Tag: linda jansma
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Curator’s Choice – Robert Bourdeau
While the Canadian photographer Robert Bourdeau now uses digital technologies in shooting his images, he began in analogue – that is, film. In 2015, the RMG received a donation of twelve outstanding photographs by this Kingston-born artist. Like the slow food movement, Bourdeau’s practice is all about the slow and considered shot. Not only does…
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Monday, July 11, 2016
Linda Jansma on the cartographer’s mistake: marigold map
Last October, I was put in touch with Dru Chillingworth, the Manager, Parks Maintenance Services for the City of Oshawa. I asked him if he could grow a map of marigolds for the RMG in the summer of 2016. He didn’t seem phased by the request, which left me hopeful! He and I, along with…
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Monday, May 30, 2016
Noel Harding Remembered by Linda Jansma
I came across an “RIP” for Noel Harding on Facebook last Friday. I was both stunned and disbelieving and contacted the notification’s author for verification. The next day, emails and other postings would confirm that it was true: Noel had died suddenly on Thursday, May 26. Less than a week ago, Noel had called to…
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Friday, April 15, 2016
Curator’s Choice – the green fairy storybook
Our Curator's Choice comes from the upcoming exhibition 'Sarindar Dhaliwal: The Radcliffe Line and Other Geographies.' We asked Senior Curator Linda Jansma to pick a work in the show, and she selected the 'green fairy storybook.' Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved learning to read, sitting on the floor between the stacks…
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Get to Know Us – Senior Curator, Linda Jansma
At the RMG, we often get asked about what we do each day, how we got into the crazy museum world and also what skills would be needed to do our jobs. With graduation looming for many college and university students, we will be profiling members of our team to shed some light on what…
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Curator’s Choice: Holly King
In 2012, the RMG was gifted Solitude by Holly King. I placed the work in the permanent collection exhibition Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear, the following year. Now, we have an opportunity to celebrate King’s work in a larger way with the mid-career retrospective Edging Towards the Mysterious. Solitude is earlier than any…
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