January to June 2015 1 The Kamloops Art Gallery brings art, artists and communities together. Staff Trustees Financial Controller Matthew Allen President Jaimie Drew Executive Director Jann LM Bailey First Vice-President Roberta Kjelson Fundraising Event Coordinator Judy Basso Second Vice-President Manju Singh Associate Curator, Historical Canadian Art Roger H. Boulet Secretary Alexander Watt Manager of Operations Margaret Chrumka Administrative Assistant Diane Florence Registrar Krystyna Halliwell Associate Curator, Collections Lisa Henderson Education and Public Programs Coordinator Emily Hope Admissions/Gallery Store Coordinator Mallory Johnson Curator Charo Neville Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula Preparator Matthew Tremblay Aboriginal Curator in Residence Tania Willard Assistant Curator Craig Willms Treasurer Andrina Antenbring Board Members Trudi Backman Susan Buis Anita Grover Corinne Mark Pina Russo Daljit Sadhra Sandra Seymour Past Presidents Michelle Stanford 2008-2012 Richard Hunter 2002-2008 Wayne Semrau (1952-2002) 2002 Linda Jules 1998-2002 Al McNair 1994-1998 Katherine LeReverend 1990-1994 Nancy Levesque 1989-1990 Derek Chambers 1988-1989 Ron Colclough 1987-1988 Wayne Semrau (1952-2002) 1987 Nancy Randall 1985-1987 Jim Gordon 1983-1984 Sandra Howard 1981-1982 Jacqueline Taylor 1980 Joan Leitch 1978-1979 Art Instructors Finn Modder Melaina Todd Elizabeth Warner Gallery Attendants/Sales Associates Jillian Knapp Nelina Magliocchi Rachel Paeth Sage Prokop Melaina Todd Installation Assistants Levi Glass Melaina Todd Cover image: Pam Hall Dressing up Work: The Apron Diaries in Port Rexton and Maberly, NL, 2006 giclée prints on archival paper 2 The Kamloops Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of Kamloops; the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council and the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch; the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada. Moray Photography A Message from the Executive Director Happy New Year! This is the Kamloops Art Gallery’s first Gallery Guide for 2015 and I want to extend my gratitude to all those who visited the Gallery and brought their family, friends and out-of-town visitors to see the exhibitions in 2014. I also want to thank all those who participated in an event, workshop or program. Over 28,000 people visited us in 2014, up 15% from the previous year! Arts, culture and heritage play an important role in enriching our world and Kamloops has become a cultural mecca with its numerous arts organizations and opportunities to engage in all aspects of the diverse world of the visual and performing arts. This is something to be very proud of given the fact that Kamloops is a regional city with less than a hundred thousand people. Many friends of the Kamloops Art Gallery generously supported our work throughout the year as well. I would especially like to acknowledge the Fawcett family who made a significant donation in naming one of our Central Gallery’s for the next five years. I would like to mention a number of Gallery highlights including our studio, school and community programs that appeal to a wide variety of individuals; the artists’, curators’ and Community Perspective talks that expand on the featured exhibitions; and our popular Gallery Store with its unique made-by-hand merchandise. Thank you to all our donors, sponsors and members for your dedication and commitment to the arts in Kamloops and to the Kamloops Art Gallery! As outlined throughout this guide, our dedicated staff members have been extremely busy planning and developing programs for all age groups. As an art museum with a mandate to exhibit both contemporary and historical artworks, our goal is to make connections between the past and the present through programs designed to entice curiosity and help deepen your understanding of the visual arts. I invite you to continue to visit the Kamloops Art Gallery with your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. Jann LM Bailey Executive Director 1 Pam Hall HouseWork(s) January 17 to March 14, 2015 Artist’s Talk with Pam Hall Saturday, January 17, 5:30 pm Opening Reception Saturday, January 17, 6:30 to 8:00 pm See Page 9 for details Pam Hall is an interdisciplinary artist working across and sometimes in between the boundaries of medium and discipline. She makes visual art, constructs installations, works with language and is engaged in film, video and, most recently, performance. She works alone (inside and outside of her studios) and collaborates with others (sometimes individuals, sometimes communities). Based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, she travels extensively to pursue the creation and presentation of her work. She also teaches graduate students in the United States. Her work has been shown throughout Canada and internationally. For Hall, art’s work and thus her work is social labour. In identifying her (art)work in this way, the artist signals her awareness of the human condition. Despite often strenuous and even coercive efforts to silence, marginalize or ignore them, the voices of (all of the) Others are always and everywhere present. One only has to listen for them. Hall celebrates the extraordinary that she finds in so-called “ordinary” lives. Her art is intentionally provocative. More importantly, her works are 2 EXHIBITIONS embarkation points that invite responses and engender candid conversations. HouseWork(s) represents a decade (2004-2014) of