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Printmaking at OSA/Gravure à EAC!

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OGPC members are active in the community sharing the joy of print. See below for the extensive list of courses offered through the Ottawa School of Art in both official languages and both the downtown and the Orleans campuses. Want to learn a new technique? Brush up on an old favourite process? Hang out with other printmakers? Many of these courses are open to beginners, so please share with your friends who have not already embraced printmaking into their lives. They will thank you! – by Shibhan Arnott

OTTAWA SCHOOL OF ART: ADULT GENERAL INTEREST PRINTMAKING COURSES WINTER 2025. Please note you may register at: registration@artottawa.ca

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

W25D042 EXPRESSIVE LINOCUT (Intro – Inter) with Deidre Hierlihy Saturday from 09:00 – 12:00 from 01/11/2025 to 03/08/2025

Deceptively simple, a strong linocut design demands a strong sense of pattern and an ability to balance lights and darks in the image. We will explore how to transform any drawing or photograph into a powerful printed image. Focusing on black and white, students will develop expressive line and mark, explore composition, play with combining image and text. We will print with less toxic vegetable oil-based inks which clean up with soap and water.

W25D041 PRINT CURIOUS: AN INTRO TO PRINTMAKING FUN! (Intro) with Siobhan Arnott

Sunday from 13:00 – 16:00 from 01/19/2025 to 03/09/2025

‘Print Curious: An Introduction to Printmaking Fun’ is designed to introduce basic intaglio etching and relief printmaking techniques to students with minimal or no previous experience. The course will teach students how to create monotype, dry-point, and linocut prints in both colour and black and white using a variety of tools and materials. This will prepare them to work independently, pursue other printmaking courses, and make basic prints in their home!

W25D044 CREATIVE PRINTMAKING: INTAGLIO TO OFFSET (Intro – Inter) with Silviu Andrei Tuesday from 18:00 – 21:00 from 01/14/2025 to 04/01/2025

This course introduces students to intaglio and offset printmaking techniques, focusing on drypoint, etching, linocut, and monotype. Through hands-on instruction, students will prepare plates, in, and print, with an emphasis on exploring colour and combining intaglio and offset printing. No prior experience is required as the course accommodates both beginners and those with some printmaking background.

W25D046 ADVENTURES IN PRINTMAKING (Intro – Adv) with Murray Dineen Tuesday from 13:00 – 16:0001/14/202504/01/2025

Emphasis on creative expression through printmaking. Some previous experience with printmaking is welcome, but not necessary. Returning printmakers are encouraged to pursue their own projects with the assistance of the instructor. Instruction following classic print techniques: monoprint, linocut, drypoint,

etching on aluminum, zinc plates. (For silkscreen, please see Farouk Kaspaule’s course, Silkscreen and Beyond). Students are required to purchase paper suitable for printmaking (available at the school). Students will use primarily environmentally friendly, non-irritating materials. Please be advised, however, that odorless solvents and copper sulfate baths will be used in the classroom.

W25D040 SILKSCREEN AND BEYOND (Intro – Adv) with Farouk Kaspaules Wednesday from 18:00 – 21:00 from 01/15/2025 to 04/02/2025 ($415)

This course introduces students to different aspects of silkscreen making. Students will become familiar with screen drawing fluid, screen filler, photo emulsion (photo silkscreen), cleaning and repairing screens. Students will also work with transparencies for “photo-silkscreen’.

W25D045 EXPLORATIONS IN PRINTMAKING (Inter-Adv) with Murray Dineen Thursday from 18:00 – 21:00 from 01/16/2025 to 04/03/2025

For printmakers with at least one course or basic experience in a print studio. Building on previous experience, students are free to explore various print techniques: monoprint, linocut, drypoint, environmentally friendly etching, lithography. (For silkscreen, please see Farouk Kaspaules’ course, Silkscreen and Beyond). Students are required to purchase paper suitable for printmaking (available at the school). Students will use primarily

environmentally friendly, non-irritating materials. Please be advised, however, that odorless solvents and copper sulfate baths will be used tin the classroom.

ORLEANS CAMPUS:

W25S040 CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF PRINTMAKING (Intro – Adv) with Tina Petrovicz Wednesday from 13:00 – 16:00 from 01/15/2025 to 04/02/2025

Learn new ways to express yourself through printmaking! Demonstrations and guidance will be given in three types of printmaking: Monotypes, Tetrapak and Drypoints. The first two reuse materials that are often seen as “waste” to create art. You will have the opportunity to create single layered and layered prints that combine techniques. Beginner students will also gain familiarity with the use of press, inking, plate preparation and

non-toxic cleaning methods.

Happy Holidays!/Joyeuses fêtes

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Members of our Connective wish you a happy holiday season. Why not give the gift of art?/Les membres de notre Collectif vous souhaitent de bonnes fêtes! Pourquoi ne pas offrir l’art en cadeau? Consultez la liste de nos membres et leurs sites web pour vous donner des idées. Please check our membership list to browse through some of our members’ websites for gift ideas.

