Wednesday 17 March 2010 @ 7PM
Salon Nights are open to all members, no registration required. Come-one-Come-all! They are free evenings of informal critique and feedback where members are welcome to participate in the salon night. Any PLATFORM member is welcome to attend to receive an crit, or feedback on their work. Whether you wish to present or not, you should come out to add to the dialogue and see what other artists have going on in their studios. Each session is hosted by a different local or visiting artist who will facilitate discussion and weigh in with their own experience.
Jenny Western is a curator, writer, and educator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She holds an undergraduate degree in History from the University of Winnipeg and a Masters in Art History and Curatorial Practice from York University in Toronto. While completing her graduate studies, she was appointed Curator of Contemporary Aboriginal Art at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon where she served from 2005 - 2007. Jenny has curated exhibitions for Urban Shaman, Ace Art Inc., and the Label Gallery in Winnipeg, and has worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Most recently she has held positions as a Sessional Instructor in Art History and Art Collections Coordinator for the University of Manitoba, as well as Adjunct Curator for the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. Of mixed European, Stockbridge-Munsee, Brothertown, and Oneida ancestry, Jenny is honoured to be the 2009/10 Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence at Plug In ICA and Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art.
This next installment of the 2010 series of off-site Salons is offered to PLATFORM members exclusively, free of charge. This is an opportunity to meet with an artist in the studio, to discuss modes of work, and how one series can potentially inform the next.
Studio Visit: Wednesday 13 January 2010 @ 7PM
Space is limited; register asap
To register, please contact Natasha at outreach@platformgallery.org, or call 204.942.8183
Like many contemporary Winnipeg artists, Dominique Rey works in a number of media. She is a painter (in 1999 she graduated with a B.F.A. Honours degree in painting from the University of Manitoba); a photographer (in 2007 she received her MFA in photography from Bard College); a video artist; and a performance artist, one of the founding members of the Abzurbs, a renegade group of artists, musicians and actors who appear at openings and improvise a sort of prairie grown, post-punk Dada-esque opera (http://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/abzurbs.html). She performs all of these activities with a considerable degree of imaginative passion and she often works on a number of them at the same time.
Her practice is to immerse herself in the world she is using as material, whether that means living with exotic dancers in South Carolina for her photographic series called “Selling Venus/Vénus au miroir” (her Photo Essay from this body of work published in Border Crossings won a Gold Medal at the National Magazine Awards in 2005); or spending months talking with an order of French nuns before shooting a video of their lives together.
Rey is a captivating artist, a quality mirrored in her personality. Her work, while it gets inside the lives of her subjects, is never exploitative. This predisposition is what gives her art its breadth, generosity and integrity.
Dominique Rey has had a dozen one-person shows and has participated in an equal number of group exhibitions in both French and English Canada. She has also done residencies in Manitoba, Quebec and New Brunswick. Dominique Rey has been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and the Ricard Foundation. Her work has been reviewed in the Globe & Mail, Frieze, Canadian Art, Border Crossings, and the Winnipeg Free Press. She lives in Winnipeg.
Robert Enright
(Excerpt)
http://www.dominiquerey.com/
Please Note: Dominique Rey’s studio is located on the fifth floor of a building that has no elevator. If you have trouble with stairs, you may want to make arrangements to come to PLATFORM’s next Salon Night, which will be hosted in-house.
Saturday 9 January 2010 10am - 4pm
$65 for user members*
A refresher for those who have been ‘out of the dark’ for too long, this hands-
on workshop covers the process of developing black + white film as well as
making black + white contacts and enlargements from your negatives.
Individualized instruction | maximum 4 participants
Instructor: Brenda Stuart
Participants must bring exposed film, RC b+w photographic paper and an old towel.
Non-members must purchase a user membership to participate ($30/annum).
*Fees include chemicals. Cash or cheque only, advanced registration required, contact the Centre.
When: November 27, 6-9PM + November 28th, 10-5
Cost: $50 for members. $65 for non-members (includes membership)
This work shop will be a crash course in the use of photo emulsion. Photo Emulsion enables you to turn the surface just about any object into a piece of light sensitive photo paper. Participants will learn about the preparation, application, exposure and development of photo emulsion. Resources will be shared to facilitate participants to explore techniques further after the workshop is complete. Materials that will be explored: Paper, glass, brick, fabric, and 16mm film.
Registration is required please contact Natasha @ outreach@platformgallery.org, or 942.8183
Wednesday 18 November | 7PM
Salon Nights are open to all members, no registration required. Come-one-Come-all! They are free evenings of informal critique and feedback where members can bring in their art projects for discussion. Whether you wish to present or not, you should come out to add to the dialogue and see what other artists have going on in their studios. Each session is hosted by a different local or visiting artist who will facilitate discussion and weigh in with their own experience.
Mary Reid is currently the Curator of Contemporary Art and Photography at The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Her primary curatorial interests lie in modern and contemporary art as well as public sculpture, with a particular interest in the investigation of the creative process, itself. On several occasions she has taught and lectured on art and contemporary issues regarding curating and exhibition practice at the University of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, and Georgian College. In September 2008 she became a mentor with Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art year long Foundation Mentorship Programme. She has curated a number of exhibitions and contributed to various publications, exhibition catalogues and magazines focused on contemporary art. Prior to her move to Winnipeg she was the curator at the MacLAren Art Centre.
If you are interested in attending please RSVP at outreach@platformgallery.org, or call 204.942.8183
Print [ART] Swap _ Wednesday 14 October 6-9PM
All members are welcomed and encouraged to attend this Fall Print Swap - a leisurely evening of trading your work for that of your peers.
