What's New

There is always something new happening at CyberMuse!

Teachers
Bring the Gallery's collection into your classroom. In this section, you'll find great in-class activities and many other resources to enhance your curriculum. Try it out!

Joe Fafard
Join Joe Fafard in his studio and foundry. Listen to commentary from the artist on his sculptures, the creative process and public art. See how a bronze cast is made - from lump of clay to bronze masterpiece. Delve into the National Gallery of Canada archives to see how the Canadian media tracked Fafard's career.

Albrecht Dürer
This website examines the life and art of Albrecht Dürer with an eye to the past, the present and the future. Look back at Dürer's career and life.
Compare his artworks to those of his teachers and apprentices.

Listen to a curatorial analysis of Dürer's life and artworks. Learn how to visually identify the three printmaking techniques he favored. High-resolution details of four of Dürer's best-known prints paired with a visual analysis provides an in-depth viewing experience.

How is it that a work of art on paper can last 400 years? Go behind the scenes with the paper conservator to find out. Step into the conservation lab, the vaults, and the workshop to see how art is packed for transport. Follow our easy instructions to make a linocut print.

Interactive Floor Plan
This innovative online program enables users to navigate throughout the Gallery's various exhibition spaces. Cyber-visitors can "enter" a specific gallery such as "Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven" and view the works exhibited. For those who are looking for works of art by an artist whose name escapes them, the artist index will point them in the right direction.
People planning to visit the Gallery on-site can create customized tours by theme or select from a list of Gallery prepared ready-made tours -"An Artist's Bouquet" for example - or simply choose to explore a particular gallery space. They can both print their tour map (personalized or standard version) to take to the Gallery and e-mail it to a friend.

What's Near Me
Curious to find out what exhibitions are featured in your area and at galleries across Canada? Just click on one of the pushpins to view gallery locations and highlights of artworks.

Canadian painting in the thirties Lesson Plan
This lesson plan introduces some of the painters who worked in Canada during the thirties. The thirties in Canada were marked by the economic collapse of the Great Depression and the rise of new political movements such as fascism and socialism. This lesson plan features the artists that moved beyond landscape and the Group of Seven to examine new avenues of expression.

Meet the Artist
Hear what artists have to say about their work and role of contemporary art in today's world. You will gain personal insights into why artists create, their choice of materials, the major influences on their work, and the effect that new technologies have had on their work.

The Geoffrey James interview is now on-line.

The Robert Davidson interview is now on-line.

The Joe Fafard interview is now on-line.

Remember to come back often to see new artists and special features that have been added to CyberMuse.