2880
Feature Gallery
The Feature Gallery at
Studio 2880 is a service provided to our member artists. Member artists
can request a show date and be featured in the gallery for a two month
period. This is an opportunity to be showcased with an accompanying
artist (typically a 2-D artist and a 3-D artist to make best use of the
space), especially first time exhibitors. These are the supports the
artist receives for this program:
- The artist works with
our Artist’s Liaison on all details around the exhibit.
- The Community Arts Council staff sends out the media releases
and promotions.
- The Community Arts Council creates posters, invitations and
sends an E-mail out to all members of the CAC.
- The Community Arts Council features the Artists in their Arts
Notes (a monthly Newsletter).
- The Community Arts Council features the Artists in the Feature
Gallery on their Website for the two month period.
- The Community Arts Council staff helps the artists create an
Artist’s Biography.
- The Artist’s Liaison does the installation of the art in the
Feature Gallery.
- The artists Liaison helps the artists calculate price point for
the art pieces if necessary.
- The Community Arts Council staff takes care of the pricing,
cataloguing and coding for sales.
- The Community Arts Council hosts an Open House evening for the
Featured Artists.
- The Community Arts Council staff helps take the show down and
does a month end payout of any sales made in the show.
If you are not a member
and would like to be, please come into the Artisan Gift Shoppe and
take
out a membership. You can telephone us as well: (250) 562-4526. We
will
be happy to answer any and all questions. Once a member you may also
be
juried for your artwork to be included in our Artisan’s Gift Shoppe.
February and March 2012 The Community Arts
Council will be exhibiting the works of Karen Heathman and Marilyn Hall
in the Feature Gallery at Studio 2880. Opening Night and reception
will be held on Thursday, February 9th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Come
meet the artists and support our local artistic community. Light
refreshments will be served and Studio 2880 will feature 10% off all
Gift Shoppe merchandise.
February 2012 - March 2012
Karen Heathman
While
being an accomplished artist from an early age, Karen studied science
and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British
Columbia. During university she continued to pursue her love of the
arts, studying painting, sculpture, drawing and cartography. Karen spent
ten years working in government before starting her own graphic design
business 22 years ago. Through her business, Indigo Ink Graphic Design,
Karen provides web design and e-business products, and a range of
quality print services: writing, desktop publishing, business
identities, corporate logos, graphic design and illustration.
Karen
took up pottery eight years ago, and it quickly became a passion. She
brings her love of design and colour to a medium that celebrates both
artistry and craftsmanship. While most of her work is functional, she
loves to bring a sense of whimsy and humour to her pots. "I love to make
pots that people will use again and again, and each time have a smile. I
am inspired by colour and form and love to express myself through
that", she said. Karen makes pottery for daily use in stoneware clay
that is durable for dishwashers, microwaves and ovens.
Karen
believes that artists have a truly novel view of the world - a view
that should be valued and celebrated - and she is thrilled be a part of
this innovative community. She is a strong supporter of the arts
community - donating services to the PG Community Arts Council, PG
Potters' Guild, PG Community Foundation, PG Conservatory of Music, PG
Symphony, Coldsnap Music Festival, and many others.
Marilyn Hall
Marilyn Hall is a local Prince George artist. She works out of her home, in her downstairs Art Studio. She was born in northern Ontario and moved to Vancouver at age 10. Over the years, she has moved and travelled, to eventually settle in Prince George, BC.
After graduating from high school, she studied at the Vancouver School of Art, today known as the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She also has studied at the Art Students League in New York City and most recently, she travelled to Italy to study at the International School of Art.
She has been drawing and painting most of her life. Her work is ever changing; using a variety of mediums to create new and exciting pieces. Her works vary in size, from large textured mixed media pieces, to small collections of paintings. When painting more traditional pieces she uses oils. For portraits, she uses pastels and charcoal.
Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Vancouver, Prince George and Whistler, where the abstract pieces are popular. Her paintings hang in private collections in Canada, USA and Italy.
