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| ARTicles # 70 - September/October 2004 |
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| David Garneau – Cowboys, Indians, (Métis?) |
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| September 17 – October 16, 2004 Juan Luis Zavaleta – Sacrileges & Blasphemies OPENING RECEPTION Juan Zavaleta is a video, performance/ This exhibition contains mature subject |
November 4 – December 11, 2004 David Garneau – Cowboys, Indians, (Métis?) OPENING RECEPTION This exhibition explores representations of The AGSM hopes to hold a panel November 4 – December 11, 2004 OPENING RECEPTION Through his alter ego, “The Best Man”, Riel Benn is an established, award- winning artist |
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| VISITING ARTIST LECTURE
Rebecca Belmore The AGSM in collaboration with MAWA Belmore’s work addresses history, place, Rebecca Belmore will be a MAWA Deadline to |
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| Message from the Director |
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| Beautiful as our facilities are, it is what actually happens inside the AGSM that brings greater understanding of our community and enriches our everyday lives. Within the central measure of community relevance, artists chosen to exhibit at the AGSM reflect in varying degrees artistic merit, general audience appeal and interest to the professional artist. Upcoming are several solo exhibitions by local artists who individually represent different aspects of the region. Juan Zavaleta, originally from Mexico where he was a recognized artist, is a new immigrant to Brandon. The AGSM is pleased to be able to launch his new career in Canada with an exhibition of drawings, Blasphemies and Sacrileges in September. Riel Benn, a young Aboriginal painter from Birdtail Sioux, will exhibit his series of paintings entitled The Best Man in his first solo show in a public gallery in October. As complement to the Benn exhibit, Calgary artist David Garneau’s exhibition, Cowboys, Indians and (Métis?) will investigate the artist’s recent discovery of his Métis heritage through painting and discussion. Award winning photographer and Carberry resident, Leona McIntyre will present an exhibition of photographs in the Community Gallery this fall. Finally, Rob Lovatt, the AGSM’s outstanding photography instructor, will finally have a well- deserved showing of his own expert work in photography. Yet serving the community’s artists and art lovers does not end with our exhibition program. Our popular Art School offers a slate of courses in all aspects of the visual arts that bring to students the knowledge and expertise of the talented artist/ instructors in this region and beyond. As if that’s not enough, we are extraordinarily pleased to offer a new Art Education program beginning this fall that will work closely with teachers and students in southwestern Manitoba. Barb Flemington, who recently accepted the position of art educator, brings over 15 years of experience in teaching art within a public school context. An established artist in her own right, she is adept at finding linkages between art and learning. With so much to offer this community for all ages, cultures, tastes and levels of knowledge, I look forward to the many old and new faces I will see in the coming months. |
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| From the Art Educator |
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| Hello. It’s great to be here! I have started my part time position as the Art Educator at the gallery and welcome friends and colleagues to come in for a visit. You will have ideas, concerns, suggestions and dreams to share with me. I feel heartened to have this opportunity to work in one of our city’s most important art institutions. As advocates for the arts we can link and connect people and offer citizens an opportunity to reflect and realize their worth and potential. We can model diversity and help build a community with a generous spirit where people thrive.
The art education program focuses on the vitality of children and youth. The arts have become a cross- curricula endeavour that is helping to shape new ways of learning in all subject areas. Visual Arts is central to, and I would submit, one of the core curricula. Children and youth can take skills learned through the study of art into adulthood and apply them to any career and life path they choose. ART Connects is the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba’s School Tour program which brings students into the art gallery where they will interact directly with original works of art. Guided tours of the exhibitions and studio activities in response to what they have seen and heard will form the backbone of the school tours program. I look forward to developing family projects, special art projects and cross- curricula models of learning with teachers and students as we grow the ART Connects program. Our first ART Connects exhibition will be Cowboys, Indians, (Métis?) by painter, David Garneau which runs from Nov. 4 – Dec 11, 2004 . Students will view the humourous and interesting juxtapositions in Garneau’s work and then investigate the idea of identity with some paintings of their own. I welcome opportunities to meet with many individuals and organizations. If you run a daycare, home school, teach or facilitate programs within organizations, please call for tours and studio visits. Phone or E- mail your address to me and I’ll be sure to get a brochure out to you. Looking forward to a year of learning… together. Barb Flemington |
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| Helen Lamont Memorial Watercolour Workshop WITH WALTER J. PIEHL JR. |
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| The AGSM is pleased to offer once again the Helen Lamont Watercolour Workshop. Helen Lamont was an adored and influential local artist and teacher who died in 1993. A memorial fund was set up in her name in 1994 that would allow the AGSM to bring to the region outside expertise in watercolour painting, a medium beloved by Lamont.
