{"id":55850,"date":"2019-01-29T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=55850"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T18:44:53","slug":"artistic-alumni-to-host-vacation-themed-exhibition-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/01\/artistic-alumni-to-host-vacation-themed-exhibition-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic alumni to host vacation-themed exhibition downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Permanent Vacation art collective is inviting the public to experience the sights and sounds of a tropical getaway \u2013 without spending a cent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group, made up of Brock alumni, is presenting its second exhibition, All Expenses Paid, at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA) beginning Thursday, Jan. 31. An opening reception for the showcase will be held Thursday, Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

All Expenses Paid is a multimedia exhibition featuring photographs, videos, an installation and a zine. The artists will also create a studio space inside the exhibition, where emerging local artists can work if they cannot access their own studio space due to economic barriers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collective, which includes artists Katie Mazi (BA \u201916), Jenn Judson (BA \u201916), Matt Caldwell (BA \u201916), Ben Mosher (BA \u201915) and Alex Muresan (BA \u201916), were all Studio Art majors at Brock who first worked together to restructure the Brock Art Club into the current Brock Art Collective.<\/span><\/p>\n

The name Permanent Vacation stems from the idea that you don’t need to ‘vacate’ an area to find work and fulfilment. The collective\u2019s goal is to create working space for emerging Niagara-based makers in a way that promotes seeing home anew.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe exciting part about this exhibition is that it is fully collaborative within our collective and interactive with local artists and community members,\u201d said Mazi.<\/span><\/p>\n

The artists encourage visitors to embrace the theme and wear their best vacation attire to the opening, where they can expect to find themselves surrounded by inner tubes and pi\u00f1a coladas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s practically a vacation,\u201d said Judson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Permanent Vacation\u2019s All Expenses Paid is on from Jan. 31 to Feb. 28 at the VISA Gallery and Student Exhibition Space within the MIWSFPA. The opening reception, also at the gallery, takes place Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like to book studio time during the exhibition, please email the artists to make advance arrangements at <\/span>permanentvacationcanada@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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