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4 weeks of arts and culture experiences indoors, outdoors and online
Arts and culture emerged as a lifeline of joy, providing gifts of colour, hope, and reprieve needed to make it through this past year. Collectively, we’re imagining what a post-pandemic world could look like and how we can each contribute to that picture being brighter. Through that lens, Culture Days has chosen RE:IMAGINE as the 2021 theme, signalling a positive turning point – the commitment to building tangible change into the future of arts and culture.
Join the City of Guelph as we:
- REVISIT Jenny Mitchell’s Golden Guelph project as 2020 Artist in Residence (Jenny’s project was delayed due to COVID-19 and wrapped up earlier this year with an online exhibition combining storytelling, audio recording and silkscreening.) Join Jenny for a virtual artist talk on October 19 at 7 p.m. Register for the virtual artist talk through Eventbrite to receive the Webex link.
- Learn about the natural dye properties of local plant life during a Virtual Plant Walk celebrating Botanical RECLAMATION, hosted by Anita Cazzola, Artist in Residence for 2021 on September 29 at 4 p.m. Register for the Virtual Plant Walk through Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.
- View Guelph Museums Rapid RESPONSE: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived exhibition on Fourth Fridays in September and October from 5-9 p.m.
- Tune into Guelph Public Library’s 4-part RE-IMAGINE video series
- REFLECT on Tracey-Mae Chambers, “Hope and Healing” temporary art installation outside Guelph Civic Museum and inside its glass box entrance.
- Access the Main Street Mural Video Series as content is RELEASED throughout the month of October.
- Visit Yorklands Green Hub for an In-The-Round Community Conversation, “On plants, RESILIENCE, and craft,” with 2021 Artist in Residence, Anita Cazzola on October 24 at 10 a.m. Registration through Eventbrite is required.
Events
Online Friday September 24 to Sunday October 24
- Co-Create Residency 2021 presented by Bumaroo, Otherwise Studios, Silence Sounds and Ontario Arts Council.
- Guelph Arts Council’s Digital Doors Open Guelph
- Golden Guelph by Jenny Mitchell revisited (City of Guelph 2020 Artist in Residence)
Other in-person and online events
| Date and time | Event | Location | Cost | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday September 24, 7-9 p.m. |
Fourth Friday Concert with Jiggity James | Guelph Civic Museum outdoor patio | Free | Yes |
| Friday September 24, 7-9 p.m. |
Fourth Friday Concert with Jiggity James | Online | Free | No |
| Friday September 24, 5-9 p.m. |
Fourth Friday Exhibition Viewing – Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived | Guelph Civic Museum | Free | Yes |
| Friday September 24, 5-9 p.m. |
Fourth Friday Exhibition Viewing – Memory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts | Guelph Civic Museum | Free | Yes |
| Friday September 24 at 10 a.m. to Sunday October 2 at 5 pm. | Hope and Healing: Art installation by Tracey-Mae Chambers | Guelph Civic Museum – outside and Glass Box Atrium | Free | No |
| Friday September 24, 10-10:15 a,m. |
Re-Imagine Video Series Part One – Through Our Lens: Explore your History | Online | Free | Yes |
| Saturday September 25, 10:30 a.m.-3p.m. |
Heritage Hall Freedom Project Grand Opening | Guelph Black Heritage Society, Heritage Hall, 83 Essex Street | Pay what you can | No |
| Saturday September 25, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Historical Walking Tours – Public Art Walk | Tour starts at Wilson Street by the #RoyalCityWings butterfly mural beside Guelph Farmers’ Market | Free | Yes |
| Saturday September 25, 11 a.m.-12 noon |
Uplift! Outdoor Concert Series featuring Transstar | Silence Sounds, 46 Essex Street | Free | No |
| Wednesday September 29, 4-5:30 p.m. |
