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SUMMARY:Wheel Pottery Classes
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of wheel pottery with Jenna Ross of Jenna’s Wheelhouse. \nThe cost for each class is $35. \nSaturday\, July 23\, 9 am – 12 pm \nOR \nSaturday\, August 6\, 1 – 4 pm \nOR \nSaturday\, August 13\, 9 am – 12 pm \nOR \nSaturday\, September 24\, 1 – 4 pm \nSpace is limited. Call the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol. \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \n  \nAttend Clay Drop In October 6 if you would like to glaze your pottery. Glazing cost is $5 per piece. \n 
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/wheel-pottery-classes/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Suzanne Hill: Hands of the Horsemen
DESCRIPTION:Opening: July 16\, 2-4 pm. Introductions and artist talk at 2:30 pm. All welcome. \n   \nHands of the Horsemen brings together works from different periods of the artist’s long career. Loaned from the collections of the New Brunswick Museum\, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery\, private collectors and the artist’s studio\, this exhibition places the artist’s most recent work in the context of 20 years of her art and confirms her continued interest in the androgynous and anonymous figure.  \nAlways creating a subtle and evocative space from the surface area upon which she works\, Hill’s figures seem to be extracted\, scratched\, pasted\, torn or collaged into being.  In exquisite contrast with her very direct method of working\, her figures are delicately suspended\, poised in time and motion. They are figurative gestures that have agency and exist with consequence. Hill’s figures seem to metaphorically struggle with the singularity of experience\, wrestling as does the artist with existential questions while formally engaging with a line\, an edge\, a frame or their own shadow.  When writing about the body of work\, Singular from the mid 2000s\, Peter Larocque observed that “while we may live in social situations and may interact\, to lesser or great degrees with others\, ultimately\, we remain as parallel singularities delineated by the borders of our own perception and will”. \nSuzanne Hill lives in Rothesay\, N.B. A graduate of Mount Allison and McGill Universities\, she has exhibited nationally and internationally.  For many years she taught art in the public Schools in Saint John.  Her work has been the inspiration for cross disciplinary creative productions with poet Ann Compton and the Atlantic Ballet. Hill has worked tirelessly for the advancement of the visual arts and has had a significant voice in the cultural affairs of the province. She has served on the Artsnb Board\, the Board of Directors of the NB Museum\, and the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation. She was the 1999 recipient of the SHMF Strathbutler Award\, and 2016 recipient of the NB Lieutenant-Governor General’s Award. Her art is in the New Brunswick Art Bank\, the Canada Council Art Bank\, UNB\, NB Museum\, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery\, the University of Maine\, the Governor General of Canada\, the Canadian War Museum and the Department of External Affairs. Recent exhibitions include Unstable Boundaries\, 2019\, Spicer/Merrifield Gallery\, The Work Before\, 2021\, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre and the Saint John Airport. \nSuzanne Hill will give an artist talk at 2:30 pm on July 16\, 2022 accompanied by her long time gallery dealer and friend\, Peter Buckland. Everyone is welcome – Admission is free – refreshments will be served. \n   \n 
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/suzanne-hill/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Summer Art Camps 2022
DESCRIPTION:All camps will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol. This week camps will run Tuesday-Thursday\, or Tuesday-Wednesday. \nCall the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. Space is limited so register early! \nAges 5-6\n$30\n9:30 – 11:30 am \nJuly 5-6 – Art Exploration Camp \nAugust 2-3 – Art Exploration Camp \nAges 7-9\n3 day camps $45\n9:30-11:30 am \nJune 28-30 – Nature Camp \nexplore the relationship between art and nature through fun outdoor projects \nJuly 12-14 – Drawing & Painting Camp \nJuly 19-21 – Art & Drama Camp \nwrite a play as well as creating sets and costumes \nJuly 26-28 – STEAM Camp \ncreate while exploring the connections between art and science \nAugust 9-11 – Art Camp: Fairies & Mythical Creatures \nexplore mythical creatures through drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, collage\, and constructing fairy houses \nAugust 16-18 – Drawing & Painting Camp: Murals \ncreate large-scale collaborative art \nAges 10-14\n3 day camps $60\n1-4 pm \nJune 28-30 – Nature Camp \nexplore the relationship between art and nature\, through fun outdoor projects \nJuly 5-7 – Printmaking Camp – CANCELLED \nJuly 12-14 – Drawing & Painting Camp \nJuly 19-21 – Art & Drama Camp \nwrite a play as well as creating sets and costumes \nJuly 26-28 – STEAM Camp \ncreate while exploring the connections between art and science \nAugust 2-4 – Fibre Arts Camp \nexplore a range of fibre arts including crocheting\, felting\, macrame\, and sewing \nAugust 9-11 – Fantasy Art Camp \nMythical creatures inspire drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, and collage \nAugust 16-18 – Drawing & Painting Camp: Murals \ncreate large-scale collaborative art \nCall the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. Space is limited so register early! \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol. \nChildren’s workshops and camps Camps are eligible for Western Valley Recreation Association Pro Kids funding. Apply online through the Western Valley Recreation Association. One-page ProKids information sheet. \nSpecial thanks to the Province of New Brunswick SEED program\, Canada Summer Jobs and the Carleton North Community Foundation for supporting arts education at the River Art Centre through the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/summer-art-camps/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Kids,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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SUMMARY:Eco Printing a Silk Scarf
