Newfoundland Circumnavigation 2007: Retrospective on CanvasWednesday, June 11. 2008Adventure Canada staff and passengers are invited to an exhibit of paintings by 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 DesBrisayWednesday, June 11. 2008Adventure 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 AlbumWednesday, June 11. 2008 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 CollectionWednesday, June 11. 2008 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 Art on Queen PresentsThursday, June 5. 2008 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 TagaqThursday, June 5. 2008
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. |
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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. 
