LearnMORE Series
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Fakes and Forgeries with Debra Antoncic Ph.D. Director/Curator RiverBrink Art Museum
This six-week course explores the darker side of the art world by focusing on select forgers and forgery cases throughout history. Perhaps as old as the art market itself, some estimates place the number of forgeries in circulation today at fifty percent. As the value of the global art industry has surged, so too has the financial incentive for deception. The course will begin with an exploration of the relationship between copying and forgery followed by case studies of specific forgers, including one in Canada. Presented online via Zoom. Date to be determined |
RiverBrink TALKS
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Artist Workshops
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Abstracting the Landscape with Lenore Walker
Exploring the aspects of design - line, form, value contrast, rhythm, texture, and colour, participants will discover how to see abstractly and create original works of art! You’ll capture en plein air sketches through brief, safe-distanced, on-site outdoor painted sketches. You may use these to apply the principles of effective composition and “abstract” the essence of the landscape in larger painted works in your home art-making space. Your landscape and cloudscape photographs and/or collected images of landscapes/cloudscapes may be used as well. Come prepared to enjoy the process of seeing the “shapes and shades” all around us and how to incorporate them into your unique artistic expression! This workshop is open to all levels. Participants will receive a materials list and be responsible for their own materials. Students can work in acrylics, oils, or pastels (dry/chalk). This workshop will take place outdoors at RiverBrink and will be socially distanced. Thursdays, August 6 - 27 | 2 - 3:30 p.m. $72 RiverBrink Members | $90 Non-Members please register early! |
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Mandala Drawing with Lenore Walker
Come relax and play with the timeless art of the mandala! Explore the symbolism of these circular forms that have been shared the world over from ancient times to the present. Mandalas will be created starting with simple mandala templates then “drawing with light” to explore designs for your own uniquely personal mandala. A variety of art materials will be used. Time for participating in the creation of an outdoor, safe-distanced group mandala will round out the workshop. No previous art experience is required. This workshop is open to all levels. Participants will receive a materials list and be responsible for their own materials. This workshop will take place outdoors at RiverBrink and will be socially distanced. Saturday, August 22 | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. $36 RiverBrink Members | $45 Non-Members please register early! |
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Photo-Walk with Josh Bellingham
A relaxing outdoor photo-walk workshop at Niagara Park's beautiful Queenston Heights National Historic Site. Registrants will have the opportunity for one-on-one photography Q&A with Niagara Wedding Photographer and sponsored Panasonic Lumix Storyteller Josh Bellingham. The workshop will begin at RiverBrink for a meet-and-greet discussion on how to set up your cameras. From there, the group will meet at the base of Brock’s Monument at Queenston Heights park, where guests can mingle, and walk with Josh, around the site, or go off on their own and get creative! Guests will be encouraged to submit their photos to Josh following the workshop, to be included in a fun video slideshow of the snapshots of the day! This workshop will take place outdoors at RiverBrink and Queenston Heights Park and will be socially distanced. Wednesday, August 26 | 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $36 RiverBrink Members | $45 Non-Members please register early! |
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Inspired by Botanicals with Sandra Iafrate
This 3-hour workshop is taught by Artist/Instructor and GOLDEN Artist Educator, Sandra Iafrate and is open to all skill levels. Participants will learn the fundamentals of flower painting such as drawing, colour mixing, brush techniques and composition. Participants will have the opportunity to view and be inspired by current RiverBrink exhibition, Botanicals. Photo references and still life subjects will be available. (Note: Demonstrations will be done in acrylic paint, however other mediums are welcome. Acrylic, watercolour and oil paint with non-toxic medium or no medium) Participants will receive a materials list and be responsible for their own materials. Saturday, September 12 | 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $45 RiverBrink Members | $54 Non-Members please register early! |
Coffee with the Curator
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Virtual Coffee with the Curator with Director/Curator Debra Antoncic
We hope that you will grab your favourite mug and join us! Director/Curator Debra Antoncic will guide viewers in an in-depth tour of the exhibition, Clara Harris: Between City and Country, and be available to answer your questions live. Email manager@riverbrink.org to request to join. The program will be offered through Zoom. If you have not yet used Zoom, you will have to download the app or program on to your device and create an account. Click here for more information. Friday, August 14 at 11 a.m. |
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Coffee with the Curator with Director/Curator Debra Antoncic
Join us on the second Friday of every month, at 11:00 a.m. for a curator-led tour of RiverBrink Art Museum's current exhibitions, with Director/Curator Debra Antoncic. Following the tour, stay and enjoy light refreshments and conversation! Postponed - please check back regularly for upcoming dates. |
Film Screenings
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Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes
1919. Erika Koop is born on a wealthy estate in southern Ukraine. But her family's idyllic life comes to an end when bandits raid their home. They kill Erika's parents and confiscate the family home in the name of the Russian Revolution. Soon after, Erika and her family flee to Canada. 1997. Erika and her daughter, internationally acclaimed painter and video artist Wanda Koop, make an emotionally searing journey back to Ukraine. They search for their heritage, find the cemetery where so many relatives are buried and visit the elegant estate that was once theirs. From its dreamlike opening to a stunning presentation of the paintings created from her pilgrimage, Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes takes us into the heart of the artistic process. It shows one of Canada's finest visual artists at the height of her skills, as she transforms the images and emotions of her journey into an unforgettable work of art. Directed by Gordon McLennan Produced by Phyllis Laing Production Agency Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. National Film Board of Canada DATE TBD Admission by donation. |
Bus Trips
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Tours - suspended until further notice
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Queenston Walking Tours
*note: this tour is seasonal and runs throughout the summer. Join RiverBrink summer staff for a scenic, guided tour of the village of Queenston. Learn about it's vast history from its importance to Indigenous peoples for millennia, through its settlement in the late 1700s and the turmoil of the War of 1812, to the citizens' roles in shaping their village, and, their country. Learn about the important Canadian figures who got their start, made history or lost their lives in Queenston. Adults $10 | Students & Seniors $8 Price includes admission to RiverBrink Art Museum |
Header image Detail: Tom Thomson, Twilight, pre-1914 Collection of Samuel E. Weir ©RiverBrink Art Museum
Home Page Image Credits:
RiverBrink TALKS image detail: Cornelius Krieghoff, Settlers' Cabin in the Foothills (Early Canadian Settler), 1859. Samuel E. Weir Collection ©RiverBrink Art Museum
LearnMORE series image detail: Andre Lapine, Heavy Duty at Ste. Agathe in the Laurentians, Quebec, n.d. Collection of Samuel E. Weir ©RiverBrink Art Museum
Artist Workshops image detail: Hippolyte Victor Sebron Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side, c. 1852. Collection of Samuel E. Weir ©RiverBrink Art Museum
Home Page Image Credits:
RiverBrink TALKS image detail: Cornelius Krieghoff, Settlers' Cabin in the Foothills (Early Canadian Settler), 1859. Samuel E. Weir Collection ©RiverBrink Art Museum
LearnMORE series image detail: Andre Lapine, Heavy Duty at Ste. Agathe in the Laurentians, Quebec, n.d. Collection of Samuel E. Weir ©RiverBrink Art Museum
Artist Workshops image detail: Hippolyte Victor Sebron Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side, c. 1852. Collection of Samuel E. Weir ©RiverBrink Art Museum
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