On May 28, join us for an enriching artist’s talk and weaving workshop led by art historian, crafter, and MJM microgrant recipient, Shannon Stride. Shannon enjoys using craft to bring together the diverse threads of her life — her Judaism and her Irish heritage, alongside the myriad places and people that...
On June 2, join artist Sonia Bazar for a walking tour of the Back River Cemetery and Memorial Gardens, one of the city’s oldest Jewish cemeteries located in Ahuntsic, and the subject of Bazar’s ongoing solo exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, on view until June 9. Guests will...
How can exploring a family archive transform our understanding of the collective present? The Past Is Before You by Montreal-born artist Arnie Lipsey explores this question by considering how memories can be examined, reimagined and even uplifted, shedding new light on the artist’s personal history. An exercise in catharsis, Lipsey’s paintings...