Papergirl Calgary has just released a call for submissions for their summer exhibition/event to be held at the Epcor Centre this August. So what are you waiting for? Download a submission form today send your work in before July 31, 2012.
Download the full press release or visit http://papergirlcalgary.tumblr.com/ for more.
Ruth Scheuing will be giving an artist talk this evening (March 15) at 630 pm in the Boardroom at the Alberta College of Art & Design. All are welcome!
As you may know I am an instructor in the Fibre Program at the Alberta College of Art & Design. Each year we host a two week exhibition of student work along with various events celebrating what we do every day in one of the most dynamic and exciting Fibre Programs anywhere. This year, Fibre Fortnight will be held from March 5 to 16 in the main mall at ACAD. All events associated with Fibre Fortnight are free and open to the public.
Alongside our annual Miniature Show and Silent Auction that supports our visiting artist program, grad class and student-initiated projects (Yes, we are still accepting submissions until the end of the week!), we are hosting a few new and notable events this year that I wanted to share with you.
From March 6 to 8 from 11 am to 2 pm daily we will be Yarn Bombing the Candahar. The Candahar is an installation by Theo Sims that recreates
…a Belfast public house, named for a South Belfast Street. The installation is complete when staffed in collaboration with two Belfast bartenders Chris and Conor Roddy, who act as unscripted performers. The project fuses the authentic with fantasy, spectacle with stage, and at its heart acts as a catalyst for conversation, debate and dialogue – and a pint here and there.
With the permission of Sims and the IKG we will be wrapping the exterior of The Candahar with knitting and crochet. On March 8 from 530 to 730 pm, join us inside The Candahar for a discussion about yarn on International Women’s Day.
If you have been curious to see our new Jacquard loom in action you will definitely want to pop by room 417 on March 12 for a series of Jacquard weaving demonstrations running from 1 to 6 pm.
Ruth Scheuing at the loom
Finally I am very excited to share the news that Vancouver artist Ruth Scheuing will be visiting ACAD March 15 and 16. She will be giving a public artist talk the evening of March 15 from 630 to 8 pm in the ACAD Boardroom. Scheuing’s talk will coincide with the closing of the two week Fibre Fortnight Exhibition and the Miniature Show and SIlent Auction (Bidding closes after the artist talk at 815 pm).
Ruth Scheuing | Sogdian Child's Coat on the Karakoram Highway; 38°56' N 75°25' E, Jacquard weaving, 50 x 60"
Hope to see you sometime over the next few weeks. For a detailed list of Fibre Fortnight events click HERE.
Nov 24th – 3 pm to 9 pm | Nov 25th – 1 pm to 9 pm | Nov 26 – 11 am to 5 pm
Visit ACAD’s website for more.
Saw this show at the Showcase Grand Theatre last night and it was incredible. This was my first time seeing the dance company from Quebec. (Thank you Kristofer.) For more information about The Golden Mean and other work visit the Marie Chouinard Company’s website.
The Golden Mean (Live) is the first show in Theatre Junction‘s anniversary season.
The ACAD Fibre Department is very excited to present world renowned visual artist Michael Brennand-Wood to kick-off our new scholastic year. There are two events associated with Michael’s visit:
Lecture “Pretty Deadly”
Monday, September 12 at 5:30 pm in the in the Stanford Perrot Lecture Theatre at ACAD
‘Pretty Deadly’ will focus on selected key themes mapping the development of Michael’s work, including exhibition, commission and public art projects. This lecture is FREE and open to the public – EVERYONE WELCOME. For more information on the lecture please feel free to contact Tara in the Fibre Department at 403.338.5584 or email tara.griffiths@acad.ca
Workshop “Random Precision
Tuesday, September 13, 9-4 pm at ACAD
Using a personal collection of materials with strong linear qualities, participants will develop an individual vocabulary of three-dimensional line. This provides the essential components of this challenging workshop to be used in an exploration of stitch, dept, translucency, illusion and structure.
This is a rare opportunity for individuals outside the ACAD degree program to work with an artist of this stature. Fibre artists, sculptors, mixed media artists and those interested in jumpstarting the creative process would enjoy working with Michael Brennand-Wood in this one day workshop.
‘Random Precision’ is open to the public through ACAD Extended Studies (contact 403.284.7640) The cost of the workshop is $159.00 plus GST.
For more information on Michael Brennand-Wood and his work, visit his website or read this interview on Ideas in the Making.
James Jensen
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present Burnt Toast Studio’s Brad Snyder, Edwin Herrenschmidt, Alden Alfon, Shannon MacKinnon and James Jensen, exhibiting print, design and text, over the summer months in its Window Galleries. These five artists explore screen printing, relief printing, mixed media, papermaking, painting, sculpture and were selected for their artistic quality and appeal to all ages, promoting artistic dialogue within our city.
Alden Alfon
The exhibition is in the EPCOR CENTRE Window Galleries (across from Max Bell Theatre) from June 30, 2011 until September 25, 2011. A reception for the artists hapens TOMORROW EVENING! August 4 in the Ledge Gallery, +15 Centre Court from 5 to 8 pm.
Shannon Mackinnon
View more work by the artists of Burnt Toast Studios on their website.
This past Saturday, I participated in my partner Kristofer Kelly’s Mobile Street Archive project for Truck Gallery. For several hours I walked one-hundred, steps, drew for ten minutes, then repeated per the artist’s instruction. We headed north on Centre Street beginning at the Calgary Tower.
The pace surprised me as it seemed to take a long time to move even a few blocks. I think perhaps this became my favorite aspect of the project as the day progressed. Bound as I was by the logic of Walk. Draw. Repeat. I began to really pay some attention to a line I travel almost every day on my way from home to downtown. The challenge of drawing whatever happened to be one-hundred steps from my last subject compelled me on and I walked with the group for several hours. Kristofer continued the project until midnight.
Nearly two-hundred drawings were produced, spanning fifteen hours and almost forty city blocks.
View Walk. Draw. Repeat. in a larger map
Mobile Street Archive is part of an ongoing project. Check for news about this and other projects on Kristofer Kelly’s website.