Lawren Harris and The Idea of North: A Conversation | April 28, 2016

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On April 28, the Canada Program co-sponsored a special event at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, focused on the work of Lawren Harris which was on exhibition. After guests explored the exhibition, they attended a conversation by Matthew Teitelbaum, the Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Andrew Hunter, the Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art, at the Art Gallery of Ontario; and moderated by Alison Mountz, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program, and professor of geography and Canada Research Chair of Global Migration, Wilfrid Laurier University. Left to right: Heather Conrad and Kathleen Molony of the Fellows Program, Center Director Michèle Lamont, and Tufts graduate student Nathan Cohen-Fournier in the gallery for “The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris.” Photo credit: Mike DeStefano