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Renata Britez\nRiver Art Centre\, 8746 Main St. Florenceville-Bristol\nCost: $50 + $30 Materials Fee \nFULL. Call the Gallery\, 392-9769\, to be added to the waiting list. \nGet to know the colourful bounty of Maritimes flora by working with fresh plants foraged by Natural Dyer Renata Britez. Natural dyeing can be fun\, but the experience of using seasonal & regionally relevant plants\, as opposed to pre-extracted and imported powders\, provides a real connection to this age-old process. Students will come away with an understanding of natural dyeing with fresh raw dye\, surface design techniques and leave with sample swatches in various sustainable fibres\, a finished silk scarf dyed with local colour as well as informational handouts on how to repeat the process at home with local plants. \n \nRenata Britez is a Textile Artist originally from Brazil and based in Fredericton NB. She is a graduate of the Textile Design Diploma program at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design (NBCCD) and currently taking her Masters in Adult Ed at UNB. Her main interest falls in traditional printing methods and natural dyes. Renata’s work has been shown and sold across the Maritimes. She travels to teach textile workshops around the Region. In the last couple of years she taught in various festivals and events including the Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival\, Edventures NBCCD Workshop Series\, SJ Arts Centre and ALMAG. Renata’s goal is to explore and share traditional textile techniques using natural dyes and fibres. Learn more about Renata’s 2021 Artist in Residency and exhibit\, Naturalis\, with the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/eco-printing-a-silk-scarf/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220604T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220604T160000
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SUMMARY:Acrylic Pour Painting with Ann White
DESCRIPTION:Cost: $40 \nLearn a new painting technique with instructor Ann White. Acrylic fluid art is a very satisfying form of abstract art. There are many techniques in this form of art with unlimited combinations of colours. On May 14 we will be completing a “Flip Cup Pour.” \nSpace is limited. Call the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/acrylic-pour-ann-white/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220710
DTSTAMP:20260504T122136
CREATED:20220219T173112Z
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SUMMARY:Printers Inc.
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition featuring prints by Amy Ash\, Alanna Baird\, Nathan Cann\, Ryan Livingstone\, Ann Manuel and Bob Morouney of Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/printers-inc/
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220506T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220604T160000
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SUMMARY:Clay Workshop
DESCRIPTION:3-day hand building workshop \nMay 6\, 6-8 pm \nMay 7\, 10 am – 4 pm \nJune 4\, 1 – 4 pm \n$75 \nBuild a butter dish\, teapot\, and tiles with instructor Jenna Ross. \nContact the Gallery\, 392-6769\, to register. \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/clay-workshop/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220506T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220506T120000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220319T124244Z
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SUMMARY:Schools' Out STEM! Paper Circuit Cards
DESCRIPTION:Be creative making paper circuit cards (perhaps for Mother’s Day) while learning about electricity. \nAges 7-12 \n$25 \nCall the Gallery at 392-6769 or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nEnrolment is limited. No refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/paper-circuit-cards/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Kids,Programs & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220430T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220430T150000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Art Workshop with Susanne Hansen: Ages 10-14
DESCRIPTION:Ages 10-14 \n$25\, Materials included\nExplore ink blot and watercolour techniques with instructor Susanne Hansen. \n  \nCall the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. Space is limited so register early! \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/saturday-art-workshop/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Kids,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220430T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220430T110000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T212409Z
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SUMMARY:Art Class for Kids with Susanne Hansen: Ages 7-9
DESCRIPTION:Ages 7-9 \n$20\, Materials included\nExplore ink blot and watercolour techniques with instructor Susanne Hansen. \nCall the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. Space is limited so register early! \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/art-class-for-kids/
CATEGORIES:Kids,Programs & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220430T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221108T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T141553Z
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SUMMARY:Closing November 8\, 2022: Call for Exhibition Proposals for 2023-2024 seasons
DESCRIPTION:Update: Thank you for your submissions. The Selection Committee has been delayed. We will be in contact after selections have been made.\nContemporary professional artists and curators with a proposal are invited to apply.\nhttps://mccainartgallery.com/artists/
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/open-call-for-exhibition-proposals-for-2021-2023-seasons/
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220424T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220424T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T205631Z
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SUMMARY:HUGE Charcoal Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Work with charcoal sticks and powder to make a huge charcoal image based on landscape photographs with Stephen Hutchings. \n$35 \nThis class is also being offered Sunday\, March 20\, 1-4 pm. This class (rescheduled from pARTicipate) is taking names for a waiting list. \nCall 392-6769 or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/huge-charcoal-drawing/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220424T160000
