The Burns Visual Arts Society of Calgary is 35 years old. The Burns is the oldest continuous artists’ cooperative in Canada with a mandate focused solely on providing affordable working studio space to professional artists in Calgary. We are celebrating this amazing achievement with Still Burning, an exciting multi-media exhibition at PASSAGE, a new contemporary…
Read moreOpen Book is a reflection of two things; my love of anything old, the central vertical line that is prevalent in a lot of my work and books. I guess that’s three things. I grew up with books, my Mom was / is an avid reader and since I can remember books have always been…
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If the only reason you are donating art to charity is for the exposure then you are doing it for the wrong reason.
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Pajaro Valley Arts Council, PVAC, and the Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art, SCICA, along with guest curator Rose Sellery present an exhibit which explores the realm of apparel and goes beyond the conventional limitations of fabric, needle and thread. Expect the unexpected in this exhibit of curious, intriguing, narrative garments and accessories that utilize traditional…
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It has been said that contemporary art is about the statement or meaning of the art and not about the artist’s process and technique to create it. I have also heard that artists’ need to be cautious about being seduced by their medium. This means that working with any one medium becomes more important than…
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These are the pieces that will be shown at Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport CT. Jan 21 to Feb 20, 2014 Reception: Thursday, Feb. 6th, 5 – 7 pm. Free and open to the public Kim Bruce gratefully acknowledges the grant support from the A.F.A. to produce the work in the Heels series. 4 pieces…
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My father has had a great influence on my life like most parents. He taught me a work ethic that lead to self employment at an early age, I was 26. But more than that he influenced how I look at the world and interpret that with my unique visual language.This is how my dad influenced my art practice.
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It is a brave new world with the internet being so instrumental in an artists’ career. I think that it is only reasonable that artists should add online collections to CV. This does need qualifying though. What exactly constitutes an online collection? Grant it there are 100’s of sites that artists can submit their work…
Read moreCanadian Artists for the Poor put out a call for 25 artists for a really fun project. The project consists of one artist painting one of the letters in their name — Canadian Artists for the Poor. The format is 11″ x 14″ portrait orientation. They’re going to put them all together and have an amazing display…
Read moreI had choices, I was lucky, I had a college education, I got to chose. I can not for one minute imagine NOT HAVING A CHOICE!!!! But there are so many girls (and boys too) but mostly girls that due to tradition or religion don’t get to chose.
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