February 4 – 28, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4, 2017, 7 – 10 pm
Mahtay Café and Lounge, 241 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
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VISA 3F99 Independent Study
February 9 – March 10, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 9 from 6 – 9 pm
A Fibre Arts installation created from community donations – come out and be a part of the opening reception and see how the donations have been recycled!
The opening will be held in the Art Gallery in the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts on Feb 9th from 6 – 9 pm. The exhibition will be installed until March 10th, 2017. Gallery Hours: Tues. – Sat. from 1 – 5 pm
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ART BLOCK showcases the artwork of Brock University students and is hosted by the Brock Art Collective. All artwork has been created on 6″x6” panels in a variety of mediums and will be for sale starting at $40.
January 10 – February 3, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12, 2017 from 6 – 9 pm
Art Gallery, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday from 1 pm – 5 pm
Free community event
See a preview of the exhibition courtesy of TVCogeco:
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December 3, 2016 – February 12, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday 8 December (18:00/19:30)
Location: Rodman Hall Art Centre,
109 St Paul Crescent, St. Catharines, ON
Curators: Catherine Parayre and Shawn Serfas
Reflecting on the exhibition A Painter’s Country: Canadian Landscape Paintings Selected from the Permanent Collection (curator: Stuart Reid) presented at Rodman Hall during the summer of 2016, Abstract/Abstracted: ‘This is not a tree’ presents works by Karel Appel, Frederick S. Coburn, Hans Hartung, Kazuo Nakamura, Carl Schaeffer, and Tony Tascona. Put together, these artworks, also from Rodman Hall’s permanent collection, explore a different problematic. How much abstraction is there in representation? In turn, to what extent is an abstract work abstract? Abstract/Abstracted highlights, but also questions the contrasts between abstract and figurative art.
Brock University students in “Intermediate Painting” respond in selected artworks, while students in “Interpretive and Critical Writing in the Arts” provide critical texts that explore these questions.
The catalogue will appear in the 2017 issue of A Journal of Text-and-Image Criticism/Creation
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November 22 – December 9, 2016
Artist Talk: Thursday, November 24, 2016, 6 – 7 pm, Foundation Studio (MW 151)
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 24, 2016 from 7 – 9 pm
Location: Art Gallery, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts,
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines, ON
Art Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 1 – 5 pm
Free community event!
The Walker Cultural Leader Series presents work by Brock University Visual Arts students in response to workshops with New York artist Liz Sales, from the International Center for Photography. Also featured are photographs from Liz Sales’ Camera Obscura series, The Weather Inside. Students worked alongside Liz Sales to construct a Camera Obscura for the production of their work on the grounds of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.
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Lorène Bourgeois: Large Drawings
October 18 – November 18, 2016
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 20, 5 – 8 pm
The Art Gallery at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts is pleased to present “Large Drawings” by Lorène Bourgeois. The artist and Brock University instructor will present a series of large-scale representations of humans, animals, clothing and nakedness. The exhibition will include 10 – 12 highly detailed drawings mounted directly on the wall. The artist will attend the opening reception and thereafter be available by appointment.
Born in France, Lorène Bourgeois completed her training in Paris, Philadelphia, and Halifax. A Fulbright recipient, she holds an MFA from NSCAD University. Her artwork has been exhibited widely in Canada as well as in France, Korea, Russia, and the United States. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the National Bank of Canada, the Richmond Hill Public Library, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Ernst and Young, Senvest, Hart House, and the Donovan Collection. Lorène Bourgeois lives and works in Toronto, and she teaches drawing in the Department of Visual Arts at Brock University.
To view Lorène Bourgeois’ website, click here
Free Community Event
Art Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 1 – 5 pm
Lorène Bourgeois gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council.
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines, ON L2R 0B5
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Media inquiries:
Marie Balsom, 905.688.5550 x 4765,
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REMNANTS: Exhibit presented by the Department of Visual Arts
July 7 – September 16, 2016
Opening Reception: July 7, Noon – 3 pm
Free food & refreshments
The students of the summer sculpture course have delved into the site-specific exhibition, REMNANTS, creating works inspired by the traces of history that remain in the refurbished building.
Over a century ago in the heart of downtown St. Catharines, the Canada Hair Cloth Co. functioned as a beneficial part of the community by bringing jobs and growth throughout the Niagara Region. Today it is known as the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, an extension of Brock University.
Originally, the factory was built in 1888 and was founded by the McSloy brothers who saw the potential for industrial growth within their community. They worked hard towards building a company that centralized around trading and selling their products from Halifax to Vancouver. In the traditional style of the New England Mills, the Canada Hair Cloth Co. was built with the intention of allowing as much natural sunlight into the factory as possible. With its open concept and large windows, the building was easily illuminated before the era of electricity. Eventually, the McSloy brothers purchased a generator to provide electricity, which was powered by the Millrace.
At the time the factory was built, horses, railways, and ships were the common means of transportation and all three were critical to the early success of the company. Waterpower played an essential role in regards to the growth of the factory as it was the primary source of energy to run the machinery. The canal flowed behind the buildings and the fast-flowing water produced power for the mills. Horses were used for providing raw material for the actual haircloth itself as the hair was gathered from their tails. The fabric produced was used in a vast variety of things ranging from the railway seats to the interfacing of fine suits. During this time, the majority of industrialized manufacturing was produced around this part of town, especially close to the Welland Canal. This enabled goods to be easily shipped and sold to other markets from around Canada.
In the fall of 2015, the Canada Hair Cloth Co. was reopened as the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts and welcomed the students of Brock University to work and create within a building that already embodies so much creativity. Keeping in mind the artistic process, materials and tools that went into the many things produced by the company, the summer sculpture class has worked hard in collaborating an exhibition to pay tribute to what was and still is a lively building full of artistic innovation.
We welcome you to come and join us in celebrating the birth and continual growth of this beautiful building.
REMNANTS will be held in the Learning Commons, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines.
Free community event
Limited paid parking onsite
Students in the Brock University Intermediate Painting and Interpretive and Critical Writing in the Arts courses, under the tutelage of Professors Catherine Parayre and Shawn Serfas, have mounted an exhibition at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Visual Appropriations and Rewritings
June 1 – 30, 2016
University of Innsbruck, Austria
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The Brock Art Collective has mounted a juried exhibition at the Niagara Artists’ Centre at 354 St.Paul Street in St.Catharines.
Million Dollar Pink
February 17 > 26
Reception: Friday, February 26 7 PM – 9 PM
Niagara Artists’ Centre
“Invisible Histories”, phone app, 2015
Monday, October 19 – Saturday, November 28, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, October 23, 2015, 7 – 9 p.m.
Location: Visual Arts Gallery, 15 Artists’ Common
Satellite is the collected media art works by Donna Szoke, from 2011 to present. It is literally a satellite show of the exhibition Cloud, installed and running now at Rodman Hall Art Centre. While Cloud coalesces print, sculpture and multiples into one body of work, Satellite presents digital drawings, single channel video and media art works that speak to the ethereal regions of digital art practice. These digital artworks investigate the invisible, elided and mysterious.
This exhibition is running now at the Visual Arts Gallery, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University at 15 Artists’ Common in downtown St. Catharines, and is a free community event!