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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairperson Phyllis Cohen Adam Caplan Mary Lake Collins Ian Dantzer Dale Henderson Gloria Hinton Patrick Mahon Doug Marshman Julie Rogers-Glabush Diane Thrasher Kadie Ward Paul Way Executive Director Brian Meehan MUSEUM LONDON FOUNDATION President Paul Way Bernie Bierbaum Phyllis Cohen Catherine Finlayson Mary Flannigan Hockin Ron Holliday Frank Kearney James B. MacNeill Damir Matic Rob ODowda

FROM THE DIRECTORS DESK

If you have not yet had a chance to experience our Winter exhibitions yet, please do so before they are gone. Its Alive! Bertram Brooker and Vitalism and Jack Chambers, the light from the darkness; silver paintings and film work are on exhibition until April 3. CUTOUT: Greg Curnoe, Shaped Collages 1965-1968 will be shown until April 17. And, you can catch Spic and Span: A Recent History of Being Clean until June 12. Of course, the success of these exhibitions has set the bar high for those that follow, but we know you will be just as impressed with our next offerings. As Spring arrives, the exhibitions Tom Benner: Call of the Wild and ANIMAL encourage us to consider the environment and our relationship with all the inhabitants of our planet. In addition, Duncan de Kergommeaux: These are the Marks I Make and A World of Colour: A Student Exhibition continues our yearlong exploration of colour. And Ian Johnston: Swimming Upstream in the Comfort of: Homage to Yves Klein provides a provocative link between these two themes. The work we do and you support at Museum London will be showcased on a national stage as we welcome the Canadian Museum Association Conference to London April 11 to 14. This is the premier professional development and networking event for those who work and volunteer in Canadian museums and, amongst other speakers, will feature our own Kadie Ward delivering the closing keynote address. Kadie is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the London Economic Development Corporation, a Museum London board member, and a Museum Underground founder. We were also delighted to learn that Judith Rodger will receive this years YMCA of Western Ontario Women of Excellence Award for Arts, Culture & Heritage. Judith is Curator Emeritus of Museum London and is being recognized for her tremendous contributions to art and culture in our community. At Museum London we remember Judith for her imaginative and innovative programming that never failed to excite and provoke audiences, a practice she continued when she served as Acting Director of the McIntosh Gallery at The University of Western Ontario. Judiths career has been distinguished by unwavering intelligence, innovation and generosity and we congratulate her on recognition that is richly deserved! Finally, Id encourage you to visit our redesigned website at www.museumlondon.ca. We hope you find it to be a useful tool enabling you to have timely information about exhibitions, programs, events, and museum services at your fingertips. As we strive to provide current information that is easy to access, the next edition of at the Museum will be a much scaleddown version with the majority of information delivered to you electronically. If we do not have your e-mail address, we will be in touch with you to update our files so that we can keep you informed about all the great stuff happening at Museum London. Enjoy the Spring.

Cover: Tom Benner, A Landscape, 2003/04, installation view, wood, copper; left: Moon, 2007, lino cut print with plexiglass, Courtesy of the Artist, Photo: Jeff Crawford

Brian Meehan

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Whats New
Our visitors have spoken, and we are delighted with what they had to say about our Winter exhibitions: The best curated and installed exhibition of Chambers work I have experienced. Wonderful! Fully five thoughtful world-class exhibitions. The Curnoe and Chambers plus Brooker are the best shows I have seen here in years. Excellent exhibition of Greg Curnoes work. Enjoyed all regional artist exhibitions. Very much enjoyed our visit today with family. Was blown away by the write-ups on Bertram Brooker. Spic and Span is awesome! Hot off the press in May are the exhibition catalogues for CUTOUT: Greg Curnoe, Shaped Collages 1965-1968 and Jack Chambers: the light from the darkness, silver paintings and film work. The publications each feature several illuminating essays on each of the artists. Watch for Curator of Regional History Maya Hirschmans new exhibition Dig In: Urban Farming during War and Peace, opening in June. During both World War I and World War II, Canada, along with the United States, Great Britain and Germany, developed a very successful campaign to encourage ordinary citizens to grow their own produce and reduce the pressure on the rationed food supply. Through the lens of the backyards of London, this exhibition will examine the advent of the victory garden, gardens in times of peace and how our interests in gardens have changed over time. In conjunction with this exhibition author Monda Halpern will discuss her book And on That Farm He Had a Wife: Ontario Farm Women and Feminism, 1900-1970. Join us on Sunday, June 26 at 1:00 pm. Watch for author Sarah Eltons talk about her new book Locavore: From Farmers Fields to Rooftop Gardens, How Canadians are Changing the Way We Eat, on Sunday, July 10 at 1:00 pm. Were pleased to announce that Museum London now offers free Wi-Fi access to our visitors and facility renters. Bring your laptop or tablet device to the Museum and enjoy this service while visiting the galleries. Museum Londons summer hours begin Tuesday, May 24 and continue until Sunday, September 4. We will be open from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesdays through Sundays; Thursdays until 9:00 pm.

