Join us in celebrating our long and beautiful winter nights by creating a painting in mixed-media style. We will use acrylic paint, and watercolour to design cold wintry landscapes.
Free admission, no registration required.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
We will be inspired by the permanent collection exhibition, “About Time” by celebrating the changing of the seasons. As the weather gets cooler, and the leaves start changing, let’s create textural art using gelli-plate printing techniques.
Free admission, no registration required.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
This month, we will let our emotions take the lead as we create Painters 11 inspired artworks. We will use various mark making materials to creatively express ourselves in the studio, no paintbrush needed! In the gallery, we will celebrate the NEW permanent collection exhibition by creating a quirky collage.
Free admission, no registration required.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is celebrating Doors Open in Oshawa on May 6th. Come discover this year’s theme with us, FOOD!
Admission and events are all FREE!
Our welcoming Visitor Engagement Assistants will deliver tours of this stunning modern building. Discover the original vision for Oshawa’s public gallery, brought to life in 1969, and how architect Arthur Erickson designed a massive 36,000-square-foot extension that made the gallery what it is today.
Have fun making your very own food inspired piece of art, combining gel plate printmaking with decorative paper collage techniques. It’s a recipe for creativity!
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery has a history of supporting and promoting local artists, artisans, and makers. The RMG shop features products from across Ontario, including jewelry, ceramics, books, home goods, and Indigenous designed and manufactured products. Each sale helps support local artisans and our free community programs.
The RMG Shop is located in the lobby of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
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Let’s celebrate Oshawa’s Peony Festival together! We will create fantastical colourful flowers in our studio space.
Free admission.
This is a drop in event. No registration is required.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
Join us for a special guest, Ms Love from The Love & Light Collective at 11am who will do a literary workshop with a story, active movement and discussion on a book called “Indigo Dreaming”. In the studio, create a watercolour collage inspired by the book and the Oshawa Art Association exhibition.
Free admission.
This is a drop in event. No registration is required.
A young girl living on the coast of South Carolina dreams of her distant relatives on the shores of Africa and beyond. Indigo Dreaming is a poetic meditation between two young girls—on different sides of the sea—who wonder about how they are intricately linked by culture, even though they are separated by location. The girls’ reflections come together, creating an imaginative and illuminating vision of home, as well as a celebration of the Black diaspora. This gorgeous lyrical tale engages the senses and evokes childlike curiosity and wonder.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
We will be inspired by the patterns, colours and shapes seen in the Piecework exhibition to create two unique artworks.
Free admission.
This is a drop in event. No registration is required.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
This month, create fringe art led by Métis Council instructor Kathy Morgan. Decorate your fringe with colourful beads and feathers to design unique art that you can attach to bags, purses or key rings. Explore the Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues: Dish with One Spoon Territory project colouring book Story and Song to customize your own page and display proudly!
Free admission.
This is a drop in event. No registration is required.
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.
Do you want your kids to dive into creativity this summer? We have got you covered! Our fun-filled, fine art camps are packed with inspired projects, interactive gallery activities, active outdoor play, and our RMG kids make memorable friendships! Here’s the best part: we take care of the mess and our camp leaders are awesome!
Choose from 2 different camps, Out of this World and Down to Earth! Each camp includes experimentation with a variety of creative, mixed-media materials that rotate activities/projects between the 2 offered camps. The projects are individually guided and personal to each participant!
Ages 5-7 15 spots per age group (all ages 5-7 camps are full)
Ages 8-12 15 spots per age group
$200 Members/$210 Non-Members for 5 day camps
$160 Members/$170 Non-Members for 4 day camps
Down To Earth
Come and discover the endless artistic possibilities that the RMG has to offer. Let’s get down to earth with all things natural and wild. This camp will take us on an adventure in and around our life and where we fit into it all. Inspired by some new summer only exhibitions, your child will draw, sculpt and paint unique artworks!
This camp is running during these weeks:
Out of this World
Welcome to our other worldly adventure in art! This camp rockets ahead with endless imagination by exploring life beyond the limits of our physical world where your own ideas become possibilities. Using a variety of fine art materials and tons of imagination, campers will make their very own contemporary artworks.
This camp is running during these weeks:
This month, we will be inspired by the beauty of winter. Join us to make unique paper quilled designs inspired by winter landscapes. Then, use watercolour paint to design elegant symmetrical snowflakes!
This event is generously sponsored by Ontario Power Generation.