Labour banners demonstrate collective strength. Carried in parades, brandished at protests and hung in union halls, they convey messages of common purpose, pride, unity and the dignity of work. Located on the main floor of the museum, All Together Now! Banners from the Permanent Collection is an exhibition of a selection of historical banners from […]
At WAHC, we see museums as works-in-progress. Work with us to re-imagine how we represent the stories of working people! In 2019, we stripped our walls of 20-year-old exhibits representing labour history in Hamilton and beyond. These exhibits privileged an industrial workforce, and realities of work and life that look and feel so distant from […]
Opening Reception: Saturday September 21, 6-9pm As part of their artist residency, Simranpreet Kaur Anand with Conner Singh VanderBeek have curated a community exhibition of visual art, Foreign Dreams, in our Community Gallery presented in conjunction with community partners Laadliyan and Naujawan Support Network. This exhibition includes photographic and media arts work by community artists […]
Simranpreet Kaur Anand with Conner Singh VanderBeek’s exhibition Foreign Dreams explores how young people, particularly from the region of Punjab in India, are sold on the dream of migration to Canada for economic opportunity. Toiling in financial precarity, international students fill fast food, transit, agriculture, construction, and security jobs in Canada. The artists ask us […]
SECOND SATURDAYS ARE FOR FAMILIES TO RELAX, EXPLORE, AND PLAY. Join us for Second Saturdays this season from 1-4pm for FREE family drop-in activities at the museum, led by special guest artists! All children must be supervised by an adult. October 12, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM Theatrical Shadow Boxes - Kelly Wolf Create […]
An exhibition of work by Natalie Hunter and Heidi McKenzie What legacies of labour do we inherit? From pride, activism, and working-class values to injuries, diseases and pollution, the work of Natalie Hunter and Heidi McKenzie in What We Inherit reveals how the legacies of family members’ occupations shape us. Using media that evoke basic […]
In conjunction with the exhibition, What We Inherit, our Community Gallery features a collection of objects from WAHC's permanent collection related to steelworkers, documentation of community event, Steelworker Legacies: Objects and Stories, and art created by community members in collaboration with Heidi McKenzie. IMAGE: Film still from Steel Blues, directed by Jorge Fajardo (1976), 34 […]
Natalie Hunter and Heidi McKenzie will guide audience members through the themes and inspirations behind their exhibition, What We Inherit, exploring how the legacies of family members’ occupations shape us. IMAGE ABOVE: Natalie Hunter, Detail of Of Rust and Rays (Slater Steel 3/6) (2024), five sculptures and twelve photographs in variable dimensions, archival pigment prints […]
Steelworkers (active or retired) and their families are invited to participate in a storytelling event. Bring an object, photograph or memento connected to steelwork. Over refreshments, share the significance of your object and tell a story connected with it. With participants' permission, we will photograph your objects and collect your stories for inclusion in our […]
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