{"id":5989,"date":"2026-06-22T14:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5989"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:28:23","slug":"vernissage-back-river","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/event\/vernissage-back-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernissage: BACK RIVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On November 23, join us for the public vernissage of BACK RIVER by Montreal-based artist Sonia Bazar.\u00a0<\/strong>The latest exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, BACK RIVER weaves together themes of loss, memory, community, and urban landscapes, contemplating what is forgotten, and how it can be remembered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Centred upon the Back River Cemetery \u2013 one of Montreal\u2019s oldest Jewish cemeteries, located in Ahuntsic \u2013 this multidisciplinary body of work explores the burial ground\u2019s peculiar and enigmatic place in our city\u2019s landscape.<\/strong>\u00a0Bazar\u2019s work ruminates on the challenges of solving the puzzle surrounding the cemetery\u2019s founding, evolution, and near-abandonment. With the artist\u2019s own family members buried at the Back River, piecing together knowledge of this space becomes an act of personal archiving and placemaking. However, absence and scarcity of information about the Back River Cemetery remain a core part of its story and the memory of its occupants.Through research-creation using archival sources and oral histories, Bazar invites us to become part of the cemetery\u2019s contemporary archive as she reimagines its 140-year history through photography, installation, and sculptural work.<\/p>\n<p>Opening remarks by the curator and the artist will take place at 8:00pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kindly note that pre-registration is required for all who wish to attend. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jlive.app\/events\/5979\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/jlive.app\/events\/5979\"><strong>Click here to register in advance.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bar (payable by card only) will be open with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage options. Complimentary refreshments provided by Violet Bakehouse will also be available.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ACCESSIBILITY:<\/strong>\u00a0Please note that the Museum of Jewish Montreal is currently not accessible to visitors with limited mobility. This exhibition takes place on the second and third floors of our building, accessible by staircase. Our ground floor entrance is accessible by ramp.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonia Bazar and the Museum of Jewish Montreal would like to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 23, join us for the public vernissage of BACK RIVER by Montreal-based artist Sonia Bazar.\u00a0The latest exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, BACK RIVER weaves together themes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","subtitle":"","intro":"","title_width":"66","_mjm_event_fallback_color":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-5989","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/5989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/5989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museejuifmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=5989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}