 Exhibition: November 23 - December 16, 2018 |
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Images: Documentation of Gerald Banting's 2d work in our main floor galleries.
August 26 - September 23, 2018
Reception: Sunday, August 26, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
Artist walking tour and closing reception: Sunday, September 23, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
“If you go down to the woods today…” is the first line in the 1907 children’s song, “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic”. The song made its way into pop-culture since the 1932 Henry Hall rendition and had been widely recorded, as incidental music in TV series, commercials and films. “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic” personifies every bear that ever there was as a participant in an annual picnic celebration, which takes place in the woods, described as a place that is both wondrous and mysterious.
As a child, Gerald Banting spent much of his time exploring the mysteries and wonders of the woods. As an educator and an artist, his fascination columnates into a series of drawings, paintings, and collages that combine elements of abstraction and natural observation. Banting has shared his admiration and care for the environment with his students to encourage kids and youth to spend time outdoors and care for the environment. In addition to Banting’s two-dimensional work, If You Go Down to the Woods Today will also include an installation in the Loft Gallery, made up of various objects discarded as trash in the Bowmanville Valley Conservation Area and collected by Banting as a form of conservation and artmaking.
Biography:
Gerald Banting was born in Bowmanville, Ontario and has been teaching and artmaking in Brighton, Ontario for over four decades. His multimedia practice includes collage, painting, drawing, sculpture, and most recently installation, focusing much of his subject matter on trees, including hard maples, white pines, and white cedars.
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As a child, Gerald Banting spent much of his time exploring the mysteries and wonders of the woods. As an educator and an artist, his fascination columnates into a series of drawings, paintings, and collages that combine elements of abstraction and natural observation. Banting has shared his admiration and care for the environment with his students to encourage kids and youth to spend time outdoors and care for the environment. In addition to Banting’s two-dimensional work, If You Go Down to the Woods Today will also include an installation in the Loft Gallery, made up of various objects discarded as trash in the Bowmanville Valley Conservation Area and collected by Banting as a form of conservation and artmaking.
Biography:
Gerald Banting was born in Bowmanville, Ontario and has been teaching and artmaking in Brighton, Ontario for over four decades. His multimedia practice includes collage, painting, drawing, sculpture, and most recently installation, focusing much of his subject matter on trees, including hard maples, white pines, and white cedars.
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Mary Catherine Newcomb, Miss Real Silver (detail), 2018, bones, watercolour, dimensions variable. Documentation of exhibition "Bread and Bones".
Exhibition: July 15 - August 12, 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 15, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
Artist conversation with Curator: Saturday, July 28, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 15, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
Artist conversation with Curator: Saturday, July 28, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to present Bread and Bones, an exhibition by artist Mary Catherine Newcomb.
Mary Catherine Newcomb’s artistic practice is deeply engaged with the exploration of death, myth, rebirth, nature, and time. Her work often occupies paradoxical intersections of attraction and repulsion, myth and reality, and life and death. Bread and Bones is an exhibition in which Newcomb’s contemplation of life and death is manifested in a series of sculptures featuring plants growing out of animal corpses, bread baked into the skulls and bodies of dogs, hares, and chickens, and a hanging cow skeleton ornamented with intricate Talavera decorative motifs. Newcomb’s seductive work invites you into a fantastical space that is both strange and familiar, offering a distinct mode of reality and evoking terror and wonder.
Biography:
Mary Catherine Newcomb is a sculptor who works in a variety of media while exploring notions of nature, magic, myth, science, and time. Newcomb attended the University of Toronto where she received a B.Sc. She later enrolled in the Fine Arts program at the University of Waterloo, and in 1991 she received an M.F.A. from York University. Newcomb’s work has been exhibited in national and international institutions including CAFKA at Cambridge Sculpture Gardens, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, and Loop Gallery in Toronto. She has completed several public commissions and has received many grants and awards including the K.M. Hunter prize for visual art.
Please note: The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is committed to being a space that is safe and inclusive for all people. For this space to be accessible to people with varying allergies and sensitivities, it is a pet free, nut free, and scent free zone. We ask that visitors please refrain from bringing in animals, food items containing nuts, and wearing heavily scented products. Thank you for your consideration. Read more about our accessibility here.
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Mary Catherine Newcomb’s artistic practice is deeply engaged with the exploration of death, myth, rebirth, nature, and time. Her work often occupies paradoxical intersections of attraction and repulsion, myth and reality, and life and death. Bread and Bones is an exhibition in which Newcomb’s contemplation of life and death is manifested in a series of sculptures featuring plants growing out of animal corpses, bread baked into the skulls and bodies of dogs, hares, and chickens, and a hanging cow skeleton ornamented with intricate Talavera decorative motifs. Newcomb’s seductive work invites you into a fantastical space that is both strange and familiar, offering a distinct mode of reality and evoking terror and wonder.
