Lectures & Presentations

Julie Nash, Curatorial Assistant, Canadian Art, at the National Gallery of Canada, leads visitors through the exhibition, James Wilson Morrice: The A. K. Prakash Collection in Trust to the Nation. Free and open to all.

James Wilson Morrice: The A. K. Prakash Collection in Trust to the Nation is organized by the National Gallery and is presented with the exceptional support of The A.K. Prakash Foundation, The Donald Sobey Family Foundation, and the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery’s presentation of the exhibition is further supported by the Harriet Irving Endowment.

This free program brings artists and guests together in French-language conversations about art and creativity. Presentations may include everything from lectures and readings to musical and dance performances, and more!

April 15: artist Claude Roussel presents, A brief overview of my 74 years of visual expression

Offered in partnership with the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre at the University of New Brunswick, Opolahsomuwehs (the Centre’s Elder-in-Residence, Imelda Perley) will host a Thirteen Moon Teachings session at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in celebration of Earth Day.

The Thirteen Moon Teachings are based on ancestral knowledge that is rooted in the Wolastoqey language. These sessions provide an opportunity for participants to honour each other as teachers, learners, and humble earth-walkers as we listen to one another.

This event will begin with a pipe ceremony outdoors to honour our first mother, the earth. Then we will move indoors by the Grandfather Akwiten Canoe, built by the Wolastoqiyik approximately 180 years ago. A talking circle will be formed and stories about ceremony, vision, commitment, community-mindedness, gratitude, sacrifice, and forgiveness will be shared.