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Children Draw What Canada Means to Them at the TD Gallery

December 13, 2017 | David | Comments (12)

Crayons blank postcard and clothes pin all on table

The children's table in the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library. The card reads "What does your Canada look like? Draw a picture here."

One of Toronto's hidden gems is the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library. The gallery's current exhibit is I Am Canada: Celebrating Canadian Picture Book Art. On display is original artwork from classic Canadian children's books including The Hockey Sweater and The Paper Bag Princess. But one of the most interesting parts of the exhibit started as a blank wall. We invited children to draw what Canada looks like to them on a postcard, before adding it to the wall. (And it's not too late to add more as the show continues to January 21!)

Inside the TD Gallery where there is a kid's table with stools some books on a shelf a display area where a large number of postcards are hanging and also there is a bean bag

The children's table inside TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library.

The drawings range from heartwarming (like the drawing of the Canadian flag with a heart instead of a maple leaf) to heartbreaking (like the drawing of a Canadian flag with the words "pls [please] no deport"). Thank you to everyone — child, teen or adult — who added art to the gallery walls. Below are just a few of your drawings on display:

 

Crayon drawing of a seemingly futuristic city with green parks and lots of clouds and two Canadian flags

 

  Crayon drawing of the canadian flag with a heart instead of a maple leaf and the words Thanks Canada!

 

Robot holding a resume in front of a sign that says jobs

 

  Crayon drawing of winter landscape

 

Crayon drawing of a moose in nature with a rainbow in the background

 

Crayon drawing of a girl with earmuffs in the winter with french that reads J'aime Canada

 

  Crayon drawing of stick figure girls holding what appear to be balloons of faces with different expressions

 

Ppen drawing of two women eating rice and fish with chopsticks and the words we share our food and our cultures

 

Crayong drawing of outdoor scene with tree canadian flag house and blue sky and the words I like Canada

 

Crayon drawing of a bird like creature with a small black hat

 

Crayon letters that read burr

 

Crayon drawing of a squirrel looking at a small maple leaf and the word peace misspelled underneath

 

Crayon drawing of toronto skyline with the words I am Toronto I am Canada

 

  Crayong drawing of two hockey players

 

Crayon drawing of the Canadian flag with the words thanks please no deport

 

Crayon stick figures side by side with the sun overhead

 

 

Visit our current exhibit I Am Canada: Celebrating Canadian Picture Book Art in the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street, first floor). Free admission.

November 11, 2017 – January 21, 2018

Hours

Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 8:30; Saturday, 9:00 – 5:00; Sunday, 1:30 – 5:00

Programs

Guided tours every Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the TD Gallery. No registration.

I Am Canada Storytimes every Tuesday at 10:00 AM in the TD Gallery. No registration (except classes). 

Celebrate 60 Years of Scholastic Canada activity day, on Thursday January 4, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM in the Toronto Reference Library's Beeton Hall. Register for free tickets here.

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