Wednesday, June 11. 2008
Newfoundland Circumnavigation 2007: Retrospective on Canvas
Adventure Canada staff and passengers are invited to an exhibit of paintings by
Steven Fick, based on the fall 2007 circumnavigation of Newfoundland.
Steven Fick, based on the fall 2007 circumnavigation of Newfoundland.
Date: Friday, June 20
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Canadian Geographic Magazine, 39 McArthur Ave. Ottawa
Also on this date, a words-and-pictures travelogue of the trip will go live on Canadian Geographic's website.
To access the site click here (after June 20th only)
In the meantime you can enjoy the exhibit virtually (and hear a cut from
"Chain," the new CD by the on-board musician and folklorist Daniel
Payne) by clicking on link below. You can also see the paintings in
higher resolution on Steve's website.
Video of Daniel's music and Steve's art click here
(Be sure to choose the option: "watch in high quality.")
For Steve's artist website please click here
(Follow the links: Artwork > Landscapes > Newfoundland)
Please contact Steve for more information (613) 740-2017.
Geographies by Judith DesBrisay
Adventure Canada client, Judith DesBrisay explores form and texture in a series of recent acrylic paintings that borrow from the
environment around her. Simplifying forms derived as frequently from
human artifacts as they are from geographical features, she establishes
a repertoire of imagery that documents the interplay between person and
place. Incorporating found objects into some of her modeled surfaces,
DesBrisay's apparently abstract paintings are ultimately biographical
in nature; they speak to her experience of living within a northern
wilderness setting outside of Quesnel, B.C.
Date: May 23 - August 10, 2008
Where: Two Rivers Gallery
Prince George, BC
For venue information click here
For more information on Judith and her work please click here
Daniel Payne Releases First Solo Album
Newfoundland musician Daniel Payne is proud to announce the release of his first
solo album, entitled "Chain". Named for a figure in traditional
dancing, "Chain" features poignant ballads, rollicking jigs, and
thundering square dance tunes, with Daniel performing vocals, fiddle,
accordion, flute, whistle, and guitar. The official album launch will
be 7:00 pm, June 26th, at the MMAP Space, Arts and Culture Center, St.
John's, Newfoundland.
For more info or to order Chain, visit www.danielpayne.ca or email Daniel at danielopayne@gmail.com
For more information on our Newfoundland Circumnavigation please click here
2008 Pangnirtung Print Collection
Join our partners and friends at the Houston North Gallery as they introduce
the highly anticipated 2008 Pangnirtung community print collection,
including this untitled print by Jolly Atagoyuk, Adventure Canada
staffer. A reception with scrumptious food and beverage will feature
the new collection. Admission is free and feel free to bring a friend.
If you are unable to attend the event the collection will be release on
the Houston North website on the 20th of June.
Click here for the Houston North Gallery website.
Inuit printmaking is more atypical than carving in that it does not have
substantial historical precedents. Carving materials such as stone,
bone, antler, wood and ivory were available locally, but paper and
drawing tools were unknown until introduced by early explorers and
missionaries. The favoured print technique in the early decades was
that of the stonecut, which evolved through experimenting with such
material as bone, wood and linoleum. The stonecut is a relief
technique, similar to the woodcut. The stencil technique was a logical
progression from the traditional inlay designs that women employed to
adorn skin garments. Engravings and etchings were also produced, and
later serigraphy and lithography were added - techniques that are
particularly adaptable to colour. Printmaking requires special skills
and refined equipment to compete in an international market. In fact,
since an experimental print program was first attempted in Cape Dorset
(1957) with promising results, only 4 other communities - Povungnituk
(1962), Holman (1965), Baker Lake (1970) and Pangnirtung (1973) - have
been able to produce print collections in a consistent manner and over
the long run.
Inuit prints are generally not released for sale
individually but as an annual collection portfolio, although many
individual prints have been released as special commissions. The number
of prints per edition is controlled. The first prints were usually
issued in series of 30; today the size of the edition varies but the
norm is 50.
