Category: Open Gallery

  • Phillida Hargreaves – Narrow Spaces

    Phillida Hargreaves – Narrow Spaces

    Phillida Hargreaves
    Narrow Spaces
    New works in Textile & Fibre
    May 3 to June 8, 2014

    This exhibition is about narrow spaces in the urban landscape. I am drawn to narrow spaces at the same time as I am anxious to move through them. It is this ambivalence that I explore through art.

    My intent is to examine the emotional responses triggered by being in these spaces: spaces that hint at something hidden or mysterious; spaces that confine and enclose; spaces that frame and enhance. Such spaces can elicit anything from pleasure to anticipation, to excitement, to curiosity, to claustrophobia, to discomfort, or even to fear.
    While many of the spaces I examine are physically narrow, there are others that evoke a feeling of narrowness, such as being among the soaring office towers of Toronto; and still further spaces where the frame is narrow and the object seen beyond is enhanced.

    The pieces in the collection are loosely based on photographs I have taken in Canada, Europe and North Africa. My aim is to interpret the space according to my emotional response to it, and to invite viewers in so that they too may experience the various responses that narrowness evokes.
    My medium is fibre, primarily cloth and yarn. The textural dimension that fibre offers adds to the emotional impact of the pieces. Much of the cloth has been altered through painting, dying, rusting and discharging, and the yarn through dying, felting and knitting.

    http://www.phillidahargreaves.ca

    Gallery Hours
    Tuesday to Sunday – 11 to 5 pm
    & Friday evenings 7 to 10 pm
    (Anytime by appointment)

  • Debra Krakow – Evolving Surface

    Debra Krakow – Evolving Surface

    Our NEW season launches on March 22nd:

    New works in Acrylic and Mixed Media

    March 22 to April 27, 2014

    Debra Krakow is a Canadian artist and architect whose luminous abstract paintings in acrylic and mixed-media evoke the light-infused landscape of the Thousand Islands region of Ontario where she lives, and the less knowable, multi-layered landscape of the mind.

    Debra has exhibited in her native city of Montreal, as well as in Ottawa, Kingston, Halifax and New York State. Her works are held in public and private collections throughout North America.

    Artist Statement

    My artwork is a quest for a new aesthetic that melds our deeply rooted notions of beauty with our modern, urbanized sensibilities.  I tend to work in series, with many pieces in progress at one time, each informing the other.This year I’m continuing my exploration of spontaneous abstract painting, but moving into larger formats. With a big canvas, there’s just more room for interesting things to happen. Beginning with an underpainting of luminous glazes, I build my paintings layer by layer, selectively revealing and obscuring the intent of the layer below. This creates a richly textured finished piece that is evocative and intriguing, and invites interpretation without imposing an overt meaning.I’m also working on a series of smaller, playful mixed-media works on canvas and paper. The quilted series brings together my recent forays into textile art, handmade paper, collage and paint. These pieces are inspired by nature yet still, for the most part, completely non-representational. The infusion of fibre and paper crafts into these paintings gives them a three-dimensional, tactile quality which I love.  I am very excited by these new paintings, and by the process of creating them.

    Evolving Surface Catalogue

    http://debrakrakow.com

  • Studio22 Space for Hire

    A Charming Small Event Venue with a Big View

    Host your next office party, reception, celebration in a beautiful art gallery overlooking Kingston’s Historic Market Square.

    Suitable for book launches, cd release parties, intimate concerts and private events.

    Services

    We are very skilled at the use and manipulation of our space and can create a lovely experience for your event.

    We can also help arrange for :

    •  Special Occasion Permits (LCBO)

    •  catering

    •  rentals –  tables, additional chairs, linens, dinnerware

    •  musicians

    The Idea Manufactory at Studio22 is an in-house graphic design and print shop and can be hired to produce flyers, posters, menus, invitations (both printed and web- versions).

     Facility

    1000 sq. ft. commercial art gallery located on the second floor of 32O King St. E. with a beautiful view through six large windows that overlook Market Square.

    Truly, one of the best views in our city.

    • beautiful, contemporary art on display

    • flexible space

    • converts for multiple uses

    • modular staging

    • staging lights

    • galley kitchen

    Specifications – suitable for:

    •  75 person cocktail event

    •  50 person seated

    performance

    or readings

    •  32 person
    seated dinner party

    The above capacities are estimates and subject to the current demands of the gallery and the event requirements.

     

    The space is rented on an hourly basis.  For more information contact us at 613-548-1274  or Visit the gallery:  32O King Street East, 2nd Floor.  Tuesday to Sunday • 12- 5 pm & Friday evenings • 7-10 pm

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