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Ian Johnston: Swimming Upstream in the Comfort of: Homage to Yves Klein
April 2 to September 18, 2011 Centre Gallery This installation by Nelson, British Columbia-based architect turned sculptor Ian Johnston is one of several works that comprise his series Refuse Culture: Archaeology of Consumption. By employing scale, repetition and intense, enveloping colour, Johnstons work transports viewers to a new sensorial experience. Swimming Upstream employs vinyl car bumpers. In other iterations of the series, Johnston incorporated ceramics and objects often dismissed as the flotsam of daily lifecell phones, plastic bags, and compact fluorescent lightbulbsinto similarly immersive experiences. Johnstons repurposed bumpers allude to the beauty of the natural world. Here the inexplicable drive of salmon to their spawning grounds melds with elements of Modernist notions of progress and perfection, such as classic car forms and the colour, which Yves Klein felt expressed utopian purity. These factors blend and partially distort one another, referencing the stress faced by ecosystems and the fact that the optimism symbolized by the massproduced shapes have been abandoned, much like the original bumpers themselves.
Ian Johnston, Swimming Upstream in the Comfort of: Homage to Yves Klein, 2006-2009 (detail), altered vinyl automobile bumper covers, varying dimensions, Courtesy of the Artist

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm

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Duncan de Kergommeaux: These are the Marks I Make

April 9 to June 26, 2011 Forum Gallery This exhibition celebrates the longstanding career of artist and former University of Western Ontario professor Duncan de Kergommeaux. These are the Marks I Make frames de Kergommeauxs interest in process, form, and perception in his quest to understand the creative process. Surveying a career that has spanned almost six decades, the exhibition includes a selection of works that range from his formative abstractions of the 1950s and illuminated cube-works of the 1960s, to the systematized, process-oriented grid paintings and support specific drawings of the 1970s. Also featured are several of de Kergommeauxs more recent, painterly embellishments of the landscape. In response to intellectual musings declaring the death of painting, de Kergommeauxs practice eschewed the gesture of the hand, meditating instead on the concept of change, transformation, and the coherence of nature. Organized and circulated by the Ottawa Art Gallery. This exhibition and accompanying catalogue have been made possible with the generous assistance of Trinity Development Group Inc.
Duncan de Kergommeaux, Last Grids #1 Blue/Red/Green/Yellow, 1980 (detail), oil on canvas, 213 x 213.4 cm, Collection of Museum London, Gift of Justice Ronald Bell, Wakefield, Quebec, 1994, Courtesy of the Artist

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm

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Tom Benner: Call of the Wild

April 16 to July 3, 2011 Ivey North and Ivey Centre Galleries This exhibition features a selection of works that span the career of London artist Tom Benner. The works reflect on our relationship with the natural world and explore issues of threat and survival. Benners cross-disciplinary approach to his work makes use of drawing, painting, printmaking, installation, while his ambitious sculptures utilize a diverse array of materials including metal, fibreglass and wood. Concerned with materiality, the works are strongly rooted within a tradition of narrative and story-telling. Extermination is a central theme within many of Benners works. Call of the Wild features Benners pivotal Hanging Fin (Whale) (1983) together with more recent pieces such as Orca (2006) and Shrines (2010). Other works in the exhibition explore local land and history. Tecumseh (1994-95), for example, a mixed media installation pays homage to the Shawnee chiefs attempt to unite fifteen tribes against the Americans with the aim of forming a distinct Aboriginal confederation. Despite the politically charged content, Benner avoids making judgments, rather, by grounding the work within his historical research, he allows the viewer to draw their own conclusions.
Tom Benner, Orca, 2006, plywood, Courtesy of the Artist Photo: Jeff Crawford

