March 19, 2004
What's Happening at the gallery?
Martha Cole will be in an invitational quilt exhibition titled CANADASCAPES at Laconner Quilt Museum in Laconner, Washington from March 15 to May 15, 2004. The show will then be remounted as part of the Canadian Quilt Conference taking place in Winnipeg, MB during the last 2 weeks in May. Martha will also be in another FAN (Fibre Art Network) exhibition called Altered Shapes which will also be in Winnipeg, MB at the Mennonite Cultural Heritage Centre from April 23 to June 12 in conjunction with the Canadian Quilt Conference. On September 24, 2004, Martha will be the key note speaker at the Piecemakers Quilt Show at the Centre of the Arts, Regina. Martha exhibited at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina in 2003.
Laureen Marchand's two-person exhibition with Honor Kever, Bequest, came home to the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery in Saskatoon in October, after a 20-month tour that took it across Saskatchewan and to Alberta. Laureen is currently at work on a new project with the working title of Last Rose: Notes from mid-life. Meantime, she has been invited to contribute to Saskatchewan CBC Canada Reads events on March 19 at the CBC Galleria in Regina with a painting that responds to Alice Munro's book The Love of a Good Woman.
The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon has planned an exhibition of Jim Graham's works from June 11 to September 6, 2004. An opening reception is planned for July 9.
During November 2003, both Diane Collet and Claudine Ascher were part of an exhibition entitled Le Corps Masculin at the Art en Majuscule Gallery in Montreal. Diane has a solo exhibition planned at this same gallery for the fall of 2004.
Look for Antoinette Hérivel's work in the artist self portrait show at the Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina in September 2004.
Debbie Wozniak-Bonk will be participating in an exhibition entitled "An Unsettled Beauty", as part of a larger event sponsored by the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. "Sights and Sounds of Saskatchewan Art" will occur at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon on New Years Eve 2004.
Carole Wylie has a solo exhibition planned for the Fringe Gallery in Edmonton from May 1 to 31, 2004. From September 2004 to August 2005, she will be the artist-in-residence for the Quill Plains Region. Carol has also been approached to participate in the Canada Reads event and will be also be completing a painting inspired by Alice Munro's book The Love of a Good Woman. Three of Carol's paintings will be reproduced in the poetry and art publication Other Voices published in Edmonton. Another of her paintings is included in the We'moon day book and wall calendar published in Estacada, Oregon.
For the past four years, Brian Volke has been a member of Tir Na N'og, a Celtic band based in Calgary. The band has just released its first cd entitled "Home Again" and featured Brian's painting "Old Man Blowing His Nose" as well as a watercolour entitled "Old Man at the Counter" as cover art. If you are interested in learning more about the band, please visit its website at www.geocities.com/tirnatunes.
In the past year, Iris Hauser has been elected to the board of CARFAC Saskatchewan. She continues to teach technique classes for the extension division of the University of Saskatchewan and is a juror for the Organisation of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) . She also founded a Symbolist Society to mentor and network with other artists working in a figurative, symbolic, content driven style. Iris is currently working with curator Geraldine Parent from Penticton, B.C. on an exhibition which will be touring public galleries across Canada beginning in 2006. She is also performing with the Saskatoon Improvisational Dance Collective in the second annual Works in Progress (W.I.P.) festival of contemporary choreography.
Zach Hauser has been elected vice-provincial representative for CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/ le Front des Artistes) Saskatchewan. He is active as an adjudicator for the Camera Club, OSAC, and the Craft Council. He has given presentations of his photography to the Camera Club and his furniture was recently showcased at the Symphony Society Gala fundraiser.
Check our website to see work by new artists - Michael Bromley, Paul Constable and David Dreher.
April 2 to 24, 2004 Iris and Zach Hauser Transitive Pieces May 7 to 29, 2004 Fran Werry Quattro June 4 to 26, 2004 Michael Bromley Urban Prairie Sept 17 to Oct 9, 2005 Martha Cole Prairie Portraits Oct 22 to Nov 13, 2004 Debbie Wozniak-Bonk December 2004 Gallery Artists April 2005 Catherine Macaulay September 2005 Laureen Marchand December 2005 Gallery Artists 20th Anniversary Please send us your email address if you would like to receive up-to-date announcements on gallery happenings and invitations to upcoming exhibitions.
And finally, we would like to announce new hours for the gallery.
