Scott Gallery congratulates

Martha Cole

on her prize-winning entry in the "Art of the Book" exhibition, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artist Guild.

 

 

"There is much to explore and marvel at when it comes to the handcrafted book arts: detailed binding, letterpress printing, calligraphy, paper marbling and box making.

"The very best artists'books are like a dynamic interplay between object, narrative and performance," says Robert Desmarais, assistant special collections librarian. "The container is an organic part of the book and it has its own meaning. You'd never put a Kindle (e-book reader) on display."

A lot of the artists' work reveals their concern for the environment. Martha Cole, a textile and book artist living on the Prairies in Saskatchewan, is concerned about how little undisturbed land is left in the province.

"I'm always about saving the planet," she says.

Cole's prize-winning entry, What are we doing to the land?, is a layered collage. The first layer is a digital image of disturbed land at the edge of a wheat field. Cole then altered the image with coloured pencils and paint, hand-stitching bits of wheat straw to add a "chaotic harshness" to the work. Handwritten messages on silk were stitched on last."

 

Where: bruce peel special collections Library, b7 rutherford south, U of a

When: Until Jan. 15, monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed dec. 24 at noon until Jan. 4

Info: 780-492-5998

 

 

 

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Scott Gallery congratulates

Sean Caulfield

on receiving the Performance Award in Arts & Culture

"Sean Caulfield is an exceptional printmaker,
as well as a professor in the internationally
renowned Department of Art and Design at
the University of Alberta. He is the Canada
Research Chair of Printmaking – the first
Canada Research Chair in fine arts. Caulfield
has exhibited his prints, drawings and book
works extensively throughout Canada, the
United States, Europe and Japan. Some of these exhibitions
include Inferno, Open Studio, Toronto; Recent Prints, Yanagisawa
Gallery, Saitama; and the 14th International Print Biennial, Seoul
Museum of Art, Korea. Caulfield’s compelling works have won
numerous awards and been reviewed in noteworthy national
and international publications."

 

 

 

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Scott Gallery congratulates

Jim Davies

And poet Stuart Adams

on the commission of an innovative body of work  titled the "The Heartland Project" which was recently installed in the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

"The Heartland Project" is a series of 14 poem-painting collaborations by painter Jim Davies and poet Stuart Adams. The artists created the works with patients, family and healthcare workers in mind; their intent is to provide a respite, or a ‘restful place’, for those being tested (or testing) for heat disease. To that end, they selected scenes and subjects that represent the diverse nature and history of Alberta - ones for the viewer/reader to recognize as familiar and comforting. The scenes are rendered from their own travel and experience within Alberta, as well as personal knowledge and research.  

A work from the series is available at Scott Gallery

 

 

 

 

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Scott Gallery congratulates

 

Sean Caulfield

on receiving the Triennial Prize at the

2nd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition

 

Click on the artists names above to view work carried by Scott Gallery

Click on '2nd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition' to vew information regarding the exhibition

 

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Scott Gallery congratulates

 

Akiko Taniguchi

on receiving the Purchase Award at the

Edmonton Print International Exhibition (EPI)

 

Click on the artists names above to view work carried by Scott Gallery

Click on 'Edmonton Print International' to vew information regarding the exhibition

 

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