- Akimblog Hamilton Update
My most recent Akimblog post for Hamilton is now online for your reading pleasure. As I mentioned on Monday, this month’s highlights include Tomer Diamant’s installation at the Royal Botanical Gardens - which unfortunately ended today, but there’s still plenty of time to check out the other exhibitions covered in my report.
Jesse Boles, Hot Mill, […]
- ReMix Institute Phase II Hits Hamilton Next Month
Hamilton’s art calendar for next month is going to be quite heavy on the Cubanos with the launch of various events and exhibitions of ReMix Institute Phase II across the Hamilton region. Continuing from Phase I of Proyecto ReMix in Cienfuegos and Havana, this international exchange brings together Cuban artists with participants from the Hamilton […]
- Hey, who turned out all the lights?
On account of his book-signing tonight for How To Start and Run a Commercial Gallery (which I’m rather enjoying so far), Edward Winkleman limited today’s blog entry to a handful of juicy links. Two had already crossed my radar earlier this week but what really sent my eyebrow straight to the ceiling was this piece […]
- James North Art Crawl: May
This month’s Art Crawl got off to an earlier-than-usual start on account of my involvement in The Print Studio’s newly launched membership campaign, complete with last minute task-wrangling and free crantinis, the latter of which provided a temporary respite from the surprisingly humid weather. Not-raining was a lovely surprise, but it made sweaty work of […]
- James North Art Crawl: April
While I had heard speculation through the week over whether Good Friday would impact attendance, this month’s Art Crawl still saw a healthy turn-out in the street and galleries, and just as well given that the range of exhibitions on offer was of a higher standard than I have seen in several months.
Elizabeth Chitty’s installation, […]
- Allyson Mitchell Talks Sasquatches
Having already seen Allyson Mitchell say a few choice words at the opening of her Ladies Sasquatch exhibition at the McMaster Museum of Art back in January, I knew her Artist Talk would be an event well worth witnessing - she’s easily one of the most open, droll and downright hilarious artists I’ve heard speak […]
- Allyson Mitchell’s Ladies Sasquatch
While there were two brilliant exhibitions of contemporary art opening this past Thursday at the McMaster Museum of Art, I’ve elected to dedicate a separate post to each rather than jam them together into some freaky hybrid of fun fur and oil paint. Consider this my attempt to make up for the lack of posts […]
- 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’ […]
- Top Five Hamilton Hits of 2008
This past year, and the fact of its ending very, very soon, affords me a perspective I didn’t have at this time last year - 2008 is the first calendar year in which I have had the privilege of watching Hamilton’s ever-growing art scene from January to December (didn’t even get half that in 2007) […]
- Notes from the Front: Nuit Blanche
Nuit Blanche is the sort of thing that sounds good as a concept, because it sounds batshit insane. And I rather wish it had been as mad as all that, but in the epic battle against my numbing exhaustion, it didn’t stand a chance. Might have helped if there had been more zombies.
Jillian McDonald’s Zombies […]
