Artists Exposed!!!!

Featuring some of the first year students of Fine Arts Studio

Rebecca Collins

Jenni Glen

Dian D. Jiang

Agnes Mac

Drew Mason

Group Show feat 2nd year Fine Art Students

freshly MADE

An exhibition by the graduating students of The Fine Arts Studio Program

The Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College

Hang Man Gallery

756 Queen Street East (north side of Queen, east of Broadview). March 30 to April 4.

Open 12-5 PM, Tuesday - Sunday, closed Good Friday

Opening: Thursday April 1, 7 to 9pm (after party details below)

For info: David McClyment 416 289 5000 x 8500

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THE IN CROWD

Every Thursday: Motown, Soul, Beat, Swinging Pop, R&B

Cover is FREE for anyone that says they are with the hang man gallery or shows a student card

Doors open at 10 pm

$4 Drinks Until Midnight

567 queen street west

COME PARTY WITH THE ARTISTS

For more information : http://www.tattoorockparlour.com/?p=659

COMING SOON - Gallery Shows from Centennial

DOODLE MASTERPIECE: A fundraiser for the Fine Arts Studio Program. Hundreds of masterpieces on 3” post-it notes. Each one ONLY $2. Big Celebration Blast: Wednesday, March 24, 7 to 9. Corridor Gallery, The CCC. Bring everyone whom you know, and even some whom you don`t!!

RE GENERATION: Exhibition of the fabulous work by the First Year students in the Fine Arts Studio Program. Opening: Thursday, March 25. 7 to 9. The Gallery at Centennial at Wallace Studios. 258 Wallace Ave. (just nw of Bloor & Lansdowne). Come and join the celebration!!

EXPOSED!!

"Self Portrait" (2009)

By James Okore

Medium: Oils on canvas

Contact: james_johnokore@yahoo.ca

"Untitled Still life" (2009)

By James Okore

Medium: Oils on canvas

Contact: james_johnokore@yahoo.ca

"Flower Dance" (2009)

By Rebecca Collins

Abstract lily design

Medium: Oil painting with Acrylic stained background

Contact: collective_poet@hotmail.com

"Rebecca's portrait" (2009)

By Sarah Engel

Medium: Watercolours

Contact: sarahengel@rogers.com

"Caitlin's portrait"

By Caitlin Moran

Medium: Pen & Photoshop

Contact: caitlin.moran@live.ca

Rebecca Collins

ARTIST STATEMENT

Recently I’ve found that I have an interested in working with digital.

Programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are where my main curiosity lays. The possibilities are endless when using computer programs to create it is easy to undo mistakes, and I don’t feel constrained by the medium.

These are some examples of my most recent experiments using Photoshop. The pieces are Bloom and Blast, I have actually a whole series of photos but these happened to be my favourite. The pictures were taken at the St James Cemetery during the summer. I used different filters, played with the colours, contrast and softness.

The poster is another personal project which was made using Illustrator. I do have more poster designs that I’m working on when I can find the time.

Along with my cemetery series I have been working on a series I called Colour Me. I use pictures that I have taken and alter them a lot more then in the previous images. Domer is my favourite work in the group.

Jenni Glen

Titles: I break in two over you/Of coarse I see you I do (2009)

This piece was inspired two songs called "autumn's monologue" and "the fiction we live" by From Autumn To Ashes. "The fiction we live" is in response to " Autumn's monologue"

Originally I started out with two different paintings, I was trying to live vicariously through these songs to help me get over a really bad time. So I painted two separate paintings to illustrate the different perspectives of these charaters.And they fit so well together, because they belong together. Its a bitter sweet love story. Where one loves another but feels unnotticed, but the other actually does notice them.

If we were to separate the paintings the story is this..

I break in two over you (2009)

Atumn's Monologue

Oh why can't I be what you need?

A new improved version of me

But I'm nothing so good

No, I'm nothing

Just bones, a lonely ghost burning down songs

Of violence of love and of sorrow

I beg for just one more tomorrow

Where you hold me down, fold me in

Deep, deep, deep in the heart of your sins

I break in two over you, oh

I break in two

And each piece of me dies

And only you can give the breath of life

But you don't see me, you don't

Here I'm pinned between darkness and light

Bleached and blinded by these nights

Where I'm tossing and tortured 'til dawn

By you, visions of you then you're gone.

The shock bleeds the red from my face

When I hear someone's taken my place.