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm

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ANIMAL
April 23 to July 10, 2011 Volunteer, Moore and Ivey South Galleries Organized by curator Corinna Ghaznavi, this exhibition proposes a variety of ways to consider our relationships with animals. Representations of animals attempt to inhabit their consciousness, while others document the stark reality of animal survival in a world dominated by the humans. Animal bodies, in plaster, steel and bronze emphasize the very real presence of animals, and bring their living reality into dialogue with imaginative and philosophical considerations. The Animal of the title refers to material bodies, object, idea, living being, or classification. It incorporates the complex forms that inhabit the world and include all things living, from human animal to bat to mammal. The exhibition features work by artists: Lois Andison, Kenn Bass, Dagmar Dahle, Tom Dean, Rebecca Diederichs, John McEwen, Arnaud Maggs, Lyndal Osborne, Su Rynard and An Whitlock. Together their works invoke systems of categorization and nomenclature, evolutionary theory and extinction, which lead us to consider how thinking around the natural world has formed our relationship to it. ANIMAL demonstrates the close and yet illusive relationships between human and nonhuman animal, philosophy and material bodies, and between history and contemporary lived experience. Opening Reception: Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Kenn Bass, Fugue, 2004-2010, still image, 3-channel video projection, Courtesy of the Artist

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EXHIBITION PROGRAMS

Su Rynard, Bear, 2004, video installation, detail, Collection of the Artist, Courtesy of Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto

Tom Benner with White Rhino (1986)

Walk-through Tour of the exhibition ANIMAL with curator Corinna Ghaznavi

Sunday, May 1, 1:00 pm Corinna Ghaznavi takes us on an enlightening tour of this group exhibition in which she challenges the idea of the human as a universal state, superior to other living entities. Ghaznavi is an independent curator and freelance writer. She received her BA in Art History, Germanistic and American Studies from the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany in 1994, and her MA from the Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf in 1996. Since 1997 she has curated exhibitions throughout Canada. Her writing has been published in Canadian and European art magazines as well as in numerous exhibition catalogues. Ghaznavi is currently a doctoral candidate at The University of Western Ontario; she lives and works in Grey County, Ontario. Admission: FREE

Walk-through Tour of the exhibition Call of the Wild with artist Tom Benner
Sunday, May 29, 1:00 pm Artist Tom Benner leads us through his exhibition Call of the Wild and shares his views on environmentalism and extinction, issues that have informed his oeuvre for many years, and are today even more relevant. A native of London, Benner has been making art since the early 1970s. A graduate of the art program at H.B. Beal Secondary School, Benner's works have long explored issues of local history and mankind's relationship with the natural world. His works have been exhibited widely across Canada, and in the United States. Admission: FREE

Animal Adopt-a-thon
Sunday, June 12, 12:00 pm Centre Gallery Museum London hosts an afternoon of animal adoption in partnership with area animal shelters. Come and meet a variety of pets seeking homes, or acquire information on being a foster home or volunteer. These specialists will teach you how to care for your new friend, license and tag them, as well as spay and neuter them. Admission: FREE

Downward Dogs and Half Tortoises: Yoga for All

Four Saturdays, May 7, 14, 21, 28, 10:30 am to 12:00 noon Sculpture Gallery Londons renowned yoga instructor Aron Barnes from the Practice Loft brings out the animal (postures) in you during this month-long yoga class held in our windowed gallery overlooking the Thames River. Youll restore well being, improve flexibility and leave happy as a lark. Where possible, participants are asked to bring a yoga mat. Admission: FREE but participants are required to register at 519.661.0333.

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SPEAKERS SERIES NO BROW: POP POST, MASS ,

Philip Beesley

Rescheduled Sunday, April 3, 1:00 pm Lecture Theatre Renowned architect Philip Beesley is widely cited as a pioneer in the rapidly expanding field of responsive architecture. His creations of flexible lightweight environments integrate kinetic functions, micro processing, and sensor and actuator systems to shape environments that interact with the people. Beesley represented Canada in the 2010 Venice Biennale of Architecture. His installation Hylozoic Soil is representative of his work with architectural environments that approach near-living functions. His Toronto-based architectural firm Philip Beesley Architect designs interdisciplinary art projects that focus on lightweight textile environments and landscape installations. Working with community groups is a particular strength of the office, drawing on Beesleys experience as a housing activist and community organizer. Distinctions include the Lieutenant Governors Medal for Architecture for Ontario and the Prix de Rome in Architecture for Canada, and two Dora Mavor Moore awards. Beesley has been featured in WIRED and TEDx, and has appeared on the cover of Artificial Life (MIT), LEONARDO and AD. His books Hylozoic Ground and Kinetic Architectures and Geotextile Installations will be for sale. Admission: BY DONATION

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FILM SCREENINGS
Domestic Arrivals: Canadian Film at Museum London
$10 at the door Theatre 7:30 pm As the only venue in London dedicated to Canadian cinema, Museum London is the place to see the latest in features and shorts. In partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we screen the latest Canadian films in our in-house movie theatre. Created for Londons film enthusiasts, our film nights often include question and answer periods with directors, writers or actors after the screening.

