Did you know that KFPL lends museum and park passes? Before your next trip to the National Gallery of Canada, borrow one of these books.
National Gallery of Canada pass
Visit the National Gallery of Canada! The passes are valid for one family admission to the Gallery's permanent collection only. A family consists of two adults and three youths.
Art Play! by Meredith Magee Donnelly
Using paint, coloured paper, clay and other basic art supplies, preschoolers learn to tap into their natural artistic abilities with fun-filled projects shown through easy-to-follow, colourful photos. Ages 3-5.
I Am An Artist by Marta Altés
A silly, fabulously funny picture book shows that art is EVERYWHERE! Ages 3-6.
I Am Canada by Heather Patterson
A beautiful picture book featuring artwork by Canada's finest illustrators — a true-north tribute to our nation and its children, from coast to coast to coast! Ages 3-7.
The Museum by Susan Verde
As a little girl tours and twirls through the halls of the art museum, she finds herself on an exciting adventure. Ages 3-7.
Nature Is An Artist by Jennifer Lavallee
A group of children follow Nature and explore art found in the natural world while creating their works of art. Ages 3-8.
Anna At The Art Museum by Hazel Hutchins
A little girl is bored during a visit to an art museum until she begins to identify with the details in the paintings. Ages 4-7.
O Canada by Ted Harrison
Acclaimed Canadian painter Ted Harrison takes us on a spectacular journey across Canada, "from east to western sea." Ages 6-10.
Meet The Group Of Seven by David Wistow
Examines more than 40 masterpieces by the Group of Seven, the artists who changed the landscape of Canadian art. Ages 8-12.
The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation by Carey Newman
Tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that contains items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them. Ages 9-12.
Talking To A Portrait: Tales Of An Art Curator by Rosalind M. Pepall
Through fifteen essays, Pepall, former curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, sheds light on a curator’s behind-the-scenes work, including intimate details on how museum exhibitions and acquisitions come together.
The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story Of The Art In Our Museums & Why We Need To Talk About It by Alice Procter
Proctor's book confronts the colonial legacy of museums. It serves as a guide for museum staff and visitors alike on how to approach museums with a critical eye and start on the repatriation journey.
Women At The Helm: How Jean Sutherland Boggs, Hsio-Yen Shih, And Shirley L. Thomson Changed The National Gallery Of Canada by Diana Nemiroff
This book charts thirty years of history at the National Gallery of Canada, from 1966-1997, under the leadership of Jean Sutherland Boggs, Hsio-Yen Shih, and Shirley L. Thomson. Nemiroff examines the progress made by the three directors — from expanding the gallery's collection to include photography, contemporary art, and non-Western art; to the construction of the then-new buildings for the Gallery and Canadian Museum of History — as well as how these women navigated government bureaucracy, funding cuts, and the transition to crown corporation status.
Moving The Museum: Indigenous And Canadian Art At The AGO by Wanda Nanibush
Lush with reproductions from artists such as Kent Monkman, Rebecca Belmore, Annie Pootoogook and Shuvinai Ashoona, Nanibush, Curator of Indigenous Art, chronicles the reopening of the J.S. McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario and features essays on land, water, and Indigenous sovereignty in art and museums.
Art & Queer Culture by Catherine Lord and Richard Meyer
Lord and Meyer survey the history of Western queer art from 1880 to the present, examining works and artists by their form, politicization, and surrounding activism and radical movements.
