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  • Encounters: McMaster Summa 2011

    The opening reception of McMaster University’s Summa exhibition of Studio Art graduates is always a crowded affair, and this year was no exception. Even with one of the most restrained selections of work that I’ve seen in recent years, the main floor galleries at the McMaster Museum of Art were so densely packed that it […]

  • An evening with Vincent van Gogh

    It was just over a week ago now that I tempted snowy fate to head down to McMaster University for Dr. Alison McQueen’s lecture, ‘An evening with Vincent van Gogh,’ the second of a public series of talks sponsored by the Friends of Art History at McMaster. Despite being one of those Friends (and I […]

  • Become a Friend of McMaster Art History

    Though I’ve been dialling back the blogging this month to better focus on my own studio work for a change, I’m happy enough to crawl out of my ink-splattered hibernation for a good cause, such as that brought to my attention by the inimitable Dr. Alison McQueen, Associate Professor of Art History at McMaster University, […]

  • Studio Notes: On Cleaning and Making Messes

    Further to my goal to better preserve my studio time in 2010 (after the chilling revelations discussed in this post), you may start to notice an increase in studio-related posts on this blog in the interests of self-enforced accountability. This is the first of such entries in what we might call the sobriety-sponsor relationship; however, […]

  • The dubious value of art education

    Now that we’re entering that time of year when various college and university art programs are cranking back into gear alongside their closed-for-August gallery counterparts (and the time of year when I’ll be reassessing my weekly schedule to include drop-ins at McMaster University’s senior-level art critiques on Thursdays), it seems fitting to have a think […]