Posts tagged “P&D”

February at P&D

This month, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”) takes visitors on a date with Henri Matisse.  Open Door – every Wednesday, 1-8 p.m. throughout February, works from the 1920s (odalisques) and the 1940s (cut outs), by Matisse works by other artists in the P&D collection available, by request, until 4:30 p.m.  Monthly […]

P&D December Talk – “Date With Modernity: 1905-1925”

This talk series is a monthly presentation in the Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”): second Friday of each month prepared and presented by members of the P&D Volunteer Group 11 a.m. – noon; free of charge Friday December 13 – Date with Modernity: 1905-1925, presenter Marianne Seger One of the images that […]

John Hartman: Looking at Milne & Blackwood — Close Encounters, Nov. 27

In the mid-1980s, Canadian painter and printmaker John Hartman began to make visionary colour drypoints that combined his home landscape of Georgian Bay with stories, often placed in the sky of his images. (Here below: Salvage, 2000, Collection of the Artist.) Join John Hartman as he presents a selection of his colour drypoint prints along […]

Close Encounters, Nov 6: Alex Colville (Self and Other)

Close Encounters, like the monthly Talk, is a public presentation by the Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”). It also has a couple of differences from Talk: it is less frequent, and it is by paid admission. This Wednesday evening, at 7 p.m., Sarah Milroy will show and discuss the work of Alex Colville. […]

Psychedelic Poster Art — P&D October Talk

This talk series is a monthly presentation in the Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”): second Friday of each month prepared and presented by members of the P&D Volunteer Group 11 a.m. – noon; free of charge October 11 – Date with Psychedelic Poster Art, presenter Mary Kirby Here is just one of […]

July talks: Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Centre

Once again in July, the AGO’s Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”) offers two presentations in its regular series, Striking Impressions. (The other series, Close Encounters, has now ended for the season.) Striking Impressions – Friday talks by volunteers 11 a.m. – noon; drop in; no charge July 12, Earth, Water, Fire: Constructing […]

June talks: Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Centre

Once again in June, the AGO’s Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”) offers two presentations in its regular series, Striking Impressions. (The other series, Close Encounters, has now ended for the season.)   Striking Impressions – Friday talks by volunteers 11 a.m. – noon; drop in; no charge June 14, Relief Printmaking: the […]

May talks: Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Centre

Once again in May, the AGO’s Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”) offers two presentations in its regular series, Striking Impressions. (The other series, Close Encounters, has now ended for the season.) Striking Impressions – Friday talks by volunteers 11 a.m. – noon; drop in; no charge May 10, Spirituality in Abstract Art, […]

Print & Drawing Centre Welcomes Young Visitors

On Friday, March 15, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”) added five more happy visitors to its total: the youth photography class from a local community arts engagement organization called Jamii. “Milijana Mladjan and I gave them the VIP treatment, and they were really tuned in,” says P&D volunteer Michaela Novotna, who worked […]

Striking Impressions: P&D free talks, March 8 & 22

Time to mark your calendar for this month’s two Friday-morning presentations in the Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”). The talks, called Striking Impressions, are free of charge and open to AGO visitors and volunteers as well. “It’s a labour of love, not part of our P&D placement description,” explains Edith Layne, who […]