept. 26 and 27
Time(s): 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Location: Hendrie Park (680 Plains Rd W)
Admission: Included with general admission, included with membership.
Event Description: Join a Garden Interpreter and step back in time with these living fossils. To limit gathering and ensure physical distancing, participants on these guided tours will be on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach capacity.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Stylo Starr - 89DAMES Exhibition
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art gallery of Burlington - RBC Gallery
Description: 89DAMES explores the beauty of Black women from the so-called ‘glamorous’ era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Stylo Starr strives to commemorate and preserve the light and beauty of a myriad of Black women from the past, in a current social climate that insists, rather, on demonizing and marginalizing contemporary Black women. Where history stops short at Monroe, Hepburn or Taylor, Starr focuses her scope on the Kitts, Fitzgeralds and Hornes of the same era that graced the covers of former weekly digest, JET Magazine. Stylo places value in becoming familiar with the faces and energies of each woman through the careful, yet impulsive manipulation of photo transfer on paper collage. Stylo Starr is a visual alchemist, known primarily for her multi-layered collage work, which has been featured on large public installations, international publications and apparel. Starr’s visual investigations surround predominantly BIPOCs and their relationship to the basic principles and elements of design, while reaffirming their agency as revered subjects of art history.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Telling Tales Virtual Festival: Land and Water - Nature Tales
Date: Oct. 3
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Virtual online event
Description: When nature and literature connect it makes for a magical day of family fun! This year’s Telling Tales – Nature Tales will be a virtual event held online only. We usually host this event at the world-renowned gardens and natural surroundings of the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG), beautifully accented by the Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection, which provides an unforgettable and totally unique setting for families to create lasting memories. Meet Canadian authors, illustrators and other storytellers who will inspire a love of reading and connect children with stories, nature and art. Children ages 4 to 8.
Organizer: Telling Tales, tellingtales.org, info@tellingtales.org.
Telling Tales Virtual Festival: Earth and Sky - Nature Tales
Date: Oct. 4
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Virtual online event
Description: When nature and literature connect it makes for a magical day of family fun! This year’s Telling Tales – Nature Tales will be a virtual event held online only. We usually host this event at the world-renowned gardens and natural surroundings of the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG), beautifully accented by the Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection, which provides an unforgettable and totally unique setting for families to create lasting memories. Meet Canadian authors, illustrators and other storytellers who will inspire a love of reading and connect children with stories, nature and art. Children ages 4 to 8.
Organizer: Telling Tales, tellingtales.org, info@tellingtales.org.
Unexpected #BurlON Culture Intersections
Date(s): The event runs Tuesday through Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Tourism Burlington - Visitor Information Centre, 414 Locust St.
Description: Celebrate the culture and history of the Burlington area with Tourism Burlington. Enjoy a scavenger hunt via Goosechase and self-guided historic walking tours, as well as a take-home activity bag from the Visitor Centre for children and families to explore Burlington safely.
Organizer: Tourism Burlington, tourismburlington.com, info@tourismburlington.com, 905.634.5594.
Virtual Tour of Ireland House Museum
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online virtual tour
Description: Learn about the Ireland family and immerse yourself in Burlington’s agricultural roots at Ireland House Museum. Built between 1835-1837, Ireland House at Oakridge Farm was the home of Joseph Ireland, one of Burlington’s earliest settlers. Emigrating from Bowes, Yorkshire, England in 1819 at the age of 27, he petitioned for land at Oakridge Farm and so began a legacy that continues today. Joseph and his descendants occupied Ireland House until 1985. In 1987, the City of Burlington purchased the property from the estate of Lucie Marie Ireland Bush and established a museum, restoring the homestead to illustrate three distinct time periods that represent the generations of Irelands who lived in the house: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s.Ninety percent of the furnishings are original to the Ireland family thanks to a generous donation by Helen Ireland Caldwell, Marie’s first cousin. Restorations of the house have reclaimed missing elements of former times, bringing the Museum back to its feeling of a period home and farm.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca.
