Special Events
Monday, May 10: Optional evening event – Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada, Tattoo Training Facility
Tuesday, May 11: Evening event – Kitchen party at The Rooms
Wednesday, May 12: 2010 CMA Awards dinner
Thursday, May 13: 2011 Reception
Thursday, May 13: Closing banquet
Friday, May 14: Reception – Edward Burtynsky: Oil
Monday, May 10
Optional evening event – Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada, Tattoo Training Facility
This historic site celebrates the rich communications and military history of Signal Hill. Perched above the harbour, you'll enjoy a spectacular view of St. John's and the sea. A short walk from the Sheraton, you're invited to meet old friends, make new friends and be introduced to Newfoundland and Labrador's legendary culture at the first social event of the 2010 conference.
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Signal Hill
Fee: $25. Open to CMA delegates and guests. Fee includes admission to the Visitor Centre and Cabot Tower, entertainment, dessert, coffee and non-alcoholic beverages.
Limited to 75 participants.
Tuesday, May 11
Evening event – Kitchen party at The Rooms - SOLD OUT
Come to The Rooms for a scoff and a scuff! . . . That’s supper and a dance when you’re in Newfoundland and Labrador. To welcome delegates in fine style, The Rooms Provincial Archives, Art Gallery and Museum Divisions will turn into one big kitchen party. There’ll be seafood and other local treats, lots of traditional music and, for the more energetic types in the crowd, a chance to kick up your heels doing jigs and reels. A grand time will be had by all!
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
Fee: $70. Open to CMA delegates and guests. Fee includes dinner, entertainment and one complimentary drink (cash bar thereafter). Transportation not included. The Rooms is a short 10-minute walk from the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland.
Wednesday, May 12
2010 CMA Awards dinner - SOLD OUT
Bouquets to all the 2010 awards winners! Join your colleagues and award winners to celebrate and support the very best in Canada’s museums. Presentations will be made throughout a fabulous celebration dinner for the CMA Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CMA Award of Distinguished Service, The Barbara Tyler Award in Museum Leadership, The Museum Volunteer Award (co-sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums), the ICOM Canada International Achievement Award, and the Museums and Schools Partnership Award (co-sponsored by the Canadian Teachers Federation).
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland
Fee: $70
Thursday, May 13
2011 Reception
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland
Info TBA
Thursday, May 13
Closing banquet: Get Down and Rock at the Johnson GEO CENTRE
Imagine dining under the solar system. This fabulous evening will be the culmination of conference activities and is a great way to unwind with friends and colleagues. 550 million year-old walls will surround you as you feast upon a surf and turf dinner followed by the rocking sounds of Billy and the Bruisers, St. John's finest dance band.
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Johnson GEO CENTRE
Cost: $85
Friday, May 14
Reception – Edward Burtynsky: Oil
Organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery invites you to the opening reception for Oil, an exhibition of 56 large-scale color landscapes by celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. Featuring photographs created over the past decade, most never-before-shown, the exhibition chronicles the production of oil, including the effects on the natural world through its extraction and use.
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
Fee: FREE and open to all CMA delegates and guests
RSVP: by Monday, May 10, 2010 to
Christine Harris
christineharris@therooms.ca
709-757-8040