Ej Lightman and Anne O’Callaghan, artists, writers and curators had a simple premise back in 1998 when they started The Tree Museum: the collective would invite Toronto based, National and International artists and curators whose work they found interesting and compelling. The artists did not have to have any experience creating work outside, they did not have to be sculptors. The result is an amazing collection of works, sculptural, photographic, sound and performance. 91 works were created between 1998-2019. Connections with the historical place and the strata making up the past are the starting point for many of the works, notably the systematic documentation of the site’s natural and human-made history. Several artists have questioned our urbanization and gentrification of wilderness with humour and irony. The works at The Tree Museum contribute to an ongoing dialogue about how art and the world we live in are connected. An unforeseen aspect of creating work in nature, and of inviting artists from diverse back- grounds, is that their work directs viewers to see the “land” — the beauty and the wonder of it all — with new insight.

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