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Art and the City - Burlington’s Downtown Public Art Walking Tour
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location(s): Virtual online tour, in-person self-guided tour
Description: The City of Burlington has launched Art and the City, a self-guided downtown public art walking tour. Art and the City is available online and accessible from any mobile device. The free web app offers a new way explore Burlington’s downtown and learn about public art in the process. The web-based map works across all platforms and allows residents and visitors to tour highlights from the public art collection using any internet-enabled smartphone or tablet. Art and the City is also available in PDF format to download, save and print.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Dried Flowers, Natural Simplicity
Date: Oct. 8
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: Arboretum (16 Old Guelph Road)
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Event Description: One of RBG’s Courses & Workshops. Versatile, affordable, and eco-friendly, modern dried flowers are all the rage. They are less about fussy flowers, perfectly arranged but heavier on grasses, natives and unconventional shapes, boldly displayed. Another way of having a connection with nature in our homes and lives. In this workshop, each guest is provided with the materials to make their own dried flower centerpiece in natural tones. Led by Sandy Bailey and Beth Carver from RBG’s Floral Workshop.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Explore Burlington’s Public Art Collection Online
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Virtual online tour
Description: Public art is a force for placemaking - for expressing and evoking connections between people and places that are meaningful to community and civic life. Public art can take on a variety of forms and media. It can have functional as well as aesthetic qualities and may be integrated into a site or be a standalone artwork. No matter what the form, public art is an original artwork placed in a publicly accessible location created with the intention of reflecting and engaging the community. Public art helps to tell the story of our community. Burlington's public art collection is now available online and accessible from your computer, tablet and mobile device. Explore over 90 public artworks throughout the city. View images, locations and artwork information on Burlington's Public Art Map.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Family Open Studio
Date: Event runs each Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington
*Pre-registration is required
Description: This fall, come join us for our weekly Family Open Studio, every Saturday at the AGB. Our friendly facilitators will help you create an art project inspired by our current exhibitions, P. Mansaram’s The Medium is the Medium is the Medium and Stylo Starr’s 89 Dames. All materials are provided and admission is free! All children must be accompanied by parents or adult caregivers.
*Pre-registration for a one-hour block is required. A new project will be presented each week, and a new theme will be presented each month. Our September/October theme is Print, Stamp, Repeat!
How to Participate: Choose a one-hour block of time (1 pm or 2 pm start) for your family “bubble.” Please arrive 10 minutes early on the day the program. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to us so that we can ensure another family can have your spot, as for your safety studio capacity is limited to just three families per hour. We ask that families be mindful of allowing as many community members the opportunity to attend this program as possible when reserving spots. We want to ensure you and your family have the best experience possible. We ask that all guests review our safety guidelines before arrival at the gallery.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Get to know BPAC’s Executive Director
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: In this Halton District School Board Experiential Learning - Pathways to Success interview, get to know Tammy Fox, Executive Director of the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Part of an ongoing series about BPAC’s professional management staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures Exhibit
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Joseph Brant Museum
Time(s): Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
*Paid, ticketed, pre-registered event. General admission fees apply.
Description: Stories of mythical beings have been with us for thousands of years passed down through generations. These legends, which were sometimes inspired by fossils or living animals, continue to inspire us today. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures traces the natural and cultural roots of some of the world’s most iconic mythic creatures. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Pre-paid Joseph Brant Museum Admission. Pre-pay your admission and select your time slot. Museums of Burlington offers admission times on 1/2 hour, with a limited number of spots available to ensure physical distancing remains possible. Museums of Burlington has implemented increased sanitation measures and additional considerations for a contactless visit. Discounted Family Admission is available for $30 (includes up to 2 adults and 4 children).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museuminfo@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Learn about BPAC
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: The idea of BPAC (Burlington Performing Arts Centre) dates back to the 1980s and after opening our doors in 2011 we have been going strong and getting stronger ever since. Watch a quick overview of BPAC's history and the work we do to support the community and more.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Learn How to Needle Felt a Pumpkin “painting”
Date: Oct. 7
Time: 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Facebook Live at @Woolly Doodles
Description: Join fibre artist Cathy Disbrow LIVE where she will show you how to needle felt “paint” a simple pumpkin onto a felt sheet canvas. Because this is LIVE on Facebook, you can ask questions in the comment area and Cathy will answer them. Supplies you need: Felting needle, Felting surface (foam pad is best), Wool, Felt sheet.
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
Mindfulness Walks - Rock Garden
Date: Oct. 11
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Rock Garden (1185 York Boulevard)
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Event Description: One of RBG’s Courses & Workshops. Lauren Anastasi, working with the philosophy of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, guides you to focus on the physical experience of walking and to be aware of our thoughts, feelings and sensations, as well as commune with nature. This practice can help reduce stress and increase positive emotions. The class includes instruction and 45 minutes of walking at a relaxed pace.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Museums of Burlington Heritage Workshops - Private Group Bookings
Date(s): Mondays and Sundays Running September 20 to October 25.
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Ireland House Museum
*Paid workshops, pre-registration required
Description: Museums of Burlington are pleased to offer the option of private bubble bookings for 4 to 6 participants for their Heritage Workshops at Ireland House Museum. All workshops take place in the historic house at the hearth. A guided tour of Ireland House and all supplies are included. This experience is approximately 2 hours in length, 1 pm to 3 pm. Private workshops can be booked on Sundays or Mondays.
Participants must be part of the same social circle or bubble. Each participant will have their own utensils and supplies for use during the workshop. Please note, masks are mandatory. The cost is $30/person for a minimum of 4 and maximum of 6 participants. Please select your preferred day/time from the options available and indicate the workshop type in the booking form.