December 2011 - January 2012
The Prince George Guilds
The Artists’ Workshop is a group of independent artists with a wide range of experience and academic background. Their meetings include self-directed studio work as well as guided workshops. Many of the members show their work extensively throughout Prince George, in group shows at the Groop Gallery, Two Rivers Gallery and in the Gift Shoppe at Studio 2880. As a group they can be found at Studio Fair and displaying their work in the Feature Gallery.
The Prince George Fibre Arts Guild, formerly known as the Prince George Weavers and Spinners Guild, has a varied mix of interests, talents and creativity in fibre arts including weaving, spinning, felting and knitting to name a few. The Guild is continually looking for new innovations in fibre-related fields. With work bees, get-togethers, a library, rental equipment and workshops they are continually coming up with new ideas, products and experiences. Even Mr. PG has benefited from their hard work and inspirations.
The Prince George Quilters’ Guild is a highly motivated and talented group who focuses largely on humanitarian work both at home and overseas. Throughout the year they make quilts that get distributed annually to the NICU at the University of Northern BC Hospital, victim services and healthiest babies. The Quilters also have an annual show at the Public Library during the month of May. They are also found at Studio Fair and the Spring Arts Bazaar. With members ranging from novice to advanced they provide regular workshops to hone in skills and learn new ones as well as an annual Quilters’ retreat at Ness Lake Bible Camp.
The Prince George Potters’ Guild has a long, rich history of sharing opportunities, ideas and successes. Best known for their popular pottery classes, the Evening of Decadence, Studio Fair, and their seconds table at the Spring Arts Bazaar, the Potters’ Guild truly bring together those in the community who are interested in the ceramic arts. The guild has regular meetings and demonstrations, participates in Clayfest and brings in other professional potters to instruct members on new techniques.
The Prince George Woodturners’ Guild meets in various homes and workshops throughout Prince George in order to gain knowledge from various forms of disciplines. From the novice to the experienced the Guild includes scrollers, carvers, woodturners and wood artisans. Each month members are challenged with a project that utilizes the skills learned at the previous meeting. They come together for Studio Fair, Art at Work at the PGX, the Spring Arts Bazaar and other community initiatives and programs.
October 2011 - November 2011
Keith Carlson
Keith Carlson fell in love with Art in grade two and wanted to know everything he could about the subject and how to become an Artist. By grade ten he wanted to become and Art Teacher, a wish he managed to fulfill for many years in Prince George. Now that Keith has retired from his dream, he devotes much of his time to producing his own work as well as participating in various Arts Committees and Boards. He was an Artist in Residence at the Two Rivers Gallery this past February developing work in response to the PGSO One Song project. He also shows his work at various events and venues such as the Community Art Council’s Studio Fair and Spring Arts Bazaar, and the Two Rivers Gallery’s Artists in the Garden. Recently, his work has been on display at the DBIA office on 2nd and Brunswick Street in Prince George. Keith is represented at the Studio 2880 Artisan Gift Shoppe as well as The Groop Gallery on 3rd Ave.
The works that Keith will be presenting entitled ‘Line, Colour and Other Such Things’ is an extension of large non-objective pieces in which line and colour are the main expressive tools. Keith finds himself drawn to scenes and objects which are entanglements of colour, shape, and lines. (He finds that the nature of human existence and patterns of living to be parallel in nature to these entanglements). The local area does not necessarily reveal great vistas of beautiful mountains or fabulous architecture. It does, however, present a rich visual display both wild and domestic which has to be appreciated on a less grandiose scale. The vistas of hoar frost filigree in winter are very inspirational. In his large paintings Keith attempts to express the fundamental nature of what he sees and experiences by leaving the traditional object out of the picture. In the present paintings, he returns to the object and explores the power of line to alter and perhaps enhance the expressive nature of the painted object.
Ron Clemmons
Ron Clemmons first studied woodturning at Brigham Young University in 1982 on a two week course which really inspired him to continue his craft. He successfully attended his first Studio Fair in 1982 and has been to countless Woodturning Symposiums, Street Fairs and Wood Shows over the years. Ron has won several prizes at the Northern Wood Forums and was chosen to participate in the 1986 and 1990 Festival of the Arts. Woodturning will always interest him as the number of products which can be made grows with each year. Ron considers himself a Professional Woodturner and he will always strive to improve his techniques and products.
