2014 exhibitions

True Patriot: The Next Generation of Canadian Superheroes (art gallery, January 12 - March 30, 2014)
True Patriot is a Canadian comic book anthology featuring new Canadian superheroes created by award-winning Canadian comic book creators. The exhibition showcased some of the original artwork from the anthology as well as provide a look at the creative visual process behind comic book creation. An eclectic mix of media including both classic (pencil and ink) and contemporary (digital colour) techniques will be highlighted.

Pow! Zap! Whoosh! Comics (museum, __ to August 24, 2014)
Do you know what Superman, Wolverine and Nelvana of the North have in common? They are all Canadian! Come see your favourite superheroes in comic books, graphic novels and toys.

George Walker: The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson (art gallery, January 19 - March 30, 2014)
This exhibition showcased contemporary Canadian artist George Walker's limited edition, hand-printed volume of 100 engravings documenting the life and death of Canadian painter Tom Thomson. This visual narrative touches on Thomson's dual life as a commercial artist in Toronto and as a woodsman/artist painting the area in and around Algonquin Park and along the shore of Georgian Bay. The suite of prints showed Walker's astonishing range as a contemporary printmaker, drawing on Thomson's life and work as a source of inspiration for his own art.

Leonard Hutchinson: Ontario (art gallery, January 19 - May 4, 2014)
Working throughout the 1930s, Leonard Hutchinson is regarded as one of Canada's foremost Social Realists of the Depression years. Recognized for his masterful block prints, Hutchison's work highlighted the Ontario landscape and documented the life and struggles of the working people. Leonard Hutchinson: Ontario featured several of Hutchinson's prints from PAMA's permanent art collection.

The Tree (art gallery, January 19 - May 4, 2014)
With close to 50% of its total surface area covered in woodlands, Canada hosts nearly 10% of the world's forests. This exhibition celebrated the tree through the eyes of artists represented in PAMA's permanent art collection.

Walk the Art 2014 (art gallery, April 10 - April 24, 2014)
This annual exhibition provided secondary school students from the Peel District School Board the opportunity to express their ideas about social issues through art. The theme of this 2014's Walk the Art was "Power". The exhibit helped to spark dialogue around important issues surrounding the distribution of power; economically, socially, environmentally and politically.

Paint and Process (art gallery in the museum, April 11 to May 25, 2014)
Brampton artist Karen Darling focuses on the artistic process behind her completed paintings in the exhibition "Paint and Process". Darling uses a unique method that experiments with wax, paint, and environmentally-friendly stone paper as the foundation for this new body of work.

National Youth Arts Week Exhibit (tunnel, May 1 - 16, 2014)
The City of Brampton is celebrating Brampton's recognition as a Youth Friendly Community Platinum Winner during National Youth Arts week, May 1 - 7, 2014. This nationwide initiative has provided an opportunity for young     people across Canada to create a celebration of youth led events showcasing their talents, expressing and exchanging ideas, getting excited about the arts and celebrating their positive contribution to their communities and to Canada. In celebration of National Youth Arts Week, PAMA will be showcasing art by youth, provided by Region of Peel, City of Brampton - Clean City, Brampton Library Youth Group, Eclypse Youth Group, St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, The Invictus Youth Center and students at Brampton Christian School (assembled by The BRIDGE) from May 1 - 16.

Touching Lives for 40 Years (museum, June 7 to December 2014)
In 2014, the Region of Peel is celebrating its 40th anniversary. PAMA is proud to highlight Peel's rich history and achievements over the past four decades through a special exhibit. Visit us and see photos, videos, and artifacts that tell a story of the evolution of the Region and our community. An event was held June 7, 2014.

Spirit Seeds: A Celebration of First Nations Beadwork (museum, June 14 - October 13, 2014)
This exhibition features beautiful objects decorated with tiny glass beads, called "Little Spirits" in some First Nations languages. The tradition of beadwork began when Europeans brought enchanting glass beads as an item of trade, and continues today as an important part of Native life and artistic expression. We celebrate this legacy by sharing historical and contemporary objects and the stories they tell of the artisans who created them.

40 Sagas (museum, August 29 to November 2, 2014)
See Touring exhibitions at PAMA.

The Guardian: The Early Years (archives, September 2014 to June 2015)
In 2014, the Brampton Guardian celebrated 50 years of making community memories. This exhibition takes a journey through those years with a collection of selected photographs from the early years of the newspaper to the newspaper to document the development of Bramalea, Canada's Satellite City.

Transform, Distort, Warp, Explode! A survey of work by Lizz Aston (art gallery, October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015)
Lizz Aston's work explores the crossroads between traditional craft practices, contemporary art and design. This exhibition examines Aston's experimental process as she transforms traditional materials through methods of abstraction, using digital technologies and manipulating pattern to create distorted and exploded views.

Pulling the Thread (art gallery, October 18 to January 25, 2015)
This exhibition explores the tradition of creating functional and decorative objects and examines how these domestic practices have influenced today's artists through contemporary approaches, materials and techniques.

Waist Management: A History of Unmentionables(museum, November 1, 2014 to February 16, 2015)
Waist Management is a visual journey through three centuries of sensational corsets, crinolines, bustles and bras that have been used to idealize the female form since the late 18th century. This exhibition is on loan from the Fashion History Museum.

Peel Collects: Dolls from Around the World (museum, November 15, 2014 to January 25, 2015)
Peel Collects: Dolls from Around the World highlights a local collection of international dolls. The collection crosses generations and cultures, and provides a miniature look at fashion, fun and stories from around the world.