Workshop Choices: Heritage Fall Baking - Prepare pumpkin pie, cinnamon swirl bread and old-fashioned apple cookies at the historic hearth. Heritage Soups & Stews - Prepare potato leek soup, traditional beef stew, cheddar cheese scones and herb butter at the historic hearth. Heritage Food Preservation - Prepare dill pickles, mixed berry jam, scone and dried apples at the historic hearth.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Museums of Burlington Virtual Visits
Date(s): Semester 1 (Saturday Sept. 12 - Saturday Oct. 24)
Location: Virtual event participants take part in from home
*Paid event, pre-registration required
Description: Virtual Visits are weekly one hour Zoom sessions featuring live instruction by a Museum Educator who will guide a series of creative, fun, hands-on activities that relate to a theme. Programs are designed for children aged 8-12, parental supervision is required for some activities. This program is six weeks in duration and takes place from 11 am to 12 pm on Saturdays from September 12 October 24. Cost: $45/Semester ($40 for Family Membership holders.
How it works: Register online and you will receive an email receipt/confirmation. The week prior to the program start, you will receive the Zoom meeting link, daily itineraries and supply checklists. The Friday prior to the program start date, your supply bag will be packaged up and ready for pick-up at Joseph Brant Museum from 10 am to 3:30 pm. Please ensure you and your child prepare your supplies in advance so you are ready to go for 11 am each Saturday. There will be items required that are not included in the supply bag provided (list provided).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Paula Murray: You are Me Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Perry Gallery
Description: Created for a solo exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery, this installation has toured Quebec and has been exhibited in the Taiwan Ceramic Biennale in 2018. Artist statement: “I am drawn to how ceramic materials and processes have affinities with the human condition. How we respond and engage with the injury of experience – within, with each other, with the other is at the core of my practice. By embracing wounds, deeper meaning can be brought to our lives, transforming suffering into something worthy, sensuous and beautiful. As COVID-19 sweeps around the world, profound issues of social injustice are laid bare. Awareness that we are all one has never been more pressing”.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Lee-Chin Family Gallery
Description: Curated by Indu Vashist and Toleen Touq of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), this exhibition of Burlington’s senior media artist P. Mansaram’s work thinks through the artist’s decades-long practice of repetition. For P. Mansaram, repetition is art practice, repetition is meditation, repetition is spirituality, repetition is falling in love, and as he says, repetition is a way to finding god. Strategically using recurrence and reproduction through a variety of medium including drawing, painting, collage, text, sculpture, xerox, silkscreen printmaking, and film, P. Mansaram’s work invokes unending feelings of travel: through time, dimension and territory.
The Medium is the Medium is the Medium circulating exhibition is co-organized by SAVAC and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and with the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council. The AGB’s presentation has been generously supported by our reopening partner and exhibition sponsor, DJB Chartered Professional Accountants, and the Government of Canada.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Stylo Starr - 89DAMES Exhibition
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art gallery of Burlington - RBC Gallery
Description: 89DAMES explores the beauty of Black women from the so-called ‘glamorous’ era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Stylo Starr strives to commemorate and preserve the light and beauty of a myriad of Black women from the past, in a current social climate that insists, rather, on demonizing and marginalizing contemporary Black women. Where history stops short at Monroe, Hepburn or Taylor, Starr focuses her scope on the Kitts, Fitzgeralds and Hornes of the same era that graced the covers of former weekly digest, JET Magazine. Stylo places value in becoming familiar with the faces and energies of each woman through the careful, yet impulsive manipulation of photo transfer on paper collage. Stylo Starr is a visual alchemist, known primarily for her multi-layered collage work, which has been featured on large public installations, international publications and apparel. Starr’s visual investigations surround predominantly BIPOCs and their relationship to the basic principles and elements of design, while reaffirming their agency as revered subjects of art history.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Telling Tales @Home: CANSCAIP Children’s Book Talk
Date: Oct. 8
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Virtual online event
Description: Telling Tales @Home features great online programming from some of our featured authors, illustrators and storytellers. Attend this lively discussion for industry insights. Moderated by Sharon Jennings, author and CANSCAIP president, in this session veterans and recently published authors will compare their experiences. The panel includes Sarabeth Holden, Jennifer Maruno, Naseem Hrab and Paul Covello. The latter two can also share their experience from a publisher’s perspective. Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) is a national membership organization dedicated to promoting the professional development of creators for children and teens, through support for their creativity, craft, and business practice.
Organizer: Telling Tales, tellingtales.org, info@tellingtales.org.
Unexpected #BurlON Culture Intersections
Date(s): The event runs Tuesday through Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Tourism Burlington - Visitor Information Centre, 414 Locust St.
Description: Celebrate the culture and history of the Burlington area with Tourism Burlington. Enjoy a scavenger hunt via Goosechase and self-guided historic walking tours, as well as a take-home activity bag from the Visitor Centre for children and families to explore Burlington safely.
Organizer: Tourism Burlington, tourismburlington.com, info@tourismburlington.com, 905.634.5594.
