The Artform of the Week is Group Portrait by Douglas Coupland ~ Sculptor
April 24 to May 1
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery72 Queen Street, Oshawa, ON

Coupland took Peter Croydon’s 1957 group portrait of The Painters Eleven, and used it as a framework to place abstract forms that represent each member. These forms and their colours are derived from a key piece of each of the eleven members’ works in the Gallery’s collection. 

Be sure to allow time to visit the gallery to see current exhibitions: Painters Eleven: Abstract Bonds continuing at the RMG until August 24 and Oshawa Art Association's 57th Juried Art Exhibition ~ May 1 to 18

We are sure that as you wander around downtown Oshawa's Heritage District, you will find some tasty spots for a coffee or lunch, tell them you found them while on the walk.

Share your photo with this artform on your social media and tag us @OshawaArtAssociation | @rmgoshawa for a chance to win a copy of HAROLD TOWN by Iris Nowell and a complimentary RMG membership  Random draw May 2, 2025.The RMG is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 4 pm (free parking on the weekends). From the Durham College Oshawa GO Station, take bus 56 to Simcoe S & Athol E (return Centre S & Athol W to Durham College Oshawa GO Station. https://www.durhamregiontransit.com/

To learn more about this and other downtown murals and art formshttps://www.oshawaartassociation.com/muralshttps://www.instagram.com/oshawa.art.association/online map: https://tinyurl.com/3ktkvbzu

Amongst other things, they run a program where high school students spend the day learning about the dangers of making poor choices such as distracted driving, impaired driving, etc.  It's called the Durham Region P.A.R.T.Y. program (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth), and follows the course of a Motor Vehicle Collision. Geared towards all students in grades 10-12 but especially those anticipating getting a driver’s license soon or students who are new drivers.  This program seeks to give the students a snapshot of the possible traumatic, and usually preventable, consequences of risk-related behaviours that can lead to injury.

Students learn about brain and spinal cord injury and hear from a variety of speakers including Durham Regional Police Service, Fire Services, Paramedic Services, and an injury survivor. Together they bring the students face-to-face with the reality of poor choices and emphasize ways to stay safe.  See Durham Region P.A.R.T.Y. Program - Heads Up! Durham

Their next program is April 29^th from 10am to 2:30pm at the Oshawa Civic. Attendees will be players from Okanagan Hockey Ontario.  

This program is a vital component of the growing community effort to reduce death and injury in alcohol, drug and risk-related crashes and incidents.
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