Over approximately 72 hours, Anique Jordan inhabits the gallery, moving through unscripted periods of rest, sleep, and travel. Informed by the Shouter Baptist spiritual practice of “moaning,” which involves extended fasting, Flight similarly turns to dreams and bodily experience as sources of knowledge. Jordan asks the gallery to bend to these ways of knowing, allowing […]
Boots for Art returns for a boot-stompin’ evening of line dancing, fundraising, and community spirit in support of the Varley Art Gallery. Dust off your favourite cowboy boots and hit the dance floor with Cheatin’ Hearts, leading an energetic line dancing session for all experience levels. Tickets include two complimentary drinks, with proceeds supporting the Varley’s milestone […]
What stories can be found within the Varley Art Gallery’s permanent collection? Join the Gallery’s curator Anik Glaude for an informal walkthrough exploring artworks on view and the artists, ideas, and histories that shape the exhibition. Gain new perspectives on the collection through close looking and conversation. Learn More
Begin at the Aga Khan Museum with the Toronto Biennial of Art, featuring Dawit L. Petros and his installation Emergent Formations, 2026. Continue to the Varley Art Gallery for a guided tour of I Think This Means I Can Fly, exploring mythology, Black surrealisms, and the formation and inheritance of truth. The tour then travels to the […]
Every Child Matters. Take a moment to learn, reflect, and connect with the meaning of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. Explore resources and respond to a reflection prompt through writing, drawing, or quiet contemplation. Supported by the Markham Public Library. Learn More
Join Public Art Curator Yan Wu for a guided tour of the City of Markham’s Public Art Circulation Collection at the Markham Civic Centre. Discover artworks on view and learn about the artists, stories, and ideas that shape the collection and the City’s public art program. Learn More
Presented as part of I Think This Means I Can Fly, Study Hall invites participants to engage with ideas of mythology, movement, disobedience, refusal, and dreaming. Drawing on Fred Moten’s understanding of “study” as a continuous and lived experience, the program considers talking, walking, working, dancing, suffering, and gathering as forms of collective inquiry. Through poems, essays, […]
Presented as part of I Think This Means I Can Fly, Study Hall invites participants to engage with ideas of mythology, movement, disobedience, refusal, and dreaming. Drawing on Fred Moten’s understanding of “study” as a continuous and lived experience, the program considers talking, walking, working, dancing, suffering, and gathering as forms of collective inquiry. Through poems, essays, […]
Join exhibiting artist Anique Jordan and curator Essence Harden for a conversation exploring Jordan’s artistic practice and exhibition. Hear directly from Jordan about her work and creative process, followed by a discussion with Harden offering further insight into the exhibition’s key themes, ideas, and curatorial perspective. Learn More
Celebrate the opening of our Fall Exhibitions with an afternoon of art and conversation inspired by the work of Anique Jordan. Enjoy Caribbean cuisine, hear directly from the artist during a special talk, and take part in a hands-on art-making activity inspired by the exhibition. The afternoon also features Desires Are Needs by Farhia Tato, a collaborative, […]