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SUMMARY:Thread Painting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of free motion embroidery or thread painting using your regular zigzag sewing machine. Lower the feed dogs and use your needle like a paint brush to create flowers\, leaves\, trees\, weeds\, ripples in water\, etc. You can spend the entire day perfecting your stitches or start a small landscape. Information on design will also be discussed. \nKathy Tidswell combines painting on fabric with free motion machine embroidery to produce thread painted works of art. She also blends innovative and traditional techniques to create unique wall quilts and original wearable art. Nature is a large influence on her work and she strives for realism. Her pieces have been juried into Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Shows (winning two awards)\, Grand National Juried Exhibitions\, Studio Art Quilt Associates regional shows and Ontario Network of Needleworkers Threadworks. Her work has been published nationally and internationally. Kathy teaches her methods throughout Canada and in Europe. In 2005\, she was awarded Canadian Quilters’ Association Teacher of the Year. \nCost $50 plus supplies \nSupply List \n\nZigzag sewing machine and its’ manual.\nDarning foot.\nNew machine embroidery needles 75/11 or 90/14 if you are using rayon embroidery threads. Metallic or metafil needles if you want to use metallic threads.\n7 inch to 10 inch slim (3/8″) wooden embroidery hoop. A regular hoop will NOT substitute. It is too wide to pass under the presser foot. If you don’t have one\, slim hoops will be available to purchase from Kathy for $10.\nYou will be making samples of weeds\, trees \, flowers\, texture in water etc. so bring threads in greens (several shades)\, browns\, yellows\, blues etc. If you have rayon embroidery and metallic threads in these colours\, bring them\, but it’s not necessary to purchase them especially for this class. Instead\, bring threads from your stash in these colours.\nSeveral squares of muslin or plain light cotton approx. 12 inches square and several pieces of stabilizer such as tear- away to back your pieces.\nScissors\, pins\, ruler etc. ie normal sewing kit.\nIf you plan to start the 5 inch by 7 inch landscape\, you will need small pieces for sky\, mountain and water.\n\nRiver Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol \nSpace is limited. To register\, call the Gallery\, 392-6769. \nTidswell’s exhibit\, Colours of Nature\, was at the Gallery May 15 – June 19\, 2021.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/thread-painting/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220423T160000
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SUMMARY:Watercolour Painting on Yupo Paper
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Cathie Johnson \nLearn a new watercolour technique with instructor Cathie Johnson – abstract painting on Yupo paper (a non-absorbent polypropylene substrate). Each participant will complete 1-2 paintings during the workshop. \nClass cost: $45 \nClass from 10 am – 4 pm with a lunch break from 12 – 1 pm. \nCall the Gallery at 392-6769 or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nEnrolment is limited. No refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/watercolour-painting-on-yupo-paper/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220522
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SUMMARY:Frank Allison: Paintings and Drawings
DESCRIPTION:Born in Saint John\, N.B.\, Frank Allison (1883-1951) studied painting under Wilfred Molson Barnes and Maurice Galbraith Cullen at the Art Association in Montreal; John F. Carlson\, Woodstock\, New York; George Elmer Browne in Europe. He worked for the Bank of Montreal in Saint John\, and by 1906 had transferred to Ontario and Montreal. He traveled extensively and found his subjects in many countries. Toward the end of WWI\, he was working for the Bank in London England and was closely associated with Canadian painter James Wilson Morrice. Although he painted a variety of subjects\, he had a special interest in architecture and is perhaps best known for his watercolours. \nPeter Larocque\, Curator at the New Brunswick Museum has observed that Allison is remembered for his impressionist-inspired landscapes filled with light\, mood and atmosphere\, and his accomplished watercolours\, which show his technical mastery of this very demanding medium. \nWatercolour painting has always been appreciated by artists for its portability and in the 19th century in Europe\, when landscape subjects were favoured by many artists\, art exhibitions displayed comparable numbers of watercolours and oils. However\, by the turn of the 20th century\, this ratio changed so that the number of watercolours submitted for exhibitions declined rapidly. In 1925 when the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour formed\, the medium received renewed interest\, regaining some of the stature it had lost. \nDuring the 1920s and 1930s\, the Canadian art scene in central Canada was focused on the Group of Seven and the idea of a unique “Canadian” art. The Maritimes\, however\, held strong ties to New England and Great Britain\, and so it was within this tradition that Allison found himself. \nAllison exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy exhibitions between 1915 and 1941; at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Shows between 1915 and 1939 and was a life member of the American Water Colour Society. Among his solo shows during his career was one for his watercolours at the T. Eaton Company Gallery in Montreal in November of 1933 when The Montreal Star critic noted\, “Mr. Allison’s subjects are principally the streets and buildings of old towns and\, more particularly\, towns in the south of Europe. The pictures are mostly large watercolours\, painted with much breadth and freedom\, full of the gay colour and sunlight of places in Spain\, Italy\, southern France and Morocco.” \nAllison’s art is represented in the collections of Mount Allison University\, Sackville\, N.B.; Y.W.C.A.\, Saint John\, N.B.; New Brunswick Museum\, Saint John; City of Saint John\, N.B.; Milliken University\, Decatur\, IL.; Decatur Inst. of Civic Art; Art Inst.\, Springfield\, IL.; and many private collections. His niece\, Mrs. Doreen (Allison) Tuomola of Toronto has kindly loaned her collection for this exhibition.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/frank-allison/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:With the Grain: Carving Students' Show
DESCRIPTION:Marty by Max Hutchison \nJames Buxton has been teaching carving classes at the River Art Centre for many years. His students have created many beautiful works that we look forward to sharing with you. \nFeatured carvers include: Lloyd Borowski\, Paul Dean\, Arline Gordon\, Wendy Hall\, Susanne Hansen\, Max Hutchison\, Roseanne Hutchison\, Bessie Nicholson Langille\, Mark McCauley\, Judy McGuire\, Scott O’Brien\, and Rudy Stocek \nOpening\nSaturday\, April 23\n2-4 pm \nIntroductions at 2:30 pm
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/carving-students-show/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Intro to Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Photo: JJ Ying via Unsplash \nThree-part workshop with Jennifer Stead \nApril 14\, April 21\, and May 12\, 6-8 pm \nCost: $75 \nIn this introductory series\, you will learn drawing basics including shading\, observational skills and creating space\, putting objects into context. \nSpace is limited. Contact the Gallery\, 392-6769\, or info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol. \nNo refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \n 