ANY MEDIUM, AND SIZE, AND SUBJECT MATTER… the more diverse, the better! Bring your photos, paintings, drawings, DVD’s, ‘zines, t-shirts, silk-screens, what-have-you, and trade to your heart’s content!
Refreshments will be served.
This next installment of the 2009 series of off-site Salons is offered to PLATFORM members exclusively, free of charge. This is an opportunity to meet with an artist in the studio, to discuss modes of work, and how one series can potentially inform the next.
Studio Visit: Thursday 24 September 2009 @ 7PM (meet at PLATFORM)
Space is limited; register asap
To register, please contact Natasha at outreach@platformgallery.org, or call 204.942.8183
Sandee Moore is an artist working in a variety of media, including performance, video, installation and interactive electronic sculpture. Her work has been screened and exhibited across Canada at venues such as the Edmonton Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Images Film and Video Festival, the Blackwood Gallery, the Dalhousie Art Gallery and the Mendel Art Gallery. Through her artworks, she proposes to animate social relationships through personal exchange. She just stepped down from her four-year term as Director of Video Pool Media Arts Centre in Winnipeg in order to pursue her art practice on a full-time basis.
Visit Sandee’s website at: www.sandeemoore.com
Please Note: Sandee Moore’s studio is located on the fourth floor of a building that has no elevator. If you have trouble with stairs, you may want to make arrangements to come to PLATFORM’s next Salon Night, which will be hosted in-house.
This next installment of the 2009 series of off-site Salons is offered to PLATFORM members exclusively, free of charge. This is an opportunity to meet with an artist in the studio, to discuss modes of work, and how one series can potentially inform the next.
Salon Night / Studio Visit: Thursday 23 July 2009 @ 7PM (meet at PLATFORM)
Space is limited; must register prior to Friday 17 July to attend.
To register, please contact Natasha at outreach@platformgallery.org, or call 204.942.8183
Aganetha Dyck is a Canadian artist who is interested in environmental issues, specifically the power of the small. She is interested in inter species communication. Her most recent research asks questions about the ramifications all living beings would experience should honeybees disappear from earth. Dyck received the Arts Award of Distinction from The Manitoba Arts Council in 2006 and a Governor Generals Award in Media and Visual art in 2007. Website: http://members.shaw.ca/ahtenaga/home.html
Please Note: Aganetha Dyck’s studio is located on the fourth floor of a warehouse that has no elevator. If you have trouble with stairs, you may want to make arrangements to come to PLATFORM’s next Salon Night, which will be hosted in-house.
Salon Night In Conjunction with Members’ Show
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Crawley will host this year’s member’s show Salon Night. This evening will take place
Tuesday 14 July 2009 | 7 - 9PM @ University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03.
Salon Nights are open to all members, no registration required. Come-one-Come-all! They are free evenings of informal critique and feedback where members are welcome to participate in the salon night that is being held in conjunction with the members show. Anyone PLATFORM member that has submitted work is welcome to attend to receive an crit, or feedback on their work. Whether you wish to present or not, you should come out to add to the dialogue and see what other artists have going on in their studios. Each session is hosted by a different local or visiting artist who will facilitate discussion and weigh in with their own experience.
Sarah Crawley is a visual artist who lives and works in Winnipeg. Her lens-based art practice revolves around explorations into different aspects of memory, identity and communication. She is interested in how memory impacts identity and the non-verbal ways that identity is communicated. Crawley’s generational approach, utilizing multiple photographic processes, allows for possibilities provided by the accidental with each process both obscuring and embedding information. Subverting proper photographic techniques, Crawley creates images that are based in reality but not bound by it and that make visible the photographic technologies used to create them.
Crawley’s photographic works have been presented across Canada in solo and group exhibitions and she has recently begun to exhibit internationally. Solo exhibitions include The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon), Gallery Connexion (Fredericton), The Photographers Gallery (Saskatoon), The Stride Gallery (Calgary), Gallery 1C03, The Floating Gallery, aceartinc and Gallery 803 (Winnipeg), among others. Group exhibitions include The Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg), The Belgrade Cultural Centre (Belgrade, Serbia), The Dunlop Gallery (Regina), Gallery 44 (Toronto), Gallery 111 (Winnipeg), and Open Space (Victoria), among others. Crawley enjoys sharing her passion for photography through teaching workshops and delivering artist lectures and is an active member of the visual art community in Winnipeg.
All are invited to Salon Night at PLATFORM…
PLATFORM is pleased to announce the continuation of Salon Nights as part of our outreach initiatives.
… and even further pleased to announce the following Salon Night will be hosted by Rosalie Favell
Salon Nights are open to all members, no registration required. Come-one-Come-all! They are free evenings of informal critique and feedback where members can bring in their art projects for discussion.Whether you wish to present or not, you should come out to add to the dialogue and see what other artists have going on in their studios. Each session is hosted by a different local or visiting artist who will facilitate discussion and weigh in with their own experience.
Rosalie Favell is a visual artist constantly searching the universe for her true self identity. Born and raised in Winnipeg she currently resides in Ottawa where she is a pursuing a PhD in Cultural Mediations at Carleton. Rosalie received her M.F.A. from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and her Bachelor of Applied Arts in Photographic Arts from the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto. Her art practice has taken her many places around the world. Favell has an extensive record of exhibitions, critical reviews, and awards dating from 1985. She has held many solo exhibitions since 1993, the most recent one Rosalie Favell: I searched many worlds at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003). Favell is a recipient of numerous awards from visual arts funding bodies that include the Canada Council, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, the City of Winnipeg, and the Canadian Native Arts Foundation. Favell’s work is held by public collections of the Canadian Contemporary Museum of Photography/National Gallery of Canada, Canada Council Art Bank, the Indian Art Centre, the Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank, Mount Saint Vincent University, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Woodland Cultural Centre.
