MIXED MESSAGES

a virtual exhibition of mixed media prints by members of the Ottawa-Gatineau Printmaking Connective

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The 32 prints in this exhibition, by 17 members of the Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers’ Connective (OGPC), offer many interesting examples of mixed media art. Some feature several printmaking media (intaglio and relief printing, for example), while others combine printmaking with drawing, painting, collage and found materials, such as maps and nautical charts. 

Mixed media work offers artists the freedom to explore the impact and effect of different media in a single piece of art and to connect to viewers through a multi-layered work. For artists who wish to salvage portions of prints that for some reason were deemed unsuitable for an edition, a cropped or combined print may well render a more powerful and evocative piece.

For some artists, the formality and discipline of a print may be successfully paired with the looseness of brush strokes and gestures in paint, ink, graphite, charcoal or other drawing and painting materials, creating an inner tension that they could not have achieved with a single medium.

This exhibition, which will run online May 25th to September 16th, was curated by Susan Cartwright and Beth Shepherd, with assistance from Tina Petrovicz, Madeleine Rousseau, Katherine Stauble and Roger Sutcliffe.

We hope you enjoy the works assembled here..

 

MESSAGES MIXTES

Exposition virtuelle d’arts imprimés et techniques mixtes du Collectif d’artistes-graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau

Dix-sept membres du Collectif d’artistes-graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau (CAGOG) participent à cette exposition regroupant trente-deux œuvres originales qui offrent de nombreux exemples intéressants des techniques mixtes appliquées aux arts imprimés. Certains artistes font appel à plusieurs techniques d’impression telles que la gravure en creux et en relief alors que d’autres combinent les arts imprimés avec le dessin, la peinture, le collage et les objets trouvés, comme des cartes et des graphiques nautiques. 

Travailler en techniques mixtes offre aux artistes la liberté d’explorer l’impact et l’effet de divers arts visuels en une seule œuvre d’art et de rejoindre le public par le biais d’une œuvre à plusieurs niveaux. Les artistes-graveurs produisent des épreuves d’estampes qui, pour une raison ou une autre, ne font pas partie d’une édition. Celles-ci peuvent être retravaillées, par un cadrage différent ou un montage par exemple pour devenir des oeuvres plus puissantes et évocatrices.

Pour certains artistes, la formalité et la discipline associées à la création d’estampes se jumellent bien à la souplesse des coups de pinceau et à la gestuelle propre à la peinture, l’encre, le graphite, le fusain ou d’autres matériaux de dessin et de peinture.  Il en résulte une tension intrinsèque impossible à créer avec un seul médium.

Cette exposition est organisée par Susan Cartwright et Beth Shepherd, avec l’aide de Tina Petrovicz, Madeleine Rousseau, Katherine Stauble et Roger Sutcliffe. L’exposition virtuelle se tiendra du 25 mai au 16 septembre.

Espérant que les oeuvres rassemblées ici sauront vous plaire.

 

Exhibiting Artists (not in order of appearance) / Les artists exposants (pas dans l’ordre d’apparition): Luigina Baratoo, Cheryl Ann Beillard, Susan Cartwright, Murray Dineen, Peter Dolan, Deidre Hierlihy, Aileen Leo, Tina Petrovicz, Shealagh Pope, Rod Restivo, Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd, Dale Shutt, Katherine Stauble, Moira Toomey, Anamaria Gomez Upegui, Doug Williams

Click on the artwork to have more information and see a close-up view./ Cliquez sur l’œuvre d’art pour avoir plus d’informations et voir un gros plan.

Waterworks on Paper: Exhibition and Print Exchange

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As the snow melts and the ice breaks up, we can all start to enjoy the kinds of scenes depicted in Waterworks on Paper, a collaboration between OGPC and the Mahone Bay Printmakers. On view at the Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, NS, April 2-May 1, the 22 works demonstrate a variety of approaches to the theme of water, from figurative to abstract works, and from mezzotint to etching, relief and photogravure.

The participating OGPC artists are Mary Baranowski-Lowden, Sylvia Bretzloff, Valerie Bridgeman, Susan Cartwright, Peter Dolan, Deidre Hierlihy, Rob Hinchley, Freida Hjartarson, Katherine Stauble, Roger Sutcliffe and Shealagh Pope.