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/intro-to-drawing/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220414T120000
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SUMMARY:School's Out! Clay
DESCRIPTION:FULL\, but taking a waiting list \nHave fun with clay! Make pressed ornaments using clay and plants with Jenna Ross of Jenna’s Wheelhouse. \nAges 7-12 \n$25 \nCall the Gallery at 392-6769 or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nEnrolment is limited. No refunds for cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop. \nClass will be held at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/schools-out-clay/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Kids,Programs & Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220327T160000
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SUMMARY:Crazy Quilting
DESCRIPTION:Learn Victorian-style crazy quilting with Cat Candow. Piece together foundation fabric by hand\, and then explore embroidery techniques to create a heavily embellished piece of crazy quilt. \nSaturday\, March 26\, 9:30 am – 4 pm \nSunday\, March 27\, 1 – 4 pm \n$60 + bring own sewing scissors and any special fabrics you may want to incorporate \nCat Candow\n\n\n\n\nRaised in Germany under her grandmother’s sewing table\, Cat took her first stitches at age 3\, attempting to make pants for her Teddy. She learned to crochet and cross stitch around the same time as she learned to read and write\, but with much more enthusiasm. She came to Canada as an exchange student and stayed to study Fashion Design at NBCCD\, followed by three years in England\, making theater costumes and studying hat making. As a multi-media textile artist\, she loves to combine traditional techniques with up-cycled materials in unexpected ways and creating textures too tempting not to touch.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/crazy-quilting/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220305T160000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Lino Cut Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Image by Milena Mazurek from Pixabay \nInstructor: Jennifer Stead \nLearn the basics of lino block printmaking\n\nTransfer a drawing to linoleum\nCarve your block\nPrint a proof…or two!\nPrint your card\n\nCost: $35.00 per person\, all materials provided. \nCall the Gallery @at 392-6769 or email info@mccainartgallery.com to register. \nEnrolment is limited. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/introduction-to-lino-cut-workshop/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops,Teens
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220417
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SUMMARY:Alanna Baird
DESCRIPTION:Radial SymmetriesThis work revolves around the Pentaradial symmetry of a Sea Urchin shell. Pentaradial being a five sectioned symmetry found in nature that revolves around a central point. The simplest example being the Starfish and its five legs. Alanna Baird has been exploring this patterning through several different mediums and dimensions. The printmaking is often her initial exploration in surface patterns. \nThanks to funding through ArtsNB\, I was able to create a body of work in lost wax cast bronze. Using some of my own ceramic work from the 1990’s as forms\, I cast wax into these shapes and then altered the wax by cutting holes; exploring the symmetry as well as the strength of this new-to-me material. The bronze was cast in a foundry in Quebec\, but the chasing (grinding of sprues and polishing of surface metal) and patination (colour) completed in Alanna’s studio. \nThe Calligraphic sculpture in plastic represents a second ArtsNB grant funded project. The initial intent was to use 3D printing to change the scale of my work. Computer design is not something I enjoy\, the hands on fabrication of things is what I love. I became fascinated with a hand held 3D pen\, and the clear plastic it could extrude. Light and air flowing through this new body of work\, shadows cast. Although the plastic in the exhibition is too fragile to sell\, I intend to work farther in this technique. \nI am inspired by what I find on my daily walks on the sea floor\, the inter tidal zone of the Bay of Fundy reveals it’s treasure to me. Treasure to me is not gold coins\, but rather glimpses of things that catch my eye. Part historical – pipe stems\, china shards\, even stone weapons of a very early age\, and part natural environment – resident as well as invasive species included. Often fragments\, shells with their interiors exposed\, sea urchin shell pieces which reveal the complexity of their “construction”. \nI am a materials based artist. I enjoy exploring the material I have to work with. Mastering techniques\, learning how to work with it\, what it’s limits are\, figuring out what I can do with it. I often work with recycled materials. Invasive species like the Lionfish have entered my view. I am currently working on a printmaking project involving the Golden Star Tunicate\, an invasive species along this coastline. – Alanna Baird \nCurated by Brigitte Clavette and Jennifer Stead. \nMeet Alanna\nSaturday\, April 16\, 2-4 pm at the Gallery
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/alanna-baird/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Irene Tompkins: Bouquets and flowers
DESCRIPTION:A celebration of watercolour paintings by Carleton County artist Irene Tompkins.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/irene-tompkins-bouquets-and-flowers/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211003
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SUMMARY:Currents
DESCRIPTION:Deanna Musgrave and Amy Ash\nThe energy that passes through or between us\, the memory of water\, a pulse\, a charge\, a conduit\, a body in motion\, a cycle. \nCurrents links the recent work of Amy Ash and Deanna Musgrave through their shared interest in the poetics of water\, memory and the unseen. Quiet explorations of biofields\, sensation\, and connection resonate from the works that comprise Currents. Watermarks and brushstrokes become tidelines\, evidence of time and transformation brought on by an interaction of forces. \nThrough conduits of both representational form and abstract composition the artists encourage reflection\, interaction\, and personal change. Both Ash and Musgrave work fluidly between dedicated studio practices and social engagement. While Ash creates opportunities for collaboration and shared meaning-making as an act of collective care\, Musgrave works with individuals through energy healing techniques. \nTogether\, through diverse embodied methodologies\, Ash and Musgrave hold space for connection\, reparation\, and transformation. \nAmy Ash \nAmy Ash is an interdisciplinary artist engaged with collective care through processes of shared meaning-making. Her practice flows from curatorial projects and writing to teach-ing\, socially engaged action\, and