August 2011 - September 2011
Dave Ebbett
Dave was born in New Brunswick in 1955 to a Dutch war bride and a farming father. As the youngest of five he spent a lot of time playing sports and building models. Always restless, he travelled to Calgary and worked in the oil fields as far north as Inuvik, NWT. He began a roofing career that lasted for 35 years and which brought him from Calgary to Vancouver and finally north to Prince George. He retired in 2010 and began to turn his tinkering into a more serious hobby.
Dave enjoys using contrasting grains and exotic woods in his toys. His wood working ranges from boxes to chairs to intricate trucks, loaders, cranes and construction sites complete with construction logs. With his designs getting increasingly intricate with more working parts, Dave rarely makes two toys the same. His work is the product of his imagination and tested for quality by his nephew, who currently has a collection of over twenty toys.
Dave has contributed a great amount of the proceeds of his work to the Tim Horton Troop Coffee Fund for the men in Afghanistan. He also donated the proceeds of his dart boxes to the Legion. Dave's love for his craft and its material is obvious. He is passionate about the wood and always uses different woods to create various colours on his toys rather than using paint to cover up the spectacular grains.
Virginia Cyr
Virginia Cyr began knitting when she was a six-year-old living on a small farm in Manitoba. "I had a very patient mother who taught me how to turn the heel of a sock and put a thumb in a mitt that winter," she says with a smile. "Knitting has held me in good stead ever since."
From planes, to trains, and automobiles, Virginia has used knitting as a way to pass time while traveling. She says her projects have been excellent conversation pieces, as complete strangers will often show an interest in what she's doing. And, she enjoys that the end result is a useable article.
Virginia has marketed her items solely at the Studio 2880 Gift Shoppe and Studio Fair for the last couple of years. In the past, she has taken a part in a number of craft fairs and had a stall at the Farmer's Market.
From simple to elaborate, from toque to felted hedgehog, Virginia loves the diversity of her craft. She says she'd like to be able to focus on producing just one or two items, "But with beautiful new wool and interesting new patterns always popping up, I'm always seeing something different I have to try." She says felting has become a favorite form of her art.
Virginia works from her home in Prince George, surrounded by a felted menagerie of lambs, llamas, owls, and assorted other animals.
Ruth Hansen
Ruth Hansen is a Canadian artist living in Prince George, BC. A native of Denmark, she attended the Copenhagen School of Art for her basic art training. She then obtained a Bachelor of Education/Art from Simon Fraser University as well as a Fine Arts Diploma from the College of New Caledonia in Prince George. In addition to her extensive education she has also had to opportunity to learn under Heather Spears, Murray Johnson, Anne Meredith-Berry among others.
Ruth is accomplished in many facets of the arts though she works primarily as a watercolour painter and fibre artist she is also works in pastel and acrylic. Ruth shares her knowledge with many others by teaching drawing, painting, print making and felting classes.
June 2011 - July 2011
Betty Kovacic
Betty Kovacic, who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria in 1983, works from her birth place Prince George, B.C.
The expression of her unique vision has received acclaim since the 1980’s when her art was selected year after year for the prestigious provincial exhibitions Images and Objects and Artworks. In 1997 her painting “The Land and Dreams” won an award of excellence at an inter - provincial exhibition. Her millennium project “Legacies” received provincial recognition when the British Columbia 2000 Community Spirit awarded her a materials grant. The turn of the millennium saw Kovacic’s project awarded two more prestigious grants, one from the Historical Foundation in a national completion. In 2001, Kovacic was further honoured with the B.C. Interior, North and Yukon’s Today’s Women Award for community enrichment. She received the Jean Clarke Historical Award in 2002, and was inducted into the Prince George Community Art Council’s Gallery Of Honour in 2005, receiving the first Alice Box Memorial Award for both her work with children, and her dedication to the arts. In 2006 and 2007, the importance of her project “A Roomful of Missing Women”, was acknowledged when it received several grants, including ones from the Vancouver Foundation and the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, the Hamber Foundation, and Integris Credit Union.
