Current & Upcoming Exhibits
Woman Presentation #4 - A Celebration of Fashion and the Female Form
February 2 to February 27, 2010
Artist(s): Korene KiddPrince George Artist, Korene Kidd, Has gravitated towards three dimensional expression at an early age, her work growing out of her years of experience as a costume designer. Although her pieces remain "functional art", she has allowed herself the freedom of self expression, creating a mood with materials, colour and accessories. Each one of the costumes represent the many different personas of woman. Korene feels her works are essentially self portraits in which she explores the various parts of her own personality; femininity and spirituality; the warrior, the temptress. Not just the "nice" ones, the ones that investigate all the themes that define the idea of woman.
All over the Map
March 2 to March 27, 2010
Artist(s): Blair M. ThorsonOriginating from first nations heritage and raised in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Blair Thorson makes his living as a hydrometric surveyor and travels throughout northern Canada. His life experiences and world travels have allowed him to observe wildlife and first nations people and their relationship to the land; living as they have always lived, close to nature. Using watercolour illustrations and the very maps that he employs in his work as his canvas, Blair portrays the relationship between the indigenous animals or First nations People and the land that the map reflects.
Without End: Exploring the Lines that Keep Us Apart
March 2 to March 27, 2010
Artist(s): Kristofer Kelly, Ryan Paliproda, Carmen Hull, Jordan Allen, Kate Anderson, and Katie Pearce.Curated by Todd Schaber with the Prairie Art Gallery and Catherine Hamel with the University of Calgary
On Loan from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
"Without End" has two areas of exploration. The first area examines the tools of architectural representation. The second area studies its subject, embodied politics through the experience of marginalized groups and their creative appropriation of space. The final works proposed will remain in flux for as long as possible, revealing their process and by doing so, the artists hope to express how critical it is to study the evolution and development of an idea or question. In this project, drawing is a tool that has both allowed a diverse group to explore social issues, and then share that knowledge with a wider audience. This exhibit occupies large canvas spaces, upon which all of the contributing artists have worked in collaboration, developing ideas and questions as a collective.
"Without End" is the communal work of Calgary artists/architectural graduate students: Kristofer Kelly, Ryan Paliproda, Carmen Hull, Jordan Allen, Kate Anderson, and Katie Pearce. Included will be six large canvases with the largest being 5 feet high by 10 feet wide and three small canvases. Each canvas will be started by the artists and finished by the groups in the receiving venues, allowing the viewers to interactively appropriate space within the exhibit. The canvases will travel unframed and ready to hang like quilts at each venue.
Exploring Art
March 31 to April 17 , 2010
Artist(s): Those in "Time Out for Seniors" at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery.Starting out as a program to introduce seniors to creative expression through acrylic painting, Exploring Art has grown to be a journey of creative exploration for adults of all ages. Meeting on Wednesday afternoons in the Bin Top Studio the students who began with volunteer teacher Edna McPhail are joined by other emerging artists and continue to meet and share Edna's love of painting with each other. This exhibit celebrates the love of painting, sharing, and learning.
Mixed Media
April 19 to May 8, 2010
Artist(s): Students from the Visual Arts programs in School District #59The Dawson Creek Art Gallery explores the limitless imagination and talent of regional students from the middle and secondary schools in School District #59. A wide variety of works will be on display from traditional and contemporary painting to sculpture and media arts.
Transcending
May 11 to June 6, 2010
Artist(s): Chandra WongChandra Wong is inspired by the natural world, working in digital art and photography, as well as watercolour, acrylic and pen and ink. With this exhibit she stretches beyond my normal practice of painting the natural world, manipulating her perceptions of how human activity has affected on our world and environment.
In previous exhibits Chandra has tackled the issue surrounding the impact of the Site C Dam on the beauty and majesty of the Peace River. In this exhibit she draws attention to the state of our environment.
"The world around us is in a state of change, much of it caused by people?s actions. The earth is our home and yet we treat it with very little respect. I see a similar connection between how we treat the earth and how we treat ourselves, essentially our spiritual homes. My intent is to highlight how our personal (in)actions influence the global, in hopes of promoting a discussion, and ultimately, provoking people to act towards changing their own behaviour."