hands-on making. Blurring the lines between disciplines\, they trace connectivity through the intersections and overlaps between memory\, learning\, and wonder\, to incite curiosity. Amy has exhibited and curated programmes internationally\, with projects commissioned by National Gallery London (UK)\, The NB International Sculpture Symposium (NB)\, Beaverbrook Art Gallery (NB)\, and Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts (MB). She is an instructor with the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design\, writes regularly for CreatedHere Magazine\, Visual Arts News\, and is a member of the International Associ-ation of Art Critics. Amy lives in Menahqesk/Menagoesg/Saint John\, New Brunswick\, with her wife Alex\, along with their dog and cat. Of settler ancestry\, they are a grateful guest on the unsurren-dered and unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik\, Mi’kmaq\, and Peskotomuhkati peoples. www.amyash.ca @amy_ash_ Pronouns: She/They can be used interchangeably. I have no preference.  \nDeanna Musgrave \n“Musgrave’s work has been a fixture in the Saint John and New Brunswick art community for over a decade. Her paintings are immediately recognizable; ethereal and vibrant\, they encapsulate traits that many artists struggle to balance. They are objectively beautiful yet wrought with complex symbolism and capture a narrative while remaining vehemently abstract.” ~Christiana Myers\, “Peer Review: The Best Art of 2018\,” The East\, December 2018\n \nDeanna Musgrave is best known for her large-scale public artwork such as\, “Cloud” (2015) and “Tropos” (2019) whichare both over 40’ wide and part of the collection of the University of New Brunswick. Her works inspire contemplation and are a response to her endless seeking of the unseen\, metaphysical and mysterious. \nEarly on in her career\, she was selected by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 2007 for the Studio Watch Award which aimed at introducing promising new artists to the public and later included in “Off the Grid: Abstract Art in New Brunswick” at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 2014. Her work has been enthusiastically reviewed by the New Brunswick media\, and she has won numerous grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts\, New Brunswick Arts Board\, Mount Allison University and the University of New Brunswick. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University (2005) and a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of New Brunswick (2019). Outside of her artmaking\, she works in guidance through hypnosis\, energy clearing and other mysterious practices to assist. She is based out of Menagoesg (Saint John\, New Brunswick\, Canada). \nArtist Statement – Deanna Musgrave“For visual artist Deanna Musgrave\, art and healing are interwoven. This is why\, transformation is the crux of her work and the reason she found home in Saint John\, [New Brunswick]\, a historic working-class city on the Bay of Fundy. This place possesses energy she describes as having “an ancient quality that brings together polarity.” It is polarities that inhabit Deanna’s vision. Her work is an interaction that seeks unity\, exuding energy in the process\, much like the current transformative renaissance happening here in the old port city.” (1) \n“[Her] work has been a fixture in the Saint John and New Brunswick art community for over a decade. Her paintings are immediately recognizable; ethereal and vibrant\, they encapsulate traits that many artists struggle to balance. They are objectively beautiful yet wrought with complex symbolism and capture a narrative while remaining vehemently abstract.” (2) \n“Often working on the studio floor\, using liquid paints to surround\, unify and pool around areas of information\, Musgrave succeeds in defying a traditional concept of perspective. Her compositions unfold almost three-dimensionally\, enveloping the viewer with information from above\, straight on and below.” (3) \n“Water is the starting point for each of Musgrave’s works. With a blank canvas placed on the floor of her studio\, she selects objects of significance: of sentimental\, aesthetic\, or symbolic meaning\, to place on top of the canvas. She sprinkles\, sprays\, or pours water over the object to capture an impression of the form in pigment. The impression made by the water is like a memory of the object on the canvas. \nUsing water in the process is as important to Deanna as her subject matter. Her world view is closely tied to the power of water and its relationship to experience and memory. Deanna’s work considers and articulates the theories of homeopathy: the ability of water to remember substances once mixed in it; cymatics: the patterns formed when a substance like water or sand is vibrated; and akashic field theory: the theory that information can exist and be transmitted through energy fields. \nThe result is a highly dynamic and fluid expression of memory\, story\, and a deep connection to water. Outside of her art\, Deanna studies and practices dowsing: practiced since the 15th century to locate underground water systems. More recently dowsing has been adapted to locate areas of stress or trauma on the human body as a means of healing.” \nAll aspects of Deanna’s connection to water speak to a single idea: that information\, knowledge\, and experience can exist and be transmitted in many different ways. She believes that revolution can be ignited from person to person and that can happen in many different forms.” (4) \n\n~Shannon Webb-Campbell\, “Arts Higher State: The Vision and Practice of Deanna Musgrave\, Created Here Magazine: Psyche\, Volume 11\, 2020.\n~Christiana Myers\, “Peer Review: The Best Art of 2018\,” The East\, December 2018\n~Stephanie Buhmann\, “New Brunswick Studio Conversations\,” Billie Magazine V.2\, Spring 2017\n~Donna Wawzonek\, “Deanna Musgrave: Stirring Large Conversations with Grande Impressions\,” National Water Centre Blog\n\nArtist Statement – Amy AshMemoryscape I\, 2021: \nSometimes the important places in our lives can define us as much as the people with whom we find kinship. As much as we inhabit places\, so do they hold a special spot\, a resonance\, within us. Specific landscapes\, eco-systems\, architecture\, or townships can feel like a visceral extension of ones self. The attachment could be micro\, macro\, sensorial\, drenched in memory\, or exist within a dream—maybe you’ve been there a hundred times\, maybe you have yet to visit. \nMany thanks to those community members who heeded the call\, contributed a photograph that helped Amy Ash build the collage included in this exhibition. \n“The series Mettle uses copper as both a key material in the work and allegory—its material qualities becoming symbolic of resilience. Copper is a super-conductor of electricity\, and the stan-dard by which all other conductivity is measured. Within my