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New Directions in Printmaking/L’exposition Nouvelles orientations des arts imprimés. March 1 – 15, 2023/du 1er au 15 mars 2023. Ottawa School of Art/École d’art d’Ottawa

New Directions in Printmaking, planned for the Connective Gallery, found a home at the Byward Market Campus of the Ottawa School of Art. A big thank you goes to Cathy Brake, the OSA exhibitions coordinator, and to Diedre Hierlihy, OSA instructor and longtime OGPC member, for the opportunity. Murray Dineen and Lea Hamilton for organized the show of six young artists and new members of the Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective. The show was hung on March 1 by Roger Sutcliffe and Murray. Thanks also go to Roger for the photos and videos.The exhibition is at the Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa School of Art, Byward Market, from March 1 to March 15, 2023.

L’exposition Nouvelles orientations des arts imprimés, prévue pour la galerie Connective, a trouvé sa place au campus du marché By de l’École d’art d’Ottawa. Un grand merci à Cathy Brake, coordinatrice des expositions de l’EAO, et à Diedre Hierlihy, enseignante de l’EAO et membre de l’CAGOG depuis longtemps,, pour cette opportunité. Murray Dineen et Lea Hamilton ont organisé l’exposition de six jeunes artistes et nouveaux membres de l’association Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective. L’exposition a été accrochée le 1er mars par Roger Sutcliffe et Murray. Merci également à Roger pour les photos et les vidéos.L’exposition est à la galerie Lee Matasi, École d’art d’Ottawa du 1er au 15 mars 2023.

Group Exhibition/Exposition collective

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Group Exhibition “At the Library” now at Ottawa School of Art – Exposition collective “À la bibliothèque” à l’École d’art d’Ottawa

Eight artists, members of the Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective, have a group exhibition titled At the Library at the Ottawa School of Art (Byward Market campus). Stephanie Amos, Luigina Baratto, Murray Dineen, Deidre Hierlihy, Shealagh Pope, Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd and Jennifer Waterman have interpreted the theme using such printmaking techniques as linocuts, stone lithography, drypoint, collagraphy, and handmade stamps, to produce two- and three-dimensional art works. The guest Curator is Stephanie Amos.

Location: Ottawa School of Art 35 Georges St. Ottawa. The exhibition is in the vitrines on the first floor of the OSA.
Dates: Sept 8-20, 2022

Exposition collective “À la bibliothèque” à l’École d’art d’Ottawa

Huit artistes, membres du Collectif d’artistes-graveurs d’ Ottawa-Gatineau, présentent une exposition collective intitulée À la bibliothèque à l’École d’art d’Ottawa (campus du marché By). Stephanie Amos, Luigina Baratto, Murray Dineen, Deidre Hierlihy, Shealagh Pope, Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd et Jennifer Waterman ont interprété le thème en utilisant des techniques des arts imprimés telles que la linogravure, la lithographie sur pierre, la pointe sèche, la collagraphie et les tampons faits à la main, pour produire des œuvres d’art bidimensionnelles et tridimensionnelles. La conservatrice invitée est Stephanie Amos.

Lieu : École d’art d’Ottawa 35, rue Georges, Ottawa. L’exposition se trouve dans les vitrines du premier étage de l’OSA.
Dates : Du 8 au 20 septembre 2022


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.

Food For Thought|Alimenter la réflexion

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One wall of the gallery showing the new prints

The Connective has a new show up in the gallery at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre in Bells Corners featuring 20 new prints from 13 printmakers. The show will hang until January 9, 2020.

The colourful array of prints illustrates printmaking techniques such as linocut, collagraph, silkscreen, etching and drypoint and explores the theme of food, literally and figuratively. Guest curator is Madeleine Rousseau.

The vernissage, where you can meet the artists, will take place on Friday, November 15th from 6-8pm at the gallery, 39 rue Stafford Rd, Bells Corners. Please come and join us and bring friends and family members who might have an interest in art or printmaking in particular!

Photos courtesy of Madeleine Rousseau

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! 

John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

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Three OGPC members have had prints juried into the annual print show at the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto this year: Rob Hinchley’s drypoint “Fish Lake”, Laurence Finet’s mono print “Reconstructed II”, and Susan Cartwright’s etching “Brash Ice”. Congratulations to all three of our members.

The exhibition will run from November 7th to 29th and the gallery is located at 906 Queen Street West, Toronto. The vernissage will take place on November 7th from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

If you are in Toronto, please drop in and see the show!

  • Reconstructed II
  • Brash Ice
  • Fish Lake

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.

OGPC Members in Arts Network Ottawa Show

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Photo courtesy of Francine Walker

R. Lindal, Tina Petrovicz and Francine Walker have prints in a group show at the Shenkman Arts Centre in Orleans during the month of September 2019. The show is a selection of artwork by members of the Arts Network Ottawa. The show can be seen in the large vitrine facing the main entrance of the Shenkman Arts Centre 245 Centrum Blvd Orleans On.

Making Impressions: New Collagraphs

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The latest OGPC group show is up and ready for visitors at the OGPC gallery at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road in Bells Corners. The show, curated by Mark Glassford, features a wonderful variety of collagraph prints by 13 Connective members. Vernissage details will be available shortly!