Community Curates Week 10

Our last week has arrived! Now that we are wrapping up this project, our first crowd sourced art exhibition, we are starting to review the successes and drawbacks. Please be sure to leave a comment on this post with your ideas for how we could improve this process. We’d like to try it again and shake it up, make it even more fun and interactive. We have enjoyed interacting with you and we encourage you to come to the gallery and see the results of your decision making.

The Community Curates exhibition will be hung from 23 September, 2011 to 11 March, 2012. We’ll celebrate the exhibition and show you how to leave comments on it using your smartphone at our First Fridays event on Friday 7 October 2011.

Thank you for your help and we hope you’ve enjoyed the process!

1. Paul B. Keele (Canadian, 1948 – 1973)

Buffalo prints won’t you come out tonight c. 1973

lithograph on paper

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Urquhart, 1978

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2. Isabel McLaughlin (Canadian, 1903-2002)

Drawing from Life, Provincetown c. 1948-1950

charcoal on paper

Gift of the estate of Isabel McLaughlin, 2003

3. Ray Mead (Canadian, b. England, 1921 – 1998)

Lattice 1954

watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper

Donated by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1988; gift of M. F. Feheley

4. Gordon Smith (Canadian, b. England, 1919-2001)

Winter Sea 1973

lithograph on paper

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest and Rivette Herzig, 1993

5. Horatio Walker (Canadian, 1858 – 1938)

Lady Beside Lilypond n.d.

oil on paper, laid down

Gift of Rita M. Pretty in memory of husband Harry A. Pretty, 1984

Community Curates Week 9

While you may assume that because an artwork is in our collection, that we have ownership of it and can use the image as we see fit, this is incorrect. Artists still maintain copyright of their work and we must seek permission to use it. As a result, copyright is a huge factor in everything we do online. Some artists have given us permission to use their images for educational or promotional purposes, others have given us full permission, while in other cases we have gained full permission as the copyright has expired (as it does 50 years from the death of an artist.)

Our collection has recently been digitized (meaning it has been carefully photographed and recorded digitally) and is now available to be searched online, yet not all images have been cleared to be published online. As a result, it is an ongoing project for us to obtain permission to use works of art in our online directory and in projects such as Community Curates. It is our hope that someday the majority of our collection will be approved for viewing online so that a more comprehensive view of our holdings is easily accessible for all.

In selecting works for Community Curates, we are limited to using works that we do hold copyright to. Here are five more works for you two choose from. With just one week left, week 10, we’re nearing completion of the project. We’re very excited to debut the results in the coming weeks.

Community Curates Week 9

1. Michael Behnan (Canadian, b. Pakistan, 1947 – 1982)

Spadina and Dundas 1974

ink on paper

Gift of the artist, 1975

2. Charles E. Heil (American, 1870 – 1953)

Haystack at Bourg-la-Reine 1896

watercolour and graphite on paper

Gift of the heirs of the Hortense Gordon estate, 1976

3. Lynda Hayward (Canadian, b. 1941)

Weedscape I 1977

photo-serigraph monotype on paper

Purchase, 1977

4. Susan Low-Beer (Canadian, b.1943)

Untitled 1993

watercolour and graphite on paper

Gift of the artist, 1994

5. Michael Snow (Canadian, b. 1929)

Carla Bley 1965

photolithography and relief printing on paper

Purchase, 1970

Community Curates Week 8

Crowdsourcing is defined as, “the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a “crowd”), through an open call.” The term, coined in 2006 has become a shorthand to describe the ability to leverage mass collaboration that has been made easy because of the speed of communication created by the internet.

The Community Curates exhibition is a crowdsourced art show, where the community who follow us online are acting as our curators. What we learn from this and how we interact with the community as a result of the information we gather by creating the project are the benefits to us, while to you it might be the opportunity to see more of our collection that is often hidden from view. We also think it is interesting to hear when you feel the choices are difficult to make; we experience this often when curating exhibitions.