Date: Friday June 20, 2008
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: 110 Montague Street, Lunenburg Nova Scotia
To learn more about Inuit art and printmaking travel north this year with
John Houston on our Baffin Expedition. For more information please click here
the highly anticipated 2008 Pangnirtung community print collection,
including this untitled print by Jolly Atagoyuk, Adventure Canada
staffer. A reception with scrumptious food and beverage will feature
the new collection. Admission is free and feel free to bring a friend.
If you are unable to attend the event the collection will be release on
the Houston North website on the 20th of June.
Click here for the Houston North Gallery website.
Inuit printmaking is more atypical than carving in that it does not have
substantial historical precedents. Carving materials such as stone,
bone, antler, wood and ivory were available locally, but paper and
drawing tools were unknown until introduced by early explorers and
missionaries. The favoured print technique in the early decades was
that of the stonecut, which evolved through experimenting with such
material as bone, wood and linoleum. The stonecut is a relief
technique, similar to the woodcut. The stencil technique was a logical
progression from the traditional inlay designs that women employed to
adorn skin garments. Engravings and etchings were also produced, and
later serigraphy and lithography were added - techniques that are
particularly adaptable to colour. Printmaking requires special skills
and refined equipment to compete in an international market. In fact,
since an experimental print program was first attempted in Cape Dorset
(1957) with promising results, only 4 other communities - Povungnituk
(1962), Holman (1965), Baker Lake (1970) and Pangnirtung (1973) - have
been able to produce print collections in a consistent manner and over
the long run.
Inuit prints are generally not released for sale
individually but as an annual collection portfolio, although many
individual prints have been released as special commissions. The number
of prints per edition is controlled. The first prints were usually
issued in series of 30; today the size of the edition varies but the
norm is 50.
Date: Friday June 20, 2008
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: 110 Montague Street, Lunenburg Nova Scotia
To learn more about Inuit art and printmaking travel north this year with
John Houston on our Baffin Expedition. For more information please click here
Thursday, June 5. 2008
Art on Queen Presents
Last year, together with author / historian Ken McGoogan, artist Sheena
Fraser McGoogan sailed in the High Arctic with Adventure Canada. Her
photos from that voyage have been featured in the Globe and Mail, the
Beaver magazine and Active Adult magazine, and she has sold numerous
large paintings of icebergs and this painting of the MS Explorer.
Now, the Toronto gallery Arts on Queen (416-699-6127) is mounting an
exhibition of Sheena's work inspired by that adventure. Called
Greenland Homes, it runs from July 5 to July 30 at 2198 Queen Street
East. Both Sheena and Ken will attend the opening on Saturday July 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. And both will join Adventure Canada later this year in sailing to the High Arctic.
To see more of Sheena's art, click here.
For more information on the High Arctic Adventure please click here
Luminato Presents Nunavut Night: Kronos Quartet with special guest Tanya Tagaq
Featuring a ground-breaking collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet and Inuit vocalist Tanya Tagaq, Nunavut's program was created as a means of exploring the clarity, directness and unique relationships of music from the far north.
The Kronos Quartet has always explored musical territory far beyond the
boundaries of traditional string-quartet repertoire,
collaborating with
such diverse composers and performers as
Philip Glass, Bollywood diva
Asha Bhosle, and Tom Waits.
Tanya Tagaq, whose collaborators have included the Icelandic vocalist
Björk and the Galician Celtic group Lau, is no less eclectic in her
art, adapting the distinctive call-and-response improvisations of Inuit
throat singing to such radically different urban styles as electronica,
dance and rave. Traditionally performed by two women attempting to
outdo each other as they vocalize in turns, the second throat singer in
Nunavutis the quartet.
Also featured will be works by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho;
Canadian composer and flautist Derek Charke; Icelandic post-rock band
Sigur Ros; Norwegian electrofunk band Xploding Plastix and the world
premiere of a piece commissioned for Luminato by Hurdy-Gurdy.
Date: Thursday June 12 and Friday June 13
Time: 8pm
Place: Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto
Cost: $40-$50
For more info on the event click here
Tickets via Ticketmaster
Also join Adventure Canada in Nunavut on our Baffin Expedition September 2-12, 2008.
For more information on the Baffin Expedition, click here.