Call for submissions/Appel à soumission

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The Connective Gallery Committee is inviting submissions to our winter exhibition Mixology. Sub-missions due January 6, 2025. /Le comité de la galerie Connective lance un appel à candidatures pour l’exposition hiver Mixology. Les soumissions doivent être envoyées avant le 6 janvier 2025.

You need to be an OGPC member to participate so if you aren’t yet, please have a look at our application form! If you are a member and need information about participating in shows visit our page OGPC Exhibition Par-ticipation. Check here for the submission form.

Si vous n’êtes pas encore membre du CAGOG, n’hésitez pas à consulter notre formulaire d’inscription ! Si vous êtes membre et que vous avez besoin d’informations sur la participation aux expositions, consultez notre page Participation aux expositions de CAGOG. Le formulaire de soumission, voir ici.

“Fat Cat” by Kathryn Shaw

 

Exhibition Reception

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You’re invited! Please join us at the reception for Post-Marked, Sunday, September 29, from 2-4 pm at the Connective Gallery (35 Stafford Road, Bell’s Corners).

OGPC member, artist and educator Deidre Hierlihy will lead a really fun collaborative printing and drawing activity, suitable for everyone in attendance (i.e. no experience necessary).

If you haven’t yet seen Post-Marked, this would be a good time to take in this beautiful, fascinating show, the result of a collaboration between members of OGPC and the Manorhamilton Print Group in Ireland. Post-marked is on until October 7

Roger Sutcliffe OGPC Member Show

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This summer a selection of 17 work from the extended series Patience: A Space for Reflection and Thought will be on view in Ottawa at the Ottawa School of Art off-site location at Preston Square.  Roger Sutcliffe, an OGPC member, invites you to visit this excellent exhibition!

Later this summer if you are travelling to or from Toronto, Roger hopes you have the chance to take a break in Belleville and visit Shifting Lens 2024, an exhibition in Galleries 1 and 2 of the John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville, to see the works of 22 artists from the Ontario Society of Artists. This exhibition included 63 works and includes 3 of Roger’s abstract paintings (see attached invite).

   

Open House/Portes Ouvertes

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Nepean Creative Arts Centre/ Centre des arts créatifs de Nepean

June 23 juin , 1 to 4 pm/ 23 juin, 13 h à 16 h

Free admission/ Entrée gratuite

Join us for an afternoon of live performances, art exhibits, workshops, demos, and tours featuring: 

  • Canadian Showtime Chorus 
  • Capital Circus 
  • Divine Rhythm Creative Arts 
  • Kalinka Dance Group  
  • KingDom Theatre 
  • Les Petits Ballets 
  • Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers’ Connective 
  • Outaouais Wood Carvers 
  • Suzart Productions 
  • The Lakeside Players 

Food vendors will be on site for tasty purchases. 

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Joignez-vous à nous pour un après-midi de spectacles en direct, d’expositions artistiques, d’ateliers, de démonstrations et de visites guidées. Au programme :  

Canadian Showtime  
Chorus Capital Circus  
Divine Rythm Creative Arts  
Kalinka Dance Group  
KingDom Theatre  
Les Petits Ballets   
Collectif d’artistes graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau  
Outaouais Wood Carvers  
Suzart Productions  
The Lakeside Players  

De délicieux aliments seront en vente sur place. 

Exhibition/Exposition

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Beyond the Postcard: Prints from Away/ Au-delà de la carte postale : Impressions d’ailleurs

Deidre Hierlihy, Granada. Drypoint and chine collé /  Pointe sèche et chine collé

Connective Gallery, Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa/ Galerie Connective, au Centre des arts créatifs de Nepean. July 20 to November 2, 2023/ 20 juillet au 2 novembre 2023.

With the worst of the pandemic behind us, many people have resumed travel to distant and exotic lands, often sending home photographs and stories through social media. There was a time, however, when the postcard was the preferred medium for communicating with family and friends. With a souvenir image on one side and a brief handwritten tale on the other, travellers conveyed the excitement, the glory, and sometimes the pain, of travel. 


Beyond the Postcard: Prints from Away presents work by 18 artists exploring the theme of travel, and recalling the classic postcard, either explicitly or implicitly. With 29 works made using varied printmaking techniques  ̶  including monotype, linocut, drypoint, etching, collagraph and silkscreen  ̶  this exhibition transports viewers to faraway places, to gaze on towns and their inhabitants, landscapes, seascapes, flora and fauna, and even outer space. 
Interested in buying an original fine art print? Most of the artworks in the exhibition are for sale. Please contact the artist directly using the contact information on the label, or visit www.ottawagatineauprintmakers.ca/contact/.

