Have you ever been fascinated by all of the building possibilities that begin with a simple piece of wood? There are so many ranging from intricate carvings to boat building. Working with wood can be both challenging and rewarding. The September speaker’s...
Standing in an old house and visualizing what it could be and then to set about its transformation is an art! What is its past and what could be its future? How to respect the integrity of the architecture and history and restore the building with the present day in...
With guest speakers Katharine and Eric Fletcher.Author, visual artist, and environmental columnist Katharine Fletcher will be discussing her passion which is the awareness of Nature’s beauty and its conservation. Since the publication of her first book, Historical...
As part of our MAG ‘Conversations’, the Merrickville Arts Guild is excited to present what will be an entertaining and humorous conversation on “The Art of Animation” with Weldon Poapst and Graham Annable. We will be examining the different...
The Merrickville Artists’ Guild (MAG) is excited to present a very special evening with Holly Dean and Larry Thompson in the “Club Room” on the main floor of the Merrickville Legion on Thursday, September 15, 2022; doors open at 7:00 PM.Larry will be...
We are sorry to announce that, due to the vital Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings, two of our upcoming Conversations have been cancelled.May 14: The Drone and the Camera: Mike Venables andJun 11: Beader and Ojibway Artist: Ashley-Rise Manchendagoos.Discussions are...
MAG Conversations will feature multi-talented Doug Phillips on March 12. Doug is a playwright, actor and award winning short story writer. His first play, Naan Bread, won the Ottawa Little Theatre Award. Righteous Tithe, a play turned film, was nominated for best...
“Beautifully crafted words have the power to captivate the mind of anybody” – Joseph Conrad … From the Iliad to Shakespeare, Dostoevsky to Atwood, whether poets, chroniclers, realists or romantics; the power and artistry of writing has been an important part of...
Meet a novelist who is also an historian, an indigenous poet, a writer of short humorous stories, and a writer of special interest features when they sit down with the “conversationalists” and talk, each in their own special world, about what they write, why they...
Teacher and writer Claudia Coutu Radmore and writer Victor Suthren are slated to share stories of the arctic “you did not expect.” Claudia will be talking about her correspondence with a remarkable man, Leonard Budgell, a Hudson’s Bay Company agent who...
In MAG’s June Conversations, Robert Sauve, who has been a docent at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) for twelve years, is speaking on “the Sublime in Art.” The sublime has long been understood to mean a quality of greatness or grandeur that...
A fascinating evening was spent in “conversation” with Gary and Holly as they talked about their creative experiences in film and video. Gary as a cameraman of considerable experience in Hollywood North (Vancouver) in recent decades and Holly as an artist who enjoys...
May Conversations showcases the incredible diversity of talent among MAG members as multi-media artist Holly Dean and film industry camera operator Gary Viola share their experience with the Art of Moving Pictures. “I am going to talk about my 30 years working...
MAG members Martin Green and David Dunn join forces to talk about the creative relationships between artists and gardeners; exploring the significant roles that gardens play in nurturing the soul and the pleasure and joy that they give us by their company. Gardening...
Join us as we voyage into the world of science, photography, and storytelling with Dr. Shelley Ball, renowned biologist and environmentalist (www.biosphere-ed.org). Shelley will talk with Mike Venables about how she blends science and art to educate and raise...
Last MAG Conversations for 2018. Thursday, November 8 at the Sidecar Café, beginning at 7:30. The topic is: “Nude or Naked? Figure representation through the ages” Martin Green will be in conversation with Joyce Morris of the Go Figure Life Drawing group. The...
We’re excited to share our upcoming MAG Conversation topic: “Of Making Many Books There is No End” A discussion between book artists Larry Thompson and Paul Champion Demers on the strange and not-so-gentle madness of creating beautiful hand-crafted books....
Again, MAG Conversations attracted an SRO crowd to the Sidecar Cafe on May 10, this time with three performances of very different dance styles by very different dancers. The program included flamenco, belly dancing and modern dance. Sara Pelizer of The Flamenco...
MAG Conversations explores DANCE through performances of flamenco, belly dancing, and contemporary dance. Dancers will be on hand to speak with the audience after the performance. The evening takes place in the Sidecar Café on Main Street on Thursday, May 10th at 7:30...
Glass artist – no, make that, magician – Vas Zastera put on a jaw-dropping presentation at the MAG Conversations event held at the Sidecar Cafe in Merrickville, March 8. The master craftsman, whose precision optical glass work is prized by scientists and has travelled...
The first 2018 Conversation took place on January 11 with Martin Green and Holly Dean discussing the Art of Abstraction. The event was a wonderful success. Here are some of the comments: Thank-you, thank-you for organizing an amazing and memorable evening! We were...
David Dunn, owner of the award-winning Rideau Woodland Ramble and an architect, opened the evening by stating that architects, artists, designers and gardeners are all about place-making, whether in the mind or in reality. They seek to provoke reactions and feelings...
Once every two months MAG Artists, sponsors of the MAG, and art lovers from the village and abroad come together to share in the MAG conversations about Art, as it is defined in the broadest sense. In March, we were treated to the wonderful exploration of the...
Why do we collect, and what is it that we choose to collect? These two questions were considered during the MAG Conversation between antique collectors Nick Previsich and Joe Gallaro and the audience gathered at the SideCar Café in Merrickville. Nick and Joe offered...