How could love be so thoughtless, so cruel?

When all, all that I did was for you

Of coarse I see you I do (2009)

and in response, the other painting's story would be..

The fiction we live-From Autumn To Ashes

You might be just what I need

No I would not change a thing

Been dreaming of this so long

But we only exist in this song

The thing is, I'm not worth the sorrow

And if you come and meet me tomorrow

I will hold you down, fold you in

Deep, deep, deep in the fiction we live

I break in two over you

I break in two

And if a piece of you dies

Autumn, I will bring you back to life

Of course I see you

I do.

Title: Lonely and The Octopus (2007)

Also, my pride and joy! Lonely was my first stencil and the octopus is just always there.

Lonely is my mermaid, and the octopus or "Skully Fish" is her comrad in this story.

Medium: acrylic + stencil + cardboard

Title: You are capable of finding philosophical meaning in everyday life(2007)

When I was at Durham College, Sean Mcquay my prof. and bro:P gave us this hectic assignment. He brought in fortune cookies. The title of this piece was my fortune, and thats when I created the treeheart.

I started off thinking about trees and autumn, and I always thought that when the leaves fall, some sort of nervous system was revealed, it was as if nature was baring it's self to us. Sean and I often compared ideas and theory's about naked forest's looking like a nervous system and that lead to phiolsophical disgussions about life and connections and our connection to nature, thus we have tree heart!

Medium: acrylic + cardboard

Drew Mason

As an artist I attempt to express the struggles that we as humans experience on a day to day basis. Whether it is emotional, mental or physical I find that what we go through words alone can’t scratch the surface of how we feel. Those mental battles that pit logic and reason against our emotional nature, dealing with these situations and how we view ourselves in those circumstances is what I try to elaborate through my artwork.

Stuck in my own head again…

Acrylic on canvas board, the title is pretty much the gist of things. More often than not I’m stuck in my head were I perpetuate the negative feelings surrounding my life, here I tried to show the claustrophobia I find within my own head.

Totem of self separation

Acrylic on canvas. When analyzing myself I tend to separate certain aspects of myself, and emotions to make wading through my thoughts easier. But since when has the easy thing been the right one. I’m in constant conflict whether to separate the undesirable parts of myself to ease things, or to accept to whole picture which usually tends to be an ugly one.

Untitled

Acrylic on paper. There is a direct connection between our mental and physical well being. Sometimes you get the worst of both worlds.

Dian D. Jiang

I enjoy still lfe working. Like most of the artists my painting based on my drawing skills. I am interested in the turning of lines and the delicate changing of lights.

Pencil & sketching paper/ 8’’x12’’

This banana shows a describing of depth by two dimensions.

Pencil & sketching paper/ 10’’x16’’

The whole setting is in one color, the eggs, the bowl and the cloth are white. They make up a pure gray tone with shadow and light.

Pencil & sketching paper/ 16’’x22’’

The weight of apple is alway a good example for volume learning in drawing.

Agnes Mac

Agnes Mac born Agnieszka Maczynska; Polish painter raised in Szczecin she moved to Canada in the early 1990’s. After attending the University of Toronto where she studied linguistics and theology Mac returned to her original passion and began her study in the arts. Initially inspired by Jean Dubuffet (Art Brut) Agnes continues to experiment with style that closely references abstract expressionism. Her work is typically full of colour and texture and her current subject deals with what it means to be woman; depiction and deception. At the moment Mac is working on a body of work to be viewed at the Wallace gallery in down town Toronto as a part of a collective exhibition.

Woman Loved, 40x30, acrylic on canvas

Faces of the past, 48x24, acrylic on canvas

Grounded, 50x40, acrylic on canvas (the red painting)

CALL FOR ENTRY

CALL FOR BEAUTY: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery’s next exhibition is interactive! Wants your hand written (NOT word processed) analysis of what is beautiful to you. To be incorporated into upcoming exhibition “Browsing Beauty” created by artists Andrea Sunder-Plassman and Sigi Torinus. Check: www.browsingbeauty.com Send to: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 72 Queen St., Civic Centre, Oshawa, ON L1H 3Z3. For info: Linda Jansma, Curator of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, ljansma@rmg.on.ca; (905) 576-3000. ASAP

COLOURGENICS / IX GALLERY: Seeking emerging photographers for a collective. Max. 3 images per Artist. Up to 6 JPEGs / weblink. Works should relate as a mini-series. March 11th, 7- 9 PM. For info: Paula; paula@colourgenics.com / http://www.colourgenics.com/ixgallery ASAP

GALLERY 1313: artist run centre in Parkdale (Queen West) seeks new members. For info: Phil Anderson, director@g1313.org; www.g1313.org ; (416) 536 6778. ASAP.