Here are the selections for Week 8:

1. Joan-Marie Dean (Canadian, b.1934)

Isis 1977

etching and aquatint on paper

Purchase, 1977

2. Fred Haines (Canadian, 1879 – 1960)

The Harvest Moon c. 1922

aquatint on paper

Gift of Charles Goldhamer, 1983

3. Kent Monkman (Canadian, b.1965)

Untitled c.1993

watercolour on paper

Gift of the artist, 1994

4. L. A. C. Panton (Canadian, 1894 – 1954)

Christmas Card c. 1940

woodcut on paper

Gift of Charles Goldhamer, 1983

5. Mary E. Rawlyk (Canadian, b. 1934)

Wringing Shirt 1974

relief etching, screen process and card relief

Gift of the Ontario Arts Council, 1974

Community Curates Week 7

Summer rolls on and our Community Curates project is soon to wrap up, with only two more weeks of voting to go after this week. We are beginning to plan the installation of the works you have chosen. We plan to include a QR code on the text panel of the exhibition. A QR code is a matrix bar code that can be scanned by a smart phone. The code will lead to you a place where you can leave comments on the works that have been chosen. We hope you’ll continue to participate with us on this project in this manner!

Presenting your images to select from for Week 7:

1. Charlotte Brainerd (Canadian, b. U.S.A., 1921-1995)

Sun Roots 1965

etching and aquatint on paper

Purchase, 1968

2. Ron Eccles (Canadian, b.1944)

Time of Aphelion 1975

etching, aquatint and engraving on paper

Purchase, 1977

3. F. W. Jopling (Canadian, 1860 – 1945)

Whirlpool Rapids Illuminated – New York Side 1916

mezzotint and drypoint on paper

Gift of W. Ross Murray, 1976

4. Jock Macdonald (Canadian, b. Scotland, 1897-1960)

Untitled 1954

watercolour and ink on paper

Gift of Mary Hare, 1990

5. Rick Zolkower (Canadian, b. U.S.A, 1950)

Reclining Statue #1 1988

toned silver print

Gift of Ernie and Rivette Herzig, 2000

Community Curates Week 6

There are as many opinions as there are experts. – Franklin Roosevelt

Everyone has a different opinion about what they consider to be art and opinions vary on what galleries should hang on their walls (or display on the floor). This project has been very interesting to us as we watch the various views, (all correct of course), funnel through the polling process and curate an exhibition. After all, opinions and preferences when it comes to art are personal and are correct for each of us. It is one element of curating that is very interesting.

A work of art can be an emotional experience for one viewer, while the same work may leave another person cold. Have any of your own choices surprised you? Have you chosen a work that in another venue, you might not have liked? Is it hard to choose between a figurative or abstract work? We’re archiving all the comments made during this process, so please feel free to leave us any and all feedback you might have in the comments.

Here’s the Week 6 selections! Top 2 make it through to the exhibition.

1. Caroline Benedicks Bruce (Swedish, 1856 – 1935)

Untitled n.d.

watercolour on paper

Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, 1986

2. Gary Michael Dault (Canadian, b.1939)

Piano Lake 1983

collage on paper

Purchase, 1983

3. Brian Kipping (Canadian, 1953-2007)

Untitled 1973

mezzotint on paper

Purchase, 1977

4. Virginia Luz (Canadian, b. 1911)

Haunted Borley 1951

gouache, pen and ink and graphite on paper

Gift of Yvonne McKague Housser, 1977

5. Sydney H. Watson (Canadian, 1911 – 1981)

The Red Glass 1949

gouache, ink, graphite on paper

Gift of Alexandra Luke, 1967

Community Curates Week 5

Each week we have been striving to include works from local artists. By local we mean artists who either called Durham Region home, currently live here, or grew up here. Some examples include John Landers, Barry Smylie, Isabel McLaughlin and Linda Selbie Ward. This week, we include Jeff Morrison. You can learn more about Jeff Morrison by visiting his website http://www.jeffmorrisonart.com

Last week we had another tie. This is an unexpected hurdle for us with this project, but it is part of the fun as well. The tied-for-second-place images will be put in our Window Wednesdays album on Facebook (early in the day on Wednesday) and you can go there to vote in the tie breaker.

