June 22 - July 4, 2007
Ric Kokotovich
Reclamations
This body of work began as a photographic record of the waste created at or near abandoned industrial sites in Canada and the United States. In his journeys, Ric Kokotovich, an Alberta artist and filmmaker, saw the decay of man-made environments, and beneath that, an undeniable beauty. He witnessed nature trying to reclaim some of these elements originally created for the “betterment of man.” Through the use of collage, Kokotovich constructs images that simulate both the beauty and the decay. These constructs are symbolic references to the dissonance that exists in these environments.
© Ric Kokotovich
© Lisa Samphire
Glass and Art Association of Canada
Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass
Curators: Tina Oldknow, Norman Faulkner, Carole Pilon
The molecular structure of glass may be random, but Lucent is a solid example of why this ancient medium has earned respect as an art form. This traveling exhibition includes a cross-section of the finest in Canadian Glass. The Glass Art Association of Canada has organized a juried exhibition that includes over 50 artists, showcasing the distinctive and diverse works in Canadian glass.
Ken Rinaldo
Autopoiesis
Artificial life robotic sculpture installation
Autopoiesis is an interactive artificial life series of robotic “arms” that react to their environment and modify their behaviours based on both the presence of the participants in the exhibition and the communication between each separate sculpture. The arms talk with each other through a hardwired network and audible telephone tones, which are a musical language for the group. Rinaldo, an artist, theorist and professor at Ohio State University creates interactive multimedia installations that blur the boundaries between the organic and inorganic. Autopoiesis (meaning “self making”) was commissioned by the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, Finland as part of Outoaly, an Alien Intelligence Exhibition.
© Ken Renaldo
Photo Credit: Libertee Muzyk
Wearable Art: Object and Body
Curator: Dee Fontans
June 24 – July 4
There is glamour with a touch of irony in wearable art garments, a statement which blurs creative boundaries. Inspiration for the works may come from words, nature, architecture and the body. The work may deal with issues of beauty, identity, culture, body image, gender roles and perception. Wearable art stimulates and excites the visual senses through colour and movement, the manipulation of shape and the exaggeration of body.
The Works “13 Days of I Didn’t Know You Could Colour Outside The Lines– Mind Altering” Featured Artist Exhibits
“Alcoa Aluminum Hat & Figure Factory", Family Programs, City Hall.
“Canada Day Activities", City Hall.
“City Arts Centre", Family Programs, Churchill Square.
“The Works Giant Inflatable Sculpture", In partnership with Windship International Inc., Churchill Square.
ACAD, artists Christopher Boha, Kristy Carlyle, Rhianna Edwards, Giulia Fatica, Jessie Forman, Jennea Frischke, Brook Fung, Gionni Ha, Gillian Hillerud, Alexandra Hunt, Holly Irwin, Kimberly Johansen, Leona LeBel, Kaiti Pasqualotto, Marci Simkulet, Caitlin Thompson – “Wearable Art: Object and Body", Churchill Square.
Diane Andrews, Raelee Balanag, Samara Beggs, Emilie Bouchard, Marilis Cardinal, Chrissy Cheung, Isha Datar, Lisa Dawson, Marilyn Delparte, Arlene Westen Evans, Vivian Finlay, Judy Fortier, Joanne Graham, Colleen Graham, Jennifer Grimm, Kari Haddad, Christina Ignacio, Jan Kilba, Jody Lund, Ashley Markus, Mikaela Maxwell, Jenifer Miller, Kathryn Neuman, Jen Nicol, Sabrina O'Donnell, Nancy Price, Celeste Pryde, G. Graydon Reid, R. Ripley, Alexis Robb, Teressa K. Rooke, Gabriela Rosende, Esther Scott, Jean E. Sonmor, Amber Tang, Julia Trops, coordinated by Sarah Collins – “BIAS Consistent Variable Project", Citadel Theatre.
Leila Armstrong – Melody Time Ranch", Stanley Milner Library.
