Embark on a flavorful journey across Ontario’s landscapes during Ontario Garlic Week! From September 22 to October 1, 2023, passionate garlic farmers and renowned chefs celebrate the province’s bountiful garlic harvest. Chart your course all across Ontario from one “Garlic Pop-Up” to the next, travelling by car, bike, or public transit. Make it a shared adventure with friends and family, traversing towns and cities, experiencing each unique garlic-inspired creation. Along the way, engage in special activities like insightful garlic talks and cooking demos. Set your compass to www.ontariogarlicweek.ca and let Ontario garlic guide your nose!

Embark on a flavorful journey across Ontario’s landscapes during Ontario Garlic Week! From September 22 to October 1, 2023, passionate garlic farmers and renowned chefs celebrate the province’s bountiful garlic harvest. Chart your course all across Ontario from one “Garlic Pop-Up” to the next, travelling by car, bike, or public transit. Make it a shared adventure with friends and family, traversing towns and cities, experiencing each unique garlic-inspired creation. Along the way, engage in special activities like insightful garlic talks and cooking demos. Set your compass to www.ontariogarlicweek.ca and let Ontario garlic guide your nose!

Delve into Canadian photojournalist Louie Palu’s series, Cage Call, documenting the living and working conditions of miners in Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec and the formidable industrial architecture of the pits.

About the Exhibition
Between 1991 and 2003, Canadian documentary photographer Louie Palu established himself in the mining communities of Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec. Over time he accumulated an extensive, in-depth body of work that revealed the living and working conditions of the miners, while also capturing the formidable industrial architecture of the pits. Cage Call gathers together more than fifty black-and-white photographs and ephemera from Palu’s visual archive of this central but often overlooked and misunderstood aspect of Canada’s industrial culture.

About the Artist
Louie Palu (Canadian, b. 1968) is a Washington, DC-based documentary photographer and filmmaker. Focusing on socio-political issues, such as war, human rights, and poverty, his photojournalism has been featured worldwide, including in The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, Le Figaro, El País, and The Washington Post. Palu covered conflicts in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2006–2010); the drug war in Mexico (2011–2013); the Ukrainian crisis (2015); and the militarization of the North American Arctic (2015–2019). He has published five books, including Industrial Cathedrals of the North (1999) and Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt (2007) on view in this exhibition. In 2016, he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship. Palu is represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12–8 pm
Thursday–Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday–Tuesday: Closed

Free Exhibition Tours
Tuesdays: Tours by appointment
Wednesday–Friday: 1:30pm, drop-in

Noon Time Collection Talk with Christopher Varley and Paul Roth

Join local collector and former curator Christopher Varley in conversation with IMC Director Paul Roth, as they discuss a transformative acquisition of Canadian photography. In 2019, Varley generously donated over 500 photographs from his personal collection to the IMC. Created by various Canadian makers from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, these photographs document a wide range of subjects across the nation. This Noon Time Collection talk will explore how Varley acquired pictures over time, as well as the complexities of building a comprehensive collection of historical Canadian photography.

This event takes place at Peter Higdon Research Centre, 122 Bond Street, Toronto, Second floor, room RIC-241 / IMC-241. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Admission is always free.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12–8 pm
Thursday–Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday–Tuesday: Closed

Free Exhibition Tours
Tuesdays: Tours by appointment
Wednesday–Friday: 1:30pm, drop-in

Join us to celebrate the opening of Hannah Somers’ new exhibition, The Music Sang ‘Lean on Me’ in the IMC Student Gallery.

About the Exhibition
In The Music Sang ‘Lean on Me’ Hannah Somers investigates her own identity by returning to her roots, creating visual conversations between her mother and aunt, biracial twin sisters adopted into a white family in the 1960s. The photographs and video featured in the exhibition recount the circumstances of the sisters’ upbringing and its effect on their racial and social identities. The imagery probes their role models, and depicts their relationship with one another through discussion and gesture. Raised within a predominantly white community, the sisters’ were aware of everyone’s eyes upon them and the stereotypes that clung to their Black individuality. Through lighthearted conversation they recount growing up with no familial connection to their heritage or the Black community. In response, they idolized and felt connected with figures in popular culture and the media.
About the Artist
Hannah Somers is a Tkaronto/Toronto-based artist and curator. She has a completed BFA at Toronto Metropolitan University in Image Arts Photography Studies. Being a biracial woman of colour with a Caribbean heritage has influenced many of her investigations. Her work centralizes around the expression and discovery of identity, ethnicity and race. Understanding different relationships and histories of these themes are important in her process. Utilizing photography, video and audio, she creates narratives within her fine art practice. She recently exhibited her work at Stephen Bulger Gallery and the Alliance Française Gallery and curated a group exhibition at the Artspace Gallery in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her work has been included in publications such as Filling Station Magazine and Public Parking Journal.
Admission is always free.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12–8 pm
Thursday–Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday–Tuesday: Closed

Free Exhibition Tours
Tuesdays: Tours by appointment
Wednesday–Friday: 1:30pm, drop-in

Explore more than thirty-five stories about historic events and personalities, while learning how photojournalists and press agencies worked together to document the news and distribute images for publication. Led by co-curators Rachel Verbin and Paul Roth.

About the Exhibition
Featuring more than thirty-five stories about historic events and personalities, this exhibition explores the important role of photo agencies during the heyday of print photojournalism. Drawing from The Image Centre’s famous Black Star press photography collection as well as the archive of Canada’s national news agency, The Canadian Press, the selection spans the twentieth century—from the British movement for women’s right to vote, through the Watts riots in Los Angeles, to the Oka Crisis in Quebec. Each story illuminates a different aspect of how photojournalists have worked to document the news and distribute their photographs for publication.

Admission is always free.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12–8 pm
Thursday–Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday–Tuesday: Closed

Free Exhibition Tours
Tuesdays: Tours by appointment
Wednesday–Friday: 1:30pm, drop-in

Explore more than thirty-five stories about historic events and personalities, while learning how photojournalists and press agencies worked together to document the news and distribute images for publication. Led by co-curators Rachel Verbin and Gaëlle Morel .
About the Exhibition
Featuring more than thirty-five stories about historic events and personalities, this exhibition explores the important role of photo agencies during the heyday of print photojournalism. Drawing from The Image Centre’s famous Black Star press photography collection as well as the archive of Canada’s national news agency, The Canadian Press, the selection spans the twentieth century—from the British movement for women’s right to vote, through the Watts riots in Los Angeles, to the Oka Crisis in Quebec. Each story illuminates a different aspect of how photojournalists have worked to document the news and distribute their photographs for publication.

Admission is always free.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12–8 pm
Thursday–Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday–Tuesday: Closed

Free Exhibition Tours
Tuesdays: Tours by appointment
Wednesday–Friday: 1:30pm, drop-in