creative work. This exhibition shares the artist’s reflections, daily gestures, invitations and exchanges with people across the nation and around the world. Hall engages us in serious word play with her choice of title for the exhibition. “Housework,” generally, is understood to be women’s work. But Hall challenges some of the gendered connotations of this term. The word “house” functions as both a noun and a verb. “House” may refer to a structure or an action. As a structure, a house could be a shelter, a place of refuge, a dwelling or a sacred space. As an action, however, “to house” is to hold, to encase, to collect, to protect or to accommodate. Prominent throughout this exhibition are four suspended “five-pole houses.” These structures hover above the floor of the Gallery. They invade, inhabit and physically reconfigure the space. We have to deal with them. With HouseWork(s), the artist confronts our complacency, alerts us to our humanity and reveals the complexities and layered associations underneath the skin of the easy and familiar. Pam Hall: HouseWork(s) is organized by The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery Division, St. John’s Newfoundland, with support of The Canada Council for the Arts. Guest curated by Dr. Melinda Pinfold Pam Hall Building a Village, 2013-2014 Collaborative community-building project enabled by social media Approximately 300 mixed media houses on card stock, envelopes and miscellaneous contents Photo: Ned Pratt Pam Hall Dressing Up Works Site research in Port Rexton and Maberly, NL, 2006 giclée print on archival paper 3 Ideas and Things March 28 to June 13, 2015 Curator's Tour with Charo Neville Saturday, March 28, 5:30 pm Opening Reception Saturday, March 28, 6:30 to 8:00 pm See Page 12 for details “The story of objects asserting themselves as things, then, is the story of a changed relation to the human subject and thus the story of how the thing really names less an object than a particular subject-object relation. And, yet, the word things holds within it a more audacious ambiguity.” “Temporalized as the before and after of the object, thingness amounts to a latency (the not yet formed or the not yet formable) and to an excess (what remains physically or metaphysically irreducible to objects). But this temporality obscures the all-at-onceness, the simultaneity, of the object/thing dialectic and the fact that, all at once, the thing seems to name the object, just as it is, even as it names some thing else.” Bill Brown, “Thing Theory,” Things, 2004. The social life of things (along with the representation and “potency” of objects) has been at the crux of visual culture since the turn of the 20th Century and remains central to theoretical debates today. The FrenchAmerican artist Marcel Duchamp’s disruption 4 EXHIBITIONS to the definition of art is still being interrogated by artists. Artistic production centred on object culture has persevered. Ideas and Things looks at current material and conceptually based practices that are steeped in this ethos, where objects are no longer privileged but rather integrated into a greater exploration of space, time, material and subject. The exhibition brings together the work of five artists whose practices share a strong research methodology and diverse approach to materiality through the investigation of colour theory, text, intervention into the conventions of gallery display and integration of the everyday object. The works question both the monument and the monumental, and offer a new currency of ideas about things. Curated by Charo Neville, Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery Jen Aitken Kelly Lycan Hadley+Maxwell Mark Neufeld Derek Sullivan Jen Aitken Components, 2012 fabric, dimensions variable installation at Richmond Art Gallery, 2013 Mark Neufeld Performance with two Sculptures, 2013 Southern Alberta Art Gallery installation Photo: David Miller & Petra Mala-Miller Kelly Lycan Rumination 3, 2014 mixed media dimensions variable Courtesy the Artist Photo: Blaine Campbell 5 Michael Markowsky Faster Than the Speed of Sound January 17 to March 21, 2015 Opening Reception Saturday, January 17, 6:30 to 8:00 pm See Pages 9 and 10 for details THE CUBE Michael Markowsky’s practice combines painting and performance. He typically draws and paints while riding inside or on top of moving cars, buses, boats, trains, airplanes and even dogsleds. In July 2013, Markowsky made 100 postcard-sized drawings while flying faster than the speed of sound in a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 “Hornet” jet plane. The opportunity came about because of his involvement in the Canadian Forces Artists Program. Past participating artists in this program include members of the Group of Seven, David Milne, Charles Comfort and Alexander Colville. Over the past year, Markowsky has painted five 3 x 6 metre paintings based on the drawings he made in the jet plane. The final project will be to build a scaled down fighter plane sculpture out of wood and canvas around which the paintings will be displayed. When it is complete, viewers will be able to sit inside the sculpture’s cockpit, thereby simulating the artist’s supersonic flight. Similar to his other drawings in motion, Markowsky is simulating the experience of moving through space and, in this case, sharing a situation that very few people have the opportunity to experience. For two months, the artist will occupy The Cube and transform it into a working art studio. He