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The High Cost of Living

Deborah Chow, 2010, 106 min, 14A Nathalie (Isabelle Blais) is expecting her first child and Henry (Zach Braff) is on his way to his next drug deal. Their paths fatefully collide one night in an event that will irrevocably change their lives. Director Deborah Chow will tentatively join us for a Q&A; please check our website for updates. Preceded by: Marius Borodine Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, 2010, 16 min, French with English subtitles Genius Mariuss new invention, which transforms any and all objects into drinkable water, bewilders scientific communities, especially after he takes it one step too far.

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Repeaters
Carl Bessai, 2010, 85 min, NR Veteran director Carl Bessai returns with a tense thriller that follows three young addicts in a rehabilitation centre. Each day they live the same events over and overa situation each responds to in radically different ways. Preceded by: The Legend of Beaver Dam Jerome Sable, 2010 This musical horror comedy follows an unlikely heronerdy Danny Zigwitz at a summer camp listening to fireside stories.

Ingrid Veninger, 2010, 80 min, NR In this authentic portrait of teenage self-discovery, seventeen-year-old Lina and free spirit Leco travel to visit Linas extended family in the quirky town of Modra, Slovakia. Lead actor Alexander Gammal (a student at The University of Western Ontario) will take your questions after the screening. Preceded by: Les fleurs de lage Vincent Biron, 2010, 18 min, French with English subtitles Selling ice cream, smoking pot, falling in love, dealing with family: its just another summer day for a regular group of school kids.

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HISTORY HIKES AND WALKING TOURS

Saturdays, 10:30 am to 12:00 noon May 7 May 14 May 21 June 4 June 11 June 18 Monuments and Memorials Murals Public Art Unsettling the Thames From Castles to Cottages River Walk

Learn about Londons public spaces where collective stories are shared and contribute to the citys cultural identity. Our knowledgeable guides will offer insight and generate a discussion on our public spaces. Each week features a new tour, so join us for all six! Monuments and Memorials leads enthusiasts through the downtown core and into Victoria Park, where many statues and plaques have been erected in memory of historical events. Walk through the downtown streets and learn more about the Murals that have been commissioned to adorn exterior walls of shops and restaurants, as well as those inside public buildings. On the Public Art walk, you will visit a selection of sculptures throughout the downtown core, and learn more about the artists who designed them as well as the organizations that commissioned them. Focusing on the lives of workers, Unsettling the Thames will share stories about early settlement on the Forks of the Thames, from just prior to European contact up to the late nineteenth century. From Castles to Cottages expounds on the architectural transformation of historical buildings in the area as a reflection of growing industry during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Eldon Houses highly-regarded River Walk explores the founding of London, historic events such as the Great Flood, and discovers nature in this interactive walking tour around the Thames River. Walks will go ahead rain or shine. Meet on the front lawn of Museum London. Admission: FREE

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STUDIO PROGRAMS
HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM
Ages 5 to 12 8 Mondays, 9:30 to 11:30 am April 11 to June 13 (no class April 25 and May 23) Its a Zoo Out There Tours of the exhibitions inspire this animal-inspired sculpture workshop. Three dimensional design elements will be explored and applied using materials such as cardboard, paper mache, wire and clay. Instructor: Kelly ODette Cost: $120, members $100

EARLY EXPLORATIONS
Ages 2 to 4 accompanied by a caregiver 8 Saturdays, 9:30 to 10:45 am April 2 to May 28 (no class April 23) Animal Instinct This program allows toddlers to develop three-dimensional design skills through sculptural projects combined with other art activities. Tots and caregivers will also enjoy touring the exhibition halls. Instructor: TBC Cost: $100, members $90