Betty’s projects have drawn local, national, and international attention. Parts of The Prince George Citizen’s beautiful full page feature on “A Roomful Of Missing Women” were printed in papers all over B.C. The Edmonton Sun published numerous articles regarding the project, while The Globe and Mail featured her art and story in their Globe Report on Jan.11th, 2007. The Canadian Women’s Health Network printed an article on her project in their Spring/Summer 2007 Issue, while the magazine Herizons featured her project in their Fall 2007 issue. Additionally, her work has been included in many scholarly publications and presentations in Canada, France, and South Africa.
Always active in the community, Kovacic has worked as an independent art instructor for over 20 years. She is in demand as a workshop facilitator here and in other B.C communities. She also teaches several courses for the university transfer/ Art Certificate program at the College Of New Caledonia.
Betty Kovacic’s art can be found in numerous private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Art Betke
Art Betke is a member of the Prince George Woodturners Guild and has earned a name for himself with his pierced bowls and wood that has been turned so thin it is as light as a feather. As a creative and innovative artist he is continually coming up with new designs that delight all who see them. His work has been on display with the Woodturners at the Two Rivers Gallery and has been sold at Studio Fair for a number of years.
Art journey into woodworking began in high school. Tools and techniques were primitive compared to today but still, it was fun. At the time most school projects were fairly thick walled but he came up with the idea of turning thin, though not the paper thin work he sometimes does now.
Ever since then he had always planned on buying a lathe someday and around 1980 he did. But the technology hadn’t advanced, he knew very little about the craft and couldn’t find information or people to learn from and, frustrated, he soon gave it up. In 1985 he moved his family to Prince George and soon made the acquaintance of Pat and Ilsa Baker who custom built wood furniture for a living as well as some wood turning. Working in the forest industry he frequently came across birch burls which he gave to Pat and I began to consider giving woodturning another try. But it would be more than 20 years before he did, and then only because his brother was getting rid of his tools, including a wood lathe. By then Pat was exclusively turning wood and he taught Art the proper tools to use and introduced him to the Prince George Woodturners Guild. From then on it was a matter of practice, learning from other woodturners, woodturning magazines, woodturning videos and much more practice. It was also a matter of aquiring a lot of accessory tools. The lathe was just a beginning.
Sometimes a piece of wood will seem to suggest to him what form it should take but most times it’s a matter of fitting his ideas into the wood that he have available. Art feels he’s just begun to explore the possibilities of woodturning and hopes to continue until he’s too old to pick up a gouge.
April 2011 - May 2011
Crystal Desharnais
Nothing is more exciting for Crystal
than to be able to step into a world of color and passion for painting. Whenever there is a window, Crystal will
joyously take it, whether it be in the public setting of Tastebuds & Co
Cafe or in the evening solace of her home studio she will pour out her heart
into her canvas until she feels the Lords work is complete! Her love for God is her greatest source of
inspiration. Her joy and honesty when
she paints is what makes her paintings come alive and feel relatable and so
deeply real even in the abstract pieces.
Each painting is approached with a sense of sincerity. Nothing is held back or hidden. What ever she feels, peace or pain,
celebration or sympathy, all drench the canvas with the same level of
integrity. Painting to express what she
is feeling or what ever God has inspired her to create has enable Crystal to
create unique, beautiful and free from outside expectations art that is like no
other. So many things inspire her work
that one would find it hard to put into a particular style. "My style", she says, “is never
going to arrive! I hope to never land
on one particular way of doing things.
I want to always be growing and changing, learning and letting what I
experience influence me in all that I create!"
Alive Again - The Truth Project is a new collection created by Crystal
Desharnais that speaks to the magnificence of life through the lens of
Truth. This perspective of truth for
Crystal is an examination of her from within and the world around her. Through the exploration of Truth there is an
awakening of life that is provoked that cannot be ignored....
The full
collection of Crystal's work may be viewed at www.blessingsstudio.com.