GALLERY 888: Queen East, Toronto. Seeking proposals for spring 2010 exhibitions. Sculpture, photography & painting. For info: lizruss888@aol.com; www.gallery888.com; (416) 462 9930. ASAP.

HAMILTON WATERFRONT WINGFEST: Hamilton. Seeking artists, artisans as well as fair trade businesses that support artisans to apply to participate in the festival. 50,000-75,000 attendees. Will have an original Art Show and Market. Rain or shine June 11 - June 13 @ Pier 8 located on 47 Discovery Drive. Media categories are not necessarily limited to; decorative arts, painting, watercolour, drawing, printmaking, photography, computer generated work, sculpture, mixed media & design. Application fee: $150 - $300 per artist & $75 - $150 for full time art students. Double booth rentals are available & sharing is permitted. More info: www.hamiltonwaterfrontwingfest.com. Contact Julia Veenstra, Event Co-ordinator (905) 525 4498 ext. 23 / Fax: (905) 5404498. Also be accepting applications for installation art. To be installed & left on the premises for the entire show. Fees will be reduced for this. ASAP.

LEIGHTON ARTISTS COLONY: The Banff Centre. Self-directed Arts Residencies. 9 studios. Applications are accepted from artists of a variety of disciplines: writers, composers, singer-songwriters, visual artists, screenwriters, playwrights, literary translators, curators, art theorists, and professionals working in theatre, dance and film at the conceptualization or research stage of a project. Acceptance is based on an application/adjudication process. For info: arts_info@banffcentre.ca; www.banffcentre.ca/leightoncolony ; Phone: 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989 ASAP

*NEW* GALLERY: artist-run gallery, Queen West. Seeks photo submissions for 3 week rental during CONTACT 2010, May. Also, seeks new members. For info: www.newgallery.ca ; (416) 588 1200. ASAP.

ONE OF A KIND SPRING SHOW: Invites artists & craftsperson working in different mediums to showcase & sell their works. March 31 – April 4. For info: Valérie Roy: 416-960-4514; apply@oneofakindshow.com; www.oneofakindshow.com/apply. ASAP

THE STUDIOS AT HOTEL HAMILTON: Newly renovated, studios ready for viewing. Seeking tenants; 1-5 yr term, rates start $375 / month. For info: (905) 548 0111; www.thestudiosathotelhamilton.com; rental@imperialcottoncentre.com ASAP

ART WORKS ART GALLERY: Toronto. For info: (416) 766 0662. info@artworksartschool.com. Solo exhibition proposals: Deadline: March 16.

TO COOL FOR SCHOOL: Harbourfront Centre. May 8. Calling all dreamers, inventors, original thinkers, adventurous tinkerers, mad scientists & misunderstood artists, anyone with an over-active imagination & love/hate relationship with the so-called "real world" - we want to meet you and your pet project at the Art & Science Fair. Participants will be selected on the basis of originality, depth of inquiry, creative innovation & the element of surprise. More info: www.artandsciencefair.ca Deadline: March 26 Also coming soon - 5 Participants from the fair will be chosen to develop their projects further at the York Quay Galleries. Fall 2010. Contact Sally McKay @ info@artandsciencefair.ca

EDMONTON POLICE SERVICE SOUTHWEST DIVISION PUBLIC ART PROJECT: Edmonton. Spring 2011. Open to all Canadian & international artists. Budget $150,000 CAD (max, all inclusive). More info: (780) 424 2787, publicart@edmontonarts.ca / publicart.edmontonarts.ca/calls. Deadline: March 29, 4:30 pm.

ELLERSLIE FIRE STATION PUBLIC ART PROJECT: Spring 2011. Open to all Canadian visual artists, is held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide & Encourage Art in Public Areas”. Budget: $49,928 CAD (max, all inclusive). More info: (780) 424 2787, publicart@edmontonarts.ca / publicart.edmontonarts.ca/calls.
Deadline: March 29, 4:30 pm.