PA DAY CAMPS
Ages 5 to 12 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 Tour the exhibition CUTOUT: Greg Curnoe Shaped Collages 1965-1968, and then make self portraits in shaped collages. Children will also learn the history of portraits, and try their hand at figurative proportion. Instructor: Kelly O'Dette Friday, June 3 A tour of Tom Benners exhibition Call of the Wild will be followed by a workshop on building sculptural armatures from chicken wire and working with paper mache, plasticine, air-drying clay and plaster. Instructor: Mary-Ann Jack-Bleach Cost: $45, members $40 Before and aftercare is FREE, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

JUMP START
Ages 5 to 8 8 Saturdays, 9:00 to 11:00 am April 2 to May 28 (no class April 23) For the Birds (and Other Animals) Inspired by the exhibitions, children will create threedimensional animal figures from clay and sculptural materials. They will work with armatures of wire and wood, and will learn various sculptural techniques. Instructor: Kelly O'Dette Cost: $120, members $100

IMAGINATION STATION
Sundays, 1:00 to 3:45 pm Clare Bice Creative Studio This drop-in program for adults and children will stimulate communication, collaboration and creativity. Visit one of our many exhibitions and then drop in for an afternoon of artmaking. Our staff monitors will provide guidance and introduce you to a wide range of artmaking through painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and more. We'll supply the ingredients. Imagination Station is wheelchair accessible. Admission: FREE

FUN AND FUNDAMENTALS

Ages 9 to 12 8 Saturdays, 12:30 to 2:30 pm April 2 to May 28 (no class April 23) Sculpted Statues and Armatures Create three-dimensional portrait busts from clay and other sculptural materials. Children will fabricate armatures, and apply formal sculpture concepts such as space, volume and balance. Instructor: Kelly O'Dette Cost: $120, members $100

All programs are wheelchair accessible.

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SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN
Ages 5 to 12 8:30 am to 4:30 pm July 4 to 15 A Colour-Full Camp Explore both painting and sculpting techniques, colour theory and exercises in composition. Campers will learn about the fundamentals of watercolour and acrylics, armatures and modelling with clay, all inspired by our exhibitions. Instructor: TBC Cost: $350, members $325 July 18 to 29 Hot Docs by Kids This summer camp exposes children to the basic elements of the filmmaking process, culminating in a premiere screening of their finished work. Campers will learn about storyboarding, screenwriting and shooting documentaries. Instructor: Kelly ODette Cost: $350, members $325 August 2 to 12 Art from Lands Far and Near Campers journey through the art and history of world cultures and create projects using a wide variety of media and techniques such as painting, printmaking and sculpture. Instructor: Julie Picken-Cooper Cost: $325, members $300 Before and aftercare for ALL Summer Camps is FREE, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

SUMMER CAMP FOR TEENS

Ages 13 to 18 8:30 am to 4:30 pm August 15 to 19 Lights, Camera, Action Learn the visual language of video and gain knowledge of the fundamentals of film-making. Segments on the history of moving images as well as experimentation with obsolete equipment will lay the foundation for creating short films. Finished films will be premiered and then uploaded to our website. Where possible, students should bring a digital video camera. Instructor: Kelly ODette Cost: $200, members $175 Before and aftercare is FREE, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

YOUTH COUNCIL
Every Other Thursday 6:00 to 8:00 pm April 14, 28, May 12, 26, June 9 Are you between the ages of 13 and 18, and interested in learning about art and working with artists? Sign up for our new Youth Council, where you'll be given the opportunity to participate in your community and enhance your knowledge of museums. The Council meets every two weeks to learn about exhibitions, engage in workshops with artists and make art. Past activities include drawing sessions, collages, interviews with curators and making short films. The Council has a mandate to share their activities with the community through their blog (museumlondonyouthcouncil.tumblr.com) and Facebook page, where they upload photos, video clips, recordings, and interviews. Participation in the Council is free and your hours can be counted towards your required volunteer activities. Interested? All you have to do is call 519.661.0333 to complete a sign-up form.

