Art Gallery

On now at CBU Art Gallery:

Sense of Place

March 20 - June 8, 2012

Developed and circulated by the Windsor Printmaker's Forum

Libby Hague, Everything Needs Everything: Rehearsal for Disaster, Woodcut on Okawara, 2005-2007

Sense of Place: About the Exhibition

Sense of Place is a cross-border print exhibition organized and circulated by the Windsor Printmaker's Forum and juried by Iain Baxter&, Nancy Sojka (Curator, Detroit Institute of Arts) and James Patten (Director, McIntosh Gallery). The show brings together works by 36 artists from Canada and Michigan exploring the theme of place through printmaking. Ranging across traditional print techniques on traditional surfaces (such as monotypes, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and silkscreens) to digital prints and found objects, the show maps out the broad field of contemporary printmaking practice.

Listen to Patricia Coates, artist and president of the Windsor Printmaker's Forum discuss the exhibition at CBU Art Gallery on Information Morning.

Listen to Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci and Iain Baxter& discuss the exhibition on Mainstreet Cape Breton.

See Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci and Iain Baxter& at some of the proceedings from our opening events. Sense of Place

Sense of Place Artists

Joseph Banh, Nadine Bariteau, Mark Bovey, Yael Brotman, Dacia Celeste-Fauth, Patricia Coates, Meena Dhar, Lisa Driver in collaboration with Milky Way, Christopher Durocher, Erik Edson, Joel Fullerton, Sue Gordon, Dieter Grund, Libby Hague, George Hawken, Liz Ingram, Hannamari Jalovaara, Melody Krauze, Bill Laing, Tara Lynn MacDougall, Judy Major-Girardin in collaboration with Briana Palmer, Adam Medley, John Montminy, Rory O’Connor, Gary Olson, Terry O’Reilly, Kenneth Pattern, Shannon Phair, Dianna Rae Borel, Victor Romão, Carol Rowland-Ulmann, Dan Steeves, Michele Tarailo, Susan Turner, Terry Vatrt.

Events

Opening Reception & Special Event

March 20,2012  6:00 - 9:30pm

An Evening with Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci and Iain Baxter&

Join us for a special evening presentation with three Canadian cultural icons as they help us to celebrate the opening of Sense of Place: A Cross Border Exhibition at the Cape Breton University Art Gallery.

From 6:00pm - 8:00pm attend a lively exchange between MacLeod, Ricci and Baxter& at the Boardmore Theatre. The authors will read from their award-winning works, and Baxter& will discuss his career as a celebrated international conceptual artist. This will be followed by a panel discussion about the themes in Sense of Place, for which each contributed to the exhibition catalogue.

The presentation will be followed by an opening reception and book signing from 8:00-9:30pm in the CBU Art Gallery. Meet the special guests and see the exhibtion. Works by Ricci and MacLeod and Sense of Place exhibition catalogues will be available for sale.

Free event. Everyone is welcome.

Special Presentation

Wednesday March 21, 2012  1:00- 3:30pm

Join us for a special presentation for artists, writers, readers and students! March 21 from 1:00pm-2:30pm at the Boardmore Theatre, Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci and Iain Baxter&will enlighten audiences with readings and a discussion about creativity, art, place and identity. The discussion will be followed by an informal viewing of the exhibition between 2:30pm-3:30 pm at the CBU Art Gallery. Light refreshments will be served.

Free event. Everyone is welcome.

09.29.2012

6:58pm-11:58pm

Lumière 2012

A free annual night time celebration of the arts, Lumière takes audience engagement to new levels. For one night only, the festival transforms downtown Sydney into a nucleus of creativity, bringing together theatre, dance, music, visual art and fine craft for one and all to enjoy. Lumière provides a platform for our different communities to collaborate, and presents Cape Breton artists in a whole new light.

The application package for Lumière 2012 is now available at www.lumierecapebreton.ca

Visual Arts Nova Scotia Workshops:

The VANS Public Art development workshops will begin on March 29th with a workshop on Public Art Proposals. This workshop coincides with the deadline for applications to Lumiere (April 30th) and Nocturne: Art at Night 2012 (April 13th).  The proposals workshop will go through the application guidelines for both festivals and help the workshop participants develop and present their project proposals, discussing strategies that will assist them in articulating clear and achievable goals.  

Following a thorough understanding of what is required in a public art proposal VANS will offer a workshop on Public Art Commissions on April 5th.  The Commissions workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of the commissioning process, including discussing public art contracts, liability issues, copyright, art production, negotiations with stakeholders, as well as delivery and installation of artwork.

VANS will be offering both workshops in Halifax and which will be networked to a satellite location in Sydney, Cape Breton at Cape Breton University Art Gallery  For more information or to register, visit http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/workshop-registration-fees/.