Complex Social Change

Added November, 2012
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Curated by Josephine Mills
Video courtesy of Vtape

Portrait of Resistance: The Art and Activism of Carole Condé & Karl Beveridge
Director/Producer: Roz Owen
Editor/Producer: Jim Miller
2011, 72:00

For the last 35 years artist-activists Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge have been engaging issues of social justice through their extraordinary staged photography. This documentary explores their stunning body of work, and witnesses the artists in action — creating provocative new images about the environment, the rights of workers and the current global financial crisis. An intimate view of subjects who shun celebrity, Portrait of Resistance is about two artists who challenge the way we see our world.


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Prairie Tales 14

Added October, 2012
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Produced by Metro Cinema and AMAAS

For 14 years Prairie Tales has offered a selection of some of the year’s best short films and videos made by Albertan media artists in a feature-length compilation. This anthology showcasing work from the shining lights of the Alberta media arts scene is distributed and screened across Alberta (and beyond) until the end of August the following year.

The most current edition, Prairie Tales 14, will be in circulation until August 31, 2013.

Prairie Tales is produced by Metro Cinema and AMAAS and with funding assistance from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

You can find out more about Prairie Tales by visiting their Frequently Asked Questions page.

For even more information or to schedule a Prairie Tales screening in your community, please contact the Prairie Tales Tour Coordinator at:
Metro Cinema
8712 109 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1E9
T: 780.425.9212
F: 780.428.3509
E: prairietalesamaasca

C’est La Vie: The Chris J. Melnychuk Story
Various Artists
2011, 7:00

Building on live footage from Melnychuk’s last, unfinished film, C’est La Vie documents the animator’s battle with tongue cancer.

Without Them…I May Have Been Blind
Peter Curtis Morgan
2011, 2:21

A collaboration between three artists of different practices, this two-minute video combines visual, audio, and written elements into an experimental and harmonious visual poem.

All Round Junior Male
Lindsay McIntyre
2011, 7:30

A single-subject portrait of a young Nunamiut athlete practicing his sport, focusing on the materiality of film and its surface textures.

Empezar, In Pieces
Rosanna Terracianno
2011, 5:43

Drawing on her experience as a dancer and choreographer, Terracianno, explores elements of dance on film or videodance.

Finding Home
Eva Colmers
2011, 11:55

Without possessions and home, the young vagabond Bo is drifting along: from big city to the desert and the jungle. She uses what others throw away, and with a touch of magic, she overcomes the obstacles in her way to find a true home.

From The Farmer’s Mouth
Kevin Kossowan
2011, 9:30

A compilation from the “From Local Farms” project of Kevin TV, an online series to allow consumers to meet the places where our local food comes from.

Lines for Clarinet
John Osborne
2011, 4:47

An animated video created to a musical composition written and performed by Edmonton clarinetist Don Ross.

Mirror
Nicole LaLonde
2011, 2:33

A depiction of the artist and her twin sister, Melissa, attempting but failing to occupy the same space.

Not Far from the Abbatoir
Kyle Thomas
2011, 15:00

The story of a man controlling his demons, trying to imagine a better life outside of the only town he has ever called home.

The Pocket Watch
Greg Doble
2011, 4:47

A non-verbal animation depicting two worlds colliding and how it affects the central character.

Scape
Leslea Kroll & Kyle Armstrong
2012, 4:38

An abstract polemic on the capitalist caused ecological disaster in our own backyards.

Self-Portrait
Zoe Slusar & Bailey Kerluke
2012, 4:38

This film composes several different elements into a unified expression of what contributes to out individual identity. It asks the viewer to consider what significant life events build a person up to their complete self, while also suggesting perhaps we are never fully complete.

Spirit of the Bluebird
Xtine Cook & Jesse Gouchey
2011, 5:49

Using spray paint on a fence and garage where Aboriginal mother and grandmother Gloria Black Plume was brutally murdered in 1999, Cree artist Jesse Gouchey paints a large scale animation of a bluebird in flight.

