Tuesday, September 18, 2018
John Lander
Image: John Lander in his studio, 1986 By Joan Murray Many years ago, when I was first made director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, John Lander, while still a student at York University in Toronto, showed me his work. I immediately recognized its unique quality. That remained the factor that distinguished his work…
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Painters Eleven and Oshawa
By Joan Murray, Director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa (1974-1999) When people fund art galleries, they seek to unite artworks they value under a single roof. Ewart McLaughlin, who provided the funds for the building of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, played a similar role. He…
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Meet David Wysotski!
David Wysotski is an illustrator and artist painting in both traditional and digital mediums. Last year, Dave taught a drawing/painting class at theRMG which we've brought back by popular demand for the third time this season! We thought we'd learn a little more about Dave, his practice, and the value of instructing. 1. Tell us…
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
#FeelsLikeHome
Image courtesy of Stephanie Pollard. The image is from Stephanie's 13th birthday party, which doubled as a goodbye party for heading to Canada, 2002. By Stephanie Pollard When my family and I immigrated to Canada from Jamaica in 2003, my mother worried about how we would celebrate our first Christmas in our new home. All…
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Interview with Art Lab artist in Residence, John Di Leonardo
John Di Leonardo is our Art Lab artist in residence from June12 until September 3, 2018. During his residency in the Art Lab, John Di Leonardo will be researching the nude theme within Canada’s artistic history, and also will be drawing to create a body of work that explores questions of the nude image as…
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Linda Jansma: Curator Extraordinaire
by Joan Murray A curator`s task differs from person to person. For some, it means gathering a collection. For others, interpreting what is already there. For all, it means study of a chosen field, say trains if you are the curator of a railway museum. Then you dedicate yourself to preserving the physical legacy, history…
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