Introduction to Contemporary Art: Abstract CANCELLED


Date: Apr 9
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Where: Theatre
Workshop

Join art educator Anne Pickard-Vaandering for a series of lively lectures about contemporary art. The third lecture in this series takes a look at the history and interpretation of abstract art. We will also view and interpret abstract artworks in our art galleries.

Tickets are $15.00 per lecture ($40.00 for all 3). Pre-registration is required and can be purchased in person at the admission desk or by calling 757-8090. Seats are limited.

We ask for your cooperation in complying with COVID-19 recommend protocols.

  • Contact information will be collected when tickets are purchased and must reflect the person attending the lecture. Should the lecture be attended by someone else please have them contact Visitors Services to update the contact information associate with that ticket.
  • Masks must be worn at all times when moving throughout the building but can be removed once seated and the lecture has begun.

Image:  Rae Perlin. Self-portrait with Easel (1949). Oil on canvas board. 35.5 x 25 cm. Memorial University of Newfoundland Collection, The Rooms.

Image credit:  Michael Gough, You will return and know this place for the first time  2013. Oil on canvas. 91.5cm x 121cm. The Rooms, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Collection.

Events & Programs

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Reimagining the classic bedtime story, Matthew-Robin Nye explores how spaces of imagination can transcend categories like child and adult, inviting reflection on how we learn, feel, and connect to artwork across generations.

Through this work, he asks what it means to build environments that are open, attentive, and alive to shared experience—places where visitors can simply be, and where curiosity and presence unfold at their own rhythm.

This is a free program but a ticket is required. Please reserve your free ticket online or call 709-757-8090.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tour

Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou

In this exhibition, find out about the impacts of the First World War on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and how events overseas dramatically altered our lives at home.

Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.