Week 5

1. Stephen Arthurs (Canadian, b.1951)

While Living In A Vacuum, Any Intelligence At All Would Be Deemed As Genius, Any Effort Viewed As Supererogatious 1981

acrylic on paper

Purchase, 1984

2. Bertram Brooker (Canadian, 1888-1955)

Abstract Still Life n.d.

pen and ink on paper

gift of Doris Huestis Speirs, 2001

3. Clarence Gagnon (Canadian, 1881 – 1942)

The Heavy Sea n.d.

linocut and woodcut on paper

Donated by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1988

4. Tom Hodgson (Canadian, 1924 – 2006)

Flowers 1962

watercolour and ink on illustration board

Gift of Alexandra Luke, 1967

5. Jeff Morrison (Canadian, b. 1957)

Portrait of Despair 1980

watercolour and inks on paper

Purchase, 1982

Community Curates Week 3

We’ve encountered an unexpected result in last week’s voting! We had a tie for second place. As a result, we’ll be hosting a tie-breaking vote on our Facebook Fan Page in our Window Wednesday album. If you want to help settle the tie between Milne’s Red Church and Seguin’s Untitled, be sure to like us on Facebook to recieve the notification we have posted the showdown! Bevington’s Tracks was our first place winner.

In this week’s voting we present five diverse works for your consideration. Be sure to vote and let us know what you think in the comments. Thank you!

Week 3:

1. Caven Atkins (Canadian, 1907-2000)

Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec 1937

watercolour on paper; Purchase, 1980

2. Bill Laing (Canadian, b. Scotland, 1944)

Monday Afternoon 1976

etching on paper

Gift of Ken Carpenter, 1983

3. Les Levine (Canadian, b. Ireland, 1935)

Chest X-ray 1966

photo-serigraph on acetate

Purchase, 1970

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4. Stephen Livick (Canadian, b. England, 1945)

Untitled (from Amerika series) 1976

platinum print on Arches watercolour paper

Gift of Ernie and Rivette Herzig, 2000

5. Miriam Squires (Canadian, 1914-2005)

Untitled No.3 1984

watercolour and paper on paper

Gift of Isabel McLaughlin, 1989

Community Curates Week 2

Here’s your chance to vote in Week 2 of our Community Curates project! Click here to see the results from Week 1.

Last week we were asked in the comments why we did not include the dimensions of the works. This was an intentional choice. Leaving out the dimensions allows there to be an element of surprise when you come to the gallery in September to see these works hung. Some large, some small, these works will look quite different in person than they do online. Part of what makes this project interesting is the dynamic between seeing works online and then later on, in person. Our Window Wednesdays project on Facebook illustrates to us that our ‘fans’ enjoy us bringing the gallery to them through social media, but we’ve heard many comments that they are surprised when seeing the works in the gallery how different they appear. Size, texture, richness and tone are lost on screen.

Here are this week’s selections. Have your say. Top two choices will be hung in the gallery from 23 September, 2011 to 11 March, 2012.

Week 2:

1. Stanley Bevington (Canadian, b.1943)

Tracks (Editions 1) 1974

offset photolithograph on paper

Gift of the Ontario Arts Council, 1974

2. David Bierk (Canadian, b. U.S.A., 1944 – 2002)

Covering Repression (Arts Against Repression) 1982

serigraph and photolithograph on paper

Purchase, 1982

3. David Milne (Canadian, 1882 – 1953)

Red Church, No. 3 1941

watercolour and graphite on paper

Gift from the Douglas M. Duncan Collection, 1970

4.Tutzi Haspel Seguin (Canadian, 1911-2009)

Untitled n.d.

etching and aquatint on paper

Gift of Joan Murray, Whitby, 1996

5. Alan Weinstein (Canadian, b. 1939)

Vizier 1971

etching and drypoint on paper

Gift of the artist, 1976

Community Curates Week 1

Welcome to the inaugural week of our Community Curates project! In order to curate an exhibition that will be on from 23 September, 2011 to 11 March, 2012, we need your help!