will use the space to build his fighter plane sculpture. Members of the public are invited and encouraged to visit with him to learn about his artistic process. Curated by Craig Willms, Assistant Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery Artist drawing while flying in a CF-18, 2013 6 EXHIBITIONS Colin Lyons Time Machine for Abandoned Futures March 28 to June 13, 2015 Opening Reception Saturday, March 28, 6:30 to 8:00 pm See Pages 12 for details THE CUBE Colin Lyons’ recent work fuses printmaking, sculpture and chemical experiments, pushing the role of the etching plate beyond its traditional boundaries as a re-enactment of the rise and fall of industrial economies. He explores industry through the lens of fragility and impermanence, considering planned obsolescence and the nature of what we choose to preserve. Lyons adapts etching plates and uses acid to create batteries that reclaim decaying industrial parts. Once restored, the surfaces are coated with a resist material. The artist then traces over the restored surfaces, submerging them in a bath of etching acid. The results create a contour map that marks the traces of decay. Colin Lyons grew up in “Canada’s original oil boomtown” of Petrolia, Ontario, an experience that has influenced his interests in industrial ruins and sacrificial landscapes. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions across Canada and in group exhibitions internationally. Recent exhibitions include Platform Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden), The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, Minnesota), SPACES (Cleveland, Ohio), OBORO (Montreal, Quebec), Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery (Sarnia, Ontario), and Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, California). He has been the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Curated by Craig Willms, Assistant Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery Colin Lyons Time Machine for Abandoned Futures, 2014 Industrial artifacts, copper, zinc, copper sulphate, soda ash, steel, Plexiglas and wire 7 Recent Acquisitions Well known for drawing inspiration from the Canadian landscape, printmaker George Raab’s work is grounded in the exploration of Canada’s natural ecosystem and typically conveys the scale and power of the quickly vanishing natural environment. The Kamloops Art Gallery is pleased to announce the recent addition of 11 prints by George Raab to its permanent collection. The works in this donation are representative of Raab’s recent forays into digital photo-based prints and illustrate his mastery of blending traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques through the utilization of etching, aquatint and watercolour to highlight the interactions between colour and line, representation and abstraction. In these prints, Raab depicts the energy of the woods and celebrates the significance of the forest in our larger cultural imagination, while also bringing into focus the deeper cultural anxieties surrounding Canada and the world’s deforestation. Many of the prints in this donation were featured in the touring exhibition Into the Woods: Etchings by George Raab, which was organized by the Art Gallery of Peterborough and presented at the Kamloops Art Gallery in the fall of 2013. The KAG's ongoing efforts to build its permanent collection is an important aspect of its responsibility as a regional collecting art institution, which preserves artwork for future generations and allows for key holdings of historical and contemporary artworks, enriched curatorial research, exhibitions and loans to other institutions. George Raab Out Front, 2009 10/70 Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, gift of the artist George Raab Good Therapy, 2005 82/245 Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, gift of the artist George Raab The Creek, 2011 14/70 Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, gift of the artist 8 Baby & Me Art Exploration: Drawing Thursday, January 15 11:00 to 11:45 am Children under 3 with their parents and caregivers, FREE Explore drawing with your children. Go on a tour of the current exhibitions and then have fun in the studios with plant and vegetable dye crayons. Dress for mess and fun. No registration required. See Page 14 for details. Arbour Aboriginal Artists Collective Youth Workshops with Chris Bose Thursday, January 15, 29 6:00 to 9:00 pm 12+, FREE Arbour Collective provides opportunities for youth and adults to create art, learn new creative methods and exhibit or perform in the Kamloops area. Collective members will be working in KAG studios on select Thursdays January through June. Youth and adults of all nationalities are invited to drop in to participate. See Page 14 for details. THE CUBE OF EVENTS CALENDAR JANUARY Artist’s Talk with Pam Hall Saturday, January 17 5:30 pm Representing a decade of creative work, Pam Hall: HouseWork(s) explores ideas of the body, female labour, the nature of knowledge and notions of the local. Join us in the Central Galleries for an artist’s talk to learn more about her interdisciplinary, collaborative and socially engaged art practice. Opening Reception Saturday, January 17 6:30 to 8:00 pm Join us to celebrate the opening of Pam Hall: HouseWorks(s) in the Central Galleries, Michael Markowsky: Faster Than the Speed of Sound in The Cube and work by Arbour Aboriginal Artists Collective on the BMO Open Gallery. Meet the artists and curators, mix