Sadly, due to the pandemic, the exhibition will no longer be on view at the Ottawa School of Art in April. Check back here for future dates.

Click here to see the complete show.

This project is dedicated to Ed Porter, artist, sailor, kind gentleman, Prof. Emeritus NSCAD U, and founder of Mahone Bay Printmakers.

‘Waterworks on paper’ — Une exposition et échange d’estampes

À mesure que la neige fond et que la glace se brise, nous pouvons tous commencer à apprécier le genre de scènes dépeintes dans Waterworks on Paper, une collaboration entre le CAGOG et le Mahone Bay Printmakers. Exposées à la Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, N.-É., du 2 avril au 1er mai, les 22 œuvres illustrent bien la variété d’expression visuelle du thème de l’eau, allant des œuvres figuratives aux œuvres abstraites, et de la manière noire à l’eau-forte, au relief et à la photogravure.

Les artistes participants du CAGOG sont Mary Baranowski-Lowden, Sylvia Bretzloff, Valerie Bridgeman, Susan Cartwright, Peter Dolan, Deidre Hierlihy, Rob Hinchley, Freida Hjartarson, Katherine Stauble, Roger Sutcliffe et Shealagh Pope.

Malheureusement, en raison de la pandémie, l’exposition ne pourra pas être visitée à l’École d’art d’Ottawa en avril. Revenez ici pour connaître les prochaines dates.

Pour voir l’exposition complète cliquez ici.

Ce projet est dédié à Ed Porter, artiste, marin, gentilhomme, professeur émérite de NSCAD U, et fondateur de Mahone Bay Printmakers.

Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective

To see more information and a close-up of an individual print please click on the artwork image. / Pour obtenir plus d’information et voir un gros plan d’une estampe en particulier  veuillez cliquer sur l’image de l’œuvre.

Participating OGPC members (in order of appearance) / Les artistes participants de la CAGOG  (en ordre de présentation) :

Deidre Hierlihy, Katherine Stauble, Mary Baranowski-Lowden, Roger Sutcliffe, Peter Dolan, Valerie Bridgeman, Susan Cartwright, Shealagh Pope, Robert Hinchley, Freida Hjartarson, Sylvia Bretzloff

 

Mahone Bay Printmakers

To see more information and a close-up of an individual print please click on the artwork image. / Pour obtenir plus d’information et voir un gros plan d’une estampe en particulier  veuillez cliquer sur l’image de l’œuvre.

Participating members of Mahone Bay (in order of appearance)/ Les artistes participants de Mahone Bay (en ordre de présentation) :

Sally Warren, Sherry Hudson, Anne Tweed, Pauline Martland, Diana Baldwin, Kristiina Lehtonen, Allison Tremain, Ed Porter, Carrie Phillips-Kieser, Jeff Gibson, Kate Church

 

New OGPC Show!

How wonderful to be able to write this header! After months when the Stafford Road Gallery was closed due to COVID-19, we were finally able to hang a new show: A Look at Woodblock Prints, curated by Freida Hjartarson.

OGPC artists have created a diverse group of accomplished and appealing relief prints using a medium which poses, as Freida notes, both challenges and wonderful opportunities.

We hope you will be able to stop in to the Gallery in Bells Corners to see the show, but remember to call first to confirm opening hours and their COVID-19 protocols.

Printer’s Ink Vernissage

Everyone enjoyed the vernissage Friday night at the Stone School Gallery for Printer’s Ink: How many words make a picture?”. Visitors and artists were able to visit the exhibit in the upper gallery in small numbers with a very positive response. There were lots of great comments about the overall exhibit and individual pieces of artwork. The exhibit is getting coverage from the local newspaper. Emily, a journalist for the Equity newspaper came out to take pictures and interviewed the curator of the exhibit, Tina Petrovicz (OGPC member). The theme, the diversity of exhibit and the creative challenges of the project were discussed.

Refreshments were served in the yard of the gallery on this lovely evening. This allowed the guests and artists space to have a chat and enjoy a glass of wine and the great nibbles that were brought. It was wonderful and safe celebration of months of this group effort and that the exhibit happened inspite of the challenges that COVID has created for us as artists.

OGPC members of the exhibit, surprised Tina with flowers and a card as a thank you for her efforts in organizing this project and the resulting exhibit. She was honored to have worked with such a great group of artists, everyone pitching in to make it happen and the trully wonderful artwork that was created.