Visualizing the Junction Triangle: Our Corner of the World
Join MOCA Toronto and Heritage Toronto in this unique joint offering of a historical walking and museum tour. Set within MOCA’s home neighbourhood—the Junction Triangle—the Heritage Toronto walking tour begins where art meets history, exploring the fascinating legacies of the neighbourhood’s churches, bridges, “death-traps”, and even a famous boxer. Throughout this tour, you’ll learn about the area’s rich industrial history and recent gentrification, and the ways in which this influences, inspires, and shapes Toronto’s visual identity.
Following this, enjoy a guided tour of Margaux Williamson’s current solo exhibition at MOCA, Shoes, books, hands, buildings, and cars. Her work is heavily influenced by her surroundings and having settled in Toronto for the past two decades, Williamson paints scenes that draw from the city streets around her, the intimate views and objects of her home, studio, bars, and the natural world.
You’ll also have the opportunity to learn more about the museum’s history and place within a heritage building that was once used as an automotive manufacturing plant and is now a space to make cultural and community connections through contemporary art.