The RMG permanent collection includes over 1300 works on paper that are stored in our vault in solander boxes to maintain their condition. Works on paper especially are susceptible to damage from light and as a result they aren’t as often shown in our gallery spaces. We wanted to share some of these hidden gems and have our visitors decide which ones will be shown.

Here is our first week’s selection of images. You are able to vote for your favourite and the top 2 selected will be hung in the gallery space. Stay tuned each week as 5 new selections are posted for your votes!

What will the community curate from our collection? We are looking forward to finding out!

Week 1:

1. Isabel McLaughlin (Canadian, 1903-2002)
Untitled n.d.
watercolour over graphite on paper
Gift of the estate of Isabel McLaughlin, 2003

2. John Lander (Canadian, 1951 – 1992)
At Chanteclair 1973
serigraph on paper
Purchase, 1976

3. John Street (Canadian, b. 1942)
Untitled 1971
serigraph on paper
Purchase, 1973

4. William Blair Bruce (Canadian, 1859 – 1906)
Looking Towards Le Havre 1885
oil on paper
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, 1986

5. Alan Flint (Canadian, b. 1958)
Lost 1995
woodcut on paper, A/P
Gift of Ihor Holubizky, 1998

VOTING ON WEEK 1 NOW CLOSED

Lakeridge Health Request for Proposals

Today we received information that Lakeridge Health Oshawa is seeking proposals for a mural in the new paediatrics department. Have a look below at all the details from LHO.

Building Today for Excellence Tomorrow

Lakeridge Health Oshawa (LHO) has a longstanding commitment to provide the best, most sensitive care to children in our community and across the Durham Region. As a designated Children’s Healthcare Centre, the Hospital provides many advanced services for newborns, infants, toddlers through to teens. The current redevelopment and expansion project will increase the square footage of the existing Paediatrics space – increasing the number of beds so more children can get the care they need when they need it. Once completed, the Paediatrics Department will be newer, brighter and offer a more family-centered environment that is welcoming to patients, families and visitors.

Family-centered care has many benefits and is based on the understanding that family is the child’s primary source of strength and support. This ultimately has a positive impact on parent and child, encouraging quicker recovery time and increasing the Hospital’s ability to meet our community’s paediatrics and surgical needs closer to home.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Oshawa Hospital Foundation is soliciting through the Fair and Open Process for “Request for Proposal” (RFP) for the Paediatrics Program at Lakeridge Health Oshawa.

RFP for Murals for Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Paediatrics Department

The Oshawa Hospital Foundation and all decisions makers for this project reserves the right to waive any and all formalities or altogether reject any RFP as is in the best interest of the LHO and the Foundation. Awards made under the Fair and Open Process shall be made by those individuals/companies whose proposal is most advantageous to LHO and the Foundation.

Request for Proposals for Murals in the new Paediatrics Department at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. This proposed mural should be place on a surface that can be easily moved if need be. The Two-dimensional murals are intended to be whimsical and fun in nature that would put a child at easy in a hospital environment. Visually active/busy themes, are welcomed, the design should be picture–based, not word-based. Diversity in animation and characters is preferred.

Space Dimension: 8ft in height X 20ft in length

Submission Information

Please submit proposals and include

a) A one page letter of intent that includes your name and or a list of team members

b) One full color concept image drawn or printed

c) Name & phone number of contact / Team Leader

d) All RFP should be returned in a sealed envelope, box or other container which bears the name of the proposer of the RFP clearly marked

e) Provide references and include a detailed budget for the cost of entire scope of work

f) Submit to Gloria Evans at The Oshawa Hospital Foundation
Oshawa Hospital Foundation
1 Hospital Court / 1st Floor, Room A-120 / Oshawa, Ontario L1G 2B9
Phone: 905.576.8711 X 3422 / Fax: 905.743.5306

g) RFP Deadline: July 11^th @ 4:00 PM

Selection Criteria

a) Quality & suitability of submitted concept images

b) Letter of intent including how design was selected and how the mural will function in the allotted space

c) Project timeline: For completion in September, 2011