Hanging

... after the coffee break, back to hanging.
Wendy has her own personal engineer who solves the technical difficulties of installing her work in the wide variety of venues Articulation exhibits in.

...hmmmm what to put where, next....?

The hanging team had lunch at 4:00 in a nearby cafe.....

...then back to hanging.....

Narrative Articulations

The morning of the hanging began with looking at each of the spaces we had to hang work in the college then unwrapping the works and putting them in the rooms where they would would be hung.

The work was grouped into 5 bodies of work: Badlands - Dinosaur provincial park, Alberta, Frobisher - ice and northern lights and the Canadian opera 'Frobisher', Winnipeg - architecture in downtown Winnipeg, Rain Forest - forest ecosystems on Vancouver Island, LINKS - small work inspired by 3 words we each gave each other, a colour, a material and an inspiration.
We also had 2 works from our next body of work - Farm - a study of the Saskatchewan prairies and farm life.
The 3 Articulation members had their wonderful husbands to help with the hanging.

Barbara McCaffrey, the Textile Arts member of the College Advisory Committee and Professor Peter Such, President of the college, worked together with Nancy Ruffolo, Vice President, to produce a catalogue for the exhibition. Barbara also produced all of the labels for the 60 works.

Derek and Wendy during our welcome coffee break mid-afternoon.

Victoria College of Art Exhibition

The post office delivered more art work yesterday. This morning I have been gathering up all of the things we will need to hang the show.
Wendy and Derek will be in the middle of the Rockies at the moment as they drive over to the island today.
I am about to go out to the airport to pick up Ingrid and Bob who are flying to the island.

I have also spent the morning planning the exhibition layout.
This is the Drawing Room at the college where I plan to hang Articulation's most recent body of work, Rainforest. This probably where the Opening Reception/Open House will be held and the location of all the demos and workshop help over the 2 weekends the exhibition is up.
During the Open House on Friday evening, 6:30 p.m. to whenever, most of the faculty will be present also so people interested in taking a course at the college can meet up with the instructors. Of course there will be nibbles and drinks too so it should be a great evening.

This is the Photography/Print Room (de-blacked out) where I plan to install the Winnipeg body of work. It is down stairs in the lower level.

This is the Art History/Art Therapy Room where the Links body of work will go.
That's the plan anyway. It is always good to go into a project with a plan and then keep flexible. Ultimately we will put the work where it looks its best. And it will all look so good in this lovely 100 year old building that was built as a place of learning.

Victoria College of Art + Articulation

I thought I would show you some 'before' shots of the spaces in the Victoria College of Art that will be transformed by a retropsective of Articulation's 1st 5 bodies of work.

Work has started to arrive in Victoria by mail. Wendy will be driving out to Victoria this week bringing work from the 3 Calgary members. Ingrid will be flying from Winnipeg bringing work with her.

Altogether there will be 60 works.

We begin hanging the work on Thursday. We will be working hard to settle each work in its place by the opening on Friday 27th at 6:30 pm.

Vancouver Island Surface Design Assoc

More pics of Vancouver Island Surface Design Associations inaugural event, an exhibition in the Ladysmith Gallery, Ladysmith. This group formed less than a year ago as a response to the difficulty in getting across the Salish Sea to attend meetings regularly in Vancouver. Many members live on the Gulf Islands and find it easier to ferry across to Vancouver Island to attend a meeting.
More members: Kirstin Rohr, Gloria S Daly, Judi MacLeod.

Alison Kobylnyk, Susan Purney-Mark, Linda Wallace

Paulette Cornish

Did I mention the food at the opening? Alison did a stupendous job planning and co-ordinating us all to produce this.

Current Threads 2010 Opening

Just got back from the opening of Vancouver Island Surface Design Association, Current Threads 2010 exhibition opening in the Ladysmith Gallery. We had a great turn out (picture taken before the crowds arrived).

Artists, from left, Judy Seeley, Jessie Taylor Dodd, Gloria S. Daly

Paulette Cornish, Anna Marie Madsen, Gayle McIvor

The show is up until the end of August. The gallery is open everyday from 12 til 4, with one of the artists in attendance with a gallery volunteer.

'Narrative Textiles' by Articulation at Victoria College of Art

The Victoria College Of Art exhibition by Articulation

 NARRATIVE ARTICULATIONS is a cross-Canada show by nine Canadian contemporary textile artists, all City and Guilds of London Institute trained. Each year members of Articulation go to a special place in Canada to do a study together, then they return to their respective studios across Canada to produce a body of work based on the study. The next year they exhibit the work. The group has had two residencies at the Banff Center, Banff, Alberta. They are currently working on a body of work to be exhibited in the Whyte Museum, Banff in September 2011.

Curated by Lesley Turner, Victoria College of Art - Fine Art Textiles instructor, the free exhibition will fill the walls at the college with over 50 works. The artists will be in attendance and there will be free demonstrations, workshops and artist-led tours throughout the course of the show, which will run from August 27th to September 10th. Opening reception will be held Friday, Aug 27th at 6:30 p.m. at the Victoria College of Art, at 1625 Bank Street. For more information, email info@vca.ca or call us at 250-598-5422.

NARRATIVE ARTICULATIONS

Friday, August 27, 2010 at 6:30pm

1625 Bank Street, Victoria BC

Victoria Symphony Splash

Each year the Victoria Symphony sets its self up on a barge out in the inner harbour and plays music until late in the night.

Thousands claim a spot on the lawn in front of parliament buildings...

...along the inner harbour board walk....

...and from front row seats in their canoes, kayaks, row boats and small motor boats - to listen to spectacular music blast across the water for hours. The grand final is accompanied by fireworks.
It is just another great summer event happening in Victoria, on Vancouver Island.