The gallery will be open Wednesday to Saturday Noon to 5:30 pm and open by appointment on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Louise and Evelyn Durnford
January 2003
Susan Unger has been profiled in the latest edition of Galleries West magazine (page 24). An exhibition of her newest work will open Friday, April 4 at this gallery and will be available online shortly afterwards.
Martha Cole has an exhibition at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina opening March 14 and running to June 15, 2003. It is entitled 'envisioning the whole'.
A new artist, Fran Werry, has joined the gallery. Please check her web page for bio and images.
March 2002
Welcome to a new year. I would like to let you know about gallery events and artist activities for this coming year as well as last year.
Our exhibitions for 2002:
Those Bloomin' Gardens - Connie Mitchell
March 1 to 23Oil and Water - Laureen Marchand and Catherine Macaulay (main floor)
April 5 to 27Antoinette Hérivel (2nd floor)
April 5 to 27Martha Cole
May 3 to June 1June McClintick
September 6 to 28
Iris and Zach Hauser
October 4 to 26Please note that the opening reception for each of the exhibitions will be held on the first Friday of the month.
Martha Cole has a very busy spring planned. In addition to the exhibition at our gallery, she will be participating in four other exhibitions. She will be part of a two artist exhibition entitled 'Postcards from the Playground' at the Front Gallery in Edmonton, May 14 to 29, with Mary Holdgrafer. As well she has been invited to participate in the exhibition entitled 'Then and Now' to be held at the McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital from April 13 to June 16. This exhibition features work by quilt/fabric artists from 13 countries. The Alberta Craft Council is hosting an exhibition by members of the Fibre Arts Network (an association of professional fibre artists from Western Canada) from May 4 to June 15. And lastly she is exhibiting at the Blackberry Gallery at the Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, B.C. from April 3 to April 28.
Laureen Marchand has been selected to participate in an invitational group exhibition at the Fine Arts Building Gallery in Chicago, Illinois opening March 1, 2002. The exhibition, called The Ragdale Foundation Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Show, was selected by internationally known Chicago-area artist Ed Paschke, to celebrate 25 years of activity by the Ragdale Foundation residency program. Laureen and Saskatoon artist, Honor Kever are touring an exhibition throughout Saskatchewan and in one location in Alberta in 2002-2003.
In addition to preparing for her fall exhibition with husband, Zach Hauser, Iris Hauser will be part of a two person exhibition, with her CARFAC trainee, Carol Wylie, at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. The exhibition opens March 23. Iris also will be curating an exhibition of works by emerging artist, Susana Vera for the Mendel Art Gallery in November, 2002.Antoinette Hérivel has just recently returned from a 3.5 month study abroad course. After one month in Tuscany visiting various centres studying art history, particularly Renaissance and Baroque painting, she spent the next 2.5 months in Greece learning to use some of the techniques of the masters. This past fall Antoinette, along with Connie Mitchell and Iris Hauser, was part of the group show, Dialogue, at the Rosemont Art Gallery. And in the summer, Antoinette, Laureen Marchand and Iris Hauser were part of the Sask CARFAC Mentorship Program exhibition, 'Intersections', a group exhibition by mentors and trainees in the CARFAC mentorship program. The exhibition later went to the Chapel Gallery in Battlefords.
The CARFAC mentorship program has been very successful and is running again. Currently Catherine Macaulay, Martha Cole and Iris Hauser are mentors.
Debbie Wozniak-Bond is part of a group exhibition called 'Relationships' that is touring the province in 2002 and 2003. It is sponsored by the Organization of Saskatchewan Art Councils and for information concerning the dates and places, please contact the OSAC office at 586-1252.
Montreal artists, Diane Collet and Claudine Ascher were part of a group exhibition in January of this year at the Galerie de la ville. Claudine also exhibited at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in December/January.
Susan Unger and two other artists will be exhibiting in May at the Estevan National Exhibition Centre. Susan also will have an exhibition in 2003 at the McIntyre.
Also we are now showing work by artist/furniture maker, Jamie Russell of Vanscoy, Sk. He has exhibited around Canada and the United States and has been involved as coordinator, instructor and presenter at many seminars.
Sincerely,
Louise DurnfordI want to acknowledge the Cultural Industries Development Fund who through the Saskatchewan Professional Art Galleries Association provided the funding for the publication of the brochure.
