This exhibition features work by artist Ruth Bieber, who is blind, in collaboration with three local Creston artists: Win Dinn, Lisa Benschop and Marnie Temple. The original inspiration was for Ruth to have three very different collaborative experiences with three very different sighted artists. The exhibition is colourful, with an invitation to 'feel' the art, literally and figuratively.
The exhibition's title is a reference to a line from the Bhagavad Gita quoted by J. Robert Oppenheimer as he commented on witnessing the first tests of the atomic bomb. For both Hajnoczky and Rasetti, their work functions as a process of documenting the current moment — this time in history during which we are watching the daily destruction of the environment and the loss of species and whole ecosystems. Serving as documents and records, the works offer the viewer a moment of reflection and an invitation to fall in love again with the wonder and beauty of our natural surroundings.
After moving to Creston permanently in 2018, curator Lisa Benschop considered curating an exhibition that was personal to her. Aging was no longer a curiosity or something happening to her parents — it was a reality. Everyone ages everyday. It seems like we don't consider that we are aging until our bodies start showing it. This group exhibition explores what aging means through the diverse perspectives of seven artists.
During the earliest days of the pandemic, Heather Close and Sarah Nordean both had exhibitions on view in their respective galleries in Calgary. With the lockdown closures that disrupted so much of our public lives, both of these exhibitions pivoted to virtual platforms. They had been studio mates in the Painting program at what is now the Alberta University for the Arts, and they devised a collaborative project that they could pursue together, even under the strange new conditions imposed on everyday life.
Dennis Charles, Cree artist, was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. He currently lives and works in Creston, BC, and has been actively pursuing his photography practice since 2005. This exhibition explores Charles' near daily trips into the woods and the photographs of what he sees along the way. This sensitive documentation of natural phenomena is sometimes focused on things that Charles just finds particularly compelling: beach glass, rust, and almost anything in a state of decay.
In the ongoing conversation we are all having with the world around us all the time, making art offers multisensory modes of expressing meaning and describing experience. When that conversation turns to the subject of the natural world, the methods and mediums of fibre-based art are especially well suited to the task. The artists in this exhibition were asked to create works considering 'the natural world' in their material and conceptual choices. The diversity of the works presented clearly illustrates that there are many different ways to think about that proposition.
Cree artist Dennis Charles, born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and living in Creston, BC, has been actively pursuing photography since 2005. This exhibition explored near-daily trips into the woods, photographing beach glass, rust, and items in a state of decay.
A unique foot stool crafted with felt, merino wool, hand-dyed silk, cotton, thread, upholstery foam, plywood, and antique claw feet — a celebration of tactile artistry and functional design.
A collaborative exhibition by blind artist Ruth Bieber, created in partnership with three local Creston artists: Win Dinn, Lisa Benschop, and Marnie Temple. A powerful exploration of perception and creative vision.
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