Virtual Tour of Ireland House Museum
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online virtual tour
Description: Learn about the Ireland family and immerse yourself in Burlington’s agricultural roots at Ireland House Museum. Built between 1835-1837, Ireland House at Oakridge Farm was the home of Joseph Ireland, one of Burlington’s earliest settlers. Emigrating from Bowes, Yorkshire, England in 1819 at the age of 27, he petitioned for land at Oakridge Farm and so began a legacy that continues today. Joseph and his descendants occupied Ireland House until 1985. In 1987, the City of Burlington purchased the property from the estate of Lucie Marie Ireland Bush and established a museum, restoring the homestead to illustrate three distinct time periods that represent the generations of Irelands who lived in the house: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s.Ninety percent of the furnishings are original to the Ireland family thanks to a generous donation by Helen Ireland Caldwell, Marie’s first cousin. Restorations of the house have reclaimed missing elements of former times, bringing the Museum back to its feeling of a period home and farm.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca.
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Art and the City - Burlington’s Downtown Public Art Walking Tour
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location(s): Virtual online tour, in-person self-guided tour
Description: The City of Burlington has launched Art and the City, a self-guided downtown public art walking tour. Art and the City is available online and accessible from any mobile device. The free web app offers a new way explore Burlington’s downtown and learn about public art in the process. The web-based map works across all platforms and allows residents and visitors to tour highlights from the public art collection using any internet-enabled smartphone or tablet. Art and the City is also available in PDF format to download, save and print.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Explore Burlington’s Public Art Collection Online
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Virtual online tour
Description: Public art is a force for placemaking - for expressing and evoking connections between people and places that are meaningful to community and civic life. Public art can take on a variety of forms and media. It can have functional as well as aesthetic qualities and may be integrated into a site or be a standalone artwork. No matter what the form, public art is an original artwork placed in a publicly accessible location created with the intention of reflecting and engaging the community. Public art helps to tell the story of our community. Burlington's public art collection is now available online and accessible from your computer, tablet and mobile device. Explore over 90 public artworks throughout the city. View images, locations and artwork information on Burlington's Public Art Map.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Family Fun Day: I Spy (Nature Edition)
Date: Oct. 18
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Arboretum (16 Old Guelph Road)
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Event Description: One of RBG’s Courses & Workshops. Our nature museum artifacts have gone missing! Can you help us find our missing pieces? Test your detective skills as your family wanders the trails at RBG. Enjoy this funfilled afternoon satisfying your natural curiosity with this family-centered scavenger hunt.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Family Open Studio
Date: Event runs each Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington
*Pre-registration is required
Description: This fall, come join us for our weekly Family Open Studio, every Saturday at the AGB. Our friendly facilitators will help you create an art project inspired by our current exhibitions, P. Mansaram’s The Medium is the Medium is the Medium and Stylo Starr’s 89 Dames. All materials are provided and admission is free! All children must be accompanied by parents or adult caregivers.
*Pre-registration for a one-hour block is required. A new project will be presented each week, and a new theme will be presented each month. Our September/October theme is Print, Stamp, Repeat!
How to Participate: Choose a one-hour block of time (1 pm or 2 pm start) for your family “bubble.” Please arrive 10 minutes early on the day the program. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to us so that we can ensure another family can have your spot, as for your safety studio capacity is limited to just three families per hour. We ask that families be mindful of allowing as many community members the opportunity to attend this program as possible when reserving spots. We want to ensure you and your family have the best experience possible. We ask that all guests review our safety guidelines before arrival at the gallery.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Get to know BPAC’s Executive Director
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: In this Halton District School Board Experiential Learning - Pathways to Success interview, get to know Tammy Fox, Executive Director of the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Part of an ongoing series about BPAC’s professional management staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures Exhibit
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Joseph Brant Museum
Time(s): Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
*Paid, ticketed, pre-registered event. General admission fees apply.
Description: Stories of mythical beings have been with us for thousands of years passed down through generations. These legends, which were sometimes inspired by fossils or living animals, continue to inspire us today. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures traces the natural and cultural roots of some of the world’s most iconic mythic creatures. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Pre-paid Joseph Brant Museum Admission. Pre-pay your admission and select your time slot. Museums of Burlington offers admission times on 1/2 hour, with a limited number of spots available to ensure physical distancing remains possible. Museums of Burlington has implemented increased sanitation measures and additional considerations for a contactless visit. Discounted Family Admission is available for $30 (includes up to 2 adults and 4 children).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museuminfo@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Learn about BPAC
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: The idea of BPAC (Burlington Performing Arts Centre) dates back to the 1980s and after opening our doors in 2011 we have been going strong and getting stronger ever since. Watch a quick overview of BPAC's history and the work we do to support the community and more.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Museums of Burlington Heritage Workshops - Private Group Bookings
Date(s): Mondays and Sundays Running September 20 to October 25.