In the Summertime
June 7 to August 8, 2010
Artist(s): Members of the South Peace Art SocietyEach year the Dawson Creek Art Gallery features the work of members of the South Peace Art Society in a group exhibit of their work. "In the Summertime" brings together the varied styles and impressive talents of over 60 local painters, photographers, fabric artists, woodworkers, potters, metal workers, and sculptors.
Dori Braun
August 10 to September 11, 2010
Artist(s): Dori BraunPainter, potter, singer, songwriter; all these terms can be used to describe artist Dori Braun's considerable talent. Her creativity transcends the limits of media and she allows her creativity to take shape in which ever form best works her and for the statement that she needs to make.
In this exhibit Dori brings to the viewer her mastery of the visual arts media showing her versatility in both one and two dimensional form. Each new piece is a window to her insight to the human condition.
High Art: Passport to the Peace
August 10 to September 11, 2010
Artist(s): Robert Guest and Dr. DarcelOn Loan from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Artist Robert Guest and doctor Keith Darcel are deeply connected to the natural history written all over the Canadian Rockies. Both of these men are avid outdoorsmen and have created a program that has been enticing potential climbers and hikers to experience something they have fallen passionately in love with: encountering nature. The program, entitled Passport to the Peaks, is currently in its eighth year with the number of participants steadily increasing. On each summit is a Cairn Box (emblazoned with Guest?s stylized images) with an embossing Summit Stamp mounted inside, particular to that mountain. This stamp serves as testimony to the participant having achieved the summit and as a souvenir to remind participants of their triumph. Much more importantly, however, this appears to be a journey of self-discovery, in which one may find new personal capabilities that can be implemented in other aspects of their life.
The exhibition, High Art: Passport to the Peaks serves as a documentary of the Passport to the Peaks program, which has become a part of Alberta?s history, and in part serves as a tribute to the commitment to community spirit and overall excellence exhibited by Mr. Guest and Dr. Darcel. Robert Guest, who is renowned for his stylized panorama paintings, has captured each of the 21 vistas incorporated in the passport program. These paintings, along with photographic images of participants climbing the peaks will be included in the exhibit. High Art: Passport to the Peaks cements the relationship between fine art, sport and personal achievement.
Inspiration Six - Celebrating the Creative Spirit
September 14th to October 2nd, 2010
Artist(s): Mary Mottishaw, Mary Parslow, Judy Templeton, Barb Daley, Sandy Troudt, Cindy VincentSix Artists, six different views , brought together in an exhibit drawing inspiration from the beauty of the landscape and nature's power to nurture creativity. This group of artists includes painters, printmakers, illustrators and writer who use a variety of media. Their work results in a rich harvest of artwork and collaboration.
Feathers and Fur and Everything Else
October 5th to November 6th, 2010
Artist(s): Denise Lindley and Judy RobertsJudi Roberts and Denise Lindley share of love of nature and a special affinity for wildlife.
Judi was born and raised in Northern BC and for 25 years has experimented with a variety of medium. Over time she has come to focus on three in particular: Oils, Pastels and Airbrushing. Judi has also shown a preference, as well as a keen talent, for creating beautiful wildlife paintings. Recently she has acquired a fondness for automotive airbrushing and her work can be seen on motorcycles, automobiles, goalie masks, and a myriad of other non traditional objects.
Denise is an artist adept in graphite. pastel, and oil mediums. Denise portrays the essence of animals in her own striking style. Her ability to capture the unique character of her living subject is evident in her portraits. Denise has paintings in California, England, Hong Kong and Japan.
South Peace Art Society Annual Christmas Show and Gift Fair
November 13th, 2010 to January, 2011
Join the Dawson Creek Art Gallery and the members of the South Peace Art Society in a Celebration of Christmas. As part of the festivities, our member?s exhibit will be on display with a wide range of artistic styles and media and we will be hosting our annual Gift Fair. There will be a Grand Opening for the Christmas Exhibit and Gift Fair on November 14th 10-5pm.