My Life’s Work
Vanessa Tignanelli
4th Street Promenade Alley of Light | 10129 - 104 St NW on South-facing wall of Armstrong Block Building
Brittany Cherweniuk
KWÉCTE-KUCW TE SḰWIYŪSEMS
TAKE OUR GRIEF
Photographed by Manpreet Singh
The Works Community Canvas YMCA Initiative is a partnership between Don Wheaton Family YMCA and The Works International Visual Arts Society. Launched in the fall of 2007, this program sees an Edmonton artist exhibit in Don Wheaton Family YMCA curated by a youth curator. At The Works, we believe that placing art in public places allows for people of all ages and backgrounds to experience, learn about, and appreciate visual art.
For more information about the artist or sales contact the curatorial team at The Works:
Phone: 780-426-2122 ext 228
curatorial@theworks.ab.ca
Location: The Works Community Canvas YMCA initiative is located at Don Wheaton YMCA 10211 102 Avenue - Main floor
Morgan Garfield, What Lies Beneath?
Don Wheaton Family YMCA – 10211 102 Ave NW
Morgan Garfield, Beauty, 52 x 38 x 2 inches, 2024, oil & acrylic on reclaimed fabric on canvas, $2800. Photograph by Au7umn.
Genetics, history, media, perception. How are we influenced by phenomena and where are we beneath the surface of our existence? When is it really “us” and when is it extraneous? Can we truly sep-a-rate? Who are we and what are we?
Find the complete Artist Statement and Biography at the Don Wheaton YMCA.
Erika Germain (2023-2024), Misty Ring (2023), Megan Klak (2022-2023), Madeline LeBlanc (2022), Emmanuel Osahor (2019-2022), Adam Slusar (2019), Borys Tarasenko (2019), Agata Garbowska (2017-2019), Alexandra Gusse (2017), Lindsay Kirker (2016-2017), Megan Warkentin (2015-2016), Lucille Frost (2014), Scott Cumberland (2014), Jenny Keith (2013), Glenn Guillet (2011), Justin Shaw (2010), Josée Aubin Ouellette (2009), Michal Wawrykowicz (2008), Tim Rechner (2007), Nicole Galellis (2006).
The Works Gallery at Jackson Power is a unique venue made possible through a partnership between The Works International Visual Arts Society and Jackson Power Electric. Through this program, the space is used as a gallery twice a year to exhibit contemporary artworks and to promote critical dialogue through writing about visual art. The first exhibit in the program was "Manus," curated by Sean Borchert in the Spring of 2013, followed by "Text Crutch," curated by Robert Harpin in the Fall of 2013. In the spring of 2014, Olivia Chow curated "Gastrosophy," and the following fall Stacey Cann curated "Installation View" and in 2015 Tim Rechner curated "Telepathic Eye and the Aesthetic Voice". Exhibits were organized by the Society as part of year-round programming.
The Works Public Art Gallery, in partnership with Shaw Conference Centre, showcased the talent and creative energy of the arts community in Edmonton and its surrounding regions. The first exhibit featured the artwork of Glenn Guillet.
The exhibit and website explore Edmonton's history in the context of Queen Elizabeth II’s three visits to Edmonton since her Coronation in 1953. The exhibit features images, collectables, and memories of the 1959, 1978, and 2005 royal visits from public archives and contributions by Edmontonians.
The reception launched a website with commentary by Edmonton’s Historian Laureate, Shirley Lowe, and offers visitors the opportunity to contribute to the community archive around these visits, and these times in Edmonton’s development.
Sixty Years is the final component of an ongoing project to work with Edmontonians to activate community memory around the growth of Edmonton and to engage youth in Edmonton’s history during Elizabeth II’s reign as queen. Other aspects of the project have included collection events and an in-school art program.
View exhibit poster
Visit http://diamondjubileeproject.wordpress.com
The Westin Hotel Edmonton - 10135 100 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 0N7
Jill Allan is an artist and educator originally from Vancouver Island. She graduated in 1999 with a BFA from ACAD, Calgary, and since that time she has built her career as an artist designing, producing, and promoting her work. In 2011 Jill travelled to Bowling Green, Ohio to pursue an MFA.
The Works Community Canvas YMCA Initiative
The Works Community Canvas YMCA Initiative At Don Wheaton YMCA: 10211 - 102 Ave, Main floor
Erika Germain (She/Her) is an emerging artist currently based in amiskwaciywâskahikan on Treaty 6 Territory (otherwise known as Edmonton, Alberta). She received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2018, and her MFA from Cornell University in 2022. Her practice has been situated within the contexts of Vancouver BC, central New York, New York City and most recently has expanded across Canada.
The Works Community Canvas YMCA Initiative
The Works Community Canvas YMCA Initiative At Don Wheaton YMCA: 10211 - 102 Ave, Main floor
January 28th 2023 - April 2023
The Westin Hotel Edmonton - 10135 100 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 0N7
A series of ghostly handmade felt sculptures made in the likeness of highly-sought after collectible plants, variegata explores notions of colonial extraction, the construction of whiteness, and ecological exchange.
November 20 - January 20, 2022
The Works Art & Design Festival presented a Giant Gateway featuring artwork by Métis artist Rebecca Pickard as part of Holiday Light Up in Downtown Edmonton. The Gateway was on display November 20 through to January 20, 2022, in Churchill Square.
POWER, PEACE AND PRESENCE + KISKISIWIN ᑭᐢᑭᓯᐃᐧᐣ: REMEMBERING rebecca pickard
Power, Peace and Presence and kiskisiwin ᑭᐢᑭᓯᐃᐧᐣ: Remembering, comprise two sides of the Gateway. Informed by a deep sense of belonging to the land, Rebecca Pickard’s murals reflect an understanding that everything in nature is connected through cycles, patterns, and, most importantly, relationships. Through the imagery of the bison, Pickard conveys a metaphor for change and wisdom. Learn More
June 17, 2022
Goddess is a sisterhood of singers, dancers, and healers harmonized by the calling of our hearts – to assist in the rising of the Divine Feminine and the unification of humanity. Their motto is, "Together We Rise!" Their unique performance spans genres and media, including instrumentation, singing several, types of dance, choreography, spoken word & rap - they do it all. Their intention is to elevate, inspire, and empower the audience- and boy, do they do it well.
NOVEMBER 4 - 6, 2021
The Works Art & Design Festival presents large and colourful installations by Brittany Cherweniuk and Sharon Rose Kootenay. As the sun sets, both installations will set Giovanni Caboto Park a-glow with vibrant LED lights.
BRITTANY CHERWENIUK
KWÉCTE-KUCW TE SK̓WIYŪSEMS, TAKE OUR GRIEF
Cherweniuk’s 215 hand-made, infant-sized moccasins are an offering to the children who suffered and died through Canada’s Indian Residential School System. Sewn onto a 25-foot span of canvas and rising 15 feet above the ground, the installation imparts hope while calling all who now call Canada home to help carry the burden of grief that Indigenous people have carried for centuries. Learn More
SHARON ROSE KOOTENAY & JASON SYMINGTON
TRANSFORMATION: PROMISE & WISDOM
The two sides of “Transformation” represent the promise of what is yet to come, and the wisdom of the ancestors who have passed before us. As certain as the turning seasons, this process is eternal, and as old as time. “Promise” guides us to a bright and beautiful future while “Wisdom” reminds us of the wonders and mysteries of our human experience. The Works Giant Gateway is made possible in part through support from the Heart + Soul Fund by EPCOR. Learn More
October 1 to November 20, 2020
