We’re hard at work in the gallery today getting everything set for tomorrow’s opening. We hope you’ll join us—curator Marie-Hélène Leblanc will talk about Emanuel Licha’s Striking a Pose at 6:00, and we’ll be hosting our usual opening reception from 7.
Look for a couple of last-minute previews here tomorrow.
Karen Zalamea will be here at the gallery this afternoon at 2:00 for a live performance—come see her in person!
In Performance: Karen Zalamea
Saturday 26 November, 2 pm
Tonight Maria Whiteman will be at the gallery at 7:00 for an artist’s talk. Come see Taxonomia from her point of view!
Upcoming artist talk: Maria Whiteman, 18 November, 7:00 PM at Latitude 53.
We’d like to formally (as formal as Tumblr can be) invite you to Andrea Williamson’s artist talk this Saturday, October 29 at 2 PM! Come draw with the artist and hear about the process and inspiration behind this wonderful show!
Upcoming artist talk: Andrea Williamson, Saturday 29 October
Upcoming artist talks: Margaret Dragu & Freya Björg Olafson and Andrea Williamson.
Upcoming Artist Talk: Jason de Haan, Thursday August 4th at 6:00 PM
Hearts and Hatches: works in progress by Paul Smith
Find drawings and paintings in progress from Paul Smith this week until July 30th as part of our Incubator series. He’ll also be giving a talk at 7pm during his opening reception at our Rooftop Patio series. Behind the playful aesthetic of his artwork, Smith explores the complex and ever-changing relationship between humans, nature and urbanity. Here is an artist statement from Paul:
I was sitting down for a coffee break today smoking a cigarette, hot outside, so hot. I was wandering around inside my head and a butterfly startled me. I imagined it pinned like so many others to a little square tack board. Rows and rows of tack boards behind glass, some weird juxtaposition of beauty and the macabre. Wings slowly deteriorating, colours fading, catalogued. I suppose this is what I do. Though my stock is emotion and story, old images drawn and redrawn. I fell in love with line and colour, now I obsessively catalogue pieces of emotion and tiny little moments on birch and paper. This is where I lay my heart.
Paul Smith is a visual artist, writer and musician. He holds a BFA from the University of Alberta and was a curatorial intern with the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre.