with other art supporters, get creative at the Kids Table and enjoy live music and appetizers. Everyone welcome. Memberships are 25% off. Home-Work: Doing the Math A Performance by Pam Hall Monday, January 19 10:00 am to 12:00 pm All ages, FREE Join interdisciplinary artist Pam Hall in the Central Galleries for a performance and participatory installation that will help to reveal the labour of home-making. Hall will construct a small, hand-made house in the gallery and invite audience members to account for their own labour by “doing the math“ and fastening it to the artist’s house. Open Studio with Michael Markowsky Tuesday, January 20, 27 11:00 to 4:00 pm All ages, FREE For the duration of his exhibition, artist Michael Markowsky will occupy The Cube and transform it into a working art studio, using the space to build a fighter plane sculpture. Every Tuesday from January 20 until March 10, Markowsky will open the space to members of the public to participate in a variety of activities, from drawing to assisting with the construction of the fighter plane. No registration required. Thanks to BCLC, Thursdays at the KAG are FREE. The Gallery is open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, until 9:00 pm on Thursday. 9 FEBRUARY Drink and Draw Monday, January 26 6:00 to 8:00 pm Zack’s Coffee, 4th & Victoria St. All ages, FREE Fresh Prints Carving Community Wednesday, January 21 February 4, 18, March 4, 11 3:00 to 5:00 pm 15 to 25 $50 members / $80 public (for all sessions) Fresh Prints is an after-school printmaking program for youth and young adults facilitated by local printmaker and KAG art instructor Melaina Todd. Suitable for beginners and intermediate printmakers, Todd will guide participants to develop their skills as they work to carve their image into a 30.5 x 30.5 cm square of linoleum. Registration is required. Back by popular demand! Join us at Zack’s on the last Monday of every month to contribute to large-scale collaborative drawings and listen to live music. No experience is necessary. All supplies are provided. Thursday, January 29 7:00 pm All ages, FREE Join local artist Ila Crawford for an interpretive tour of Pam Hall: HouseWork(s). An accomplished printmaker and social activist, Crawford’s practice deals with issues of justice, gender and aging. Mayor’s Gala for the Arts Material Research Saturday, January 31 6:30 pm Saturday, January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28 1:00 to 3:00 pm Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, $125 Led by KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula, Material Research is a six-week intensive combined theory and studio course exploring the rituals, processes and histories hidden within everyday materials. Registration is required. See Page 15 for details. Tuesday, February 3, 10, 17, 24 11:00 to 4:00 pm All ages, FREE See January for details. Community Perspectives Tour with Ila Crawford See Page 15 for details. 16+ $50 members / $80 public (for all sessions) Open Studio with Michael Markowsky One of the city’s most prestigious events, the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts is a joint fundraiser for the Kamloops Art Gallery, the Kamloops Symphony and Western Canada Theatre. Hosted by the City of Kamloops Mayor, the evening includes fine dining, entertainment and presentations of the annual Mayor’s Awards for the Arts. Tickets are available at eventbrite.ca or kamloopslive.ca. The Library Project: Inter-generational Women's Writing Project with Margaret Dragu Thursday, February 5 6:00 pm All ages, FREE Sign-up in pairs (Mother-Daughter, Auntie-Niece, Mentor-Student, other multi-generational duos) and join interdisciplinary artist Margaret Dragu to explore circle-style list making, life-mapping and writing exercises. This workshop will get your creative juices flowing and reflect on lessons learned across generations that celebrate the importance of education and experience being multi-directional. The Library Project is part of a series of process-based and research driven performances and workshops that Governor General Award winning performance artist Margaret Dragu has offered across Canada. See Page 18 for details. All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. Where tickets or registration apply, please contact the Gallery at 250-377-2400. 10 Open Studio with Michael Markowsky Tuesday, March 3, 10 11:00 to 4:00 pm All ages, FREE THE CUBE OF EVENTS CALENDAR MARCH See January for details. Arbour Collective Youth Workshops Baby & Me Art Exploration: Sculpture Baby & Me Art Exploration: Painting Thursday, February 12, 26 6:00 to 9:00 pm Thursday, February 19 11:00 to 11:45 am Thursday, March 5 11:00 to 11:45 am 12+, FREE Children under 3 with their parents and caregivers, FREE Children under 3 with their parents and caregivers, FREE Explore sculpture with your children. Go on a tour of the current exhibitions and then have fun in the studios with baby-friendly sculptural materials. Dress for mess and fun. No registration required. Explore painting with your children. Go on a tour of the current exhibitions and then have fun in the studios with plant and vegetable dye pigment paints. Dress for mess and fun. No registration required. See Page 14 for details. See Page 14 for details. See Page 14 for details. Family Art Saturday PD Day Art Camp Saturday, March 7 1:00 to 3:00 pm Friday, February 20 9:00 to 3:00 pm All ages, FREE 4 to 12 $16 members / $20 public (half day) $30 members / $36 public (full day) Drawing on themes from our current exhibitions, our day camps engage children in experimental and traditional art projects that encourage creation, expression and discovery. Registration required. See Page 16 for details. Drink and Draw Monday, February 23 6:00 to 8:00 pm Zack’s Coffee, 4th & Victoria St. All ages, FREE See January for details. Drop in to Family Art Saturdays, a FREE family event that includes tours and activities in our galleries as well as innovative art workshops in our studios. See Page 14 for details. Arbour Collective Youth Workshops Thursday, March 12, 26 6:00 to 9:00 pm 12+, FREE See Page 14 for details. Thanks to BCLC, Thursdays at the KAG are FREE. The Gallery is open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, until 9:00 pm on Thursday. 