June 26 – July 8, 1992
"Super Vision"
North: Hot Clay from Cold Climates
Nina Hole, Wolf House
As part of The Works Artists Interchange Program, North featured ceramics from the circumpolar regions of the globe. The exhibit brought artists from Canada, Alaska, and the Nordic regions of Europe, including the Baltics and the former Soviet Union. Co- curators Chuck Wissinger (Red Deer College), Ole Lislerud (Oslo Symposium of Ceramic Arts), Joel Eddie (Northern Arizona State University) Randy Schmidt and Joyce Jablonski (Lakeside Studio, Chicago) all assisted in the selection of works for the exhibit. Their goal was to take a second look at the definition of art using ceramics and the sculptural side of pottery as their starting point.
Photo Credit: Eleanor Lazare, 1992
Photo Credit: Peter Tayler, 1992
Richard Pottruff
Untitled
By redefining the genre of still life, Pottruff’s drawings at the 1992 Festival reconfigured everyday technological objects to create strange figures and scenes. Drawn on a large scale, Pottruff challenged assumptions that drawing is somehow only the beginning point of art.
Sir Winston Churchill Square
Pottery Demonstration
The Southwest Cultural Centre provided artist demonstrations on Sir Winston Churchill Square, including silver-smithing, painting, drawing and pottery. Bringing the work of artists into the public eye is another direction The Works has taken to make art accessible to everyone.
Photo Credit: Eleanor Lazare, 1992
The Works “SuperVision” Featured Artist Exhibits
Alberta Craft Council, Alberta College of Art – “Reflections of Tradition”, Manulife Place.
Alberta Craft Council, Alberta College of Art, artists Barry Fairbairn, Norman Faulkner, Mark Gibeau, Wendy Haffner, Martha Henry, Marty Kaufman, James Norton – “Cream of the Crop: Best of Calgary Glass”, Manulife Place; Alberta Craft Council Presents Gallery.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, artists Neil Fiertel, Bill Laing, John Snow – “Aboutface”, Standard Life Centre.
Alberta Society of Artists – “My Name is Tom Three Persons”, Manulife Place.
Bonnie Doon Composite High School, Edmonton Christian High School, Louis St. Laurent High School, McNally Composite High School, M. E. Lazerte Composite High School, Paul Kane High School, Queen Elizabeth Composite High School, Ross Sheppard Composite High School, St. Francis Xavier High School, Strathcona Composite High School, Victoria Composite High School – “High School Banner Competition”, Manulife Place.
FAVA – “Selected Works by Edmonton Media Artists”, Manulife Place.
Grant MacEwan College Fine Art Students, artist Tanya Harnett – “Untitled”, Royal LePage Building.
Red Deer College Residency, artists Robert Archambeau, Debra Cherniawsky, Susan Fagermo, Zsuzsanna Formanek, Jim Leedy, Ole Lislerud, Randy Schmidt, Chuck Wissinger – “Nexus”, Canada Place.
Sculptor's Association of Alberta, artist Michael Rapti – “T(h)ree Dancers”, Edmonton Public Library.
University of Alberta BFA Graduate Society, artist Vincent Mesek – “Step Two”, Royal LePage Building.
University of Lethbridge, curator Jeffrey Spalding – “From Soup to Nuts – Pop Art, its Legacy and the Culture of Consumption”, Manulife Place.
“Gallery Sculpture Tribute”, The Westin Hotel
Karen Baltgailis – “Immortal Coil”, Hudson's Bay Centre.
Karen Baltgailis – “Human Nature”, Melton Building.
Keyano College Visual Arts Faculty, artists Gary Berteig, Rodney Konopaki, Tom O'Flanagan – “Boreal Buoys”, Manulife Place.
Curator Russel Bingham – Citadel Theatre – Rice Gallery.
Rolf Boon, Tiki Mulvihill, Dana Shukster, curated by John Kerl – “The Bankhead Project”, Edmonton Public Library.
Kathryn Burns – “(de-con) Structure and Facade”, Scotia Place.
Michael Burns, Laura Fizell, Doug Jamha, Susan Shannon – “Five at the Ramsey”, Ramsey Building.
Brenda Byrne – “Female Sexuality: Composed, Proposed, or Natural?”, Beaver House.
Bob Campbell, Tommie Gallie, Ben Wong – “Artist's Choice”, Harcourt House.
Ron Carmichael – “pAst/pResent”, City Centre Building.
Celebration of Women in the Arts, artists Charlene Olsen, curated by Kitty Scott, Osbourne Lyndal, Lisa Sokoluk – “Vessels of Vision”, Manulife Place.
