Saturday, February 6, 2016
This past fall, I put a call out to the community to submit creative writing entries to accompany unidentified portraits in The Thomas Bouckley Collection. With ten portraits to choose from, submissions included diary entries, letters, short stories, poetry and even a dating profile. I was so pleased with the number we received and the…
Read MoreFriday, December 18, 2015
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…
Read MoreWednesday, August 26, 2015
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…
Read MoreSaturday, August 15, 2015
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…
Read MoreMonday, July 27, 2015
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…
Read MoreThursday, April 30, 2015
Assistant Curator Megan White reflects on her year at the RMG and shared with us her favourite photos from the Thomas Bouckley Collection. For more photos from the collection, follow vintageoshawa.tumblr.com Town Clerk’s Office, 1912 I love the photographs in the Thomas Bouckley collection that strongly capture a single fleeting moment. Even though this photograph…
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