Image: Frances-Anne Johnston, Arrangement in Blue and Green (detail), n.d., oil on canvas board, 60.9 x 45.8 cm. Collection of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Gift of Richardson Greenshields of Canada Ltd., 1984, 1984JF88. Photo: Lesli Michaelis. Reproduced courtesy of the Estate.
​A Family Palette / Tableaux de Famille
April 21- August 19, 2023

The exhibition A Family Palette, circulated by the Ottawa Art Gallery, brings together, for the first time, the work of artists Frances-Anne Johnston, Franz Johnston, and Franklin Arbuckle – three members of the same family. The exhibition tells the story of a talented artistic family and sheds light on the ways Frances-Anne Johnston and her relatives have contributed to the development of Canadian art.

*Docent let tours offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30am & 1:30pm 
$10.00 per person 
​Please email amccann@riverbrink.org to book! 

Acknowledgements:
Curator: Rebecca Basciano
Exhibition Assistance: Erin Bruce,Meghan Ho
Editing: Sheila Singhal, Lucy Trew, Véronique Couillard
French Translation: Louise Saint-André
Exhibition Design: Christine Elson
Graphic Design: Josie Guenther
Installation: Jennifer Gilliland, Dan Austin, Peter Shmelzer, Mark Garland, Rob Keefe
Originating Gallery: Ottawa Art Gallery
​Touring Partners: RiverBrink Art Museum and Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery
This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada

Generously Sponsored by: 
Cowley Abbott (Platinum Sponsorship)
Geoffrey and Lorraine Joyner (Gold Sponsorship)
Donald P. Ziraldo (Bronze)
​Creek Road Paints

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Adopt-an-Artwork

Fall 2020 - Ongoing

Main Floor Gallery
116 Queenston St., Queenston ON
Tuesday - Sunday 10 - 5

​Adopting an art work from the permanent collection at RiverBrink is a unique way to support the art museum. Although adopted art works remain at RiverBrink, your financial support enables you to establish a special connection with a beloved work of art.
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You may choose from one of five annual giving levels, starting at $50. Your adoption helps support ongoing care and conservation of art works and helps ensure the future of the collection.

For more information and to view the artwork available for adoption click here.
Image detail: Mary Prittie, Untitled (Canada Furnace), 1986, Gift of Allan Prittie

Recent Acquisitions

Ongoing
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All levels
116 Queenston St., Queenston ON
Tuesday - Sunday 10 - 5

RiverBrink continues to collect through donation and purchase, with the goal of developing a collection that both complements and broadens the Samuel E. Weir Collection. The recent acquisition of three works by Ghitta Caiserman-Roth increases the number of women artists in the collection, an underdeveloped area of acquisition.
Image: Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, L'essoucheur (The Digger of Roots), c.1880-1937, Bronze, Samuel E. Weir Collection. 

Suzor-Coté at RiverBrink

Ongoing
Curated by Debra Antoncic

Lower Level
116 Queenston St., Queenston ON
Tuesday - Sunday 10 - 5

Bronze sculptures by the 20th-century Québec artist are on permanent display in the library. Beginning in the 1940s, Sam Weir commissioned the casting of the bronzes with the goal of acquiring a representative survey of the artist’s work in sculpture. This project was continued following Weir’s death.
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