practice it has become a conductor of meaning. Copper is a memory shape alloy. It will always ‘remember’ its orig-inal form\, and\, when pressurized\, will invariably revert to its original shape. Copper is also within our biological make-up\, closely linked to memory dysfunction. When threatened by the elements\, copper will produce a patina\, or verdigris. This greenish tarnish acts as a weather buffer to preserve the integrity of the copper below its surface—an exquisite cop-ing mechanism. By adding copper sulphate crystals both to the metal’s surface and the paint’s pigment\, the crystals continue to grow and morph as they respond to the climate\, a metaphor for personal transformation brought on by external forces.” Amy Ash \n“Touching Visions is an exploration of the body as an archive of sensation\, experience\, and action. The work is created through repetitive labour-intensive and experiential means\, such as stitching\, documenting performative actions\, recording my body in plaster and my voice in looped improvised song. It marks the first time I have used my own image in my work.” Amy Ash
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/currents/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Isolated // Together
DESCRIPTION:Curated by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery\, fourteen New Brunswick artists have designed wearable facemasks as part of the project\, Isolated // Together\, commemorating the cultural impact of masks during this pandemic.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/isolated-together/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210822
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SUMMARY:Barbara Safran de Niverville
DESCRIPTION:Vanitas by the Sea / Vanitas par la merBarbara Safran de Niverville explores the vigour of growth where native plants and garden escapees mingle. Discarded domestic objects punctuate intricate vegetation that seems to hover in the dark ground. The title of the exhibition references the still life genre of painting popular during the Baroque period in western art history. Vanitas portray highly realistic\, symbolic objects such as flowers\, porcelain and silver dishes\, fruits and vegetables. Together on a tabletop\, the objects are a reminder to the viewer of the hubris of mankind and the inevitability of mortality. Barbara has reinterpreted this point of view recognizing in her work the subtle influence of the present pandemic and its parallels to the plagues in Europe during 17th and 18th centuries. She has chosen to include objects in her work that are worn with use\, but seem to possess an aura of their past significance while the shadow land they now inhabit evokes the mysterious resilience of the uncultivated growth found between a beach and a forest – abandoned land that survives in spite of humanity’s seeming indifference. \n“Using a combination of natural and synthetic materials\, my mixed-media panels represent a metaphor for the hybrid quality of the natural world.  I question our concept of wilderness and reveal the flux between Nature and Culture and the tension between growth and decline. My current work explores outcast and forgotten areas of landscape that retain traces of human use.  Essential to my process is experimentation\, through digital photography\, drawing\, and the testing of new combinations of art techniques with industrial products”. \nVanitas Vivace is a short experimental video based on the painting Vanitas Chicory\, on exhibit with this series. Elements from the painting leave the panel’s surface\, become air born and dance to an original soundtrack.  Barbara’s husband Peter de Niverville animated the film with music composed by their daughter\, Abigail de Niverville. It is available to be viewed on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/568608152/bb5d5ef7f8 \nA Prix Éloize finalist in 2018\, Barbara has exhibited landscapes across Canada in twenty-six solo shows and numerous group projects in the United States and Iceland. In 2014\, she completed her Masters of Fine Arts degree at the Art Institute of Boston.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/barbara-de-niverville/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210717T170000
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SUMMARY:Naturalis | Renata Britez
DESCRIPTION:Renata Britez is a multidisciplinary emerging Canadian artist\, originally from Brazil\, who is currently based in Fredericton\, NB. In 2020\, she completed a degree in the NBCCD Textile Design Program and first brought her work to the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery at Small Works 2018. \nNaturalis demonstrates the diversity of her practice\, her commitment to traditional techniques\, ethics and sustainability in her production of materials as well as her artistic interest in working in both two and three dimensions. Subtle stories of her journeys in both art and life are paralleled in the mythic journeys and states she evokes though her sculptures and wearable art. Mothers\, daughters\, strife\, survival\, and conquest hint at the personal journey the artist embarked upon when she moved to Canada in 2014.\nPersephone\, a stylish garment of felted silk and wool\, dyed the passionate red of Brazilwood\, presents a sculpted and embroidered garden. Presented in a wearable form thick enough to warm and protect while referencing a myth of seasonal renewal and a mother-daughter story of compromise and lives lived at a distance. \nMarked\, two wall hangings whose subtle quilting describes the topography and streets of Fredericton\, are coloured by detritus the artist collected on the ground. The works are re-presented acts of discovery\, investigation and agency while making the reality of one’s choices “leaving its mark” tangible. \nMarks and the act of mark making is evident throughout the art in the exhibition as is the colour palette\, derived as it is from the actual colours of New Brunswick. Renata’s artistic training began here\, and it appears that a key collaborator and muse has been the province of New Brunswick. Sourcing and creating natural dyes and paints for all that she creates\, Renata starts each project literally at ground level. \nArtist in Residence\nBetween June 14 and 26\, 2021 Renata has been in Florenceville-Bristol for a residency at the River Art Centre to further her project called Maritime Colours (supported by a grant from ArtsNB). For this project Renata is researching\, cataloging\, and mapping pigments from plants and minerals found in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Supported by the New Brunswick Arts Board and the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery Artist in Residence Programme\, she is working on a series of paintings using natural pigments that are foraged and processed in Carleton County.\nThis programme is supported by the Carleton North Community Foundation. \n  \n \n \n 