Starting October 29, North Dakota painter Walter Piehl, Jr, will conduct an intensive three day workshop that will emphasize his expressionistic approach to water media. Moving against the tradition of nostalgic and representational cowboy art, Walter Piehl work presents the rough and tumble world of rodeos, horses and cowboys with an expressionistic style reminiscent of Willem DeKooning or Jackson Pollock. Students enrolled in his workshop will be encouraged to mix water media with other materials like inks, colour and grease pencils in order to discover the creative potential of the expressionistic style. Since 1970, Walter Piehl has been a professor of Art at Minot State University. He holds a Masters Degree of Fine Arts from the University of North Dakota and his work has been exhibited all over the United States. His paintings have been included in many collections including the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folk Life in Washington, DC, the Phillbrock Museum of Art and the Northwest Museum of Art in St. Paul, Minnesota. A major retrospective of his work was organized by the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota in 2003. This past spring, an exhibition of his recent For more information about Piehl’s upcoming workshop contact Allison at 727- 1036. |
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| Thank You... The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba wishes to express its gratitude to the following members and a special thanks to our dedicated volunteers. |
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| MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS |
VOLUNTEERS |
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| June 2004 Lint Family Penner Family July 2004 Munroe Family Elaine Rounds Sherri Graham Timothy Ray Steve Cassidy Barber- Hacault Family August 2004 Alex Matheson Patsy Michiels Rebecca Chin & Gerhard Ginader Caryl George NEW MEMBERSHIPS |
Artworks Media Event Elaine Rust Giftshop Ev Lacey Gwen Crook Eleanor McCreath Enid Pottinger Mef Simpson Wilma Lloyd- Davies General Kay Cherniski Janet Lambert Steve Lowe Phyllis Zimmerman Volunteer Opportunities Available! Volunteering at the AGSM is a great way for you to put your creative talents to use – and a great way to meet other creative and talented people! Events, programs, the Gift Shop... what would you like to help with? The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba is a |
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| AGSM and Your Privacy
The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM) respects your privacy. We never sell, trade, or loan your information to any other organization. We will use your information only for follow- up contacts, statistical purposes, and to process and recognize your donations and/ or membership. We disclose your information only to our own employees and agents to accomplish these purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted and/ or receive any mailings by the AGSM please call us at (204) 727- 1036 or by email at info@ agsm.ca. © 2004 ARTICLES IS PUBLISHED BY THE ART GALLERY OF SOUTHWESTERN MANITOBA |
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| AGSM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maggie Ramsay - President |
GALLERY STAFF Jennifer Woodbury - Executive Director |
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| Hear ye Hear ye…
U P A N D C O M I N G W O R K S H O P S: |
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| Helen Lamont Watercolour Workshop The Water Vehicle and the Mixed Media World with Walter Piehl October 29, 30 and 31 Friday: 7: 00 pm – 8: 30 pm, Artist Talk Saturday: 9: 30 am – 4: 00 pm Sunday: 9: 30 am – 2: 30 pm Members: $75, Non- Members: $90 |
Gilding in Calligraphy with Pam Heath Saturday, October 2 10: 00 am – 4: 00 pm Members: $35, Non- members: $45 Taking Better Pictures with Rob Lovatt Raku with Jeff Bettle The Handmade Paper Chase with Elaine Rounds |
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