Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Recap – RMG Fridays: Adventure Handbook!
By: Stephanie Pollard In ancient Rome, stones were marked with distances-usually a full, or part of a mile-and placed along the road, hence the word ‘milestones.’ Today, we know milestones as place markers that hold significance in a person’s or entity’s life, big or small. April’s RMG First Fridays celebrates two ongoing milestones: the 50th…
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Exploring the process: An interview with Anastasia Hare
By: Raechel Bonomo Interview with Anastasia Hare RMG Art Lab Residency: What Arises in the Process, December 6 - 30, 2016 Gallery A Exhibition: In Time, January 5 - 29, 2017 Participating artists: Katie Bruce, Jennifer Carvalho, Rob Nicholls and Sarah Sands Phillips The relationship between the curator and the artist is one of complexities and…
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The RMG’s 10-year-old curator
Sigourney Baker is a 10-year-old junior curator at the RMG. The junior curator program explores the world of art galleries and exhibitions. The program gives kids the opportunity to learn how to develop themes while given a behind the scenes look of how an exhibition comes together. While exploring works from the RMG’s permanent collection,…
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Women in Art and Community
Women in Art and Community There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish. -Michelle Obama Alexandra Luke would be proud. While we can only speculate on how she saw the future of a small building on Simcoe Street that housed works by the Painters’ 11 and other Canadian artists, fifty years later…
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Jo Yetter: Dripping Faucets Are My Metronome
Jo Yetter: Dripping Faucets Are My Metronome Art Lab through March 30 Jo Yetter is a Toronto-based artist who explores space, interpersonal relationships, identity and growth through printmaking, book art and installations. “I like to say I work with space,” they said. “I make books but they are spaces to inhabit.” Yetter is using their…
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
RMG 50 << Rewind: in review
Memories, shared stories and laughter warmed a cold winter’s night at RMG Rewind, as the Robert McLaughlin Gallery continued to celebrate its 50th birthday. On Thursday, Feb. 16, a group of gallery friends and present and former staff hit the Rewind button to remember the half-century of history of the RMG. The intimate event was…
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