Jeff Collins – “Self Portrait, After the Loss of a Friend”, Divine Inc..
Caren DeCremer – “Reach for Knowledge”, Audrey's Books.
Michelle Demers – “The Other Side of Paris”, Cafe Select.
Nick Dobson – “The Burning Sudan”, Manulife Place.
Joel Edie, Susan Fagermo, Nina Hole, Torbjorn Kvasbo, Jim Leedy, curated by Joyce Jablonski, Ole Lislerud, Chuck Wissinger – “North”, Art Evo Gallery.
Roger Evans – “Untitled”, Vik Gallery.
Geoffrey Ffoulkes-Jones – “Recent Paintings”, Rigoletto's Cafe.
Randall Fraser – “Flight Over Water”, Churchill Square.
Denis Gautier-Villon – “Industrial Landscape”, McBain Camera.
J.B. Godfrey – “Misplaced Wilderness”, Edmonton Convention Centre.
Tooker Gomberg – EcoCity.
Matt Gould, Douglas Haynes, David Kleinsasser, Adele Knowler – “Edmonton Opera Ball”, Manulife Place.
Glenn Guillet – “Mobius Variations”.
Susan Gunderson – “See-Saw Memorial”, Royal Bank.
Eisert Hall – “Believing is Seesing Both Sides of It”, Royal Bank.
James K. Hill – “Abstract Totems”, Hotel MacDonald.
Barbara Hirst – “Vistas”, Ramada Renaissance Hotel.
Isabelle Hunt-Johnson – “Golden Asanas”, Cafe Select.
Beverly Issac, Roland Josuttis, Jenny McCracken, Ulla Taylor, Peter Voice – “Australian Chalk Artists”, Churchill Square.
Kaj Korvela – “Somewhere in Between”, Metroplitan Place.
Torbjorn Kvasbo, curated by Jim Leedy, Ole Lislerud, Randy Schmidt, Chuck Wissinger – “Columns”, Art Evo Gallery.
David LaRiviere – “The Implements of War”, Beaver House.
Steven Mack – “Recent Paintings”, Eaton Centre – Elephant & Castle.
Candace Makowichuk – “Mistreatment”, Carousel Photographics.
Masquirx, a Muttart Gallery Extension, artists Kathleen Foreman, Geoffrey Gerwing, Shawn Kinley, Alexandria Patience, Betty Poulsen, John Poulsen, Richard White – “pAst/pResent”, City Centre Building.
Peter Moller, Michael Sterling Green, Sheri D. Wilson – “Hung Drawn & Quartered”, Flashback.
Susan Montalbetti – “Untitled”, Birks Building.
Sidsel Naess-Bradley – “The Pillar Series”, IPL Tower.
Graham Peacock – “Graham Peacock's Open Studio”, Ramsey Building.
Richard Pottruff – “Untitled”, IPL Tower.
Roth & Ramburg, artist Michele Ramburg, Dale Roth – “Watching the Wheels”, Edmonton Public Library.
Dean T. Reeves – “One Century: Views of Jasper Avenue 1892 – 1992”, Hudson's Bay Centre.
Taffi Roen – “Goddesses”, Centennial Building.
JoAnne Schachtel – “The Garden”, Standard Life Centre.
Nelson Shaw – “Time – Space – Solitude”, Scotia Place.
Katherine Sicotte – “The Passion”, Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza.
James Slingerland – “And They Swam, And They Swam”, IPL Tower.
Kevin Smith – “A Number of Windows”, City Centre Building.
Lorraine Toohey – “New Work”, Manulife Place – Holt's Cafe.
Thomas Udell – “Prophets of Passion”, Burlington Art & Drafting.
Ben Wong – “Go Beyond the Wall”, Standard Life Centre.
Exhibits through Partner Galleries
E. Ross Bradley – “An Innate Sense: The Intuitive Arts in Alberta”, Edmonton Art Gallery.
Curator Janet Clark – “Who Discovered the Americas?”, Edmonton Art Gallery.
Edmonton Art Gallery:
“Wooden Synagogues: Lost Architectural Treasures”.
Elizabeth Ginn – “An Innate Sense: The Intuitive Arts in Alberta”.
Elizabeth Ginn, Orest Semchishen, curated by Elizabeth Kidd – “Prairie Images”.
Elizabeth Ginn, curated by Elizabeth Kidd – “Sculpture from the Gallery's Collections”.
Jane Ash Poitras, curated by Janet Clark – “Who Discovered the Americas?”.
Curator Kitty Scott – “Alberta Survey: New Landscapes”.