Activities for everyone at the Canadian War Museum

Posted on: 01/12/2010

Ottawa, Ontario, December 1, 2010 — Throughout the month of December, join us for activities all can enjoy at the Canadian War Museum.

NEW EXHIBITION:

A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan
This exhibition features 64 significant works by artists who witnessed Canadian military history as it happened between 1946 and 2008 opens to the public on December 10, 2010.  
Focusing on the creative challenges faced by artists in documenting and interpreting recent experiences overseas and in Canada, the exhibition highlights the historical contexts in which artists worked, and explores their varied and often powerfully moving personal responses.
An exhibition developed by the Canadian War Museum in partnership with the Directorate of History and Heritage, Department of National Defence and made possible in part by a generous donation from the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

What do you “Sea”?
December 4–5 and 26
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
John McCrae Gallery
Be creative and have fun. In conjunction with the special exhibition The Navy: A Century in Art, be inspired by one of the paintings and re-create it in mixed media.

Yuletide Season
December 18–24
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
John McCrae Gallery
Create your own original Christmas decoration inspired by our two special exhibitions, The Navy and A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan.

An Artist, a Mural and You!
December 11–12, 27–31
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
John McCrae Gallery
Karole Marois, a war artist with the Canadian Forces Artists Program, will begin work on a mural, and you are invited to come and add your creative touch. The mural painting will continue until April 2011.

Season’s Greetings
December 4–5, 11–12, 18–31
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lobby
Send some cheer to Canadian Forces members who are away from their families this holiday season. Write your own special greeting to Canadian troops serving overseas on large banners and Christmas cards.

Public Programs:

The Damned
December 2
7 p.m. (Book signing to follow)
Barney Danson Theatre
Please join historian and author Nathan M. Greenfield, PhD, who will discuss his new book, The Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941–45.

A War Poet
December 11
2 p.m.
John McCrae Gallery
Come hear war poet Suzanne Steele, who was embedded in 2008–2009 with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and the Royal 22e Régiment (Van Doos) in Afghanistan and Canada. The first civilian poet sent into the theatre of war in Canadian history, she will speak of her experiences and will read from her work. In conjunction with the A Brush with War exhibition.