Atelier in situ, artist Annie Lebel; Atelier in situ, artist Stéphane Pratt Pratte; Atelier TAG, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte, Associes Architectes, artist Manon Asselin; Atelier TAG, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte, Associes Architectes, artist Katsuhiro Yamazaki; Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, artist Barry Sampson; Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, artist John Neuert; Cormier, Cohen, Davies Architectes (Atelier Big City); Florian Maurer Architect, MRAIC; FRAIC, Baird Sampson Neuert Architects; Hariri Pontarini Architects, Robbie/Young + Wright Architects, artist Siamak Hariri; Lapointe Magne + Ædifica, artist Michele Lapointe; Lapointe Magne et accociés, artist Michele Lapointe; Les architectes FABG, artist Éric Gauthier; MRAIC, Baird Sampson Neuert Architects; Saucier + Perrotte architectes, artist Gilles Saucier; Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Incorporated – “Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: Governor Generals Awards in Architecture”, Program created by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Awards administered jointly with the Canada Council for the Arts, Grant MacEwan College.
Alex B., Balt, Bart, Camp Fyrefly Participants 2006, Clinton, Dayna, Dwayne, Erika, Dominique Francois, Geoff, Jay, Jen, Ash Kelly, Laurence, M@t, Nancy, Robbie, Stevie-Lynn, Lynn Sutankaya, Tam, Tim, Trevor, Youth Understanding Youth, curated by Jill Delarue, Mike Emme, Andre Grace, Richard Oulet, Kris Wells – “The Out is In Project", Funded by the National Crime Prevention Strategy. Supported by Youth Understanding Youth., City Hall.
Colin Bacsik, Carol Dragich, Nathan Philips – “Glass Happens Studio”, Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
Julie Bauschardt, Kasandra Bristow, Gloria Ho, Kirsten Jette, Ashley Mackenzie, Ashley Ohman, Kaitlyn Petry, Haley Reap, Lee Roth, Julia Sepkowsi-Cook, Yulia Startses, Daranee Tang, Linda Trac, Sarah Tso, Kathleen Wheeler, Jennifer Whyte, Steven Grant Wilke – “Edmonton Public Schools Grade 12 Students Best of High School Portfolio award Exhibit", City Hall.
Canadian Heritage – “Canada Day Poster Challenge Exhibition", Canada Place.
Canadian Heritage, Alberta Winners – “Canada Day Poster Challenge Exhibition", CBC.
Jeff Collins – One Person, Two Personae: Landscapes and Mindscapes from Alberta", Sutton Place Hotel.
Dee Fontans, Curator – Wearable Art: Object and Body”, Churchill Square.
Roger Garcia, Gerry Rasmussen – “Strip it down”, Rigoletto's Café.
Glass Happens Studio, artists Colin Bacsik, Carol Dragich, Chris Lougheed, John MacPhee, Nathan Philips, Keith Walker, curated by Jeff Holmwood – “Vetro: Grande", Bank of Montreal.
Grant MacEwan poetry and photography students, curated by Jannie Edwards, Paul Saturley – “Unreal City: Palimpsest", Alberta College.
Ted Kerr, Artist in Residence – Extension”, Churchill Square.
Ric Kokotovich – “Reclamations”, Scotia Place.
JoAnna Lange – “Girls! Girls! Girls!", Churchill Square.
Val Nelson, curated by Gordon Snyder – “Minding the gap", Manulife Place, Granite Walls.
Ernest Raymond, Derrald Taylor, curated by Eli Nasogaluak – “Inuvialuit Pitkusied - The Way of the Inuvialuit”, Sponsored by Canadian North, Churchill Square.
Ken Rinaldo – “Autopoiesis”, Commissioned by the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, Finland as part of Outoaly, an Alien Intelligence Exhibition, Churchill Square.
Ken Rinaldo – “Machinic Diatoms: 3D irrealities”, Churchill Square.
