Tag: City of Oshawa History
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Museum Week Fun
Samantha Pender and Jessica Moffitt are second year Public Relations students at Durham College and the RMG’s communications interns for the winter. It’s that time of year again! Museums and art galleries around the world will be coming together on the Internet to celebrate one of the most exciting calendar weeks. That’s right, it’s…
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Friday, December 18, 2015
The RMG Celebrates Hometown Hockey
This holiday season, visit the RMG as we celebrate Rogers Hometown Hockey in Oshawa with a special display in our lobby! We have gathered together artworks and historical photographs from our collection, as well as incorporated a display of hockey-inspired artwork by Peterborough artist Jeffrey Macklin. Learn more about the display below and visit us with…
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
Ghosts of the Gallery
Public call for Ghost Stories about The Robert McLaughlin Gallery! After almost 50 years in the community, Oshawa’s art gallery has some history behind it, as do the many artifacts, paintings, sculptures and curiosities housed in our gallery vault. The RMG is currently producing a short documentary titled “Ghosts of the Gallery” set to launch…
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Hidden Mothers and “Tall Tale” Postcards
This post comes from the desk of Associate Curator and Curator of the Thomas Bouckley Collection, Sonya Jones. Researching and selecting images for the exhibition Mindful Manipulation was fascinating! Not only did I learn about darkroom manipulation processes but I also discovered some interesting things about early studio practices. For example, hidden mother photography. In…
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Saturday, August 15, 2015
Their Stories – Call for entries!
Deadline: 1 December, 2015 Help tell the stories of 10 unidentified portraits in the Thomas Bouckley Collection. Whether it is a fictional diary entry, poem, letter, short story, storyboard, or character sketch, imagining an identity to these unknown portraits brings the characters to life. Submissions will be reviewed by a jury, and selected entries will…
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Monday, July 27, 2015
New Acquisition to The Thomas Bouckley Collection – Oshawa Strike
This post comes to us from the desk of Sonya Jones, Associate Curator and Curator of the Thomas Bouckley Collection. The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (RMG) in Oshawa, Ontario holds the Thomas Bouckley Collection. The Collection was donated to the RMG by the late Thomas Bouckley, amateur historian and collector of Oshawa's history. The entire computerized collection…
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