- Play Nice: 2009 Summa Show at Mac
Having spent a good many Thursdays of late attending critiques with the upper years of McMaster’s Studio Art program, I was very much looking forward to seeing what this year’s graduates would present at the always-packed-but-seldom-boring Summa Exhibition at the McMaster Museum of Art. Between those crits and various of their showings as Show and […]
- James North Art Crawl: February
This blog entry owes something of a debt to the cold medication that’s been working to keep me relatively lucid through the better part of this week as well as the weekend’s ragged aftermath of having attended the Art Crawl in this condition. I probably would have given this month’s Crawl a pass, save for […]
- Friday Night Happenings
As much as it feels like a betrayal of The Cause, in all likelihood I will not be attending the James North Art Crawl tonight as I will be away in Toronto for the opening of Mis[place]d: Animals Lost and Found at XPACE. But only because I have work in that show, namely ‘The Plagues’ […]
- More McMaster Artists at Show & Tell Gallery
It probably seems as though I’ve been on a Mac student kick lately, but the fact is that the busy little buggers have been downright prolific lately in their occupancy of James North Studio, henceforward to be referred to as Show & Tell Gallery (it’s a better name anyway). The addition of an exhibition requisite […]
- James North Art Crawl: November
The cold, miserable weather didn’t impact attendance on this month’s Art Crawl in the slightest, a fact that was both bracingly heart-warming and perhaps a touch obnoxious when I was trying to get a contextual shot of the Hamilton Artists Inc. Members Show - I actually have no idea who that guy in the baseball […]
- James North Art Crawl: October
Because I can be a bit of a plank at times, I ended up doing this month’s Art Crawl without the aid of my oft-maligned HP digital camera, and while it’s a piece of rubbish at least it takes pictures better than nothing. So, with nothing to hand, the images in this installment come courtesy […]
- James North Art Crawl: September
Some may have noticed the lack of Art Crawl coverage last month, owing as many things do to the fatigue of all things art in the month of August. This being September, however, things are back in full swing and fully listed at the James North Art Crawl’s website to boot - trust me, such […]
- How to Review Toronto’s Art Scene in One Day or Less
While the pace of life slows for some in these lazy summer months, I’ve found myself so strapped for time that my only option for taking an overview of Toronto’s present art activity for an upcoming MAP Magazine article was to do all my gallery-going in the space of a single day. Several days after […]
- Are You With Me? McMaster’s SUMMA Exhibition
I’m a bit belated on delivering a well-due commentary on McMaster’s SUMMA exhibition at the McMaster Museum of Art, given that I attended the opening reception almost two weeks ago now. As it was, the opening itself was so densely packed that a second viewing seemed very much in order, if only to pay respect […]
- James North Art Crawl: March
Despite last week’s obnoxiously epic snow storm, the weather took a turn for the decidedly pleasant for last night’s art crawl, drawing out the sort of large, enthusiastic crowd I’ve been longing to see on this occasion ever since I moved back to Hamilton last summer. It takes more than a stretch of galleries […]