Biography:
Mary Catherine Newcomb is a sculptor who works in a variety of media while exploring notions of nature, magic, myth, science, and time. Newcomb attended the University of Toronto where she received a B.Sc. She later enrolled in the Fine Arts program at the University of Waterloo, and in 1991 she received an M.F.A. from York University. Newcomb’s work has been exhibited in national and international institutions including CAFKA at Cambridge Sculpture Gardens, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, and Loop Gallery in Toronto. She has completed several public commissions and has received many grants and awards including the K.M. Hunter prize for visual art.
Please note: The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is committed to being a space that is safe and inclusive for all people. For this space to be accessible to people with varying allergies and sensitivities, it is a pet free, nut free, and scent free zone. We ask that visitors please refrain from bringing in animals, food items containing nuts, and wearing heavily scented products. Thank you for your consideration. Read more about our accessibility here.
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Jane LowBeer, After Life, 2018, installation
Exhibition: June 3 - July 1, 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday, June 3, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
Artist conversation with Curator: Sunday, June 17, 2018, 2 - 4 PM
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to present The Preponderance of the Small, an exhibition by artist Jane LowBeer.
Jane LowBeer invites us to join her contemplation on the significance of the ordinary, the quotidian, and the impermanent in The Preponderance of the Small. Her monotypes explore contemporary still-life, making drama out of inconspicuous household items. The exhibition transitions to animated objects that describe a strange co-mingling of the natural world with fabricated elements, and ends with a sculptural installation that brings together natural forms as graphic shapes and line. Using printmaking, collage, and assemblage, LowBeer explores the objectification and abstraction of ordinary things and leads us through tangles and rhythms born of repetition. The Preponderance of The Small encourages us to wander, to discover ourselves in the journey, using the ephemera of our lives to stay present.
Biography:
Jane LowBeer’s art practise is printmaking and mixed-media art. She studied printmaking at Atelier 17 in Paris and has been a practicing artist for over three decades. Her work has won numerous prizes and can be found in private and public collections including London’s Victoria & Albert Museum and the Bibliothèque National de Paris, France. She is a member of Loop Gallery and her monotypes can be found at Open Studio and The Rukaj Gallery.
The artist would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council.
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Jane LowBeer invites us to join her contemplation on the significance of the ordinary, the quotidian, and the impermanent in The Preponderance of the Small. Her monotypes explore contemporary still-life, making drama out of inconspicuous household items. The exhibition transitions to animated objects that describe a strange co-mingling of the natural world with fabricated elements, and ends with a sculptural installation that brings together natural forms as graphic shapes and line. Using printmaking, collage, and assemblage, LowBeer explores the objectification and abstraction of ordinary things and leads us through tangles and rhythms born of repetition. The Preponderance of The Small encourages us to wander, to discover ourselves in the journey, using the ephemera of our lives to stay present.
Biography:
Jane LowBeer’s art practise is printmaking and mixed-media art. She studied printmaking at Atelier 17 in Paris and has been a practicing artist for over three decades. Her work has won numerous prizes and can be found in private and public collections including London’s Victoria & Albert Museum and the Bibliothèque National de Paris, France. She is a member of Loop Gallery and her monotypes can be found at Open Studio and The Rukaj Gallery.
The artist would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council.
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Anne O’Callaghan, The Watchers, Who is Listening Now and Collateral Damage, 2018, installation documentation.
Exhibition: April 22 - May 20, 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 22, 2 - 4pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2 - 4pm
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to present Utopia! Who’s Listening Now an exhibition by artist, Anne O’Callaghan.
Anne O’Callaghan is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates a wide range of media, including text, and photo-based works, artist books, video, sound installation, and sculpture. For over three decades, O’Callaghan has devoted her artistic practice to the exploration of art and politics, memory, and the ways in which artists can effect change.
Utopia! Who’s Listening Now is an exhibition made up of a series of installations through which O’Callaghan responds to political events in our recent history. Her work aims to explore, subvert, and deconstruct the ways in which governments, police, institutions, and corporations have developed and employed methods of surveillance, communication, and propaganda.
Biography:
Anne O’Callaghan is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans over three decades. Her practice includes performance, installation, video, and sculptural works devoted to the exploration of art, life and politics. O’Callaghan was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1968, where she earned a BFA from York University, Toronto. Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and Asia.
The artist would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council, Norman Verrall Audio and Donna Carruthers.
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Artist Talk: Sunday May 6, 2-4 pm.
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Opening Reception: Sunday, April 22, 2 - 4pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2 - 4pm
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to present Utopia! Who’s Listening Now an exhibition by artist, Anne O’Callaghan.
Anne O’Callaghan is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates a wide range of media, including text, and photo-based works, artist books, video, sound installation, and sculpture. For over three decades, O’Callaghan has devoted her artistic practice to the exploration of art and politics, memory, and the ways in which artists can effect change.
Utopia! Who’s Listening Now is an exhibition made up of a series of installations through which O’Callaghan responds to political events in our recent history. Her work aims to explore, subvert, and deconstruct the ways in which governments, police, institutions, and corporations have developed and employed methods of surveillance, communication, and propaganda.
