art gallery visit

the sleepover aftermath :)

On St. Patrick's Day, we found ourselves at The McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario with our good friends, the Platt family. McMichael is the only major public gallery that collects and displays only Canadian art. The gallery contains works by the Group of Seven, showcases other individual Canadian artists as well as featuring Inuit and First Nations works. The setting at McMichael is spectacular as it is on 100 acres of conservation land. Not surprisingly to those who know us well, we spent most of our time there outside following the trails, exploring and watching the kids climb trees. This is partly because it was one of the nicest days we have seen in months, but also because that's what they love to do. They also seemed to really enjoy the hands-on art activities of stained 'glass', celtic button-making, and water colour painting. We plan to go back and spend more time in the gallery and Kleinburg itself as it is such a lovely place.