The Glass Art Association of Canada, artists Alex Anagnostou, Christopher Boha, Gary Bolt, Nadine Busque, Lisa Cerny, Brad Copping, Karine Demers, Michael Deptuch, Ingo Doetsch, Maciej Dyszkiewicz, Susan Edgerly, Irene Frolic, Cedric Ginart, Jeff Goodman, Karina Guévin, Rika Hawes, Harold Hvingelby, Jennifer Jacoby, David Janzen, Marty Kaufman, Benjiman Kikkert, Catherine Vamvakas Lay, Bob Leatherbarrow, Vivian Lee, Arron Lowe, Amelie Lucier, Tanya Lyons, Katherine Lys, Sally McCubbin, Stephanie Metivier, Sandra Millott, Carol Milne, Julien Mongeau, Laura Murdoch, Jim Norton, Caroline Ouelette, Darren Petersen, Robert Peyregatt, Jaan Poldass, Patrick Primeau, Carolyn Prowse-Fainmel, John Raynard, Julia Reimer, Donald Robertson, Tyler Rock, Natali Rodrigues, Melanie Rowe, Leslie Rowe/Israelson, Waine Ryzak, Lisa Samphire, Lori Sobkowich, Naoko Takenouchi, Steven Tippin, Morna Tudor, Brad Turner, Candace Weir, Rachael Wong, Vanessa Yanow, Johnson See-Ming Yu, curated by Norman Faulkner, Tina Oldknow, Carol Pilon – “Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass”, Stanley Milner Library.
Robert Woodbury – “Gutshot", Edmonton Journal Building.
Exhibits Through our Partner Galleries
"Aspects of Abstraction", Reception, FAB Gallery.
"Candy Mountain", Reception, Latitude 53.
"Emerging fine craft artists", Alberta Craft Council Gallery.
"Hat — story", McMullen Gallery.
"Hat — story”, Reception, McMullen Gallery.
"Sacra Privata: RAGE SALE", Society of Northern Alberta Print artists (SNAP) Gallery.
"The Bicycle Rehabilitation Project", Harcourt House.
"The Bicycle Rehabilitation Project”, Reception, Harcourt House.
“Aspects of Abstraction”, FAB Gallery.
“Collage and New Work", Nina Haggerty Arts Centre.
“Collage and New Work", Reception, Nina Haggerty Arts Centre.
“M19: Annual Member's Exhibition”, Harcourt House.
“Manufactured Transformation: a group show of sculptural forms”, Reception, Extension Centre Gallery.
“Stripped: 15th Annual Naked Exhibition”, Harcourt House.
“Sweaty Ball”, ArtsHab in the Core, artshab residents, alumni, and Friends, ArtsHab Studio Gallery.
ACC Members – “Brew-haha: Fun and Fabulous Teapots and Sets", Alberta Craft Council Gallery.
Madeline Bellmond, Christiane Litalien, Jacques Martel, Diane Plasse – Centre d'arts Visuels de l'Alberta Gallery.
Catherine Bodmer, Susie Major, Mindy Yan Miller – “Candy Mountain", Latitude 53.
Blair Brennan – Sacra Privata", reception, Society of Northern Alberta Print artists (SNAP) Gallery.
Blair Brennan – Sacra Privata", Society of Northern Alberta Print artists (SNAP) Gallery.
CAVA – “Artistic Expression”, Centre d’arts visuels de l’Alberta.
Rebekah Higgs, Musician – Society of Northern Alberta Print artists (SNAP) Gallery.
Lyndal Osborne, Curator – “Manufactured Transformation: a group show of sculptural forms”, Extension Centre Gallery.
Ania Trzecieski – Plastic Wrap Series", Latitude 53.
Ania Trzecieski – Plastic Wrap Series", Reception, Latitude 53.
Visual Arts Alberta Association – “Diversity 2007”, Visual Arts Alberta Gallery.
Visual Arts Alberta Association – Diversity 2007”, Reception, Visual Arts Alberta Gallery.