Jan Rose
Jan Rose has been creating unique, handcrafted jewelry in her home
studio, Roseworks Jewelry, for over five years. Her home and studio are located on an acreage 8 kilometers from
Prince George's city centre.
Designing and creating beautiful things is her passion and she often has
complex knitting and needlework projects on the go when she not making
jewelry. She feels that beauty is good
for the soul and loves making and wearing jewelry that catches the eye. Jan works mainly in sterling silver,
semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, and copper. Their infinite variety of shapes, colors,
and textures always provides her with inspiration. "There is a great feeling of satisfaction in creating a piece
that you know is 'right'. The
serendipity of the often evolving and occasionally surprising creation of a
piece is what makes this art form so interesting. I believe the smallest detail in a piece is as important as what
immediately catches your eye. "
Jan also makes a line of jewelry she calls "Paper and Pearls",
using freshwater pearls and recycled paper beads from BeadforLife, a non-profit
organization supporting impoverished women in Uganda. This line comes with a small card with information about
BeadforLife.
Jan finds the art and craft of making jewelry always intriguing and
exciting, and relishes the challenge of constantly developing new skills and
styles.
For the shared experience of custom pieces that are uniquely your own,
Jan can be contacted at
jw_rose@telus.net, or by phone
at 250-963-9258. Her jewelry can also
be found online at her "Etsy shop", www.JRoseWorksJewelry.etsy.com.
February 2011 - March 2011
Pat Suter
Pat began her journey in photography six years ago when her mom was in a Hospice House dying of cancer. Pat took a compassionate leave from Canada Post and stayed with her mom at the Hospice House sleeping on a foam on the floor for three months. During that time she would take pictures of the birds that came to the feeders they had hung in the window. A Hospice volunteer that ran the hospital gift shop at the time told Pat that she could sell cards with photos on them. After her mom passed away Pat felt the loss keenly, so she brought several photo cards to the hospital gift shop. Her cards were warmly received and her photography took off from there.
Pat loves taking photos and sharing the stories and inspiration behind each photo. She possesses a natural talent for capturing wildlife, birds and scenery at just the right, magical moment.
Jim Rawlings
In 2002 Jim took his first pottery class with his wife in celebration of their anniversary. During this class Jim discovered his passion and has been throwing clay ever since. "I find creating something spectacular out of a simple chunk of clay is a very relaxing way to express my creativity and unwind."
Jim enjoys being a member of the Prince George Potters Guild as it provides him with a great opportunity to get together with other potters and exchange ideas. Jim is continually learning about pottery and improving his skills. He has learned a great deal from interacting with other potters but his inspiration comes through his love and support of his wife and three children.
The man goal Jim has is to create functional ware that also possesses a decorative quality.
December 2010 - January 2011
Ute Wilder - Nature Up Close
Ute Came to Canada in her mid twenties. A wide and varied career path led her to photography five years ago. In those years she has received national recognition for her images, earning accreditation in botanical, landscape, nature and wildlife photography with the Professional Photographers of Canada.
Ute's pursuit of excellence and her passion for Fine Art Photography finds her always refining her craft.
Hugh Perkins & Kathy Juncker - Forest Felters
Together Hugh Perkins and Kathy Juncker create the Forest Felters. Inspired from the Ancient Cedar forest that surrounds their home and studio in Dome Creek the Forest Felters create unique and innovative felted wall hangings, throws and clothing.
All their products are made from natural fibers. The principal fiber for felting is wool (sheep fiber). Microscopic scales on the kinky woll fiber open when they are moistened with warm, soapy water. These scales interlock with other fibers forming the dense fabric we call felt. Other natural fibers such as Angora goat, rabbit fleece, llama, alpaca, camel, silk worm fiber and plant fiber like cotton, linen and bamboo can be added to the felt and will be bound with the wool fibers. The soft wool from Merino sheep is the finest wool for felting and is the principal fiber in most of their products.