YOUTH COUNCIL OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, June 9, 6:00 to 8:00 pm Creative Centre Have you missed the first class but are still interested in signing up? Register for remaining classes on a pro-rated basis. You are invited to Museum London Youth Councils year-end Open House. Participants in the Council are eager to share their creative output realized over the winter and spring, and to speak to young visitors who might be interested in joining the Council in the fall. All are welcome to this free event.
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ALL MEDIA OPEN STUDIO
8 Mondays, 1:00 to 3:00 pm April 4 to June 6 (no class April 25 or May 23) Perfect your drawing, painting or sculpting techniques in this relaxing afternoon studio environment. Different themes will be explored, such as still life, landscape and human figures, and students will work in the media of their choice. Instructor Peter Lam studied watercolour and oil painting at the Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts. He is also a potter and a sculptor in clay, bronze, ice and snow. Cost: $140, members $120 (materials not included)

TALKS + TOURS

Appetite for Art

NEW SEASON

DRAWING IN THE GALLERIES NEW

Second Thursday of the Month, 7:00 to 9:00 pm May 12, June 9, July 14 Improve and refine your existing skills or start fresh with this hands-on exploration of works in our galleries, led by experienced drawing instructor Kelly ODette (MFA, The University of Western Ontario). Participants are asked to bring their own sketch pad and dry drawing instruments. For all skill levels. Cost: FREE

This series of short talks over lunch will bring audiences on a scenic tour of London through the works of its artists. Each talk will introduce audiences to a different member of the Museums curatorial staff, who will offer analysis and insight into works drawn from the historical, modern and contemporary art collection. Appetite for Art is a delicious way to learn more about the artworks in the Museums collection, and the art and artists of London, Ontario, past and present. Lunches start at noon and will be hosted by Diane Thrasher and Susanne Thrasher. Our first lunch will feature Executive Director Brian Meehan speaking about Paul Peels 1883 painting Covent Garden Market, London, Ontario. Space is limited and advance reservations are required five days prior to the event. Ticket price per person, including tax and lunch is $40. Call 519.661.0333 for more information or to make a reservation. Tuesday, May 17 Brian Meehan introduces Paul Peels Covent Garden Market, London, Ontario, 1883 Tuesday, June 21 Cassandra Getty introduces Mary Healeys King Street Footbridge, Forks of the Thames, c. 1818 Tuesday, September 20 Cydna Mercer introduces Jack Chambers Sunday Morning No. 4, 1975-76 Tuesday, October 18 Maya Hirschman introduces Tom Benners The Coves, 1990

KNITTING IN ALL DIRECTIONS

Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm August 22 to 26 Inspired by the exhibitions, artist Andrew McDonald will lead this workshop on sculptural techniques using knitting machines and found knitted apparel. Participants are asked to bring old colourful sweaters and small Tupperware containers. Although this is not a traditional knitting workshop, participants are more than welcome to bring their needles. Andrew has degrees in Fine Art from the Ontario College of Art and Design and The University of Western Ontario. Cost: $110, members $95

Have you missed the first class but are still interested in signing up? Register for remaining classes on a pro-rated basis.
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TOURS
Sunday Tours
Meet a tour guide every Sunday from 2:00 to 3:00 pm at the reception desk for a free tour of our permanent and temporary exhibitions. Ask questions and engage in discussion.

Group Tours
Group tours of both Museum London and Eldon House are available for a nominal fee. All groups are accompanied by a tour guide or a historical interpreter. Group tours of 12 people or more must be booked at least two weeks in advance. To book a tour call 519.661.0333.

Tour Guides Wanted

Museum London is recruiting new volunteers to train as tour guides. The tour guides are an active and enthusiastic group of men and women who provide a variety of educational and interpretive tours for students and adults. New tour guides receive training in art history and touring methodology. To maintain the quality of tours and for personal enrichment, tour guides attend briefings on exhibitions, artist talks, lectures and visit other galleries. If you are interested in becoming a tour guide please call 519.661.0333 or ask for an application form at the reception desk.

School Programs and Tours

Museum London offers a wide variety of interactive, curriculum-based art tours and hands-on studio experiences for both elementary and secondary students. History programs are available at Museum London and Eldon House. School programs and tours can be booked throughout the school year (September through June), Tuesday to Friday (9:30 am to 4:30 pm). Please call 519.661.0333 for more information or to receive an education program brochure. Sponsored by London Life

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ART & TRAVEL

The Volunteer Travel Committee to Museum London presents the following tours:

A Day in Toronto
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011 Cost: Non-Members $104 Seniors/ Members $99 Visit Charles Pachters Moose Factory Gallery located in a unique contemporary museum in the heart of Toronto, around the corner from the AGO. A private tour at the AGO has been arranged to see Patterson Ewens exhibition Inspiration and Influence . For information please contact Nancy Wright at 519.672.1593 nawright@sympatico.ca or Lor Brown at 519.473.3691 lorebrown@start.ca

Stratford Summer Music: A Tribute to Maureen Forrester

Date; Monday, July 25, 2011 Cost: TBD The Stratford Summer Music festival, at the request of the family of the late Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester, is planning a tribute event in her memory. This event will include music by the National Youth Orchestra and tributes by many well known Canadians including Karen Kain, Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada.