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/renata-britez/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Kathy Tidswell
DESCRIPTION:Colours of NatureKathy Tidswell has a long career of working with textiles in a variety of creative ways. Her materials include paint and dye\, machine stitching\, as well as cloth that is found or created. The artist identifies two areas of exploration in the artwork included in the exhibition: Wall Quilts and Thread Stitching. In both bodies of work\, the artist continually turns to Nature for inspiration. \n“I strive to recreate nature’s beauty realistically in my work. Often inspired by my own photographs\, I use hand painted and commercial fabric to create a wall quilt or paint a scene on fabric and bring it to life using thread\, working with a domestic sewing machine. The needle becomes my paintbrush as I move the fabric freely. While my artistic medium is primarily thread\, my painted fabric backgrounds support the production of landscapes and life-like three dimensional images of birds\, wildlife and portraits. My wish is to transport the viewer to a unique place\, whether it is a forest stand\, a beach delivering the glories of a morning sunrise\, or a backyard hosting our joyous songbirds. \nTrees are special to me and have always featured very much in my work. Perhaps I have been influenced by my years working for the Canadian Forestry Service or perhaps it is my love of texture and dimension. Whatever is the case\, trees have offered me many inspirations.” Kathy Tidswell
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/kathy-tidswell/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210704
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SUMMARY:Owen Munisamy
DESCRIPTION:Theme & VariationsThe exhibition includes watercolour and acrylic paintings created between 2016 and 2021. Born in a musical family in Liège\, Belgium in 1987\, Owen  pursued his art studies in England where he obtained his BA (Honours) in Fine Art in 2011 from Winchester School of Art\, Southampton University. In 2018 Owen and his family settled in Edmundston\, NB. \n“During my university studies\, the professor suggested to us that we should seek inspiration from our homes\, our family backgrounds and our surroundings. Coming from a musical family it was thus quite normal that I should look to music\, especially to the sculptural forms of wood and brass instruments and their intricate mechanisms. My first years of painting were thus spent researching and gradually creating an enigmatic musical world with biomorphic forms of musical instruments [blended] with human elements [to create] a universe of extremely rich and varied forms which are organic and alive.” \nFeatured in the most recent edition of Created Here Magazine\, Munisamy explores a form of abstraction that blends biological\, suggestively human elements (which might remind you of the sculptures of British artists Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth) with the geometrical\, hard-edged shapes of contemporary technology. In vivid and bold colour\, Munisamy creates variations on a theme of collapsing and exploding spheres suspended on illusory planes\, within expansive atmospheres and accompanied with surprising allusions to both art and the real world. At any point the artist’s imagery can transport us to the microscopic or to outer space. Another influence on the artist was Salvador Dali and if you can remember his famous melting clock\, you are well on your way to envisioning Munisamy’s biomorphic inventions. Tree trunks\, bicycle wheels\, telescopes\, lines\, wedges\, and the unexpected biological form can all be discovered in these enigmatic paintings\nOwen’s diverse interests and influences include cartooning\, Metaphysical and Surrealist painting. Bold colour contrasts\, strong diagonals and areas of complexity contrasting with passages of delicate colour and light result in images that fuse technology with the human form. \n“Likewise I have always been attracted to strip cartoons by the artists Enki Bilal (for his sombre atmospheres)\, Jean Giraud / Moebius (for his imagination and details) and Phillippe Druillet (for his dark backgrounds and very contrasting colours). Aldo Pomodoro and Anish Kapoor also inspired me\, the first by his spheres with a complexity of details reflecting another world\, the second by his voids that pull the viewer towards the interior. As de Chirico says: “Even that dreams are an inexplicable mystery but even more mysterious are the thoughts that converge to certain objects and aspects of life. \nIn parallel with my oil paintings I use watercolours. I employed that technique to start with as a means of research for my oil paintings. My watercolours are a long search from complex structures to now more delicate and sensitive paintings. My works are progressively becoming more architectural with fewer musical details. I am always engaged in creative research\, always going forward\, always evolving ….”
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/owen-munisamy/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210509
DTSTAMP:20260504T122136
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SUMMARY:Out of the Woods:James Buxton\,Francine Simard Levesque\, Colin Smith
DESCRIPTION:Out of the Woods brings together three carvers from northern New Brunswick who are inspired by nature and share a love of working with wood on a small scale. Their divergent intentions for their work reinforced by their stylistic choices confirm their individual voices despite their common materials and tools. \nJames Buxton\nBorn and raised in Riverbank\, James has been sculpting all his life and has been carving for over 30 years. A self-taught carver James also works in steel\, stone\, and assemblage. Working out of the River Art Centre Studios\, James also regularly teaches a variety of classes.\n“I can’t stop making art – always have – and carving\, working in 3 dimensions has always interested me. I am also a keen observer of nature and the habits and characteristics of birds. Carving the birds starts with selecting the right shaped block of wood\, and carefully forming the body by paying very close attention to the unique characteristics of each species. Looking closely at the shapes inside the animal’s form\, like the swell of the beak\, tilt of the head\, the pattern\, shape and layers of feathers and all the other distinguishing characteristics that each bird has\, I try to capture the natural stance of the bird. In the final colour\, I strive for as great a verisimilitude as possible. Flock\, 2020\, on loan from the Public Art Collection of the Town of Florenceville-Bristol\, is a collection of birds that are common to the Upper Saint John River Valley”. James Buxton \nArtist James Buxton making Ash Baskets \n“I love to work with my hands – can’t keep them still or stay in one place unless I am working on an art piece. I like to think that I am plagiarizing nature with my birds. Making them real”. \nFrancine Simard Levesque\nFrancine Simard Levesque is a self taught artist\, born and raised in the northwestern part of New Brunswick. At a young age she was surrounded by artistic people who encouraged her to explore in every artistic discipline presented to her. Francine started to create with wood in 1985 and now concentrates on sculpture only. \n“It is creating with the beauty of wood that makes me want to be an artist. When I find a piece of wood\, I have no control over what I see. It is the spirit of the forest\, of the trees that speak to me and that show me the human faces and animals I make. I try to keep that spirit alive in the sculpture.  