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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

 

BIG Lino

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New Group Show at the OGPC Gallery

January 9 through March 5, 2020 / le 9 janvier au 5 mars 2020

The theme of this show is BIG. Eleven artists are exhibiting 14 works that convey the idea of BIG not only through their physical size, but by addressing major issues, portraying huge subjects, or in their use of bold mark-making. The versatility of linocut as a medium is also showcased.

At the Nepean Creative Arts Centre / Au centre des arts créatifs de Nepean, 35 rue Stafford Rd (Bells Corners) Ottawa ON K2H 8V8       613-596-5783

Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 10:00 pm, Saturday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, and Sunday, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm

All are welcome at the Vernissage on Thursday, January 23, 6:00 – 7:00 pm / le jeudi, 23 janvier, 18h – 19h

Artists / Artistes:

Valerie Bridgeman, Susan Cartwright, Deidre Hierlihy, Aileen Leo, Shealagh Pope, Rod Restivo, Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd, Katherine Stauble, Charmaine Swain, and Francine Walker.

Guest Curator/ Commissaire invitée: Shealagh Pope

Watermark* by Carol Howard Donati

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Watermark* November 11 – 16
Gallery 115, Visual Arts, University of Ottawa, 100 Laurier Ave
Reception: Tuesday, November 12, 6 – 9 PM (use Cumberland Street entrance)

You are invited to reach up and add an impression of your hand-print to a cumulative community mural on the gallery walls.
Using paints provided, add colour to your hand then reach as high as you can on the wall and make your mark! Hand painting station provided.

Statement:
Over the last few years I have been documenting the unusual height of spring flooding on the Ottawa River near where I live, including evidence of the high-water mark left across local vegetation as the waters recede. With Watermark I invite others to share my new awareness of extreme weather conditions and join with me in creating a mural of handprints around the gallery wall at approximately the two meter mark. Two meters is the average height above normal that the Ottawa River reached at its peak in my area this spring. Recreating this mark by reaching up the wall allows us to physically register our presence within the height of local flooding while at the same time signaling through our cumulate show of hands the potential of our collective agency in the face of environmental crisis.

Wa-ter-mark (def)

  • The line marking the level reached by a body of water
  • A distinguishing symbol that identifies identity, genuineness, value

Where do we fit as individuals in the climate change crisis?
How are we impacted?
How can we make a mark against the flood of extreme effects impacting our planet today?
You are invited to reach up and add an impression of your hand-print to a cumulative community mural on the gallery walls.
Using paints provided, add colour to your hand then reach as high as you can on the wall and make your mark! Hand painting station provided.

*We acknowledge that this event is taking place on land that is part of the unceded and unsurrendered Traditional Territory of the Algonquin people. We honour the Algonquin people and elders whose ancestors have occupied this territory since time immemorial and whose culture has nurtured and continue to nurture this land and its people.

OGPC at Arts and Crafts Fair in Sandy Hill Ottawa- Nov. 9 2019

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Members of Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective will be participating in the One and Only Arts and Crafts Fair on November 9, 2019 10am-4pm at the Sandy Hill Community Centre in Ottawa. Free admission.

We will have original prints for sale (50$ or less) as well as hand printed greeting cards, bookmarks, notebooks and other printed material.  

Great gifts for family & friends or for yourself ! 

Come visit our table! 

Culture Days 2019 Activities

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September 27 to 29, 2019 Ontario Culture Days will be a vibrant weekend of expression to explore the intersections of creativity, the arts, and well-being. During the Culture Days in Ottawa On, the Ottawa-Gatineau Printmaker’s Connective will open its print studio to the public, and hold a vernissage for its current show in the Gallery, where you can meet the artists.

OPEN PRINT STUDIO

Meet printmakers at work, inking, using the press and making prints!
Dates and time:
Thursday Sept. 26, 2019: 6-8PM
Friday Sept. 27, 2019: 10AM-5PM
Location: Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Rd in Bells Corners.

VERNISSAGE

The vernissage for the current show on collagraph prints will take place on Thursday Sept. 26, from 5:30PM- 8:30PM in the Gallery space.
Thirteen local printmakers have over 20 original hand pulled prints in this show.
A collagraph is basically a printed collage, allowing the artist a lot of freedom to get texture and colours in a print. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend!
15% of sales of prints are donated to the City-run Young at Art Program.

Location: Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Rd in Bells Corners.

Works on Paper at the Stone School

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Many members of the OGPC including Tina Petrovicz, Murray Dineen, Valerie Bridgeman and Freida Hjartson are participating in an exhibition featuring original 5″x 7″ artwork from the 2019 PAA “Works on Paper Exhibition and Exchange”. One piece from the exchange is being exhibited and sold unframed as a fundraiser for Pontiac Artist Association. The vernissage is on July 26 6- 8 PM. The show runs until Aug 18th at the Stone School Gallery in Portage-du-fort, Quebec.

MAKING A BOTTLE JACK PRESS

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by Francine Walker

Since I was new to printmaking and didn’t know whether I would continue to seriously pursue my skills, I thought it best to make a press rather than investing in an expensive one.  As it turns out, it was a good investment of less than two hundred dollars. It works well, is solid and easily transportable.  

I went for a 15” wide platen which seemed an ideal width to allow slightly larger prints. If I use a wide paper, I find it’s a good idea to roll the side edges from the back of the paper to ensure good coverage of the sides. The length is irrelevant as I can move the register front and back and simply come down with the bottle jack a few times. Below is a photo of the finished product. Here is the link to a web site article (no press no problem) which gives all the dimensions and materials needed. All the materials which were used are available in Ottawa. The metal posts are available at Canadian Tire, Home Depot and Lowes.

Image of a hydraulic press for printmaking.
Hydraulic press – Photo by Francine Walker