Multisensory Museum

A block print by Mary E. Wrinch consisting of black and white ink on paper. A series of four trees cast shadows on the ground as beams of light shoot from the middle of the frame.

Multisensory Museum: Mary E. Wrinch's Sunrise

Friday, April 2, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

An abstract painting making use of a haze of colors including green, black, purple and blue. A mountain line can be seen in the background, while a dark shore can be seen in the foreground.

Multisensory Museum: Frederick Horsman Varley's West Coast Sunset, Vancouver

Friday, July 16, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

A painting consisting of a series of black marks on a blue and green background.

Multisensory Museum: Kazuo Nakamura's Inner Structure

Friday, January 29, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

This artwork depicts as scene of women riding in chariots, pulled by horses. The woman in the foreground wears a black gown and ornamental headpiece. Two women ride in chariots in the background wearing similar costumes. Decorative arches, railings and can be seen in the background, along with a blurry crowd of spectators.

Multisensory Museum: James Tissot's La Femme a Paris: The Ladies of the Cars

Friday, May 14, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

A painting of Arthur Lismer's wife, who sits on a stone along the shore of a lake. The painting is imprecise, created from large marks of colour. The wife wears a purple shirt, yellow hat with a purple ribbon and holds a book. The water around her is dark green with light blue flecks.

Multisensory Museum: Arthur Lismer's My Wife, Sackville River, Nova Scotia

Friday, August 27, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

Christi Belcourt, The Wisdom of the Universe

Multisensory Moments: Christi Belcourt's Wisdom of the Universe

Tues, January 18, 11 am

Art galleries and museums have long emphasized the visual, but we're offering something different: special multisensory art experiences to help you understand your surroundings in new ways!

A contemporary installation of a pink bed which has been absurdly stretched, elongated and contorted into a sculpture.

Multisensory Moments: Los Carpinteros' La Montaña Rusa

Monday, April 25, 11 am

Art galleries and museums have long emphasized the visual, but we're offering something different: special multisensory art experiences to help you understand your surroundings in new ways!

A black and white lithograph. A figure with elongated limbs can be seen in the centre wearing a cloth wrapped around their body. Below the figure there is a cityscape at night. The moon can be seen peaking through the clouds in the distance.

Multisensory Museum: Felicien Rops' Death Sowing Discord

Friday, April 23, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

A painting of a landscape. Leafless trees can be found along the horizon with a pink sky above. A lake is in the mid-ground surrounded by a shore made from rocks and orange nondescript flora.

Multisensory Museum: Tom Thomson's A Northern Lake

Friday, August 6, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

A painting consisting of a dozen geometric shapes: a small red square in the top left corner of the image; a large grey circle outlined in black in the upper-centre; a large blue triangle in the centre; and a series of black lines that run on a diagonal.

Multisensory Museum: Wassily Kandinsky's Grey Circle

Friday, March 5, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.

A painting of a large open field made from small green, black and yellow strokes of paint. A dark storm appears above the field, moving forward the foreground. A series of small fences can be seen in the field, lining each section of crops.

Multisensory Museum: Carl Fellman Sohaefer's Storm over the Fields

Friday, June 4, 11 am

How can artists and designers create more multisensory experiences? OCADU Graduate Students in response to an Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum Course share their co-creative process of translating artworks in the AGO collection into multisensory objects.