October 2010 - November 2010
Maureen Hamilton
Mo Hamilton employs fabric, collage and printmaking to weave personal narratives to communicate an inward vision into her mixed-media paintings and found object assemblages. Text appears in her paintings and often a phrase of word will inspire an image to be painted. Recurring symbols and motifs show up in her work such as houses, birds, cows, cats and still-lives with bowls of fruit and flowers. She is often drawn to her studio by an idea or agenda that needs to express itself only to find that the process of painting takes over and intuition lead the way.
Mo aspires to reveal in her paintings the internal world of her imagination.
Mike Bertucci
Mike has lived in Prince George since 1971. He took a night school course from a gentleman named Jon Bos, who now has a glass shop in Williams Lake. He started using the kiln to make pieces in 1995 and in 1997 he took a fusing course.
"I find when working with glass that there are endless possibilities, with only a few restriction. I am constantly experimenting. I guess that is what keeps me interested in creating glass art."
Mike currently operates a fused and stained glass home based business, Images Art Glass, where he sells all glass working tools and supplies. He also conducts fusing and stained glass courses, and welcomes any commissions.
August 2010 - September 2010
Annerose Georgeson
"Global warming is changing landscapes all over the world. It has certainly changed mine. I used to live in the middle of a pine forest and now I live in a clear-cut. Some parts of the world are losing their glaciers and their coastlines; in the central interior of BC we lost our forest. Our land is now covered by hundreds of miles of dead trees.
One of the results of this ecological disaster has been an increase in logging and clear-cuts. My entire family, including myself, is, or was at some time, employed in the forest industry. I know each of us are very conscientious about the environment both in our personal lives and at work and careful about our forest practices. I should have been more aware, but when I first saw my region on satellite maps on Google Earth, I was shocked by the proliferation of logging clear-cuts known as cut blocks.
Logging is what puts the food on our tables. Yet there are just so many cut blocks."
Annerose Georgeson makes acrylic paintings based on imagery from nature. Georgeson has a BFA in Visual Arts from UVic and has shown her artwork in many solo shows. She curated the Red & Blue Beetle Art, a regional exhibition about the impact of the mountain pine beetle, which toured the region. She has taught art to adults and children for many years.
Georgeson was born in Switzerland, and as a child immigrated to Canada with her family. She lives on the same piece of land where she grew up, near Vanderhoof.
Leanna Carlson
Leanna Carlson is the President of the Community Arts Council, Secretary of the Central Interior Regional Arts Council and an active member of the Prince George Potters' Guild. Among her many responsibilities Leanna is also a potter, creating unique works, blending the earthenware's functional aspects with artistic design. Leanna has recently acquired a clay claim, allowing her to create in as sustainable a fashion as possible. From digging up her clay to mixing her own glazes Leanna is the sole producer of her work. Each piece is thrown and fired either at her home in Prince George or in a friend's wood kiln. Her work often resembles her surrounding environment, taking on the form, nature and colour of the forest and fields that border her home.
Her work has been sold at the Peace Gallery North in Fort St. John, Mountain Gifts in Mackenzie, the Two Rivers Gallery and Studio 2880.
June 2010 - July 2010
Jane Anderlini
Jane has been painting with acrylics for almost thirty years. In 1998, she began painting seriously with a move to larger canvasses and the development of several series. She began exhibiting at the 2004 Arts Fest and since then, has participated in many group exhibits in the Central Interior - Vancouver areas. She was also the recipient of an Emerging Artist award from the Federation of Canadian Artists in 2006 for a painting entered in their Painting on the Edge international juried exhibition. Jane paints primarily abstract and semi-abstract images, with a love of large canvas action-abstraction painting. She has taught art in many elementary schools and now teaches art education in UNBC’s School of Education. Jane works out of her home-based Moonlight Art Studio in Prince George.
Elizabeth MacIsaac
As a child Elizabeth has been described as a "rock hound", finding pleasure in the landscape around her. Her creativity flourished after her mother introduced Elizabeth to beading in the form of macrame. Later in life she was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident she began to bead again. It quickly developed from macrame to stringing with stones. Engaging in this activity has helped her to heal from chronic pain.
