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Here's what's going on at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
Exhibitions on Now
RESISTANCE
September 7, 2024 - August 24, 2025
Art has the power to inspire change and challenge norms. It can evoke emotions, spark conversations, and create a sense of community and solidarity. Featuring a variety of artworks from The Robert McLaughlin Gallery’s (RMG) Permanent Collection of over 4,700 pieces, this exhibition explores how artists throughout history have used art to resist and disrupt […]
Jack Bush: Breakthrough
September 7, 2024 - March 2, 2025
Join us for lecture on Jack Bush on November 7, 2024 at 7PM. A founding member of Painters Eleven, Jack Bush (1909-1977) was one of the first Canadian painters of his generation to achieve international success. Considered a late bloomer with abstraction, Bush found his voice as an artist in his late forties. His exploration […]
Go BIG
September 28, 2024 - February 17, 2025
Artists have often played with scale to convey significance or to demonstrate their painting abilities. Similarly, abstract artists have used large-scale art to create striking visual impact and to highlight the physicality of the process. Whether to inspire awe or elevate abstraction to new levels, the artists in this exhibition have worked at a larger-than-life, […]
Pegi Nicol MacLeod: Unforgettably Hers
June 15, 2024 - January 12, 2025
Pegi Nicol MacLeod (born Margaret Kathleen Nichol, 1904-1949) was inspired by everyday scenes around her. Growing up in Ottawa, MacLeod studied art at the Ottawa Art School, and later at the École des beaux-arts in Montreal. While her subjects were varied— children, bustling crowds, views from her window—her style was undeniably hers. Art historian Laura […]
Oshawa: 100 Years
January 13, 2024 - December 1, 2024
This year marks one hundred years since Oshawa was incorporated as a city. From humble beginnings with a population of 16,000, today more than 172,000 people call Oshawa home. Through historical photographs from the Thomas Bouckley Collection, this exhibition explores what life was like in Oshawa in 1924. Oshawa was established as the 25th city […]
What's New
Curating Climate Crisis: Sustainable Exhibition-Making
November 26, 2024
This event will be held on Zoom. It is free and open to everyone, but registration is required. Contemporary visual art exhibitions are well poised to contribute to conversations about climate change, yet too often they are part of the problem they critique. Independent Curator Katie Lawson will present reflections on both practical and theoretical […]
Christina Leslie: Likkle Acts Opening Reception
November 30, 2024
Help us celebrate the opening of Christina Leslie’s solo exhibition Likkle Acts! This event is free and open to everyone. If there are ways we can support your participation, please contact Hannah at [email protected]. Christina Leslie is an artist based in Pickering, Ontario. She earned her BFA in 2006 at OCADU in Toronto and her […]
Events
OPG Sunday: Taking Care
Dec 8, 2024, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Inspired by the themes of mental health in Jack Bush: Breakthrough, we are creating neurographic art. Neurographic art is known to be a self-care artform. This month we are also decorating canvas bags while supplies last! Suitable for ages 3+ Free admission, no registration required. This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
Oshawa100 Photo Contest Opening Gala
Dec 12, 2024, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In celebration of Oshawa’s centenary, the Oshawa Camera Club is proud to present Oshawa100, a photo contest and exhibition featuring images by local amateur photographers. Please join us to experience the vibrancy and diversity of Oshawa through photographs at the opening reception and prize presentation. This event is free and open to everyone. For information […]
The Neighbours Art Hive with the LivingRoom Community Art Studio
Jan 10, 2025, 12:00 PM - Feb 14, 2025, 3:30 PM
The gallery invites you to join us for artmaking and community connection in The Neighbours Art Hive between 12-3:30pm every Friday from January 10 to February 14, 2025. Passionate and helpful volunteers from the LivingRoom Community Art Studio will be onsite to support your creative explorations and cultivate a warm and welcoming environment for all. […]
Support our programs, today
To match our ambitions to our resources, meet the demands of operating our building, and continue our community programming, we need your support for our Annual Giving Campaign.
Bring a piece of Canadian art history home
To mark the City of Oshawa’s centennial in 2024, the RMG is offering a unique opportunity to own an original print by Isabel McLaughlin (1903-2002). Isabel made a significant donation of artworks from her personal collection to the RMG including limited editions of Growth Forms and Into the Now, her intent was for the prints specifically to benefit the RMG and further its vision.
RBC Emerging Artist Residency Program
The RBC Emerging Artist Residency is a paid residency opportunity for emerging artists supported by the RBC Foundation’s Emerging Artist Project. The residency package presents artists with opportunities for professional growth, exhibition experience, and collaboration with RMG staff.
Check us out on Google Arts & Culture
Explore our Permanent Collection in an interactive and fun way and be sure to check out our first Online Exhibition Story about Isabel McLaughlin and Alexandra Luke, two women artists and collectors who were instrumental to the history and development of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