Virtual Dye and Medicinal Plant Walk III (with Anita Cazzola and Planting Radiance) | Online | Free | Yes |
| Thursday September 30, 2-3:30 p.m. |
Anishinaabe Oral Tradition with Rene Andre Meshake | Guelph Civic Museum outdoor patio | Free | Yes |
| Friday October 1, 10-10:15 a.m. |
Re-Imagine Video Series Part Two – Through Our Lens: Library Fun for Children | Online | Free | Yes |
| Saturday October 2, 11 a.m.-12 noon |
Uplift! Outdoor Concert Series featuring Rebecca Hennessy, Michael Herring and Annais Linares | Silence Sounds, 46 Essex Street | Free | No |
| Wednesday October 6, 5-6 pm. |
Artist Talk with Anita Cazzola – 2021 Artist in Residence (with 10C) | Market Square, 1 Carden Street – under City Hall overhang | Free | Yes |
| Friday October 8, 10-10:15 a.m. | Re-Imagine Video Series Part Three – Through Our Lens: Beyond Library Walls | Online | Free | Yes |
| Saturday October 9, 11 a.m.-12 noon | Uplift! Outdoor Concert Series featuring Emma Bortalon-Vettor, Ben Finley, Ben Grossman and Shaghayegh Yassemi | Silence Sounds, 46 Essex Street | Free | No |
| Friday October 15, 10-10:15 a.m. | Re-Imagine Video Series Part Four – Through Our Lens: Discover our Makerspace | Online | Free | Yes |
| Tuesday October 19 at 12 noon to Sunday October 24 at 11:59 p.m. | Main Street Mural Project – Video Release I – As it’s Written by Alex Kwong and Sergey Ryutin | Online | Free | No |
| Tuesday October 19, 7-8 p.m. | Artist Talk with Jenny Mitchell – 2020 Artist in Residence | Online | Free | Yes |
| Wednesday October 20 at 12 noon to Sunday October 24 at 11:59 p.m. | Main Street Mural Project Video Release II – Cultivation by Kenneth Lavallee | Online | Free | No |
| Thursday October 21 at 12 noon to Sunday October 24 at 11:59 p.m. | Main Street Mural Project – Video Release III – In Flight by Jarus | Online | Free | No |
| Thursday October 21 to Sunday October 24, 12 noon to 5 p.m. | Collective Offerings Exhibition | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street | Pay what you can | No |
| Thursday October 21 to Sunday October 24, 12 noon to 5 p.m. | Prospetto a Mare Exhibition | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street | Pay what you can | No |
| Thursday October 21 to Sunday October 24, 12 noon to 5 p.m. | ᐃᓅᓯᕋ | Inuusira | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street | Pay what you can | No |
| Friday October 22 at 12 noon to Sunday October 24 at 11:59 p.m. | Main Street Mural Project – Video Release IV – #RoyalCityWings by Pellvetica | Online | Free | No |
| Friday October 22, 5-9 p.m. | Fourth Friday Exhibition Viewing – Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived | Guelph Civic Museum | Free | Yes |
| Friday October 22, 5-9 p.m. | Fourth Friday Exhibition Viewing – Memory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts | Guelph Civic Museum | Free | Yes |
| Saturday October 23 at 12 noon to Sunday October 24 at 11:59 p.m. | Main Street Mural Project – Video Release V – Little Herbarium of Precious Silks by Annie Hamel | Online | Free | No |
| Saturday October 23 at 9 a.m. to Sunday October 24 at 6 p.m. | Anita Cazzola’s Botanical Reclamation Final Installation – Yorklands Artspiration Exhibition | Yorklands Green Hub, 905 York Road | Free | No |
| Saturday October 23, 2-4 p.m. | Anita Cazzola’s Botanical Reclamation Final Installation – Opening Celebration | Yorklands Green Hub, 905 York Road | Free | Yes |
| Sunday October 24 at 12 noon to Sunday October 24 at 11:59 p.m. | Main Street Mural Project – Video Release VI – On the Light Fantastic by Dan Bergeron and Gabriel Specter | Online | Free | Yes |
| Sunday October 24, 10-11 a.m. | Anita Cazzola leads an In-The-Round Community Conversation “On plants, resilience and craft” | Yorklands Green Hub, 905 York Road | Free | Yes |
For more information
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