Personal projects these days include: Updating the WordPress theme so it showcases the artworks I’ve completed recently. Continuing the art-related research I’ve been working on in the background, potentially with some blog posts in the mix. I’ve been looking into the history of how we perceive alienation, immersion and connection between artists, artworks and the […]
Uncanny (Art in KW: November 2018)
I’m happy to be in Ontario where the leaves are still on the trees for Halloween, although the abrupt season change from “warm autumn” to “cool autumn” seems to have been hard on a lot of us. Hold fast; we out-scare the weather, can’t we? (Maybe.) Printable version to come. Receptions & Artist Talks […]
Quick Post (Art in KW: October 2018)
KW Art Events I don’t have time to do a full post this month, but here’s what’s on my radar: I’ll be your Mirror opens on Friday, October 5 at KWAG with an artist talk featuring Erika DeFreitas [website] 2018 K-W Central Art Walk on Saturday, October 20 [Facebook Event] Check out my list of […]
Wake Me Up (Art in KW: September 2018)
Fall is just around the corner, and that means that art events are once again in full swing. Fall is the time for studio tours like the annual New Hamburg Studio Tour (September 22) and Mary Allen Studio Tour (September 28-30), where the public gets a chance to leisurely tour studios, homes and other venues […]
Thanks for the Memories (Art in KW: August 2018)
“One of the sorrows of a landscape painter in the new world is that people have built ephemeral landscapes. They build decay into the buildings and structures. So quite often you lose that sense of recognition that you might have from a landscape that has been really preserved… Our skylines are changing, our buildings are changing, […]
Summer Days (Art in KW: July 2018)
Each of the artists in this exhibition imagine new ways of seeing the world around them – whether it be in the landscape they currently call home or an evasive elsewhere that haunts their memory.” – Crystal Mowry, Curator of “The Brain is wider than the Sky” (July 18) If you’re out and about this […]
Sooner and Later (Art in KW: June 2018)
Opening Receptions Friday, June 1: KWSA Exhibit 5-7pm opening Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo The Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists members’ show at the button factory arts space. [kwsa.ca] Saturday, June 2: Frankenstein 200 Years Later 2pm film screening, 3:15 pm exhibit launch Central Library Theatre, 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener The […]
Life Immersion (Art in KW: May 2018)
If you haven’t stopped by the visually striking Then, Now and Next show at The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, I highly recommend it. Show ends September 2, 2018. Opening Receptions Thursday, May 3: MFA Thesis II (Aaron MacLean, Tait Wilman) 5-8pm opening University of Waterloo Art Gallery, 263 Phillip Street, Waterloo GALLERY ONE: PROVISIONAL […]
Generations (Art in KW: April 2018)
Opening Receptions Friday, April 6: Members Show 5-7pm opening Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo Members of Button Factory Arts, the uptown Waterloo community arts space, hold their annual show. “Awaken yourself to new growth this spring,” says Heather Franklin, the executive director. “Create and explore in all kinds of media, attend a gallery […]
Look & Feel (Art in KW: March 2018)
Opening Receptions Monday, March 5: Transportation in the Twin Cities (A Visual Impression) 7pm opening reception Central Library, 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener Acrylic and oil painter Robert Isler Wanka brings his impressionistic style to the LRT construction of the present and the public transit of the past. Also check out the special exhibit by Alan […]