11 Spring Break Art Camps March 16 to 20; 23 to 25 9:00 to 3:00 pm 4 to 6, 7 to12, 12+ $16 members / $20 public (half day) $30 members / $36 public (full day) Inspired by our current exhibitions, KAG Art Camps engage children and youth in experimental and traditional art projects that encourage creation, expression and discovery. Registration required. See Page 16 for details. Drink and Draw Kamloops Wine Festival Monday, March 30 6:00 to 8:00 pm April 9 to 18 Zack’s Coffee, 4th & Victoria St. All ages, FREE See January for details. Curator’s Tour with Charo Neville APRIL Saturday, March 28 5:30 pm The Shape of Things to Come Join Charo Neville, Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery, for a tour of Ideas and Things. Neville will provide background on the artists and discuss key ideas and works in the exhibition. Wednesday, April 8, 22 May 6, 20, June 3 3:00 to 5:00 pm Opening Reception Saturday, March 28 6:30 to 8:00 pm Join us to celebrate the opening of Ideas and Things in the Central Galleries, Colin Lyons: Time Machine for Abandoned Futures in The Cube and Dion Fortie: 9 months on the BMO Open Gallery. Everyone welcome. 16+ $80 members / $120 public (for all sessions) Led by KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula, The Shape of Things to Come is a five-class theory and studio course exploring contemporary sculptural practices. Delivered bi-weekly in our Tricia Sellmer and Ken Lepin studios. Registration required. See Page 15 for details. Arbour Collective Youth Workshops Celebrate wine in all kinds of ways. The Kamloops Wine Festival will host tastings and special dinners paired with excellent wines at many of the best local restaurants. The festival culminates April 18 at the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre with the popular Consumer Wine Tasting event. Visit kag.bc.ca for details. Assemblage Saturday, April 11, 18, 25 May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 1:00 to 3:00 pm 16+ $120 members / $180 public (for all sessions) Led by KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula, Assemblage is the Kamloops Art Gallery’s first residency program open to young, emerging artists interested in exploring ideas of community, place and materiality through site-specific installation. Registration required. See Page 15 for details. Thursday, April 9, 23 6:00 to 9:00 pm 12+, FREE See Page 14 for details. All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. Where tickets or registration apply, please contact the Gallery at 250-377-2400. 12 Baby & Me Art Exploration: Drawing Thursday, April 16 11:00 to 11:45 am Children under 3 with their parents and caregivers, FREE See Page 14 for details. PD Day Art Camp Monday, April 20 9:00 to 3:00 pm 4 to 12 $16 members / $20 public (half day) $30 member / $36 public (full day) Drawing on themes from our current exhibitions, our day camps engage children in experimental and traditional art projects that encourage creation, expression and discovery. Registration required. See Page 16 for details. Annual General Meeting Wednesday, April 22 7:00 pm Members are invited to our AGM at the Gallery. Art Battle: Sculpture Wars Thursday, May 7 7:00 pm All ages, FREE Back for a second round, Art Battle invites participants in costumed teams of two to battle blindfolded. The winning team will be awarded a collaborative exhibition on our BMO Open Gallery in January 2016. No registration required. Arbour Collective Youth Workshops Thursday, May 14, 28 6:00 to 9:00 pm 12+, FREE Saturday, June 6 1:00 to 3:00 pm All ages, FREE Drop into Family Art Saturdays, a FREE family event that includes tours and activities in our galleries as well as innovative art workshops in our studios. See Page 14 for details. International Museum Day Arbour Collective Youth Workshops Saturday, May 16 To recognize the important role museums and galleries play around the world in enriching culture and enhancing mutual understanding, admission at the Gallery is FREE today. Thursday, May 21 11:00 to 11:45 am Children under 3 with their parents and caregivers, FREE See Page 14 for details. Drink and Draw Drink and Draw Monday, April 27 6:00 to 8:00 pm Monday, May 25 6:00 to 8:00 pm See January for details. Family Art Saturday See Page 14 for details. Baby & Me Art Exploration: Sculpture Zack’s Coffee, 4th & Victoria St. All ages, FREE JUNE Zack’s Coffee, 4th & Victoria St. All ages, FREE THE CUBE OF EVENTS CALENDAR MAY Thursday, June 11, 25 6:00 to 9:00 pm 12+, FREE See Page 14 for details. Baby & Me Art Exploration: Painting Thursday, June 18 11:00 to 11:45 am Children under 3 with their parents and caregivers, FREE See Page 14 for details. Drink and Draw Monday, June 29 6:00 to 8:00 pm Zack’s Coffee, 4th & Victoria St. All ages, FREE See January for details. See January for details. Thanks to BCLC, Thursdays at the KAG are FREE. The Gallery is open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, until 9:00 pm on Thursday. 