Jan Lisiecki
Date: Early August, TBD Critics call 15-year-old Jan Lisiecki an aristocrat of the piano, an extraordinary talent, one of the most sensational young artists, and praise him for poetic and imaginatively executed playing. According to the July 2010 BBC Music Magazine, Jan is perhaps the most complete pianist of his age. For further information on these two events contact Marnie McGarry at 519.434.7177 marniemcgarry@rogers.com

Buffalo, Artistic and Architectural Wonders

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 Cost: Seniors/ML Members $115, Non-Members $125 This trip includes guided tours of the Albright Knox Gallery, and the exterior of Frank Lloyd Wrights Darwin D. Martin House, as well as lunch at the AK Caf. For further information, please contact Wilda Thomas at 519.660.1065 (W) or 519.472.1065(H) wthomas@odyssey.on.ca

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PARTNER PROGRAMS
UWO-MUSEUM LONDON FILM FESTIVAL Cinemas of Violence
Lecture Theatre Masters students in the Film Department at The University of Western Ontario share films that influence their research, bringing cinematic ideas into a public forum where audiences can enjoy them. The festival encompasses diverse topics ranging from post-punk, Canadian genre cinema, modernist musicals and Low Country cinema, tied together under the theme of Cinemas of Violence. More than violence as spectacle, the theme applies to aspects of modern life, such as nation, urbanity, gender, trauma and history. Friday, May 6 6:30 Introduction by Ruurd Dykstra 6:45 Glas (Glass), Bert Haanstra, 1958, Netherlands, 11 min, NR 7:00 Als Twee Druppels Water (Like Two Drops of Water), Fons Rademakers, 1963, Netherlands 119 min, 12+, Dutch with English subtitles 9:00 Intermission 9:15 Introduction by Sean Fitzpatrick 9:30 Next Floor, Denis Villeneuve, 2008, Canada, 11 min, NR 9:45 Polytechnique, 2009, Canada, 77 min, 14A, French with English subtitles Saturday, May 7 6:30 Introduction by Andrew Hicks 6:45 Doin Time in Times Square, Charlie Ahearn, 2007, USA, 39 min, NR 7:30 The Gods of Times Squared, Richard Sandler, 1999, USA, 42 min, NR 8:15 Intermission 8:30 Introduction by Andrew Falcao 8:45 West Side Story, Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961, USA, 151 min, NR 11:15 Closing Reception Admission: FREE

CONTINUING EDUCATION LECTURE SERIES The Mod Squad: Artists of the 20th Century
Instructor: Sonia Halpern 6 Wednesdays, 7:00 to 9:00 pm April 13 to May 18 Lecture Theatre If you have always wanted to understand the appeal of modernist and abstract styles, and the meaning of the various isms, this course is definitely for you! Explore artists including Matisse (Fauvism), Picasso (Cubism), Dali (Surrealism), and Jackson Pollock (Abstract Expressionism), and uncover the reasons for their reputations as innovators. Course: ACLT6237 Cost: $202.27; Alumni/Senior/ML members $182.04 (HST included) These art appreciation courses are offered in conjunction with the Western Centre for Continuing Studies at The University of Western Ontario. Register and pay securely online uwo.ca/cstudies, in person at the Continuing Studies office, Citi Plaza location or by phone at 519.661.3658.

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50th Anniversary Exhibition: The Last 25 Years, 1985 to 2010 April to July 2011
This exhibition completes the ongoing story of developments at Eldon House during the last 50 years. The last quarter century has seen the creation of the Interpretive Centre, the recreated of the gardens, and celebration of a milestone anniversary, the 175th.

WORKSHOP SERIES
Sunday afternoons in Eldon Houses Interpretive Centre. Space is limited, please pre-register by calling 519.661.0333. All workshops include supplies. Cost: $20.00 per person. Hand Quilting May 22, 1:00 to 3:00 pm Join Lorraine Swanson to create a log-cabin coaster. View a quilt exhibition, learn the techniques and history of quilting and create a small one of your own. What a Bee Sees: Botanical Drawing July 17, 1:00 to 3:00 pm Join artist Sally Glanville to learn the art of botanical drawing. Using the media of pastel and coloured pencil, students will select blooms from the gardens at Eldon House and create a dynamic and detailed image from a bee's-eye view.

