Frederick Hagan | Exhibition at Old Town Hall
Frederick Hagan | Ladder Series
September 8 - October 31, 2026
Old Town Hall | 460 Botsford Street | Newmarket, ON
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM
Closed: Sunday and Monday
Exclusion Dates: October 2 - 5
Frederick Hagan (1918–2003) remains one of Canada’s most vital yet distinct voices in graphic arts, a master lithographer who served as the Head of Printmaking at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University) for nearly three decades. Hagan approached art through a lens of profound empathy for human labour, existential struggle, and social observation.
The Ladder Series 13 lithographs by Frederick Hagan that explore human consciousness and vulnerability through social, existential, and personal symbolism. Like much of Hagan’s work, these prints are deeply autobiographical. Informed by his background in carpentry, ladders serve as central symbols of creation and shifting states of mind. Throughout the series, they invite viewers to consider human connection and empathy as pathways to personal revelation.