Art-O-Matic @ the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery

by | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized

ART-O-MATIC: ART MEETS NEW
TECHNOLOGIES

Claire Brunet, Future Retrieval, Guillaume Lachapelle,        Neri Oxman, and Susan Shantz 
At the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
Opening Reception: 
Sunday, October 28 from 1 to 5 pm
 
Welcome and Remarks: 1:30 pm
 
Artist Remarks: 
Susan Shantz at 2:30 pm
Claire Brunet at 3:00 pm
Guillaume Lachapelle at 3:30 pm
 
This exhibition explores object scanning, computer-generated form
manipulation and 3-D printing, all of which embody Rapid Prototyping
technology. While some artists switch back and forth between analogue
and digital tools, others work exclusively in digital formats. Coming
from both Canada and the USA, the artists in this exhibition are at the
forefront of creating new forms and inventing a new relationship to art
and art-making.
 
 
Don’t Miss It. A MakerBot Replicator will print 3-D objects right before your eyes.  
 

A Month of Ceramics @ Willock and Sax Gallery

by | Oct 20, 2012 | Uncategorized


Bradley Keys – Grounded

Reception, November 3, 3 to 5 pm
Artist Talk 3:30

Banff, Alberta:

 November is once again the month to
focus on ceramics at the Willock & Sax Gallery.  This year we
feature Bradley Keys, who explores the geography of Western Canada in Grounded.  Our group show The Makings III
includes artists such as Ed Bamiling, Neil Liske, Robin Dupont, Emily
Schroeder Willis, Do-Hee Sung and many other ceramics artists.  Join us
for Grounded and The Makings III at the Willock & Sax Gallery starting November 1 through to 30th. 

Bradley Keys enjoys the interplay of his work with clay and the 3D
aspects of our surrounding geography.  As we move within our
environment, so we interact with his works, taking in all the various
viewpoints and responses that involvement in place offers.  The forms
and glazes of Bradley’s hand-built ceramic pieces incorporate the
rhythms and colors of the prairie and the mountains.  This artist loves
the land and offers us opportunities to take a bit of it home to enjoy
and cherish.

Join us for the Reception at the Willock & Sax Gallery, 210 Bear St, in Banff on Saturday, November 3 from 3-5 pm.

November 1 – 30 and continuing through until Christmas

lores the geography of Western Canada in Grounded.  Our group show The Makings III
includes artists such as Ed Bamiling, Neil Liske, Robin Dupont, Emily
Schroeder Willis, Do-Hee Sung and many other ceramics artists.  Join us
for Grounded and The Makings III at the Willock & Sax Gallery starting November 1 through to 30th. 

Bradley Keys enjoys the interplay of his work with clay and the 3D
aspects of our surrounding geography.  As we move within our
environment, so we interact with his works, taking in all the various
viewpoints and responses that involvement in place offers.  The forms
and glazes of Bradley’s hand-built ceramic pieces incorporate the
rhythms and colors of the prairie and the mountains.  This artist loves
the land and offers us opportunities to take a bit of it home to enjoy
and cherish.

Join us for the Reception at the Willock & Sax Gallery, 210 Bear St, in Banff on Saturday, November 3 from 3-5 pm.

November 1 – 30 and continuing through until Christmas

 

the making III

November 1 – 30
Reception, Saturday, November 3, 3-5 pm
Artist Talks: 3:30

The Makings III continues our annual gallery’s focus on ceramics
during the month of November.  Once again we offer a wide variety of
sculptural and functional ceramic works from a wide range of artists
from across Alberta and other parts.  Works by young artists and
significant pieces from some of Canadian most senior artists make up the
exhibition this year, including a number of historic exhibits by Luke
Lindoe RCA.

 
 

Les Manning

Gallery Talks
The Artist and The Curator
Saturday, November 24, 3-5 pm

As part of our Month of Ceramics and coinciding with the November
24 reception for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exhibition

“Les Manning Common/Opposite“
(November 7-December 5),
we are pleased to have Les Manning and Joanne Marion (curator, Esplanade) speaking about the exhibition and ceramics in general at our gallery.

Continue the discussion down Bear Street at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies reception at 7 pm.

Manning’s new works show a rich emotional and metaphorical register
while drawing deeply upon his personal experiences and knowledge of
Canada’s lands. Juxtaposing forms, textures and colours, Manning evokes
the monumental reach of modernism as an artistic endeavour. Playful
references to the humble objects of everyday lighten his sophisticated
and contemporary appreciation of the more base aspects of nature, to
reveal the rich and contradictory poetry of our ordinary world. 

 

 

Opening this evening: Everything in Between

by | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized

Fafard Boundary Gallery presents Everything In Between 
October 16th  – October 30th, 11am – 8 pm, open daily
631 College Avenue, Regina, Sk.  
In its premiere exhibition Fafard Boundary Gallery is
exhibiting works from Artists across the country working in a wide
range of media. Several have their roots here in Saskatchewan, some of
which are practicing elsewhere and others have brought themselves here
from others provinces and other countries.  
They
are participating in what will be a transitory Gallery. The venue, not
originally intended as a gallery, as been temporarily transformed into a
exhibition space. Future exhibits may show in a new locations. 
Reception: Thursday, October 18th, 5:00pm – 8:00pm

A very VERY good day…

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

Well it’s not often in my life that I get the rockstar treatment by being flown across the country for an awards ceremony, so I savored every moment. The Canadian Clay and Glass sure does put on an amazing show. I was beyond honored to be shortlisted for the Winifred Shantz Award, and to top it off an extra special treat was to have the keynote speaker be none other than Jack Sures, a Canadian Ceramic treasure, and one of my very first ceramics professors. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he is a huge part of the reason I am doing what I’m doing today. It was fantastic to have sometime to enjoy his retrospective exhibition at the gallery, a must see if it tours anywhere near your hometown.

This little piece of mine was up in the gallery when I got there! (yeah!)

And here I am with the incredibly talented Eliza Au who took home the top prize.
Many Congrats Eliza! 

 
All in all not too shabby a day. I meet some lovely people, soaked in some wonderfully encouraging words about my work and had a full 24 hrs of quiet away from the family which was enough quiet to fill my mind with newly inspired ideas for some new pieces…

A huge thanks to everyone at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery for all their dedicated hard work and support of Canadian Ceramics. Beautiful gallery, amazing staff, wonderful experience. And thanks to everyone who sent me such lovely words of encouragement over the last few weeks. Your support and kind words mean the world to me. Cheers!