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May and June Conversations Cancelled – Covid-19
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 and Jun 11: Beader and Ojibway Artist: Ashley-Rise Manchendagoos. Discussions...
COVID-19 Situation Permitting ~ MAG Conversations Presents: The Drone & The Camera with Mike Venables ~ May 14
While drones have been around for decades, it is only recently that they have become widely available. The result has been a veritable explosion of new applications where an airborne camera proves useful or desirable to enhance artistic and/or commercial expression....
MAG Conversations Presents ~ Doug Phillips ~ Mar 12
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...
Evening in Paris @ the Mainstreet ~ Benefits MAG Youth ~ Feb 15
Yves and Deb Grandmaitre along with Shelley and Mark Scullino are the Village chefs at the Mainstreet Dinner on Saturday February 15th. Themed An Evening in Paris, the event is sponsored by MOCA (Merrickville Organization for Culture and Arts) with proceeds going to...
Bird Photography ~ Feb 12
The Merrickville Artists’ Guild (MAG) Photographic Collective is delighted that Gerard Phillips, a well know local bird watcher and photographer, will be giving an illustrated talk at our meeting on February 12 at 7:00 PM in the Dart Room at the Goose & Gridiron...
MAG Conversations Presents: The Art of Writing: Jan 9
“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 our...
MAG Conversations: Jan. 9 : Author Panel
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...
Photography Collective – Dec. 4 – Winter Holiday Photography
Our next two meetings will focus on the theme of "Winter Holiday Photography." The next meeting will have a social gathering prior to the start. Please join us in the Dart Room at the Goose & Gridiron Restaurant on Wednesday, December 4, 2018 at 6:00 PM with our...
MAG Conversations: Arctic Twilight: Nov 14
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 spent decades...
Photography Collective – Next Meeting Nov 6
The November meeting of the MAG Photography Collective will consider the theme of “Thanksgiving.” Examples could be the amazing fall colours, giving thanks by feasting at the close of the harvest season, and/or anything else you can think of related to the theme....