Eldon House, c. 1885

SPEAKER SERIES
Sunday afternoons in Eldon Houses Interpretive Centre. Admission by donation. Rediscovering the Story of the Eldon House Ghost May 15, 2:00 pm Join Roxanne Lutz and Alex Chartrand as they present their findings on Eldon Houses original ghost story: a tale involving the Harris eldest daughter Sarah and a British officer stationed in London in 1841. This 170-year-old love story has become a local legend, full of mysterious circumstances that span two centuries. The Girls and the Garrison June 5, 2:00 pm Join Historical Interpreter Cathy Luke for a glimpse into the lives of the Harris daughters after they married. Jane Austens novels end when her heroines marry, but matrimony was just the beginning for the Harris girls, as family letters and diaries reveal.

50TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE TOURS

Saturday afternoons at Eldon House. Tours begin at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 pm. Admission is by donation. Changing Technologies: Servants and the nature of work April 9 This tour will explore new technologies introduced in the Victorian era and how they changed the concept of work and impacted servants tasks. Part of the tour will involve napkin folding and tool use demonstrations in the 1930s kitchen.

Lucy Harris playing with her tricycle on Ridout Street, c. 1920

Harris Neighbourhood Walking Tour May 28 Starting at Londons oldest home, Eldon House, join a guided tour of nearby commercial and municipal buildings as well as sites important to the founding of London in the nineteenth century.

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SPECIAL TOURS
Sunday Afternoon Tours April 24, May 29, June 26 Tours on the hour between 1:00 and 4:00 pm Enjoy a fully guided, 50-minute tour of Eldon House with an Historical Interpreter who will provide an in-depth history of the house and the Harris family who lived there. Admission is by donation. Behind the Ropes Sunday April 3, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 pm Join our Historical Interpreters for a special tour of Eldon House and explore the nooks and crannies that are not often open to the public, including the attic and cellar. To register please call 519.661.5169. Admission is by donation. Easter Egg Decorating Party for Children Sunday April 17, 1:00 to 4:00 pm Decorate eggs, play games and make crafts. Tickets sold at the door $3/person. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION PHOTO CONTEST

Capture the beauty and sophistication of Londons oldest surviving residence. Amateur photographers are invited to reveal the unique aspects of Eldon House during every season. Photographs from each of the four seasons will be judged and prizes awarded. Photo entry deadlines: Spring: June 21 Summer: September 21 Autumn: December 21 For contest details: www.eldonhouse.ca/Get_Involved/ Photo_Contest.htm

TEA AT ELDON HOUSE

Mother's Day Tea Sunday, May 8, seatings at 2:00 and 3:00 pm Spend a delightful afternoon with your mother. Tea and treats will be served in the Interpretive Centre. Tickets cost $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children. By reservation only. To register please call 519.661.0333. Strawberry Social Sunday, June 12, seatings at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 pm Join us for our annual Strawberry Social, celebrating the coming of summers harvest. Strawberry shortcake and tea will be served on the beautiful lawn of Eldon House, weather permitting. Tickets cost $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children, by reservation only. To register please call 519.661.0333. Summer Tea Program June 26 to August 28, Tuesday through Sunday, 2:00 to 4:00 pm Tea is served on the beautiful lawns of Eldon House, overlooking the Thames River. Cost is $7 per person for tea or $10 per person for tea and Eldon House tour. Reservations are recommended. Please call 519.661.5169.

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OUR MISSION To enrich public knowledge and enjoyment of the art and history of the London region and Canada

421 Ridout Street North London, Ontario Canada N6A 5H4 T 519.661.0333 F 519.661.2559 www.museumlondon.ca MUSEUM LONDON Tuesday through Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 pm Thursdays 12:00 to 9:00 pm Summer Hours May 24 to September 4 Tuesday through Sunday 11:00 to 5:00 pm Thursdays 11:00 to 9:00 pm

ELDON HOUSE 481 Ridout Street North T 519.661.5169 www.eldonhouse.ca April - Saturday and Sunday May - Wednesday to Sunday June - Tuesday to Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 pm ADMISSION MUSEUM LONDON By donation ELDON HOUSE Wednesday and Sunday by donation Other days - Adults $6, Students (age 14 and older) and Seniors $5, Children (age 13 and younger) $1, Families $11

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