IRIS at 20 reappeared at OISE January - April 2017
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IRIS at 20
March 2 - 26 2016
GALLERY A at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre
Oshawa ON L1H 3Z3
905 576 3000
Opening Reception included in RMG Fridays March 4, 7-10 pm.
The IRIS Group, a collective of women artists, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016 with an exhibition that revisits ten International Women’s Day projects involving the collection of objects and writings invested with personal or symbolic meaning. These items, with photographic on-site documentation, form part of The IRIS Group's extensive dialogue concerning women’s issues.
In IRIS at 20, members are creating new works based on the collected and archived objects from women across Canada and internationally. The many faces, donated gifts and words become part of a major installation in Gallery A, the RMG's exciting new space.
ARTISTS' Talk
March 6 1 PM
With members Laura Hair, Mary Ellen McQuay, Margaret Rodgers, Janice Taylor-Prebble, and Sally Thurlow.
WORKSHOP: Sunday March 20 with several IRIS members
Working with clay, ink, and other mixed media, participants take inspiration from the IRIS collection of objects on exhibit in Gallery A. Supplies included.
Space is limited. Registration required.
Members of the RMG- $25, Non- members- $35
March 2 - 26 2016
GALLERY A at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre
Oshawa ON L1H 3Z3
905 576 3000
Opening Reception included in RMG Fridays March 4, 7-10 pm.
The IRIS Group, a collective of women artists, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016 with an exhibition that revisits ten International Women’s Day projects involving the collection of objects and writings invested with personal or symbolic meaning. These items, with photographic on-site documentation, form part of The IRIS Group's extensive dialogue concerning women’s issues.
In IRIS at 20, members are creating new works based on the collected and archived objects from women across Canada and internationally. The many faces, donated gifts and words become part of a major installation in Gallery A, the RMG's exciting new space.
ARTISTS' Talk
March 6 1 PM
With members Laura Hair, Mary Ellen McQuay, Margaret Rodgers, Janice Taylor-Prebble, and Sally Thurlow.
WORKSHOP: Sunday March 20 with several IRIS members
Working with clay, ink, and other mixed media, participants take inspiration from the IRIS collection of objects on exhibit in Gallery A. Supplies included.
Space is limited. Registration required.
Members of the RMG- $25, Non- members- $35
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