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Ireland House Museum
*Paid workshops, pre-registration required
Description: Museums of Burlington are pleased to offer the option of private bubble bookings for 4 to 6 participants for their Heritage Workshops at Ireland House Museum. All workshops take place in the historic house at the hearth. A guided tour of Ireland House and all supplies are included. This experience is approximately 2 hours in length, 1 pm to 3 pm. Private workshops can be booked on Sundays or Mondays.
Participants must be part of the same social circle or bubble. Each participant will have their own utensils and supplies for use during the workshop. Please note, masks are mandatory. The cost is $30/person for a minimum of 4 and maximum of 6 participants. Please select your preferred day/time from the options available and indicate the workshop type in the booking form.
Workshop Choices: Heritage Fall Baking - Prepare pumpkin pie, cinnamon swirl bread and old-fashioned apple cookies at the historic hearth. Heritage Soups & Stews - Prepare potato leek soup, traditional beef stew, cheddar cheese scones and herb butter at the historic hearth. Heritage Food Preservation - Prepare dill pickles, mixed berry jam, scone and dried apples at the historic hearth.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Museums of Burlington Virtual Visits
Date(s): Semester 1 (Saturday Sept. 12 - Saturday Oct. 24)
Location: Virtual event participants take part in from home
*Paid event, pre-registration required
Description: Virtual Visits are weekly one hour Zoom sessions featuring live instruction by a Museum Educator who will guide a series of creative, fun, hands-on activities that relate to a theme. Programs are designed for children aged 8-12, parental supervision is required for some activities. This program is six weeks in duration and takes place from 11 am to 12 pm on Saturdays from September 12 October 24. Cost: $45/Semester ($40 for Family Membership holders.
How it works: Register online and you will receive an email receipt/confirmation. The week prior to the program start, you will receive the Zoom meeting link, daily itineraries and supply checklists. The Friday prior to the program start date, your supply bag will be packaged up and ready for pick-up at Joseph Brant Museum from 10 am to 3:30 pm. Please ensure you and your child prepare your supplies in advance so you are ready to go for 11 am each Saturday. There will be items required that are not included in the supply bag provided (list provided).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Needle Felt a Sheep Puff
Date: Oct. 17
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Description: From the comfort of your home, learn to needle felt this cute sheep puff figure by creating a core ball shape and adding the head, ears and facial features. Then learn to properly apply locks for your sheep’s warm fleece coat. You can also make a little chewing cheek with leaves or a carrot sticking out. I will also show students how to turn their sheep into an ornament.
*This is a paid event. The cost is $35.00 for the workshop only. If you have all the supplies and wool at home, you don’t need to buy the supply kit. The Workshop Supply Kit and Foam Pad are add-ons when you check out. Registration info is on the Woolly Doodles website.
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
Needle Felt a Winter Scene “Painting”
Date: Oct. 16
Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Description: From the comfort of your home, learn how to needle felt a Winter scene onto a 4″x 6″ wool felt sheet. You will learn various 2-D needle felting techniques to create a beautiful wool painting. This is a very relaxed project and great to do with friends. The 4″ x 6″ size is perfect for framing.
*This is a paid event. The cost is $35.00 for the workshop only. If you have all the supplies and wool at home, you don’t need to buy the supply kit. The Workshop Supply Kit and Foam Pad are add-ons when you check out. Registration info is on the Woolly Doodles website.
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Lee-Chin Family Gallery
Description: Curated by Indu Vashist and Toleen Touq of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), this exhibition of Burlington’s senior media artist P. Mansaram’s work thinks through the artist’s decades-long practice of repetition. For P. Mansaram, repetition is art practice, repetition is meditation, repetition is spirituality, repetition is falling in love, and as he says, repetition is a way to finding god. Strategically using recurrence and reproduction through a variety of medium including drawing, painting, collage, text, sculpture, xerox, silkscreen printmaking, and film, P. Mansaram’s work invokes unending feelings of travel: through time, dimension and territory.
The Medium is the Medium is the Medium circulating exhibition is co-organized by SAVAC and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and with the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council. The AGB’s presentation has been generously supported by our reopening partner and exhibition sponsor, DJB Chartered Professional Accountants, and the Government of Canada.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Paula Murray: You are Me Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Perry Gallery
Description: Created for a solo exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery, this installation has toured Quebec and has been exhibited in the Taiwan Ceramic Biennale in 2018. Artist statement: “I am drawn to how ceramic materials and processes have affinities with the human condition. How we respond and engage with the injury of experience – within, with each other, with the other is at the core of my practice. By embracing wounds, deeper meaning can be brought to our lives, transforming suffering into something worthy, sensuous and beautiful. As COVID-19 sweeps around the world, profound issues of social injustice are laid bare. Awareness that we are all one has never been more pressing”.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Stylo Starr - 89DAMES Exhibition
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art gallery of Burlington - RBC Gallery
Description: 89DAMES explores the beauty of Black women from the so-called ‘glamorous’ era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Stylo Starr strives to commemorate and preserve the light and beauty of a myriad of Black women from the past, in a current social climate that insists, rather, on demonizing and marginalizing contemporary Black women. Where history stops short at Monroe, Hepburn or Taylor, Starr focuses her scope on the Kitts, Fitzgeralds and Hornes of the same era that graced the covers of former weekly digest, JET Magazine. Stylo places value in becoming familiar with the faces and energies of each woman through the careful, yet impulsive manipulation of photo transfer on paper collage. Stylo Starr is a visual alchemist, known primarily for her multi-layered collage work, which has been featured on large public installations, international publications and apparel. Starr’s visual investigations surround predominantly BIPOCs and their relationship to the basic principles and elements of design, while reaffirming their agency as revered subjects of art history.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Unexpected #BurlON Culture Intersections
Date(s): The event runs Tuesday through Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Tourism Burlington - Visitor Information Centre, 414 Locust St.
