Special Events

Transference: A performance by Vanessa Godden

Nov 1, 2024, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Transference is a performance by RBC Emerging Artist in Residence Vanessa Godden. Throughout the performance, Godden will submerge their body in containers of different sizes filled with salt water. The artist’s movement, and the resulting sounds, will interact with a sound composition produced in collaboration with Markham-based Visual and Sonic artist, James Knott. The composition includes audio collected by Godden during their residency at the RMG, field recordings from Trinidad and Tobago, experimental steel pan recordings, and a choir of sounds collected from Queer and Trans loved ones. The performance serves as a bridge between Godden’s Non-Binary Queer diasporic existence in the West and the lineages of movement instigated by colonization of South Asia and the Caribbean.

Vanessa Godden, Transference (2024), performed at the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, October 13, 2024. Image by Henry Chan.

The RBC Emerging Artist Residency Program is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation’s Emerging Artist Project.

The artist thanks the Canada Council for the Arts for their support of this work.

Upcoming Events

Special Events

Mother’s Day Tea

May 10, 2025, 11:00 AM - May 11, 2025, 01:30 PM

We are so excited to welcome Dine & Style Catering and Events to host Mother’s Day Tea in Arthur’s. Join us for a delightful weekend to celebrate the mothers and caretakers in our lives, whomever they may be. Dine & Style will have a selection of food, and beverages, in a beautiful setting waiting for […]

Studio Class

OPG Sunday: Clay Creations

May 11, 2025, 10:30 AM - May 11, 2025, 12:30 PM

This month we’ll be getting our hands muddy with clay! We are using clay to form coil pots, a popular method to create bowls and cups. Suitable for ages 3+ Free admission, no registration required. The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is a proud participant in Ontario Power Generation’s Power for Change Project, supporting the areas and […]

Talks & Tours

Durham College Artist Talks

May 14, 2025, 01:00 PM - May 14, 2025, 02:30 PM

Join us at 1pm on May 14th for an artist-led tour of EMERGING VISIONS, an exhibition that presents thesis projects by the third-year graduating students of the Fine Arts Advanced program at Durham College. We welcome staff and students from Durham College and any members of the public who want to learn more about specific […]