Every piece I make shares the forest spirit and carries the message “Keep the trees alive”\, for the animals and for us.”  \n“The forest is a visualization of my feelings when in the solitude of the trees. It is the softness of the air and the smell of the leaves. It is the coarseness of the bark and the sounds of the animals. I feel it all. I am part of the forest and it is part of me.”  Francine Simard Levesque \nFrancine at work in her studio \n“En réalité\, c’était la sculpture qui m’attirait. J’ai grandi à Edmundston et lorsque je me rendais à la cathédrale de l’Immaculée-Conception\, j’étais fascinée par les sculptures et les détails. Je trouvais ça impressionnant.  Lorsque j’ai appris qu’il y avait un groupe de sculpture à Grand-Sault\, je me disais que j’irais rencontrer ces gens pour avoir des outils et je me suis mise à sculpter avec eux.” \nColin Smith\nColin Smith taught high school art\, theatre\, and English for 20 years.  His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout NB and is included in public and private collections.  For 11 years\, his drawings and cartoons were featured weekly in the Salon section of the Telegraph Journal.  He works out of his studio in the River Art Centre in downtown Florenceville-Bristol. \n“I have always drawn.  Several years ago\, I decided my drawings did not look solid enough on the paper.  So\, I started carving\, to figure out how to give my drawings a sense of weight.  And it worked.  It showed me some stuff about drawing\, by making me look at it differently\, and I grew to really enjoy carving.” \nI work small.  The shape of the wood generally determines what’s carved.  Some of my whittlings look like residue from my distant ancestors.  Some of them look a bit more modern.  They are worked with knives\, chisels\, and axes\, in a very unsophisticated way.  I have found that every cut changes my idea of the project.  I may start out with an idea\, but the wood itself\, by breaking and revealing its shapes and curls \, keeps editing and suggesting.  I never know how the little carvings will turn out\, and that’s why I do them. \nThe Boat sculpture is the result of Jamie Buxton’s misbegotten attempt to pull me into the twentieth century.  He showed me how to use rotary carvers\, and The Boat is the result.  It is a tribute to schools and to Carleton North High School\, the building I spent the last twenty years in.  It is an affectionate good bye to what I still think is the greatest\, and most important\, job in the world.” Colin Smith \nColin Smith \n“Life inspires me. For years I drew people interacting\, in supermarkets and streets.  I drew high school kids\, simultaneously terrified and deeply self-assured.  And I drew thousands of cartoons\, and published some of them in the Salon Section of the Telegraph Journal for a decade – historical\, topical\, linguistic – really anything but overtly political. I have a sketchbook with me always and I draw everything.  It is\, after all\, a way of seeing.”
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/out-of-the-woods/
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SUMMARY:Gordon Dunphy Vessels
DESCRIPTION:“What’s important to try to catch [is] the spirit that trees have\, especially big old hardwood trees\, and if I can catch that and make it look simple … the best forms are those that look as if they just happened.” Gordon Dunphy. \nGordon Dunphy lived on the banks of the Nashwaak River\, near Taymouth\, NB where he had a dairy farm until he turned from farming to embrace the art of wood turning\, making a distinct and significant contribution to New Brunswick’s cultural landscape. The New Brunswick poet Michael Pacey has attributed an “innate sense of mischief as key to Dunphy’s explorations and subversions of time-honoured artistic binaries such as art and nature\, art and craft\, form and content\, inside and outside.” Working with wood all his life\, he turned stumps and gnarly burls into classic vessel forms\, with paper-thin walls and highly polished surfaces\, that maintain the distinctive characteristics of the original material and transcend the craft. \nSome of his most distinctive pieces were created from burls\, “when the cells start to grow faster than the tree itself\, [they produce] a protruding growth on the tree. And often\, not always\, but often\, it’s a beautiful grain in colour\,” Dunphy said. The artist’s ability to find great beauty in a common\, classic piece of New Brunswick nature\, the hardwood tree\, meant that very quickly his art was collected the world over\, and he won every significant craft award in New Brunswick. “He just saw things in wood that nobody else could\,” said Kate Rogers\, previous director of the New Brunswick Crafts Council. \nWhile co-curating this exhibition in 2019\, Jennifer Pazienza observed that “Gordon is a poet whose verse is written upon and within his vessels. The object that stands before you\, the spaces they create carry the poetic imagination of Gordon Dunphy. The poetics that constitute them resonate and reverberate with imagination that comes from the depths and reverie of his daydreams; a place where\, as Gaston Bachelard said\, time ceases to exist\, and space is everything. These vessels ask us to consider ways they influence the space they occupy within the place we find them. They ask us to reflect upon them and our relationship to them\, to engage with and beyond their surfaces and read between their lines and shape”. \nConsidered one of the finest wood turners in North America\, nearly 30 works were donated to the Beaverbrook’s collection in 2009 after the artist died. Many of them are on view here. The collection was assembled by the artist as a legacy documenting his career. “In a sense\, Dunphy curated this exhibition himself\,” says John Leroux\, the Gallery’s Manager of Collections and Exhibitions. \nExhibition co-curated by Jennifer Pazienza and John Leroux and organised by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/gordon-dunphy-vessels/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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