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SUMMARY:Thaddeus Holownia: of a Feather
DESCRIPTION:The Andrew & Laura McCain Gallery welcomes Thaddeus Holownia back to exhibit a body of work inspired by birds. Timed to open on the weekend of pARTicipate Arts & Nature Festival\, the works in the exhibition bring together not only science and the arts\, but feature a long time creative collaboration by the photographer with his friend and fellow artist\, Nova Scotia poet\, Harry Thurston. \nOpening\, artists’ talk and book launch\nThursday\, September 5\, 2024\, 5:30-7:30 pm\nEveryone is welcome\, admission is free.\nThe artists will  give an informal talk about their collaboration\, \ntheir art and the third collaborator\, Gay Hansen. \n\nBLUE JAY\n   Cyanocitta cristata\nUnseen in summer\, woods-deep\,\ncome fall\, you return\,\ncasting voices\, your own\nand others you mimic.\nNot blue at all\,\nyour feathers\nbequeath only blue\nlight to the eye.\nClever corvid\,\nyou may change a life!\n— with a beat of your wing\,\na call we must heed.\nBook Launch\nof a feather is the third book in a trilogy that includes Ova Aves and Icarus\, Falling of Birds. Conceived as a tribute to the teacher\, naturalist\, and ornithologist Gay Hansen — Holownia’s late partner and Thurston’s long-time friend\, the collection combines Thaddeus Holownia’s photography of bird feathers with the poetry of Harry Thurston. \nHeart of the Bird \nThese photographs are of study mounts prepared by Gay Hansen—teacher\, naturalist and ornithologist\, and the late partner and muse of Thaddeus Holownia.  \nA graduate of Acadia\, Gay was a lecturer and lab instructor in biology at Mount Allison University\, in Sackville\, New Brunswick\, for 39 years (1979–2018). During this time\, she conducted labs in multiple fields. Her great passion\, however\, was Ornithology.  \n“I think that it is essential to educate people about birds—they are extremely important in ecological\, environmental\, cultural and recreational realms\,” she once said. “Ornithology is one of the few fields of Biology where citizen science makes significant contributions.”  \nGay was also a talented craftsperson\, notably as a weaver\, and she combined her scientific expertise and her artistic skills in taxidermy\, to create a collection of study mounts.  \nThere is an assumption in our time that there is an unbridgeable gap between the Arts and the Sciences. \nIn fact\, there is compatibility\, even interdependence\, between these two spheres of human endeavour. As Harvard biologist\, Edward O. Wilson\, observes in Consilience\, The Unity of Knowledge: “Neither science nor the arts can be complete without combining their separate strengths. Science needs the intuition and metaphorical power of the arts\, and the arts need the fresh blood of the sciences.”  \nThese photographs would not have been created without Gay’s skills as an ornithologist and taxidermist deployed originally for the purpose of passing on her knowledge and love of birds to her students\, and generations of students to follow.  \nThe feather—described as “a remarkably refined and complex apparatus … that\, among other uses\, enabled highly sophisticated flight”—besides its functionality is unarguably beautiful. That is what one feels when first looking at these photographs\, ‘How beautiful they are!’  \nIt seems no accident that Holownia’s photographs are of breast feathers—of the heart of the bird. 
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/thaddeus-holownia-of-a-feather/
LOCATION:Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery\, 8 McCain Street\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick\, E7L 3H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Indigo & Shibori Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Rothesay NB artist Tzigane Caddell and discover the art of Indigo dyeing and the Shibori resist  technique in this one day workshop at the River Art Centre. Students will learn the fundamentals of these two traditional processes while working with a hand woven linen scarf and an organic cotton bandana. This is a unique opportunity to work with Tzigane so close to home. Registration is full. \nPlease let the gallery know f you would be interested in taking this workshop in the future – thanks! \nMany thanks to he Carleton North Community Centre for making opportunities ike this workshop possible in our community.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/indigo-shibori-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Beginner Printmaking with Natt Cann
DESCRIPTION:The Workshop will he held in the Print Shop at the River Art Centre\, 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol\, NB \n$65\, all materials provided\nJoin New Brunswick artist and printmaking aficionado Natt Cann for an introduction into all the possibilities the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery’s print studio can offer. Over the course of a day\, attendees will learn the technical aspects of working in a print studio including the possibilities for art making that can be accomplished with a press. This session will cover scaled down forms of professional-level printmaking techniques and help you to take advantage of a well-equipped studio\, while giving you the confidence and knowledge to embark on these methods without assistance. \nIndividuals who have taken this class will be able to join Print Making Drop-in that will start in February 2025 because you will be able to work independently to realise your idea. \nTechniques:\nRelief Printing and pin & tab registration \nA variety of Monotype & Monoprint methods; Photo Transfers \nand if there is time\, Intaglio through Drypoint with Tetrapak \nPress safety\, studio maintenance\, and ink etiquette \nWhat you can bring to the workshop:\nAn apron \nLunch \nA design for a 4″ x 6″ lino \nCome with some ideas or sketches for the various prints so you don’t use up valuable time during the workshop coming up with an image. \nBring a photograph that you might want to use a copy of in a print – any kind of photo\, but it can’t be on your phone \nA few tips for preparing your design for the 4″ x 6″ lino print:\nDraw a 4″ x 6″ rectangle to frame your drawing and to make sure it is the correct size to match your lino block \nUse a pencil to fill in the black or solid areas\, trying to keep a 50/50 balance of light area and dark areas \nKeep outlines to a minimum and think about shapes more than lines \n_______________________________________________ \nSorry\, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.Meet the artist Natt Cann\nNatt Cann (he/him) is a Canadian visual artist whose projects of print hone upon the haunting of lands – ideologies and industries keeping afloat Canadian notions of colonial heritage and their subsequent degradations. Natt has ventured across Canada through numerous residencies and exhibitions\, and his recent print projects have been intertwined with a variety of publications\, expositions\, and research grants. His work has been consistently supported by both ArtsNB’s funding programs and the Canada Council for the Arts\, and has provided grant assistance to countless peers. Nat received his BFA from Mount Allison University (2012) and now resides in Moncton\, New Brunswick\, an Acadian colonial city which sits on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi’kmaq Peoples \nHere are some examples of Natt’s prints. Natt works out of the Print Shop at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre in Moncton\, NB.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/beginner-printmaking-with-natt-cann/
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