Exhibitions: Upcoming - Past (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003)
Past Exhibitions: 2010 To view a complete list of past exhibitions, click here. MIXER: Visual Arts Faculty & Staff Exhibition
November 13, 2010 - January 12, 2011
Our first faculty and staff exhibition in six years, this show included the work of 18 artists and provided an opportunity to view a wide range of approaches to art-making and a diverse group of concepts. For example, amongst the term appointment/sessional faculty and staff, Matthew Hollett uses the interactive video game format for his artwork, Probable System, which is inspired by bpNichol’s poems of the same name. Sculptor, Michael Flaherty, likewise uses the interactive game format, although his artwork is a board game with ceramic pieces and is a response to his research into the history and human geography of the Grey Islands and resettlement. Flaherty was available every Thursday at noon during the show’s duration, to join him for a game. Ingrid Percy exhibited four serigraphs based on drawings of flora she made while artist-in-residence at Terra Nova National Park. Other media include sculpture, new and old audiovisual media, installation, painting, digital painting, wood-turning, photography and bookworks.
The Visual Arts program was initiated in 1988 and saw its first graduating class in 1992. Courses include drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, digital imaging and art history and instruction emphasizes technical proficiency, creative vision and critical thinking. Faculty and staff are practicing professional artists drawn from many regions of the country and beyond and have exhibited nationally and internationally
Photo Credits
Top: The Commission GEDEON Commission, An spéir ar Bhaile Átha Cliath (02010-10), 173rd Cantos for Gilles Deleuze, Inkjet on Tyvek
Bottom: Shirley Greer, Gossip, 2009, Artists' book
Tom Benner: Call of the Wild
September 23 - October 30, 2010
Curated by Melanie Townsend and organized by Museum London, Call of The Wild is an exhibition of Tom Benner’s large-scale sculptural works that deal with environmental issues. Benner’s work explores the relationship between human beings and nature. The works are created from a wide variety of materials including metal, wood, fiberglass, and found objects and span a 20-year period of the London-based artist’s oeuvre. Benner’s work reflects a respect for the environment and an increasing awareness and appreciation for nature and its wildlife. While several of the works are elegies for lost or disappearing species, the artist’s tone is not hectoring. The works are imbued with a sense of vibrancy, playfulness and humour.
Born in London, Ontario, Tom Benner has been exhibiting his work across Canada since the early ‘70s. Call of the Wild was shown at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Prince Edward Island and will travel to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and then onto Museum London. His exhibition, Cruising the Margins, toured across Canada and the United States. His work is part of numerous public and private collections across Canada and he is the recipient of numerous Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants.
The exhibition continues from Sept 23 – Oct 30, 2010. All are welcome to the opening reception on Thursday, September 23rd, 5 to 7p.m, where refreshments will be served.
Right: Tom Benner, Tecumseh, 1994-1995, copper, wood and fibreglass, 4 watercolour and linocut prints on paper, varying dimensions
CAMPBELL TINNING: THE NEWFOUNDLAND SERIES
MINDS, HANDS AND MAGIC II
THE VIEW FROM HERE: CORNER BROOK REGIONAL HIGH VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS
June 17 - September 11, 2010
Three separate exhibitions at the Grenfell College Art Gallery: Campbell Tinning: The Newfoundland Paintings; The View from here: Corner Brook Regional High Visual Arts Students; and Minds, Hands and Magic II: Work by students in Learning through the Arts in Western Newfoundland.
Curated by Heather Smith and organized by the Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Campbell Tinning: The Newfoundland Paintings features the work of George Campbell Tinning, who was born in Saskatchewan in 1910 and died in Montreal in 1996. Tinning visited Newfoundland twice. His first visit was in his capacity as a Canadian war artist. He was so intrigued with the people and the place that he requested an extension of his three-week visit but unfortunately his request was denied. He returned to Newfoundland in the summer of 1949 shortly after Newfoundland joined Confederation when there was a great deal curiosity about Canada’s newest province. The Newfoundland paintings vividly reflect life in rural Newfoundland at the time in a way that no photograph can. The large watercolours are fresh and direct, capturing the spirit of the place and time, as seen through an outsider’s lens.
The View from here: Corner Brook Regional High Visual Arts Students is a multimedia exhibition of our local high school art students. The works range from the more traditional forms of drawing and sculpture to digital animation and video projection.
