What do Aboriginal People Want?
with James Guest & and Anna Marie Sewell
Join us for a lunch hour conversation on Aboriginal issues – let’s tune in to what two distinguished Edmontonians have to say about the ongoing and often tense relationship between Aboriginal people and mainstream society. James Guest is a Metis and originally from Manitoba. Currently the Director of the Indigenous Law Program and an Assistant Professor teaching constitutional law at the University of Alberta, Mr. Guest is a graduate from the University of Manitoba & Harvard. He’s also editing a book on Aboriginal
Rights.
Anna Marie Sewell is a poet / writer, actor, playwright, a cultural worker, and founder of BigSky Theatre. She is Polish, Anishnabe and Mi’gmaq by heritage, and legally both a Canadian citizen and a member of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation.
January 10th, 2002 / Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Expressionz CafÃ?©, 9142 – 118 Avenue
Infoline: 474-6058 / Admission is free
A presentation of: The Community Networks Group (c)
Big Alberta Sky – Pictures of Home
This exhibition of photography curated by Calgary artist Wendi Jenkins, presents the work of 3 locally based photographers representing a wide spectrum of photographic practice. Bradford Uphill, who holds a BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design, approaches the medium from a largely conceptual standpoint. Todd Korol has worked in advertising for a diverse clientele, with his work appearing in many national and international publications from Time and MacLean’s to National Geographic and Saturday Night Magazine. Mike Drew’s career has roots in journalism – he is currently a columnist and photographer with the Calgary Sun.
In this show, these artists explore notions of home as located in the landscape and country life of this province. Drew and Korol present iconic and distorted views of the hero of the modern west – the cowboy, while Uphill extends and fragments the rural landscape. These diverse “pictures of home” encourage the viewer to consider the photographer as the true lens of the camera.
On view at
The Untitled Arts Society Gallery
At 319 – 10th Avenue SW – 4th Floor
January 6th to January 26th, 2002
Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday, Noon to 5pm
Otherwise, Viewing by Appointment
Opening Reception (artists in attendance)
Thursday, January 10th, 8 pm
Everyone Welcome. Enter at door in back alley.
For More Information or Viewing by appointment, Contact the curator at 714-7186 or Untitled Art Society at 262-7911 (please leave a message).
UNTITLED ART SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENT
Up coming shows in the Main Gallery:
“Pieces of a Picture”
By Ryan Hamilton and Tanya Mastrobuono
Untitled Arts Society +15 Window
225 – 8th Ave. SE (West end of Performing Arts Centre corridors, 2nd Floor)
On view from December 1st, 2001 to January 31st, 2002
This collaborative show presents a whimsical series of collages by Ryan Hamilton and Tanya Mastrobuono, the former a University of Calgary Fine Arts graduate, and the latter, soon to be. Random, discarded, leftover puzzle pieces are the key constituents of these light-hearted mixed media works. From this starting point these artists looked for surprising and unexpected ways to take the familiar and remake it as something new. Imaginary landscapes and flights of fancy result, as these recombinant puzzles show traces of their process of exploration, and the marks of the artists’ hands.
The artists will be in attendance at the opening reception. All are welcome. For more information please contact the artists @ 340-3970 (Tanya) or 289-6743 (Ryan) or Untitled @ 262-7911 (leave a message).
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Untitled Art Society +15 Window Space in the Performing Arts Centre
PIECES OF A PICTURE: Ryan Hamilton and Tanya Mastrobuono
December 1 to January 26. Opening December 13.
PLEASE NOTE: Untitled Art Society’s Gallery will be open on Fridays from 1pm to 4pm and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 5pm. 4th floor (Box 16), 319 10 Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Are you an Artist? AUSU supports the arts!
AUSU is interested in purchasing original works of art from students for use in promotional purposes. These promotions may include: gifts from AUSU to graduates at convocation, tokens of appreciation for volunteers, special presentations, etc.
The works of art must:
-be created by an AU Student
-be within a value range $0-$500.
-be accessible or easily transportable to Alberta
If you are an artist of any kind who creates a product you feel we would be able to use for such a purpose, please contact djabbour@ausu.org. Supply a brief description of the art object, a picture if you have it, and its market value.
WRITE FOR THE VOICE!
Fill on our online application at or contact Tammy Moore at tmoore@ausu.org.