Margaret Rodgers is an artist, writer and curator. She was founder of The IRIS Group, taught at Durham and Centennial Colleges, and was Director/Curator at VAC Clarington. She is the author of Locating Alexandra (Toronto: ECW, 1995) about Painters Eleven artist Alexandra Luke, and is published in various journals. In 2015/16 she curated Crossing Borders, an exhibition exchange between BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake NY and VAC Clarington. In 2017-18 she was Guest Curator for The Robert McLaughlin Gallery exhibition Legacies: Luke, McLaughlin, Donovan and MacGregor.
Currently exhibiting at WAAC
Each piece speaks to a sense of longing and missed experiences. All Along … has elements from my current practice of creating solar prints based on the smiles of various figures. Here the sun is represented as a smile in the sky. It has been printed on a crocheted doily , mirroring the thoughts of the couple who have been on the beach too long. Cobourg Beach recalls happy days strolling and enjoying this lakeside paradise.
INSTAGRAM Interview with Margaret and Wendy
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Crosswords
October 27-Nov 16 2021
at
Women’s Art Association of Canada
23 Prince Arthur Avenue
Toronto, ON M5R 1B2
and online
My series of crossword based paintings and collages will be on exhibition on site in the intimate Ruth Upjohn Gallery and online on the WAAC website .
Marketplace of Ideas
2020
30 x 22 inches
rag paper, acrylic
2020
30 x 22 inches
rag paper, acrylic
Lecture Series 2021 via OSCC55+
Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. with Margaret Rodgers
Fall 2021 September 21 - November 23 the historical developments toward modernism in western art, beginning in late 18C France. on ZOOM details click OSCC55+
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