Archives: September 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Curator’s View: Douglas Coupland @ RMG
When I drive into work, it’s hard not to smile when I look up at the building and see Douglas Coupland’s sculpture Group Portrait, 1957. It was installed less than a week ago with an “unveiling” (without the veil – the work was too large and too high to drape!) event that included Doug Coupland…
Read MoreTuesday, September 27, 2011
Social Media & Museums
This month our CEO Gabrielle Peacock had an article published in the newsletter of the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums. The article is below. As we seek to expand where the visitor experience begins and ends with projects such as Community Curates, our CEO took a moment to reflect on the benefits of these…
Read MoreFriday, September 23, 2011
Community Curates
23 September 2011 - 11 March 2012 Opening celebration: First Fridays 7 October 7pm In most cases, art is a visual experience that is meant to be experienced in person. However, the far reaching impact of the internet has undoubtedly done wonders for the art world—bringing otherwise inaccessible art into homes around the world. Despite…
Read MoreThursday, September 8, 2011
The Curator’s View: September 11th.
The RMG is pleased to introduce a new feature to our blog, The Curator's View. Our first post is from Linda Jansma, Curator at the RMG discussing her memory of working on September 11th, 2001. The Curator's View: September 11th While I’m not old enough to recall where I was when JFK was shot—arguably one…
Read MoreMonday, September 5, 2011
Community Curates Week 10
Our last week has arrived! Now that we are wrapping up this project, our first crowd sourced art exhibition, we are starting to review the successes and drawbacks. Please be sure to leave a comment on this post with your ideas for how we could improve this process. We'd like to try it again and…
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