13 Studio Programs Studio Programs offer opportunities for all ages to learn about how art connects with our daily lives. Focusing on the KAG’s current exhibitions, programs include art camps, interactive tours, activities and workshops that encourage self-expression and experimentation through the process of learning art techniques, basic design concepts and how to use a variety of media. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to follow us on Facebook and go to kag.bc.ca to sign up for our monthly e-Newsletter to ensure you are aware of programs as they are scheduled. For Families For Teens and Adults Baby & Me Art Exploration Arbour Aboriginal Artists Collective Youth Workshops with Chris Bose Thursday, January 15, February 19 March 5, April 16, May 21, June 18 11:00 to 11:45 am Children under 3 with their parents & caregivers, FREE Develop your child’s appreciation for colour, shapes and textures with our FREE drop-in art classes one Thursday a month. We will tour the current exhibitions and have fun in the studios with all-natural and non-toxic materials, safe for tiny people who put everything in their mouths. Remember to dress for mess and fun. No registration required. Family Art Saturday Saturday, March 7 and June 6 1:00 to 3:00 pm All ages, FREE Drop into Family Art Saturdays, a FREE family event that includes tours and activities in our galleries as well as innovative art workshops in our studios. In March, visit Pam Hall: HouseWork(s) and participate in printmaking, sculpture and drawing workshops that demonstrate how to employ found materials such as fabric, lace and ephemera. In June, be inspired by the sculpture in Ideas and Things and try your hand at three different sculptural techniques: molding clay, found object assemblage and soft sculpture. No registration required. 14 Select Thursdays, January 15, 29 February 12, 26, March 12, 26 April 9, 23, May 14, 28, June 11, 25 6:00 to 9:00 pm 12+, FREE Arbour Collective provides opportunities for youth and adults to create art, learn new creative methods and exhibit or perform in the Kamloops area. By supporting work that confronts and challenges stereotypes, hidden histories and stolen voices, the Arbour Collective seeks to inspire and empower through creativity. Collective members will be working in the studios on select Thursdays January through June. Youth and adults of all nationalities are invited to drop in to participate. All materials are provided. No experience is necessary. This program is generously sponsored by Urban Systems Foundation. Assemblage Select Wednesdays, January to March January 21, February 4, 18, March 4, 11 3:00 to 5:00 pm Saturday, April 11, 18, 25 May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 1:00 to 3:00 pm 15 to 25 $50 members / $80 public (for all sessions) 15 to 25 $120 members / $180 public (for all sessions) Drawing on the subjects and materials in Pam Hall: HouseWork(s), participants will explore their ideas of home, community and hidden histories through printmaking. Suitable for beginners and intermediate printmakers, KAG art instructor Melaina Todd will guide participants to develop their skills as they work to transform their preparatory sketches into three-dimensional relief prints. This five-class session has space for 15 participants. Material Research Saturday, January 24, 31 February 7, 14, 21, 28 1:00 to 3:00 pm 16+ $50 members / $80 public (for all sessions) Led by KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula, Material Research is a six-week intensive theory and studio course exploring the rituals, processes and histories hidden within everyday materials. Participating artists will meet weekly at the KAG and the Kamloops Museum for discussion and hands-on workshops, culminating in a collaborative installation in the Kamloops Museum bay window. This six-class session has space for 15 participants. STUDIO PROGRAMS Fresh Prints: Carving Community Visual artists, curators, musicians, sound artists and writers are invited to apply to participate in the Kamloops Art Gallery’s first youth residency project. Led by KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula, Assemblage offers space, tools, guidance and mentorship to young, emerging artists interested in exploring ideas of community, place and materiality through site-specific installation. This program has space for eight artists aged 15 to 25. Interested participants are encouraged to apply to KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula by March 1, 2015. Visit kag.bc.ca for details. The Shape of Things to Come Wednesday, April 8, 22, May 6, 20, June 3 3:00 to 5:00 pm 16+ $80 members / $120 public (for all sessions) Led by KAG Resident Artist Stephanie Patsula, The Shape of Things to Come runs bi-weekly in our Tricia Sellmer and Ken Lepin studios. In this combined theory and studio course, Patsula will explore contemporary sculpture practices through exhibition tours and slideshow presentations as well as demonstrate various soft sculpture techniques. This five-class session has space for 15 participants. Please contact the Gallery to register or for program details at 250-377-2400. All studio programs are held in the Ken Lepin and Tricia Sellmer Studios. 