Supercrawl Hours 2018
Supercrawl is Hamilton’s biggest annual music and arts festival, taking place September 13-16, 2018. James Street North will be closed to traffic for the duration of the festival. Hamilton Artists Inc. will operate on extended hours, listed below: Thursday, September 13: 12-5 pm Friday, September 14: 7-11 pm Saturday, September 15: 12-5 pm; and 7-11 pm Sunday, September 16:...
Read moreGet Involved as a Volunteer!
Volunteer Opportunities with the Inc. Volunteering at the Inc. is a great way to gain hands on experience in a gallery setting, support your cultural community and meet local artists. Interested in joining in but don’t want to sit on the board or a committee? Here are some more opportunities, please reach out to the specific contacts listed below....
Read moreFor Immediate Release: Hamilton Artists Inc. Announces Staffing Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hamilton, March 2, 2018: Hamilton Artists Inc. congratulates Caitlin Sutherland on new position and welcomes Abedar Kamgari as Interim Programming Coordinator. Hamilton Artists Inc. congratulates outgoing Programming Director Caitlin Sutherland on her new role at Blackwood Gallery. Caitlin has worked at the Inc. for over five years where she curated exhibitions, developed extensive programming, and coordinated...
Read moreCall for Fall Craft Mart Submissions
Hamilton Artists Inc. is excited to announce our annual fall Craft Mart* that will be taking place November 10th and 11th 2017. Since its launch in 2013, Craft Mart* has grown into a community-building event that brings a carefully curated collection of independently produced Canada Art, Craft + Design to the people of Hamilton. We are calling all artists, artisans and...
Read moreThe Problem of Diversity in Hamilton Arts: A Workshop for Action and Social Change!
In 2011, articule, an artist-run centre in Montreal, created the Fabulous Committee in order to develop anti-oppression strategies that would make the centre more inclusive, especially of racialized artists, both at the level of programming and internally (members, Board of Directors, staff). Today, a significant portion of articule’s programs feature artists from marginalized communities; a larger number of...
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Hello from new co-op student, Kenneth Johnson
When I think of art, I think of a quote by Anthony Mara from his book A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, in which a woman finds a scientific definition of life in a medical encyclopedia. It reads, “Life: a constellation of vital phenomena—organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation.” Though not specifically relating to any artistic or cultural practices, this...
Read moreFor Immediate Release: Hamilton Artists Inc. names Jessica Vellenga Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hamilton, September 9, 2016: The Board of Directors of the Hamilton Artists Inc. is very pleased to announce that Jessica Vellenga will be taking on the role of Executive Director as of October 1st, 2016. Vellenga comes to the Inc. with over 16 years of experience in commercial galleries, territorial galleries, and artist-run centers. She is...
Read moreFor Immediate Release: Hamilton Artists Inc. partners with imagineNATIVE on outdoor screening of Canadian Indigenous Short Film, Sept 30
For Immediate Release: Hamilton Artists Inc. is pleased to partner with imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival on outdoor screening of Canadian Indigenous Short Film, September 30 at 8:00 pm Canadian Indigenous Shorts Presented in partnership by imagineNATIVE & Hamilton Artists Inc. September 30, 8:00 pm (Doors at 7:30 pm) Rain date: October 1, 8:00 pm ArcelorMittal Dofasco Courtyard...
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Introducing our newest co-op student, Anita Lee
Hello there! My name is Anita Lee and I am in the Honours Bachelor of Illustration Program at Sheridan College. I also have a diploma in Visual and Creative Arts from Sheridan as well. Currently I am doing my co-op at Hamilton Artists Inc. because I wanted to get some experience and insight into how an artist-run gallery works....
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Hello, from the Spring and Summer Co-op Student, Mychaela Beauregard!
Art is something that can be taken from one place and made into your own, and I find that to be a beautiful thing. My name is Mychaela Beauregard, and I am a student in the Community Integration through Co-operative Education (C.I.C.E.) Program at Mohawk College. The C.I.C.E. Program is a program that helps individuals with intellectual disabilities to...
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