QUESNELL BRIDGE/WHITEMUD FREEWAY PUBLIC ART PROJECT: Edmonton. Spring 2011 Open to all Canadian & international artists. Budget $592,500 CAD (max, all inclusive) More info: (780) 424 2787, publicart@edmontonarts.ca / publicart.edmontonarts.ca/calls. Deadline: March 29, 4:30 pm.

KLONDIKE INSTITUTE OF ART & CULTURE: Dawson City, Yukon. Has two calls. One for gallery exhibitions; and one for 4-12 week residencies. For info: www.kiac.ca. Deadline: April 1.

RED HEAD GALLERY: Commercial co-operative at 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto. Seeks new members. Send a letter of interest, CV, artist statement, visual documentation of your practice (no originals please), and a SASE. The current members review submissions. Full members pay $155/month and get a solo show approximately every 18 months. Half-members pay $77.50 per month and get a solo show approximately every 36 months. For info: art@redheadgallery.org; 416 504 5654. Deadline: April 1.

SUNNYSIDE BEACH SHOW & SALE: Sunnyside Pavillion, Lake Shore Blvd. May 28-30. Open Doors Weekend. The Annual Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show & Sale is a 3 day art event that takes place in the historic Sunnyside Pavilion on Toronto’s waterfront. Provides showcase for 75 emerging & established artists. Features painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, alongside live music, art performances & art installations. All sales are commission-free. Winner receives $1,000 in cash. Send samples your work (a web link / no more than 10 imgs), a bio max 80 words & C.V. (416) 622 7077, sunnysideartshow@gmail.com / www.artinitiatives.ca Deadline: April 5

ARTFEST: Esplanade Park, Pickering. Sat May 29. Artists wanted to outdoor show & sale of original works. For info: (905) 420 4620; www.cityofpickering.com/greatevents. Deadline: April 12.

SCULPTORS SOCIETY OF CANADA (SSC): 15th Annual Juried Graduating Sculpture Student Exhibition. June 9-July 9, 2010. For Info / application forms - gallery@cansculpt.org / (647) 435 5858 ; gallery@cansculpt.org ; www.cansculpt.org Deadline: April 16.

SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (SCA): Todmorden Mills, Papermill Gallery. 42^nd Open National Juried Exhibition. July 7-18, 2010. Awards valued @ $4,000. Apply @ www.societyofcanadianartists.com. Contact Andrew Sookrah (416) 968 1732 x226 / sookrah@engineroom.ca. Deadline: May 14. SCA also seeks juried members. Contact Stuart Arnett (613) 715 1439 / stuart@stuartarnett.com. Deadline: April 16.

PRINTMAKING FAIR & PRINT SALE: Cambridge Galleries invites artists / exhibitors to show & sell their work at the annual 1 day Printmaking Fair. June 5, 2010, 10am-4pm. Features works representing all areas of printmaking – intaglio, relief & planographic. Contact jbedford@cambridgegalleries.ca / www.cambridgegalleries.ca Deadline: April 30.

ART IN THE YARD: Elora Centre for the Arts. Seeking artisans working in all media to apply to the 6th annual outdoor art exhibition & sale on July 10 & 11, 2010. More info: (519) 846 9698 / www.eloracentreforthearts.ca Deadline: May 5. Also seeking works for annual auction – April 1-16. ASAP

HOMOPHOBIA & ME: Windsor. Show new perspectives on homophobia. May 17 2010. Max. 3 pieces presented individually or as a series. Each proposal must be presented in a post card format, 10 x 15 cm; 7 axes as a base for your proposals; virtual contributions exhibited online; an art installation; Post Cards must be sent in an envelope regular post arriving up until May 10, 2010. The envelope should be sent to: Windsor Pride 422 Pelissier St. Windsor, ON N9A 4K9 Attention: Homophobia & Me. For info: Gabrielle & Juan Javier Pescadore; pescadorearte@gmail.com Deadline: May 10.

CADILLAC FAIRVIEW AT FAIRVIEW MALL: Inviting proposals for new & existing works that engage the public spaces at Fairview Mall. Works in all media will be considered. Individual artists, groups & curators will be considered. Fees paid for Art Projects: Max. $15,000 CAD for an exhibition project featuring new work. Must submit Artist statement, 5 -10 images of related work, CV & Budget. Materials will not be returned unless accompanied by stamped self-addressed envelope for Canadian / International submissions. For Info: Mary Pan ; (647) 868.6989; mary.pan@sympatico.ca ; www.fairviewmall.ca Deadline: May 14

EMERGING SCULPTORS EXHIBITION: Seeking emerging artists for SSC’s 11^th Annual Juried exhibition. Aug 11-Sept 10, 2010. Application forms: gallery@cansculpt.org; (647) 435 5858 ; www.cansculpt.org Deadline: May 14.

