2011 Exhibition Schedule

 

 

October 19  - November 27

 

 

Iris Hauser: Only Human

 

Iris Hauser is one of Saskatchewan’s most prolific artists and exhibits her work in solo and group exhibitions across the country. This exhibition explores timeless aspects of the human condition through the aegis of symbolic and metaphoric imagery. Critical to Houser’s development as an artist came after she graduated from art school in the 1970s and traveled through Europe honing the skills of figuration and hyper-realism that she has become known for. Hauser’s subjects often display complex psychological states that are set within intensely-lit spaces. Her work is dramatic; it often catches the viewer off guard and provokes reflections on presence, myth and self.

 

Curated by Michael Brokop, Chapel Gallery

         

 

 

 

 

December 1 –  31

 

Momentum: Terry Billings, Chris Hodge, Holly Hildebrand, Dana Standinghorn, Audrey Fine Day, Joel Carignan, Karen Kowalski, Oriol Dancer and Karlie King group show with artists in the “Creative Partnership Program”

For the past two years the Chapel Gallery has played host to a pilot artist-in-residence project. A group of eight artists from the Battlefords region have worked collectively, developed their individual practices and shared studio space. This exhibition showcases some of the results and provides insights into the possibilities of artistic communities.

Curated by Michael Brokop, Chapel Gallery

 

 

 Window Salon 2011

 

 

 October

 

The Beat Goes On : ceramic musical instruments
Theresa Gagne

 

Art and music are universal languages. Making pottery and music are primal, therapeutic ways of expressing ourselves. By using clay to make musical instruments, two forms of ancient expression are combined in a contemporary fashion. The first percussion instruments probably were two rocks or sticks banged together. Ceramic instruments were made and used in ceremonies and rituals for millennium. It is an honour to fashion instruments with clay (decomposed rock), and carry on the traditions of our ancestors.

  

November

 

‘Canadian Content’ Art Quilt Exhibition

 

This impressive exhibition features a wide variety of materials and artistic styles. Each artist has visually interpreted their own experience as a western Canadian … portraying familiar sights, events, experiences, symbols or landscapes. Stylistically, each artwork reflects the artist’s current explorations or themes, as well as the unique motifs, palettes or techniques that characterize their work.Judy Weiss, the FAN organizer for ‘Canadian Content’ says, “This exhibition is very exciting for our group. We know that New Zealand has many skilled and talented fibre artists, and this exhibition establishes a new connection between our members and our southern contemporaries. We have many cultural and geographic differences, but we share a love of fibre as an interpretive medium for self-expression. We also share a common goal of promoting fibre as a contemporary art medium.”Title cards appearing with the artworks pinpoint the location of the artist within western Canada. In addition, an exhibition binder includes a biography, contact information and photos of other works by each of the artists.Viewers are encouraged to stop by the exhibition, and to give feedback to the artists in a guest book that will be on display with the artworks.  To view previous FAN exhibitions, visit http://www.fibreartnetwork.com

 

 

 

Cotton Wood Stand, Gail Hunt

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blazing Sumac, Marianne Parsons            Our Game, Judith Panson

 

 

Holly Hildebrand and Kathy Dill, Exhibition Coordinators

 

 

December

 

Personal Map: My Journey

Postcard Themed Exhibition

 

Curated by Michael Brokop, Chapel Gallery

 

 

Gallery Members Thematic Winter Exhibition

Joyful Sounds of Winter

 

Curated by Michael Brokop, Chapel Gallery