Hanukkah is almost here and we can’t wait to spend it with you!

Hanukkah is almost here and we can’t wait to spend it with you! Our exhibition, BACK RIVER by Sonia Bazar, opened on November 23 with a vernissage that saw over 200 guests visit Sonia’s meaningful body of work. Thank you to everyone who came! If you haven’t seen the exhibition yet, we invite you to visit us before our winter holiday closure on December 22. Scroll below to see the exhibition’s visiting hours. On December 14, we’ll be celebrating the Festival of Lights with some Hanukkah trivia! Emceed by Sarah Deshaies, these rounds of trivia will have something for guests of all areas of expertise. Our winning team will go home with a prize pack of goodies from some of our favourite local stores and restaurants! Complimentary latkes and jelly donuts will be provided. Tickets at $15 per person, limit of 5 people per team.

Our latest exhibition, BACK RIVER by Sonia Bazar, is now open! Weaving together themes of loss, memory, community, ecology, and urban landscapes, BACK RIVER contemplates what is forgotten, and how it can be remembered. Bazar’s body of work is named for Montreal’s oldest standalone Jewish burial site: the Back River Cemetery. Established in the 1880s in the Montreal neighbourhood of Ahuntsic, the cemetery is one of the earliest resting places for first-generation Jewish migrants to Canada. Built upon swampland and founded for a growing immigrant community, the cemetery today holds a peculiar and enigmatic place in the city’s landscape.