BMO 1st ART: National Competition to celebrate accomplishments of arts graduates across Canada. Significant prizes & recognition. Submit: signed application form; digital images (min 300 dpi); complete description of artwork; artist statement; letter of enrolment. For info: Dawn Cain, (416) 867-5290; dawn.cain@bmo.com ; www2.bmo.com/bmo/files/images/7/1/bmofirstArt.html. Deadline: May 15 (ed note: all 2^nd year FAS students should apply)

DESMOND JURIED ART EXHIBITION & SALE: University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. Juried exhibition exploring themes of small towns & rural living in Canada. All Canadian artists are invited to submit works in any media completed within 24 months of the entry deadline. June 13-24, 2010. Total prize awards: $1000. Submission fee: $20 per entry. 75% of sale price goes to artist. Max 3 entries per artist. Entry form & details @ www.desmondart.com / douglasdesmond@desmondlawoffice.ca; (519) 674 1955. Deadline: May 24 at 5pm. Must be JPG format

CANADIAN LANDSCAPE: Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario. Juried Exhibition. July 27—September 11. Jurors: Laurie Carmount, curator Agnes Jamieson, Virginia Eichhorn, director/curator Tom Thomson Art Gallery & Rhona Wenger, curator Grimsby Art Gallery. This exhibition takes a new approach to Canadian landscape art. Divided into 2 categories, explores traditional & non-traditional landscape art in the hopes of creating a connection between the two as a natural evolution & to inspire a renewed interest. More info: www.mindenculturalcentre.com (downloadable entry form located at the right hand side.). Contact Laurie Carmount (705) 286-3763 Deadline: 4:30pm on Friday, June 4.

ARTS ETOBICOKE GALLERY: is seeking submissions from both rising & established professional artists. For info: Patrice Stanley (416) 622 3699; patrice@artsetobicoke.com. Ongoing.

GALLERY HITTITE: Yorkville, Toronto. Seeks submissions from emerging & established artists. Send hard copies or CD of 10 images, CV, SASE or email a link to your website. For info: galleryhittite@torontomail.com ; www.galleryhittite.com; (416) 924 4450. Ongoing.

JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY: Solo & group exhibition proposals. Download forms @ www.airdgallery.org. Ongoing

LAUNCH PROJECTS: seeking proposals for solo & group exhibitions. Rental fee: $850 / 2 weeks. Ongoing. For info: submissions@launchprojects.ca; www.launchprojects.ca; (416) 364 2475.

LIVING ARTS CENTRE: Group proposals for 2010-2011. Contact Cole Swanson, Exhibition Curator @ exhibitions@livingarts.on.ca; www.livingartscentre.ca Ongoing.

NEILSON PARK CREATIVE CENTRE: Etobicoke, Toronto. Has two exhibition spaces for rent. For info: www.neilsonparkcreativecentre.com. (416) 622 5294. Ongoing.

PROPELLER CENTRE FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: artist co-operative, Queen West. Seeks new members. For info: gallery@propellerctr.com; www.propellerctr.com. (416) 504 7142. Ongoing.

RIVERDALE ART WALK: Hangman gallery. Seeking emerging & professional artists for juried fine art exhibitions on Jun 5 & 6, 2010. artistsnetwork@bellnet.ca ; www.artistsnetwork.ca. Deadline: March 5 by 5pm. Also seeking works for 2010 schedule - Painting, photography, sculpture, watercolour, etc. Ongoing

STUDIO22 OPEN GALLERY: Seeking solo / group proposals. More info / download submission form @ www.s22.ca, contact: (613) 546 7461 / (866) 842 9895. Ongoing.

STUDIO VOGUE GALLERY: Downtown Toronto. Seeks proposals from emerging & mid-career artists for 2010 exhibition schedule. For info: info@studiovoguegallery.com; www.studiovoguegallery.com; Ongoing

TAG ART GALLERY: St. Catharines, Ontario. Seeks exhibition proposals from emerging & established artists. For info: Tom Goldspink, tom.goldspink@tagartgallery.ca; www.tagartgallery.ca; (905) 682 5072. Ongoing.