Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens
1306 Lakeshore Road E.
15 July 2008
7:30 pm

Oakville Galleries invites the community to Gairloch Estate’s lakeside porch to participate in an evening of reading and story-telling while enjoying the picturesque views of Gairloch Gardens and Lake Ontario. Itself a mnemonic device, Gairloch estate conjures up images of a time when family and friends gathered for summer evenings on the porch. In conjunction with Mnemonic Devices, ‘Conversations on the Porch’ harks back to these summer traditions to focus on memory and the processes that allow individuals, families and communities to create history and mythology. Each conversation, hosted by a guest writer, invites programme participants to share stories with one another across time and place.

Our first event features Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski, co-authors of The Occupied Garden. Written by sisters den Hartog and Kasaboski, The Occupied Garden is the moving memoir of their grandparents. Set in Nazi-occupied Holland, the story chronicles several decades of family life, culminating in the family’s eventual immigration to Canada. den Hartog is the author of other novels including; Water Wings, The Perpetual Ending and Origin of Haloes.

$5 per participant.  Refreshments will be served.

Check back soon for upcoming ‘Conversations on the Porch’ this summer, including conversations in French.

First pick-up at Art Gallery of Mississauga
300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga
27 July 2008
11:30 am 

Or join the tour at:
Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square
120 Navy Stret, Oakville
12:00 pm

The communities of Oakville and Mississauga are invited on a bus tour of our local galleries.

The first stop is Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square at 12:00 pm, where participants will be guided through a discussion of Claude-Philippe Benoit's Socièté de ville.  Following that is a picnic by the lake in Gairloch Gardens catered by Whole Foods Market Oakville.  After lunch, Matthew Hyland, curator of Mnemonic Devices, will lead an informal tour of that exhibition (including Janet Cardiff's audio walk A Large Slow River).

Particpants will then be shuttled to the Art Gallery of Mississauga for tours of shows featuring works by Adrian Blackwell, Frederick Hagan and Kent Monkman.  After your long walk, have a seat in a conversational forum held in Adrian Blackwell's Model For a Public Space on the Art Gallery of Peel's exhibition Heritage Complex curated by Atanas Bozdarov and Tejpal Ajji. Speakers include artist Eric Glavin, artist/architect Haythem K. Said and architect Alan Tregebov.  At the day's end, participants from Oakville will be returned to Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square.

$10 per participant (includes lunch).  Call (905) 844-4402 ext. 30 to book your seat.

Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square
120 Navy Street
27 July 2008
12:00 p.m.

Participate in a public discussion on Claude-Philippe Benoit’s exhibition, Société de ville (City Society), followed by a curator’s tour of Mnemonic Devices at 2:30 pm at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens (1306 Lakeshore Road E.).

Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square
120 Navy Stret
First Thursday of the month

Oakville Galleries is participating in Oakville’s First Thursdays: Art Walk – a public walk to eight art galleries along Lakeshore Road East in Oakville.  Kick off your walk at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square the first Thursday of the month, where you can pick up a map to guide you to the other participating galleries in Oakville's downtown core.