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The Spaces & Places guided walking tour explores the history of locations on and around the UTSC campus by sharing the personal recollections of members of our campus community — reflecting a variety of perspectives, positions, and points in time.
The Doris McCarthy Gallery, or DMG, is a professional public art gallery located in the Bladen Wing of the Academic Resource Centre at UTSC, named after the prolific Canadian painter Doris McCarthy. The gallery is minimalist in design, featuring polished concrete floors, clean white walls, and overhanging studio lights that give the space a sense of dramatic flare and work to highlight the works on display. Indeed, the gallery exhibits a number of works year-round, sourced variously from UTSC students and more established artists, in addition to offering a variety of public programs and workshops, reflecting a wide range of artistic expression and giving the UTSC community the opportunity to experience professional art in an accessible environment. In this way, the Doris McCarthy Gallery is a cornerstone of UTSC’s cultural landscape, celebrating the power of art to inspire and connect people.
Ann MacDonald, an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Director/Curator of the Doris McCarthy Gallery at UTSC, recalls her experience putting together the first collection of the DMG in 2004. The collection was titled Everything Which Is Yes, and comprised a survey of works by the gallery’s namesake, Doris McCarthy.
Credits: Conceived and produced by Amena Ahmed and Asmaa Helali. All images courtesy of the UTSC Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Ken Jones via the UTSC Memory Collection.
Ann MacDonald, an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Director/Curator of the Doris McCarthy Gallery at UTSC, looks back on the Return, Afghanistan exhibition held at the DMG in 2006 and the ways in which the exhibition resonated with the larger campus community.
Credits: Conceived and produced by Amena Ahmed and Asmaa Helali. All images courtesy of the UTSC Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Ken Jones via the UTSC Memory Collection.
The above images are from the “Journey into the Heart of Afghanistan” event at UTSC in April 2006, jointly organized by the university, the Doris McCarthy Gallery, and the Afghan Students’ Association. The evening began with a guided tour of the Return, Afghanistan exhibition on display at the DMG, followed by a reception in the Ralph Campbell Lounge, which featured traditional Afghan song and dance performances.
Images courtesy of Ken Jones via UTSC Photographic Services, Memory Collection, UTSC Library Digital Collections.
