The September 18, 2020 List

 Paul Ouellette, The Adventurer of the Seas. 2020

The AGAVF List

The Association of Francophone Visual Arts Groups ( AGAVF ) presents the events of its members, namely fifteen artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, and compiles calls for submissions in visual arts, media arts, performance, public art, residencies aimed at artists and curators.

Programming of AGAVF members

Atlantic Visual Arts Festival (FAVA)

House of French – speaking visual artists (Saint-Boniface)

Charley Farrero – Renewal
from August 6 to September 26, 2020
Monique Fillion – The voice of trees
August 7 to 29, 2020
101-219, boulevard Provencher
Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
www.maisondesartistes.mb.ca

Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery (Moncton)

Rudi Aker, Léopold L. Foulem, Séamus Gallagher, Hailey Guizik, Denis Lanteigne, Meagan Musseau, Reiko Pleau, Serge V. Richard and / and Lisa Theriault – Space, Place, Home
Organized by the 3E curatorial collective: Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Erin Goodine, Emilie Grace Lavoie
from August 15 to October 18, 2020

University of Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton)

White box residences:
Roxanne Dupuis
from September 15 to September 22, 2020

Emma Delaney
from September 22 to October 6, 2020

Dan Smeby
from October 6 to 13, 2020

Samuel Landry and Xavier Gould
from October 20 to November 3, 2020

140, rue Botsford, local
Moncton, New Brunswick

www.galeriesansnom.org

Alberta Visual Arts Center (Edmonton)

Danièle Petit, Doris Charest, Karen Blanchet – The DDK Group
Claire Burelli – Data loss may occur
from September 11 to October 23, 2020

9103, 95th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
www.galeriecava.com

Visual Voice Artist Center (Ottawa)

Gail Bourgeois and Giuliano Pirani – Coded Messages
from September 12 to October 13, 2020
67 Beechwood Avenue Vanier, Ontario
www.voixvisuelle.ca

Blue constellation-Bernard-Jean Gallery (Caraquet)

Raymonde Fortin – Becoming a forest
from September 19 to November 1, 2020
220, boul. Saint-Pierre West
Caraquet, New Brunswick
www.constellationbleue.com

Franco-Manitoban Cultural Center (Winnipeg)

Pauline Boutal – Carrefour / Crossroads web exhibition
since June 6, 2020
340, boulevard Provencher
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.ccfm.mb.ca

Le Labo (Toronto)

To be a woman artist in 2020. “The game of 2 questions”
with Lise Beaudry , Maria Legault , Martine Côté and Quitterie Hervouet

Chronicles of Quarantine with Jean-Christophe Foolchand
www.lelabo.ca

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury)

Claude Wittmann – Wheels / politics / panic
Exhibition since February 2020
54 Elgin Street
Sudbury, Ontario
www.gn-o.org

The Owens is excited to welcome Hannah Bridger to the team as the Colville House Curatorial Intern.

Hannah will work closely with Emily Falvey, Director/Curator, and the rest of the Owens’ team, to assist with the administration and delivery of programming linked to Colville House. A small house museum located in the historic home of one of Canada’s best-known visual artists, Colville House is a place to explore the life and work of renowned magic realist painter Alex Colville.

Hannah looks forward to this internship as an opportunity to do new research and find creative ways to expand Colville House’s public programming while also building her curatorial CV. Originally from Charlottetown, PEI, Hannah graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Mount Allison University in 2020 with a focus in sculpture. During the internship, Hannah will develop her curatorial writing skills, assist with publication coordination, and work with the Colville House Fellow to develop exhibitions and other programing.

Hannah enjoys the kind of “creative problem-solving involved in rethinking how these galleries usually function, so that people can still have a meaningful engagement with the work whether they’re viewing it in person or online.”

The Colville House Curatorial Internship is funded through the Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations and the generous philanthropic support of Mount Allison University alumni Heather and Ian Bourne.⁠

Since 2002, the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation has offered an award for an emerging artist in the fields of fine craft and design.  It continues to be a mark of distinction for New Brunswick artisans.  The 2020 recipient of the Nel Oudemans Award is Kristen Bishop.  Based on the recommendation of an independent jury, Ms. Bishop will receive the $2,000 award in recognition of her accomplishments in the early stages of her career.

Kristen Bishop’s artistic practice has been marked by the honing of traditional metalsmithing techniques as well as an exploratory spirit.  She is noted as an artist who pushes boundaries to explore the creative possibilities. Bishop has earned the respect of her peers, building a body of work that has been featured in juried and invitational group exhibitions.  She is an active member of the New Brunswick arts community, poised to excel in a professional career.

The Board of Directors acknowledges the support of jurors Cathy Ross, Sarah Brinkhurst and Theresa Macknight in the 2020 jury process.

Contemporary art mediation, such as education and outreach, are an important part of the Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen’s activities. Over a number of years, these have expanded and taken on various forms, often conceived specifically for a group and in conjunction with the gallery’s artistic programming. Alisa Arsenault, mediation coordinator, actively develops specific projects that contribute to a wide range of individuals being able to engage with exhibitions, while also responding to requests from community groups and schools.

The online resource centre, J’explore, je crée, was created to offer free tools that are developed from the contemporary art mediation programming. These bilingual online resources present aspects of contemporary art and can be used to organize creative activities for oneself or a group. These resources can be found at: www.umoncton.ca/jecree

Contemporary art mediation activities are supported by a Cultural Grant from the City of Moncton. The Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Province of New Brunswick.

Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen
506.858.4088

La médiation en art contemporain est un volet d’activité importante à la Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen. Depuis quelques années, celle-ci prend de l’expansion et se manifeste par une variété plus grande d’initiatives, souvent conçues sur mesure pour un groupe particulier et en conjonction avec la programmation artistique. Alisa Arsenault, responsable de la médiation, développe des projets spécifiques afin de faire participer un éventail d’individus aux expositions, mais répond aussi aux demandes de la communauté et du milieu scolaire.

C’est ainsi que la GALRC lance le projet J’explore, je crée! afin de fournir gratuitement des ressources en ligne qui sont développées à partir de programmes de médiation. Ces ressources bilingues feront découvrir des aspects de l’art contemporain et permettront d’organiser pour soi ou en groupe des activités de création. Le point de chute des ressources diverses se trouve au www.umoncton.ca/jecree.

La programmation d’activités de médiation est soutenue en particulier par une Subvention culturelle de la Ville de Moncton. La Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen est aussi appuyée par le Conseil des arts du Canada et la Province du Nouveau-Brunswick.

The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is pleased to announce a permanent increase to the maximum amounts for grants in both the Creation and Documentation programs, effective for the upcoming October deadline.

• Creation Category A has gone from $15,000 to $16,500
• Creation Category B has gone from $10,000 to $11,000
• Creation Category C has gone from $5,000 to $5,500
• Documentation has gone from $7,000 to $8,500

The board and staff of artsnb wish to thank the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture for their collaboration in helping secure the large increase in grant funding through the Arts Development Trust Fund for the benefit of the professional artists of New Brunswick.

Upcoming Deadlines

artsnb would also like to remind artists that the deadline to apply for an Arts Infrastructure grant is August 4, 2020, and the deadline to apply in the Equinox program for Indigenous artists is September 15, 2020.

For more information, to see the full press release, and to look into applying for these grants, click here.