- James North Art Crawl: February
One of the unspoken tensions of the Art Crawl is the extent to which the event revolves around spaces rather than their contents. There is a predictable assortment of galleries along the street that establish an art crawler’s routine more than the prospect of the art itself (if only because oftentimes the exhibitions are poorly […]
- Tomorrow: Art Museum Wager Resolved… oh, and Superbowl XLIV, too
Come next week I expect to bring some meatier critical fare to the table, but in the meantime I have paid writing obligations that can’t afford to get sidelined by playing referee to excessive blog histrionics.
So… how about that not-so-local sports team?
Even though my play-off picks leading up to tomorrow’s Superbowl were ridiculously bad […]
- James North Art Crawl: January
As I was pulling together my thoughts on this month’s uneven exhibition efforts and not-entirely-pleasant cold, I finally recalled that I have no basis for comparison to last year’s January Crawl. This time last year, I’d been in Toronto for the opening of Misplaced: Animals Lost and Found at XPACE, in which I was showing […]
- James North Art Crawl: December
I am hopeful that with the New Year will come a solution for how I handle future instalments of the James North Art Crawl on this blog. In truth, I scarcely handled it at all last month save for some passing remarks in my report on The Big Picture Revisited on the sustainability of this […]
- James North Supercrawl: October
I went out into the rainy night of Supercrawl with a resolution in mind: already grouchy over the shit weather and exhausted by preparations for next weekend’s Hands-On Hamilton Art Party for the Print Studio, I decided to simply enjoy the music and the mood as the lay pedestrian I am where such matters are […]
- James North Art Crawl: August
This month’s Art Crawl followed something of a bizarro-world format - not just because I actually managed to make it out for the August crawl this year, but because a variation in plans caused my standard gallery tour to flow in reverse. My traveling companion’s girlfriend happens to be the cousin of Bryce Huffman, so […]
- August at transit Gallery
August is a slow month for art, as much in Hamilton as anywhere. With many galleries closed for this month, the sure-fire options for good art-viewing are scarce; thankfully, transit Gallery has mounted a solid group exhibition for the summer, providing some refuge for those keen to ogle some art on those unexpected yet obnoxiously […]
- 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 Preview: May
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 […]
- 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, […]
