Fostering and promoting the Visual Arts throughout Ontario since 1872.
We regretfully announce the passing of Brigitte Schreyer. Artist, adventurer, actress, hairdresser, wife, and mother. Brigitte passed away peacefully in her home with her husband Klaus, and her two children, Carmen and Derek, by her side; Fred Astaire singing softly in the background. We are honoured to have had Brigitte as part of the OSA membership since 1990. We wish her family, friends and colleagues our deepest condolences.
We regret to announce the passing of John Stuart Pryce. John was a long time OSA member, wonderful painter, teacher, and friend to many. Being a landscape painter, he took great pleasure helping to organize the OSA trips to Killarney each year. We are proud to have had John as part of the Ontario Society of Artists. We wish his family, friends, and colleagues our sincerest condolences.
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Krystyna Cseh, a life member of the OSA. Krystyna was an artist, teacher, an environmentalist, traveler and free spirit. We are proud to have had Krystyna as a part of our membership for so many years. We wish her sister, Eva Kolacz, and her entire family, friends, and colleagues our deepest condolences.
Krystyna Cseh (née Brudek)
January 6, 1950 – December 3, 2021
Artist, member of Ontario Society of Artists, teacher, environmentalist, traveler and free spirit.
For Krystyna:
Holding a plush blue bear, she sings a lullaby
“I had known you,” her eyes say
The white camellia in her dark hair
like a silent spell, breathing.
The glimmer of sunshine has flown toward her
like a dragonfly landing on her skirt,
she tries to pick it up
on her way to the sky…
Eva Kolacz
You will always be in our hearts mom, grandmother, sister and aunt.
Mary Wright, great Canadian Artist and member of the Ontario Society of Artists since 1989, passed away on December 19, 2021. It is with heavy hearts that we say farewell and thank you. Here we have included the obituary honouring her memory. We are proud to have had Mary as a member of our society for so many years. We wish her friends, colleagues, and family our sincere condolences.
Latitude 44 in the Junction in Toronto is exhibiting ‘Red’ – a series of acrylic paintings by Janet Hendershot, OSA.
Good news for Gallery owners, artists and art lovers
Still keeping to essential covid protocols for the time being, we can now view work up close and personal in a number of galleries. For example, from September 1 to 25 my work, along with work by seven other watercolour and alcohol ink artists, will be hanging at the
Twist Gallery
1100 Queen Street in Toronto
as part of their Liquid Summer 2021 Exhibition.
Gallery hours Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 6 pm.
Also, from September 8 to 26, one of my paintings will be hanging at
The Gallery in Neilson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke
as part of the Ontario Society of Artists Members’ Exhibition of Selected Works. It’s a wonderful, large diverse selection of original art in all media—well worth seeing.
Gallery hours Monday through Sunday 9:30am to 4 pm.
Lots of free parking on site
Hello all,
I got this call from a friend of mine in Poland who is running this international call for submissions and has very prestigious awards and recognitions.
We can share it with the members. Any questions have to be addressed directly to the organization. Link below
Cesar Forero OSA
http://www.bwa.ostrowiec.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/15-IASoA-regulations-ENG.pdf
Steve Wilson is proud to announce and really big honoured to be a finalist in the Salt Spring Island National Art Prize with his piece “HIGHWAY OF TEARS”, Oil on Canvas 32″x48″. The exhibition runs from Sept 24th to Oct 25th in British Columbia. It can be seen in his gallery window during July/Aug at 4452 Queen St. Niagara Falls Ontario.
Frank was named overall winner of the 16th Annual Pollux Awards, as well as receiving first prize in the Fine Arts and Portrait categories for his latest work, The Moons of Saturn: Announcement of the 16th Pollux Awards — The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. The complete series of The Moons of Saturn can be seen here: Frank Rodick — The Moons of Saturn
FotoNostrum, the European magazine of photographic art, published a feature article on Frank’s work in its June issue: FotoNostrum Magazine
Frank has released his quarterly newsletter, “a cupful of whispers,” which can be seen here: a cupful of whispers from Frank Rodick, June 2021. You can subscribe at no charge through this link.
Images below include the FotoNostrum magazine cover and the image Even Hell is Beautiful at Nightfrom the series The Moons of Saturn, 2021.
Two collages and one painting were accepted by Eran Art Gallery’s juried exhibition “New Era” and the exhibition can be seen on the following platforms from June 1st until June 15th: Artnet.com and Kunstmatrix.com