Description: Celebrate the culture and history of the Burlington area with Tourism Burlington. Enjoy a scavenger hunt via Goosechase and self-guided historic walking tours, as well as a take-home activity bag from the Visitor Centre for children and families to explore Burlington safely.
Organizer: Tourism Burlington, tourismburlington.com, info@tourismburlington.com, 905.634.5594.
Virtual Tour of Ireland House Museum
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online virtual tour
Description: Learn about the Ireland family and immerse yourself in Burlington’s agricultural roots at Ireland House Museum. Built between 1835-1837, Ireland House at Oakridge Farm was the home of Joseph Ireland, one of Burlington’s earliest settlers. Emigrating from Bowes, Yorkshire, England in 1819 at the age of 27, he petitioned for land at Oakridge Farm and so began a legacy that continues today. Joseph and his descendants occupied Ireland House until 1985. In 1987, the City of Burlington purchased the property from the estate of Lucie Marie Ireland Bush and established a museum, restoring the homestead to illustrate three distinct time periods that represent the generations of Irelands who lived in the house: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s.Ninety percent of the furnishings are original to the Ireland family thanks to a generous donation by Helen Ireland Caldwell, Marie’s first cousin. Restorations of the house have reclaimed missing elements of former times, bringing the Museum back to its feeling of a period home and farm.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca.
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Art and the City - Burlington’s Downtown Public Art Walking Tour
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location(s): Virtual online tour, in-person self-guided tour
Description: The City of Burlington has launched Art and the City, a self-guided downtown public art walking tour. Art and the City is available online and accessible from any mobile device. The free web app offers a new way explore Burlington’s downtown and learn about public art in the process. The web-based map works across all platforms and allows residents and visitors to tour highlights from the public art collection using any internet-enabled smartphone or tablet. Art and the City is also available in PDF format to download, save and print.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Explore Burlington’s Public Art Collection Online
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Virtual online tour
Description: Public art is a force for placemaking - for expressing and evoking connections between people and places that are meaningful to community and civic life. Public art can take on a variety of forms and media. It can have functional as well as aesthetic qualities and may be integrated into a site or be a standalone artwork. No matter what the form, public art is an original artwork placed in a publicly accessible location created with the intention of reflecting and engaging the community. Public art helps to tell the story of our community. Burlington's public art collection is now available online and accessible from your computer, tablet and mobile device. Explore over 90 public artworks throughout the city. View images, locations and artwork information on Burlington's Public Art Map.
Organizer: The City of Burlington, burlington.ca/publicart.
Family Open Studio
Date: Event runs each Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington
*Pre-registration is required
Description: This fall, come join us for our weekly Family Open Studio, every Saturday at the AGB. Our friendly facilitators will help you create an art project inspired by our current exhibitions, P. Mansaram’s The Medium is the Medium is the Medium and Stylo Starr’s 89 Dames. All materials are provided and admission is free! All children must be accompanied by parents or adult caregivers.
*Pre-registration for a one-hour block is required. A new project will be presented each week, and a new theme will be presented each month. Our September/October theme is Print, Stamp, Repeat!
How to Participate: Choose a one-hour block of time (1 pm or 2 pm start) for your family “bubble.” Please arrive 10 minutes early on the day the program. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to us so that we can ensure another family can have your spot, as for your safety studio capacity is limited to just three families per hour. We ask that families be mindful of allowing as many community members the opportunity to attend this program as possible when reserving spots. We want to ensure you and your family have the best experience possible. We ask that all guests review our safety guidelines before arrival at the gallery.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Get to know BPAC’s Executive Director
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: In this Halton District School Board Experiential Learning - Pathways to Success interview, get to know Tammy Fox, Executive Director of the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Part of an ongoing series about BPAC’s professional management staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Learn How to Needle Felt a Pumpkin
Date: Oct. 21
Time: 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Online Facebook Live at @Woolly Doodles
Description: Join fibre artist Cathy Disbrow live where she will show you how to needle felt a small pumpkin. Because this is LIVE on Facebook, you can ask questions in the comment area and Cathy will answer them. Supplies you need: Felting needle, Felting surface (foam pad is best), Core Wool, Wool roving or batt, sewing needle, light brown thread.