Biography:
Anne O’Callaghan is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans over three decades. Her practice includes performance, installation, video, and sculptural works devoted to the exploration of art, life and politics. O’Callaghan was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1968, where she earned a BFA from York University, Toronto. Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and Asia.
The artist would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council, Norman Verrall Audio and Donna Carruthers.
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Artist Talk: Sunday May 6, 2-4 pm.
This is a FREE event, please RSVP your response via this Facebook Event page or email to communications@vac.ca
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Image: Maia, Ironing 1, 2016, oil on cradled panel, 18" x 24"
Exhibition: March 10 - April 8, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday March 10, 2 - 4pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, March 25, 2018, 1 - 3pm
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to present Look Out / Look In an exhibition by artist, Fiona Crangle.
Fiona Crangle's figurative paintings explore the portrayal of women in both a contemporary and art historical context. Crangle’s painting practice directly quotes art historical canons produced by male artists looking at female subjects. She references portraits of young women by artists such as Guido Reni, and Diego Velázquez, while also exploring Johannes Vermeer’s portrayal of women in the home, engaged in household chores.
Fiona Crangle re-appropriates the paintings, replacing the historical characters with real, contemporary women such as her daughter, her friends, and her students. Some of the women send her selfies to work from, while others pose and perform the activities portrayed in the paintings. Drawn from a female perspective, Crangle’s work raises questions about the male gaze, the way in which women are portrayed historically and in the present day, and the scrutiny by which we view them.
Biography:
Fiona Crangle graduated from York University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Bachelor of Education. Her career as an arts educator has spanned over two decades and informs her practice. She explores subject matter that parallels the interest of her students, examining themes of adolescence, self-portrayal, and of young women. Crangle has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in various commercial and community galleries.
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Artist Talk: Sunday March 25, 1-3pm.
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Fiona Crangle's figurative paintings explore the portrayal of women in both a contemporary and art historical context. Crangle’s painting practice directly quotes art historical canons produced by male artists looking at female subjects. She references portraits of young women by artists such as Guido Reni, and Diego Velázquez, while also exploring Johannes Vermeer’s portrayal of women in the home, engaged in household chores.
Fiona Crangle re-appropriates the paintings, replacing the historical characters with real, contemporary women such as her daughter, her friends, and her students. Some of the women send her selfies to work from, while others pose and perform the activities portrayed in the paintings. Drawn from a female perspective, Crangle’s work raises questions about the male gaze, the way in which women are portrayed historically and in the present day, and the scrutiny by which we view them.
Biography:
Fiona Crangle graduated from York University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Bachelor of Education. Her career as an arts educator has spanned over two decades and informs her practice. She explores subject matter that parallels the interest of her students, examining themes of adolescence, self-portrayal, and of young women. Crangle has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in various commercial and community galleries.
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Artist Talk: Sunday March 25, 1-3pm.
This is a FREE event, please RSVP your response via this Facebook Event page or email to communications@vac.ca
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| Art from the High Schools artist: Kaileigh Jeffries from Bowmanville High School with artwork "Little Black Dress" Exhibition: January 28 - February 25, 2018 |
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is proud to begin the 2018 exhibition program with Art from the High Schools. This annual show celebrates our community’s young artists and creative minds by offering local high school students the opportunity to display their talents in a professional gallery setting. The exhibition features the works of students within the Municipality of Clarington and offers insight on contemporary visual art from the youth in our community. Join us as we celebrate the local emerging talent that will influence our future.
Exhibition: November 24 - December 17, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday November 24th @ 7 pm
Join us Friday November 24th at 7 pm for the opening reception of our year end exhibition 100 Small Painting Show and Sale. This exhibition celebrates our members, and it's more than just painting... All works are for sale with 100% of the sale price going directly to the artist. This is a great opportunity to find that one of a kind painting, print, piece of pottery or sculpture for a unique Christmas gift while supporting a local artist in your community!
This is not a juried show, we accept the work as it comes in ... until we hit 100 pieces! If you are an artist you can begin submitting your work November 17th. The deadline to submit your work is November 21st at 5 pm.
Get your submission form here!
This is not a juried show, we accept the work as it comes in ... until we hit 100 pieces! If you are an artist you can begin submitting your work November 17th. The deadline to submit your work is November 21st at 5 pm.
Get your submission form here!
Harvest Dawn by Julie Rypstra
People's Choice Award at the 37th Annual Juried Art Show 2017
Exhibition: October 15th - November 12th, 2017
Opening Reception: Sunday October 15th, 2017 2 - 4 pm
37th Annual Juried Art Show is now open for submissions... click here to find the form
Congratulations to Julie Rypstra for winning the Viewers Choice Award for her watercolour painting Harvest Dawn!
Congratulations to Julie Rypstra for winning the Viewers Choice Award for her watercolour painting Harvest Dawn!