15 Art Camps PD Day Art Camps Spring Art Camps Friday, February 20 Monday, April 20 9:00 to 3:00 pm KAG spring day camps are inspired by the arts and culture of our diverse community and draw upon themes in our current exhibitions. This spring, Michael Markowsky: Faster Than the Speed of Sound will be on view. 4 to 6 9:00 to 12:00 pm $16 members / $20 public (half day) 7 to 12 9:00 to 3:00 pm $30 members / $36 public (full day) KAG Professional Development Day Art Camps engage children 4 to 12 in fun and educational activities that integrate BC Curriculum outcomes with key themes from the current exhibitions. Using artist-grade materials, children will create experimental and traditional art projects that encourage creation, expression and discovery. Extended care is available. Led by our art instructors, KAG art camps include tours and interactive activities in our gallery spaces and creative exploration in our studios. We provide a variety of fine art materials for experimentation, enabling participants to create art projects using varied techniques and media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography and digital art. All of our projects are made using artistgrade materials and participants are encouraged to experiment and develop their own style. Tell Me a Story Monday to Friday, March 16 to 20 9:00 to 3:00 pm 4 to 6 9:00 to 12:00 pm $16 members / $20 public (half day) 7 to 12 9:00 to 3:00 pm $30 members / $36 public (full day) This spring, the KAG art camp explores the different ways artists tell stories through their artwork. Children can enroll for the whole week or select just those days that interest them. Monday: Printmaking Tuesday: Book and Zine-making Wednesday: Sculpture Thursday: Costumes & Alter Egos Friday: Painting and Drawing 16 Experimental Sound Art with Special Guest Rònan McGrath Monday to Wednesday, March 23 to 25 9:00 to 3:00 pm 12+ $90 members / $110 public (for all sessions) Led by local musician Rònan McGrath and KAG Community Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Patsula, this three-day camp invites participants to experiment with noise. Recording the sounds of everything from a kazoo to a squeaky shoe, participants will build their own collaborative soundscape, complete with a handmade CD sleeve. Our School Program is designed for specific grades (K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12). The program highlights the BC Curriculum to make it easy for teachers to apply KAG field trips to the classroom. A Teachers’ Guide accompanies each exhibition, including in-class art making activities for each grade, assessment guides and a glossary of terms. Book a tour, a tour and workshop or a customized series of workshops. STUDIO PROGRAMS School Program Extended care is available. Please contact the Gallery to register or for program details at 250-377-2400. All studio programs are held in the Ken Lepin and Tricia Sellmer Studios. 17 Mayor’s Gala for the Arts Kamloops Wine Festival Saturday, January 31, 2015 April 9 to 18, 2015 Join us for an evening to celebrate the arts. Saturday, January 31, 2015, is the much-anticipated Mayor’s Gala for the Arts. This joint fundraising partnership brings together Western Canada Theatre, the Kamloops Symphony and the Kamloops Art Gallery for an evening of fine food, exceptional entertainment and the annual Mayor’s Awards for the Arts ceremony. Nominees in the categories of Emerging Artist, Business in the Arts and Literary Artist will be honoured and the winners announced. Tickets are $125 at eventbrite.ca or kamloopslive.ca. The Kamloops Art Gallery presents the 17th Annual Kamloops Wine Festival. Wine pairing at various restaurants around town along with seminars and presentations are planned for the week. The festival culminates with the Consumer Wine Tasting event at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre and will showcase over 200 wines. Entertaining and educational, this festival offers the opportunity to sample what may become your next favourite wine. Visit kag.bc.ca for details and ticket information or call 250-377-2400. Presented by the City of Kamloops, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops Symphony and Western Canada Theatre. Sponsored by TD Financial Group. Sponsored by Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, CN Rail, Daley and Company LLP, KGHM, KPMG, Lee's Music, Michael Koehn Photography, Noran Printing and Radio NL. 18 Visit kag.bc.ca for details about all our annual fundraising events. Members receive discounts on all KAG event tickets. BMO OPEN GALLERY BMO Open Gallery The BMO Open Gallery is an exhibition space developed by the Kamloops Art Gallery for community-based, art-related projects. Thanks to a generous donation from BMO Financial Group, we are able to present exhibitions created by members of the Kamloops community. Art collectives, schools, community members and social, service and non-profit organizations are welcome to propose exhibitions for this space. Exhibitions with a community focus are scheduled on an ongoing basis. Submission details can be found at kag.bc.ca. Arbour Aboriginal Artists Collective Dion Fortie: 9 months January 17 to March 21, 2015 March 28 to June 13, 2015 Arbour Aboriginal Artists Collective provides opportunities for youth and adults of all nationalities to create art, learn new creative methods and exhibit or perform in the Kamloops area. By supporting work that confronts and challenges stereotypes, hidden histories and stolen voices, the Arbour Collective seeks to inspire and empower through creativity. The winner of our inaugural Art Battle event in 2014, Thompson Rivers University Visual Arts student Dion Fortie presents 9 months, an investigation into how landscape and environment correspond to identity. Inspired by solitary wanderings, a deconstruction and re-assemblage of past memories from living in Kamloops come together to form a visual timeline of the last year. Through found objects, sculpture and paintings, the works themselves are representative of human activity and performance within the landscape. This exhibition draws together a selection of the work created in the bi-weekly drop-in workshops Arbour Collective has held in the KAG’s Tricia Sellmer and Ken Lepin studios since January 2014. 