Organizer: Cathy Disbrow, Woolly Doodles, cathy@woollydoodles.com, www.woollydoodles.com.
Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures Exhibit
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Joseph Brant Museum
Time(s): Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
*Paid, ticketed, pre-registered event. General admission fees apply.
Description: Stories of mythical beings have been with us for thousands of years passed down through generations. These legends, which were sometimes inspired by fossils or living animals, continue to inspire us today. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures traces the natural and cultural roots of some of the world’s most iconic mythic creatures. Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Pre-paid Joseph Brant Museum Admission. Pre-pay your admission and select your time slot. Museums of Burlington offers admission times on 1/2 hour, with a limited number of spots available to ensure physical distancing remains possible. Museums of Burlington has implemented increased sanitation measures and additional considerations for a contactless visit. Discounted Family Admission is available for $30 (includes up to 2 adults and 4 children).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museuminfo@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Learn about BPAC
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online digital recording
Description: The idea of BPAC (Burlington Performing Arts Centre) dates back to the 1980s and after opening our doors in 2011 we have been going strong and getting stronger ever since. Watch a quick overview of BPAC's history and the work we do to support the community and more.
Organizer: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, burlingtonpac.ca.
Museums of Burlington Heritage Workshops - Private Group Bookings
Date(s): Mondays and Sundays Running September 20 to October 25.
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Ireland House Museum
*Paid workshops, pre-registration required
Description: Museums of Burlington are pleased to offer the option of private bubble bookings for 4 to 6 participants for their Heritage Workshops at Ireland House Museum. All workshops take place in the historic house at the hearth. A guided tour of Ireland House and all supplies are included. This experience is approximately 2 hours in length, 1 pm to 3 pm. Private workshops can be booked on Sundays or Mondays.
Participants must be part of the same social circle or bubble. Each participant will have their own utensils and supplies for use during the workshop. Please note, masks are mandatory. The cost is $30/person for a minimum of 4 and maximum of 6 participants. Please select your preferred day/time from the options available and indicate the workshop type in the booking form.
Workshop Choices: Heritage Fall Baking - Prepare pumpkin pie, cinnamon swirl bread and old-fashioned apple cookies at the historic hearth. Heritage Soups & Stews - Prepare potato leek soup, traditional beef stew, cheddar cheese scones and herb butter at the historic hearth. Heritage Food Preservation - Prepare dill pickles, mixed berry jam, scone and dried apples at the historic hearth.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
Museums of Burlington Virtual Visits
Date(s): Semester 1 (Saturday Sept. 12 - Saturday Oct. 24)
Location: Virtual event participants take part in from home
*Paid event, pre-registration required
Description: Virtual Visits are weekly one hour Zoom sessions featuring live instruction by a Museum Educator who will guide a series of creative, fun, hands-on activities that relate to a theme. Programs are designed for children aged 8-12, parental supervision is required for some activities. This program is six weeks in duration and takes place from 11 am to 12 pm on Saturdays from September 12 October 24. Cost: $45/Semester ($40 for Family Membership holders.
How it works: Register online and you will receive an email receipt/confirmation. The week prior to the program start, you will receive the Zoom meeting link, daily itineraries and supply checklists. The Friday prior to the program start date, your supply bag will be packaged up and ready for pick-up at Joseph Brant Museum from 10 am to 3:30 pm. Please ensure you and your child prepare your supplies in advance so you are ready to go for 11 am each Saturday. There will be items required that are not included in the supply bag provided (list provided).
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca, museumeducation@burlington.ca, 905.634.3556.
P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Lee-Chin Family Gallery
Description: Curated by Indu Vashist and Toleen Touq of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), this exhibition of Burlington’s senior media artist P. Mansaram’s work thinks through the artist’s decades-long practice of repetition. For P. Mansaram, repetition is art practice, repetition is meditation, repetition is spirituality, repetition is falling in love, and as he says, repetition is a way to finding god. Strategically using recurrence and reproduction through a variety of medium including drawing, painting, collage, text, sculpture, xerox, silkscreen printmaking, and film, P. Mansaram’s work invokes unending feelings of travel: through time, dimension and territory.