Susan MW Cartwright, Norwegian Coast 6/11. Linocut Reduction / Linogravure par soustraction

Le pire de la pandémie étant passé, de nombreuses personnes ont repris le chemin des voyages lointains et exotiques, envoyant souvent des photos et des récits par l’intermédiaire des médias sociaux. Mais il fut un temps où la carte postale était le moyen privilégié de communication avec la famille et les amis. Avec une image souvenir au recto et un bref récit écrit à la main au verso, les touristes transmettaient l’excitation, la gloire et parfois le malheur du voyage. 
Au-delà de la carte postale : Impressions d’ailleurs présente les œuvres de 18 artistes qui explorent le thème du voyage et rappellent la carte postale classique de manière explicite ou implicite. Avec 29 œuvres réalisées à l’aide de diverses techniques d’arts imprimés  ̶  monotype, linogravure, pointe sèche, eau-forte, collagraphie et sérigraphie  ̶  cette exposition transporte le spectateur dans des contrées lointaines, à la rencontre de villes et de leurs habitants, de paysages terrestres et marins, de flore et de faune, et même du cosmos.

Vous souhaitez acheter une estampe originale? La plupart des œuvres de l’exposition sont à vendre. Veuillez contacter directement l’artiste en utilisant les coordonnées figurant sur l’étiquette, ou visitez le site www.ottawagatineauprintmakers.ca/contact/.

Arts Workshops: Printmaking

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Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa School of Art Orleans, Print Studio $45 per workshop. Instruction in English primarily

For novice or experienced printmakers, these three workshops are meant to introduce or reintroduce printmaking at an easy level. Come join a print artist from the Ottawa Gatineau Printmakers Connective and spend a day in the Shenkman Art Centre’s Print Studio. Held in conjunction with the show Print Pairings: Colour versus Black and White, which is currently on display in the OSAO Gallery.

Sunday June 11 Workshop, 9:30 to 4:30. $45.00

Printmaking: Reduction Block Prints, and Introduction 

With Artist Instructor: Lydia Uppington
Reduction block printing is the process of creating a multi-layer print from a single block. Each block is carved, printed, carved again (“reduced”), then printed again—as many times as desired—to achieve layers of colour and depth.
Suitable for beginner printmakers, including people who have never done any block printing previously, and those who have some prior knowledge/experience.
All materials included.

Friday, June 16 Workshop, 9:30am-2pm. $45.00

Printmaking: An Introduction to Monotype Techniques

With Artist instructor: Tina Petrovicz

Monotypes are a special kind of printmaking that creates a single and unique impression. In this fun introductory workshop, participants will try their hand at three different mono-printing techniques, with and without a press. The three techniques are: Reverse drawing, reductive inking and layering with textures. Each technique will be demonstrated and then participants will have time to explore the technique. 

 All materials included.

Saturday, June 17 Workshop, 9:30am-4:30pm. $45.00

Printmaking: Monoprints for Painters: Black, White, and Colour 

With Artist Instructor: Murray Dineen

   A demonstration of printmaking in its simplest technical form, by painting inks and acrylic or oil paints on metal or plastic sheets, and then either running them through the press or printing by hand. This workshop is designed in particular for artists with little or no experience in printmaking, or who haven’t printed in a while. No toxic solvents will be used. Most materials included.


To register to these courses, please go to the Ottawa School of Art’s website, find “Courses,” then “Short Courses,” then “Orleans”, or click on this link: OSA Orleans Short Courses

Exhibition/Exposition

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Migration

In this group exhibition, eight local artist-printmakers share their diverse interpretations of migration. The artists participating in “Migration” raise important and timely political, economic, ecological and social issues. They do so in a wide variety of formats and printmaking techniques. The body of work creates an immersive experience about the phenomena of migration. This exhibition invites the viewer to reflect on their own relationship or history with the phenomena of migration.

The artists are Murray Dineen, Deidre Hierlihy, Freida Hjartarson, Shealagh Pope, Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd, Patricia Slighte and Lynda Turner
Dates: April 21 – June 4, 2023
Reception: Saturday, April 22, 1-5 p.m.

Centre des arts La Fab sur Mill Arts Centre 
8 Mill Road, Chelsea, Quebec J9B 1K8
819-827-3326 – www.lafabsurmill.ca – galerie@lafabsurmill.ca
Opening hours:
Friday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Dans cette exposition collective, huit artistes-graveurs locaux partagent leurs diverses interprétations de la migration. Les artistes participant à « Migration » soulèvent des questions politiques, économiques, écologiques et sociales importantes et d’actualité. Ils le font dans une grande variété de formats et de techniques d’arts imprimés. L’ensemble des œuvres crée une expérience immersive sur les phénomènes de migration. Cette exposition invite le spectateur à réfléchir à sa propre relation ou histoire avec les phénomènes de migration.
Les artistes sont Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd, Deidre Hierlihy, Lynda Turner, Patricia Slighte, Freida Hjartarson, Shealagh Pope et Murray Dineen.
Dates : Du 21 avril au 4 juin 2023
Vernissage : samedi 22 avril, de 13 h à 17 h

Centre des arts La Fab sur Mill Arts Centre 
8, chemin Mill, Chelsea (Québec) J9B 1K8 
819-827-3326 • www.lafabsurmill.ca • galerie@lafabsurmill.ca
Heures d’ouverture : 
Vendredi : 13 h à 17 h 
Samedi : 13 h à 17 h 
Dimanche : 13 h à 17 h