19 Our Members This is a special group of people, businesses and organizations that continue to support the Kamloops Art Gallery. If you haven’t already, consider joining the Gallery today and showing your support. Edward & Maribeth Adams Mootaz Alheezan Matthew Allen Peter & Debra Allik-Petersenn Lorene & Ben Anders Jamie Anderson Gordon & Andrina Antenbring Margaret Archibald Pam Astbury Terryl Atkins Terri R. 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Reid Duncan, Jo, & Jessica Robertson Shelley Roerslev Lori Rogers Terry Rogers Chris & Gine Rose Arlene Rosine Anne & Brian Ross John Russell Susie Russo Pina Russo Daljit Sadhra Shirley Sallis Ayla Salyn Isao Sanami Morrill Sheila Schaetzle John & Antje Schnurrenberger Matthew Schust Marie Scott Shirley & Dwane Scott Tricia Sellmer Sandra Seymour Alan Shaver Jewell Shaw Elizabeth Sigalet Arjun Singh Manju & Gur Singh David Skelhon Ted Smith Shirley Smith Delores Smith Lyn Richards & Peter Smith Edna Snider Tersia Snyman Peter Som Margaret Sparks Dr. J.W. Spragge Megan St. Michael Dr. M. Colleen Stainton These are members who have renewed their membership or taken out a new membership with us in 2014 (as of Nov. 15). These members have agreed to have their names published. If your name is not here, we would love to add it. Visit or call us today at 250-377-2400 or kag.bc.ca/supportus.htm for your membership. 23 Member Information Donations Surprisingly affordable, a one-year membership includes: The Kamloops Art Gallery is a registered charity and not-for-profit society. Your tax-deductable gift augments funds received through government grants to support the KAG programs. Approximately 7% of the KAG’s operating budget is generated from individual and corporate donations and sponsorships from friends of the Gallery just like you. • FREE general admission to all exhibitions • Two FREE admission passes for you to share • Gallery Guides mailed directly to you • Invitations to opening receptions mailed to you • FREE admission to select events • Discount on Studio Programs • 10% discount at The Gallery Store • Discount on KAG fundraising event tickets • Borrowing privileges from KAG’s Hugh Hanson Davidson Library • Voting privileges at the Annual General Meeting Memberships Individual Family Director’s Circle Senior (62+) Senior Couple Artist Student $35 $65 $150 $20 $35 $25 $20 Discount for out-of-town memberships Memberships 25% off at exhibition openings For new or renewing memberships, visit or call the Gallery at 250-377-2400 or online at kag.bc.ca/supportus.htm Please consider: • A donation to our annual campaign • A monthly pledge for as little as $5/month • A donation to the Kamloops Art Gallery Endowment Fund You may want to consider planned or deferred gifts, such as a bequest, life insurance, publicly traded shares, property and so on. Please contact the Gallery for more information or to discuss your plans. Your inquiry will be handled in a confidential manner. Sponsorships Sponsorships are a great way to support the arts and position your company with our audiences. Sponsorships are not only crucial to the Kamloops Art Gallery’s ability to operate effectively, they also provide businesses the opportunity to support the arts while promoting their brands, products or services to our patrons. The Kamloops Art Gallery has many opportunities for involvement in line with your areas of interest. Call Margaret Chrumka, Manager of Operations, for details at 250-377-2400. kag.bc.ca/supportus.htm Your generosity helps to enhance the cultural fabric of our community. Thank you! 24 Redefining RESEARCH Passion: defining Quality of Life in Small Cities. Practice: involving undergraduates in his research. What defines ‘quality of life’ in a small city like Kamloops? By tackling this question, Gilles and his students are building a better knowledge base for small cities to plan ahead. Why? Because this is TRU. And you can do that here. GILLES’ STORY tru.ca/gilles 101 - 465 Victoria Street Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C 2A9 kag.bc.ca T: 250-377-2400 F: 250-828-0662 E: [email protected] KamloopsArtGallery @ArtsInKamloops Gallery Hours Monday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Sunday and Holidays Closed Free admission every Thursday sponsored by BCLC Office Hours Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Admission Gallery members and children under 6: FREE Adults: $5 Families: $10 Students & Seniors: $3 Groups of 10 or more: $3 each Wheelchair accessible Wheelchair available courtesy of MEDIchair Underground parking available Newsletter design by Pulse Group Printed by WestKey
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