Special Pre-Opening Reception for Congregation Agudas Israel: POSTPONED – NEW DAY TO BE ANNOUNCED

The work of Emily Carr (1874-1945) is nationally respected for its pioneering of modernity in Western Canada. In her early career, Carr travelled to the United Kingdom to study art, determined to expand her creative vision. Instead, her time there (1899 to 1904), proved to be among the more challenging ordeals of her life, culminating in an 18-month hospitalization with the diagnosis of “hysteria.” Surprisingly, it became a formative point in her career, one where she resolutely declared her sense of her own Canadian as well as artistic identity.

German artist Charlotte Salomon is represented through a selection of 20 reproductions from the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam.

June 27 to September 14, 2014

Opening Reception: Friday, June 27 at 8 p.m.
Performance: Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m. with Berlin-based artist Thomas Zipp
Talk/Tour: Friday, June 27 at 7 p.m. with artists Thomas Zipp, Karen Tam, Joanne Bristol, Cedric and Nathan Bomford, and curator Lisa Baldissera with a short performance by Joanne Bristol
Curator’s Talk: Sunday, July 20 at 1 p.m. with curator Lisa Baldissera
Public Lecture: Sunday, September 7 at 7 p.m. with Irene Faber, Head of Collections, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam Jewish Community Centre – 715 McKinnon Avenue, Saskatoon.