Tag: Thomas Bouckley Collection
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Get to Know Us – Sonya Jones, Associate Curator and Curator of the Thomas Bouckley Collection
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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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Their Stories: Final Stories
For the last blog posting featuring three Their Stories submissions, it includes 2 of the most popular portrait subjects. In choosing the unidentified portraits that would be the options, I was looking for ones that were intriguing or suggested a narrative. I was at times surprised at the amount of submissions received for some portraits…
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Their Stories post featuring two creative dating profiles!
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, this week’s Their Stories post features two dating profiles that end up a perfect match. Love is in the air! Portrait #1 Photo received by Matchmaker Dolly, with completed application as follows: Name: Donald Bence Arthur Age: 57 Height: 5’ 5” Weight: 168 lbs. Hair: mostly brown Eyes: depends on…
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Thursday, February 4, 2016
Unidentified Portrait #1 – Story by Mat Calverley
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…
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The Curator’s View: Thomas Bouckley Collection, World War One
This post comes from the desk of Megan White, Assistant Curator. New to the RMG and to Oshawa, for the past couple of months I have been learning more and more about the history of the city as Curator of the Thomas Bouckley Collection. With more than 4000 photographs in the collection, the saying “A picture is worth a…
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The Curator’s View: Oshawa Show and Shine
This post comes from Sonya Jones, Assistant Curator and Curator of The Thomas Bouckley Collection. Every Wednesday evening during the summer months in Oshawa, the downtown hosts Show and Shine, where local car enthusiasts display their vehicles and gather to interact. In the past, it has been located at the Queen’s Market but this year…
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