While I’ll be otherwise engaged this coming weekend in an annual cultural tradition that my friends and I like to call Boozefest, that shouldn’t stop those of you within reach of Vancouver from checking out the first installation of the Portable Library Project at the Regional Assembly of Text. Curated by Tara Bursey, this project […]

Posted on Jun 30.09 to Conceptual Practices, Exhibitions, Studio Practice   

The Print Studio: Yoshiko Shimada, Bones in Tansu: Family Secrets

The second exhibition in The Print Studio’s On Surface series features artist-in-residence Yoshiko Shimada visiting from Japan with her on-going project archiving and displaying anonymously gathered secrets in locally sourced dresser drawers, with space provided for visitors to contribute their own secrets to future installations.
Hamilton Artist’s […]

Posted on May 07.09 to Conceptual Practices, Exhibitions, Hamilton Art, James North Art Crawl, Painting, Performance Art, Printmaking   

For those who know me better than I’d like (i.e. close family and anyone I’ve slurred drunken 80s nostalgia at over the years), my appreciation for the following find in today’s Street Anatomy post will come as no surprise.

Yes, as someone who both played with My Little Pony toys as a child (way more fun […]

Posted on Apr 07.09 to Blogging, Conceptual Practices, Studio Practice   

My secular views on Christmas tend to distill the entire occasion down to two points above all others: the giving of gifts and the imbibing of various spirits. And given my fondness of Scotch whisky, the evocative fruits of David Dyment’s Glenfiddich Residency seemed the ideal work to highlight a couple drinks into a quiet […]

Posted on Dec 24.08 to Canadian Art, Conceptual Practices