Elizabeth has been successfully selling her jewellery for three years and in that time she has learned from her customer base, books as well as her own imagination and intuition. She pays close attention to what people comment on and purchase. Currently, her work is sold at the Studio 2880 Gift Shoppe, The Railway and Forestry Museum and through her home. In the past year she has also begun doing her own wiring, custom work and repairs.
April 2010 - May 2010
Dahne Harding
Dahne Harding is a mother, an artist, and a feminist social justice activist who lives and works in Prince George. Twenty years ago, Dahne moved here from Nova Scotia to raise a family and she has been painting and exhibiting her work in Prince George and across Canada for ten years.
She has contributed to the arts community in a variety of ways, including participating in “Artist in the Schools”, and as an instructor and workshop facilitator. She has taught in the Fine Art and New Media programs at the College of New Caledonia where she participated in the original focus groups regarding the development of a fine art program in the 1990’s. Dahne has volunteered in a variety of administrative capacities to the arts community at the municipal and post secondary levels as well as initiating arts-based , participatory action community research
Dahne is currently a candidate for a Master of Arts (Gender Studies) degree at UNBC. Her thesis is titled, “Voices and Visions: Art as an Alternative Voice for Subaltern Women”. The work is based on the idea that visual art can be an effective platform for women (and men) who are marginalized by multiple social factors to participate in dialogues about community development and to theorize about the structural oppressions that shape their daily lives.
Laura Fry
Laura Fry chose weaving as a career in 1975 and took weaving classes at every opportunity, including study at Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta and Varpapuu Summer Weaving School in Finland. She started her business in 1977 and since 1980 has worked full-time as a professional handweaver.
Laura's business focus has evolved with the changing economy and market trends from a concentration on table textiles to weaving yardage on contract for a fashion designer. In addition, Laura teaches throughout Canada and the United States, writes for a variety of textile publications, and wins awards for the beautiful clothing fabrics that have always been her passion. After years of work and study, Laura has earned certification as one of Canada's Master Weavers, only the 27th weaver to achieve the honor.
Laura's meticulous approach to weaving quality fabrics is characterized by her attention to wet finishing, a procedure often neglected and little understood by most handweavers. In Magic in the Water, Laura Fry shares her expertise derived from years of research and experimentation. Her guidelines make professional-quality finishing achievable by every handweaver, hobbyist and professional alike. By examining her actual fabrics, both before and after wet finishing, you will understand why Laura says, "It isn't finished until it's wet finished."
February 2010 - March 2010
Elmer Gunderson
Since childhood I've been consumed with the urge to artistically manipulate the world around me. I started with doodling, and then progressed to using water colors and 'pen&ink'. As I continued to explore my creative talents I found the challenge of art in three dimentional form to be the most fulfilling. To create something within the boundaries of a natural object rather then that of a piece of paper allows me to explore my limits as an artist.
The intricacy of each piece of wood or stone creates a character or emotion distinct to every piece. The feeling I get when I can bring beauty to a piece of discarded Juniper or a simple stone is a natural high. I enjoy sculpting the human form because I strive to create a unique piece, the cracks and lines in the human face and body are as original as a fingerprint.
Whether I'm working in stone or wood I feel that I'm giving back to nature. Combining the beauty of the natural world with my own creativity I can give something ordinary a finer distinction. I hope you can get as much pleasure from viewing my work as I get from creating it.
Elmer Gunderson
Dan Moore
I am a local photographer and I am a member of the local Prince George Photographic Society. My primary interest is nature photography,as well as a strong interest in macro and abstract imagery, but I will shoot just about anything that catches my eye.
I have been interested in art all my life and have some background as a graphic artist, but in the last few years I have found a level of fulfilment, through the lens of a camera, that seems to truly hold my focus and gives myself a deep sense of satisfaction that other experiences have not. I am hopeful that this experience lasts a lifetime.
In my work, I endeavor to encourage the camera to see beyond the simple reproduction of a scene or object, but to evoke the qualities and tonal values of a painting or capture a unique perspective in light and colour that the human eye is not normally privilaged to see. In doing so, I hope that you find these images, not as mere copies of the world around us, but works of art inspired by it.
Dan Moore - Mortusee Photography"