Translate
Kari McQueen
2012, 3:04

A video work that explores sharing/translating the experience of artistic development.

Why Dad MMXI
Wednesday Lupypciw
2011, 11:16

Inspired by an artist’s unsuccessful grant application, this film explores the mirrored experiences of her and her father’s rejection, perseverance, and hope.

Safe Home

SAFE HOME is the latest publication from the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery. Featuring the Coutts gift and the Nanton Project by Geoffrey James.

This 80 page publication features full colour reproductions of works from the Coutts gift and includes essays by Jim Coutts and Josephine Mills along with a foreward by Dr. Andy Hakin. Designed by Patrick Côté.

Visit our Publications page

Lucie’s Retirement Party

January 27, 3 PM

Main Gallery

Lucie Linhart is retiring! The Art Gallery staff and the faculty, students and staff in the Faculty of Fine Arts are going to miss Lucie. She started at the U of L as the Slide Librarian in 1983, moved into a double job continuing as the Slide Librarian part-time and the Registrar in the Art Gallery from 1986 – 1990, and then became a full-time Registrar with the Art Gallery from 1990 to 2011. Lucie is the most valuable resource for the U of L’s significant Art Collection. She is the person who has handled all of the 14,000 objects in the collection. Lucie is the one who checks the condition of each and every art work, assigns them acquisition numbers, and tracks all their information. She also worked with visiting artists to arrange the shipment and other details for bringing in their artwork; she communicated with Registrars across Canada and internationally to lend work from the collection; and she helped students access works for study. Above all these duties, Lucie has also been happy to lend a hand with her language skills, her eagle-eye for proof reading texts, pitching in during exhibition installations, and spreading good cheer while tending bar at receptions. We hope Lucie will come back to visit often.

Please join us on January 27 at 3 PM in the Main Gallery for a party at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery to celebrate the retirement of Lucie Linhart.

Snap Crackle Pop

Snap, Crackle, Pop brought together a sample of new directions by artists in Southern Alberta who are exploring themes and iconography from popular culture.

This 72 page publication features full colour reproductions of works by Lisa Brawn, DaveandJenn, Len Komanac, Jason Mathis, Christopher Moore, and Shanell Papp and includes essays by Josephine Mills and Riva Symko. Designed by Patrick Côté.

Join us in the main gallery on November 5, 2010 4-6 PM when we launch this exciting new publication.

Visit our Publications page

Open House

Drop by and see all the work that goes on behind the scenes at the Art Gallery. See what we do to care for artworks in the collection, have a chance to chat to the gallery staff, find out about our latest conservation project and try out our new website and research database.

Dates and Times

Wednesday, October 13, 10am-3pm*
Thursday, October 14, 10am-3pm and 6pm-8pm
Friday, October 15, 10am-1pm
Saturday, October, 16, 10am-5pm

*There will be a special session on October 13 from 3:30 to 4:30pm for students. Students are welcome to all public sessions as well but this will be a dedicated session for students to ask questions about conservation as a career and what kind of work conservators do.

Adrian Cooke Retirement Party

April 9, 2010 4-6 PM

Main Gallery

Please join us for a party at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery to celebrate the retirement of Adrian Cooke. Adrian has worked for the University of Lethbridge since 1981, filling many roles including Sculpture instructor, Museum Studies Team-Teacher, Department of Art Technician, and for his entire time at the University, from 1981 to 2009, filled the role of Preparator at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery. As a sculptor, Adrian has exhibited across Canada since 1974.

Snap, Crackle, Pop: Cuddle Commandos Recruitment

Christopher Moore
January 11 – January 15, 2010

Artist Christopher Moore will be enlisting recruits to the Cuddle Commandos Jan. 11-15 outside the Helen Christou Gallery. Click below to watch documentation of these performance interventions.