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The Works Art & Design Festival

February 4, 2021

As The Works prepares for a year of compelling art experiences and now welcomes aspirations for the 2021 line up, we look back on the past month of exhibits, content and conversations we’ve had the privilege to share.

 

Device for the Emancipation of Landscape, Matthew Walker, 2014

2021 Festival Call to Enter

The Works is now accepting major project proposals for outdoor, site-specific artworks which facilitate low-contact engagement.

View the full call here.

Deadline: March 19, 2021

 

Works to Work Summer Internship

Exhibit Production and Marketing positions available

Now accepting applications for Works to Work 2021! This unique internship provides practical and theoretical learning for students, graduates and emerging arts professionals pursuing experience in the art and design field. Combining in class and hands-on mentorship, Works to Work interns are directly involved in the production and marketing of The Works Art & Design Festival presentations. Applications are due March 19, 2021.

About the Program and the W2W Response to COVID-19

Application Form

 

Catch up on or revisit January exhibits and artist talks:

Artist Talk: Sharon Rose Kootenay, Jason Symington and Brittany Cherweniuk

“Promise”, from Transformation: Promise and Wisdom by Sharon Rose Kootenay and Jason Symington. The Works Giant Gateway illuminated Churchill Square in Downtown Edmonton from November 26 to January 21.

Watch our discussion with Sharon Rose Kootenay, Jason Symington and Brittany Cherweniuk, the artists and curator behind Transformation: Promise and Wisdom and Wildflowers: Metis Women of Fort Edmonton, 1785 - 1910, here.

“Moon at Midnight (For Elizabeth Gladu)”, Sharon Rose Kootenay, 2020. Young boy’s gauntlet mittens: wool Stroud, glass beads, rabbit fur, thread, deerhide, cotton. In Wildflowers: Metis Women of Fort Edmonton, 1785 - 1910 by Sharon Rose Kootenay, curated by Brittany Cherweniuk, January 5 to 21.

For more information on “Transformation” and “Wildflowers”, click here.

Curator Interview

On December 11, The Works sat down with Sade and Tasana to talk about their special creative relationship, how the takeovers have evolved, and a new project that Pepper’d has in the works.

Tasana Clarke and Sade Medos, photo by John Forbes

“I don’t know if it’s just as general, indiscriminate art lovers—we always think how we can make something more of an experience.”

-Sade Medos

Read the full interview and view an archive of the Fall Takeover Series on The Works Blog.

 

Art Around Town

*Given current and changing COVID-19 restrictions, please contact galleries for updated dates and viewing practices

Mail Your Heart Out, February 12, SNAP

”Dress & Escapism: Performance of Identity through Drag and Burlesque Costume”, until March 27, Mitchell Art Gallery

“sahkitok mistahi ᓴᐦᑭᑐᐠ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ”, until April 10, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective

“Crafted NWT”, February 6 to May 29, and Eva Bihranu and Simone Saunders, “Threading Black”, until March 13, Alberta Craft Council

Mitchell Chalifoux and Katelin Karbonik, Mending and Textiles Care Workshop, February 6, and Mark Clintberg, “Portal”, extended to February 13, Latitude 53

Kaja Levy de la Vie, “Euthymia”, and Ritchie Velthuis, “SCTV Monument: Journey of an Artist”, until February 20, Harcourt House

“ATB Art + Wellness” Virtual Exhibit, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

Elena Scharabun and Svitlana Kravchuk, “Material Fables”, February 5 to 27, and Larysa Matchak and Sky Hoffos, “ЕЛЕМЕNT”, until February 5, Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts

Doris Charest, “Connéxion”, until February 19, Galerie CAVA

Kevin Jesuino, “Cruising at 30 Kilometers a Second and Attempting Not to Crash”, February 12 and 13, and Roseanna Joy Nay, “Etiquette for Dead-Ends”, Mile Zero Dance

Yong Fei Guan and Wei Li, “Daydreams”, until February 26, McMullen Gallery

Cynthia Fuhrer, February 27 to May 23, Galerie Cité

Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête, Alberta Avenue District, February 5 to 14

Silver Skate Festival, Hawrelak Park, February 12 to 14

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