Minds, Hands and Magic II shows a sampling of visual arts project s by primary and elementary students who participated in this year’s Learning through the Arts in Western Newfoundland (LTTA/WNL) program. Students worked with visual artists Audrey Feltham, Susy Randall, Chris Short and Brenda Stratton on art projects designed to teach concepts in mathematics, social studies, religious studies and science.
Right: Campbell Tinning, Untitled (Newfoundland), 1949, watercolour on paper, 22 1/2 x 29 1/2"
Connected Collective
SWGC BFA Graduation Exhibition
April 17th - June 5th, 2010
Maria Penney, Ria, wax, hair, mirror, found materials
left: Devan Burry, Trinity, lithography, digital printing, chine colle
right: Kyle Bennett, installation view
Shorelines
Multimedia exhibition, linking Newfoundland and Irish artists.
February 25th - April 3rd, 2010
Pierre Leblanc, Du littorale (a walk through B) 337tth Cantos for Gilles Deleuze, photographic installation
Shorelines is a multimedia exhibition which links significant sites along the Port au Port Peninsula to coastal sites in Ireland. Six artists specializing in film, photo-installation, and sound are represented in this exhibition.
In July 2008 the six artists, three from Ireland and three from Newfoundland and Labrador, visited the Port au Port. In November 2009 four of the artists travelled to the East and West Coasts of Ireland to meet with communities and explore the landscape. The five multimedia installations in the exhibition are a response to these visits and briefings about the ecology, geology, history and culture of the regions.
These shoreline landscapes are rich in archeological, historical, cultural and ecological terms. The communities are also facing similar challenges, namely reinstating and preserving minority cultures (around the Port au Port, francophone and Mi’kmaq; Valencia/Tralee, Irish-speaking) within a globally-prevalent language and culture.
Shorelines are anomalies: the term 'line' connotes a boundary between two distinct entities--land and water. Yet, these edges or boundaries are ephemeral and illusory by their very nature. Further, even these arbitrary lines are drawn and redrawn over time—for example through natural climatic forces of erosion, global warming and cooling; and intervention by man and animal. In this project we use 'shoreline' as a metaphor for social, philosophical, ecological, cultural and physical change.
left: Slavek Kwi, Threshold (The Cluster of Reality-particles on Theme of "Shoreslines")
right: Anthony Kelly and David Stalling, Fluctuations, Extended Cartography 1, multi-channel sound, digital video, resin-capsulated found objects, light, copper wire, plywood (detail)
Artists in the exhibition are: Angela Antle, Pierre LeBlanc and Anne Troake (Newfoundland and Labrador); Slavek Kwi and the team of Anthony Kelly and David Stalling (Ireland). The exhibition is curated by Sean McCrum and Charlotte Jones.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, ACOA, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Culture Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland and the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership.
Where the Words Go: Karen Trask
January 14th - February 13th, 2010
Where the words go, sculpture 80 x 80 cm. spun paper pages from dictionaries, 2008
Wordfield, mural 238 x 930.6cm. ink-jet print on handmade paper, 2007
Proust's Bed, sculpture 110 x 400 x 110 cm. wood, ink-jet print on handmade paper, cast paper, wool, 2006
Montreal artist Karen Trask will show her compelling sculpture, videos and two-dimensional works, which dissect and reassemble language and text in novel and unexpected ways. For example, one of the sculptures was created from spun paper pages from dictionaries. Trask’s unusual work engages the viewer on both the micro and macro level.
Karen Trask is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal. She holds an MFA from Concordia University and a BA from the University of Waterloo. Her work has been presented in many solo and groups exhibitions in Canada, Europe, United States, India and Mexico. In 2008, the artist was awarded the Paris Studio from the Conseil des arts et des letters du Quebec. Her work may be found in such public collections as the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Canada Council Art Bank; the National Library of Canada; and the National Library of Quebec.
As well, Karen Trask will be working on a site-specific installation during the week of January 11 along the skywalk leading from the Fine Arts Building to the Library and Computing Building.
top left: Where the words go (detail), sculpture 80 x 80 cm. spun paper pages from dictionaries, 2008
left: Wordtree, tapestry 225 x 100 cm. ink-jet print on washi, woven, 2009
right: Seachange, sculpture 54 x 84 x 30 inches, dictionary covers, metal screws, wood, spun paper pages, 2009
For further information, please contact:
Charlotte Jones, Acting Director
(709) 637-6209
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building on the second floor of the atrium. Short-term parking is available in front of the Fine Arts Building. The gallery is wheelchair accessible. Open Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Tel: (709) 637-6200 ext. 6379