The Medium is the Medium is the Medium circulating exhibition is co-organized by SAVAC and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and with the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council. The AGB’s presentation has been generously supported by our reopening partner and exhibition sponsor, DJB Chartered Professional Accountants, and the Government of Canada.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Paula Murray: You are Me Exhibition
Date: Exhibition runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Burlington - Perry Gallery
Description: Created for a solo exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery, this installation has toured Quebec and has been exhibited in the Taiwan Ceramic Biennale in 2018. Artist statement: “I am drawn to how ceramic materials and processes have affinities with the human condition. How we respond and engage with the injury of experience – within, with each other, with the other is at the core of my practice. By embracing wounds, deeper meaning can be brought to our lives, transforming suffering into something worthy, sensuous and beautiful. As COVID-19 sweeps around the world, profound issues of social injustice are laid bare. Awareness that we are all one has never been more pressing”.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Stylo Starr - 89DAMES Exhibition
Date: Exhibit runs the duration of Culture Days
Time: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Art gallery of Burlington - RBC Gallery
Description: 89DAMES explores the beauty of Black women from the so-called ‘glamorous’ era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Stylo Starr strives to commemorate and preserve the light and beauty of a myriad of Black women from the past, in a current social climate that insists, rather, on demonizing and marginalizing contemporary Black women. Where history stops short at Monroe, Hepburn or Taylor, Starr focuses her scope on the Kitts, Fitzgeralds and Hornes of the same era that graced the covers of former weekly digest, JET Magazine. Stylo places value in becoming familiar with the faces and energies of each woman through the careful, yet impulsive manipulation of photo transfer on paper collage. Stylo Starr is a visual alchemist, known primarily for her multi-layered collage work, which has been featured on large public installations, international publications and apparel. Starr’s visual investigations surround predominantly BIPOCs and their relationship to the basic principles and elements of design, while reaffirming their agency as revered subjects of art history.
Organizer: Art Gallery of Burlington, artgalleryofburlington.com, info@artgalleryofburlington.com, 905.632.7796.
Telling Tales Virtual Festival: Imagination Station
Date: Oct. 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Online virtual event
Description: We are bringing all the fun, fascination and learning from our Imagination Station into your home this year. Join us as we present specially themed workshops to inspire and engage. Episode Name: Scare Me, How To Write Scary Stuff. Join these Canadian children’s authors and learn how to write scary stories! We will learn from the best—including an author and librarian who hunts ghosts at night. Watch today’s episode to listen to some beatboxing, make a bat craft and find out who the Twists and Turns Writing Contest winner is. We will also announce another Telling Tales contest!
Organizer: Telling Tales, tellingtales.org, info@tellingtales.org.
The Great Pumpkin Trail
Date: Oct. 22 to 24
Time(s): 5:30 to 9 p.m. Event entry every half-hour. Entry time selected during ticket purchase. Maximum of 50 people per time-slot. The experience is approximately 1 hour long.
Location: Hendrie Park
Admission: Pre-registration required, ticketed event.
Description: It’s a magical evening on the Pumpkin Trail! Follow the candlelit glow of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns guiding your way through Hendrie Park, and along the South Bridle Trail. Encounter roaming entertainment and other special guests who are ready to share some cool facts about bats, spiders, and of course PUMPKINS! Don’t miss the unique opportunity to take part in this family-friendly event celebrating the fall season. Don’t forget your costume! Food and beverage will be available for purchase. Menu coming soon. *Note: only a ¼ km loop of the Pumpkin Trail is fully wheelchair accessible and stroller-friendly. The remainder includes rough terrain.
As part of our commitment and shared responsibility for the health and safety of our guests, staff and volunteers, we ask that event attendees perform a self-assessment to help reduce the spread of COVID – 19 prior to entering the event. Should you feel ill please stay home and contact your health care provider. Your tickets can be transferred to other family members or friends.
Organizer: Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca, info@rbg.ca, 905.527.1158.
Unexpected #BurlON Culture Intersections
Date(s): The event runs Tuesday through Saturday for the duration of Culture Days
Time 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Tourism Burlington - Visitor Information Centre, 414 Locust St.
Description: Celebrate the culture and history of the Burlington area with Tourism Burlington. Enjoy a scavenger hunt via Goosechase and self-guided historic walking tours, as well as a take-home activity bag from the Visitor Centre for children and families to explore Burlington safely.
Organizer: Tourism Burlington, tourismburlington.com, info@tourismburlington.com, 905.634.5594.
Virtual Tour of Ireland House Museum
Date: Event runs the duration of Culture Days
Location: Online virtual tour
Description: Learn about the Ireland family and immerse yourself in Burlington’s agricultural roots at Ireland House Museum. Built between 1835-1837, Ireland House at Oakridge Farm was the home of Joseph Ireland, one of Burlington’s earliest settlers. Emigrating from Bowes, Yorkshire, England in 1819 at the age of 27, he petitioned for land at Oakridge Farm and so began a legacy that continues today. Joseph and his descendants occupied Ireland House until 1985. In 1987, the City of Burlington purchased the property from the estate of Lucie Marie Ireland Bush and established a museum, restoring the homestead to illustrate three distinct time periods that represent the generations of Irelands who lived in the house: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s.Ninety percent of the furnishings are original to the Ireland family thanks to a generous donation by Helen Ireland Caldwell, Marie’s first cousin. Restorations of the house have reclaimed missing elements of former times, bringing the Museum back to its feeling of a period home and farm.
Organizer: Museums of Burlington, museumsofburlington.ca.
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