Archived Art Now


Jackson 2Bears speaks in Art Now March 4, Recital Hall at 12 noon
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Jackson 2bears is a Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) multimedia artist currently based in Halifax, NS.

Billy McCarroll speaks in Art Now Mar 9 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 3:15pm - Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 3:15pm
Billy J. McCarroll lives in Lethbridge, Alberta were he continues his practice in art and music. He immigrated to Canada in 1971 and has taught and served in various administrative positions as a member of the University of Lethbridge Faculty of Art. From 1972-1982 He was Director/Curator of the University Art Gallery and visiting artist...

canceled Dean Drever speaks in Art Now March 2, Recital Hall, 12 noon
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 12:00pm - 12:45pm
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Spring Hurlbut speaks in Art Now Feb 28 in the Recital Hall, 12 noon
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Geoffrey James speaks in Art Now Feb 16 in the Recital Hall 12 noon
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 12:00pm - 12:45pm
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Kristan Horton speaks in Art Now, Feb 11 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Friday, February 11, 2011 - 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Deb Saucier speak in Art Now, Feb 7 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 12:00pm - 12:45pm
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Deb Saucier speak in Art Now, Feb 7 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Deb Saucier speak in Art Now, Feb 7 in the Recital Hall at 12 noon
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 12:00pm
The Brain, Art and You

Sculptor, Gordon Ferguson, speaks in Art Now, Feb 4, 2011 at 12 noon, Recital Hall
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Gord Ferguson’s art practice is largely concerned with producing sculptures and installation works in gallery situations. He has completed a small number of public sculpture commissions and has an interest in public art and public spaces. 

Nick Wade speaks in Art Now Jan 26 in the Recital Hall, 12 noon
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 5:00am - 5:50am
Nick Wade has been teaching in the Art Dept. at the University for 16 years.Before that he taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, for the University of Victoria in Nelson B.C., Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario. Sculpture, printmaking and photography are  his primary media.

Sculptor, Professor Jennifer MacKlem speaks in Art Now Jan 21, 2011 at 12 noon
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 5:00am - 5:50am
 

Shelley Ouellet speaks in Art Now, Jan 19 in the Recital Hall, 12 noon
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 5:00am - 5:50am
 

Rodney Sayers speaks in Art Now, Jan 17 in the Recital Hall, 12 noon
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 5:00am - 5:50am
 

Osvaldo Ramirez speaks in Art Now, Jan 14 in the Recital Hall, 12 noon
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 5:00am - 5:50am
 

Kelly Richardson speaks in Art Now, Jan. 12, Recital Hall, 12 noon
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:00am - 5:55am
 

Painters, John Brown and Dagmar Dahle, will speak in Art Now, 12 noon Nov 26, 2010 in the Recital Hall
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 5:00am - 6:00am
Painting John Brown Painting   John Brown, regarded by many in the field to be one of Canada's greatest contemporary painters, has produced a prodigious body of work in distinct sets of themes and approaches, including abstraction, figuration and drawing.

Multidisciplinary artist, Sonny Assu speaks in Art Now,12 noon on Nov 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 5:00am - 5:50am
 

Writer, Nancy Tousley, speaks in Art Now, Recital Hall on Nov. 22 at 12:00 noon
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 5:00am - 5:50am
 

Micah Lexier speaks in Art Now, Nov 19, Recital Hall at 12 noon
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 5:00am - 5:50am
Micah Lexier is a conceptual artist living and working in Toronto. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received his BFA with Honours from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1982, and later completed his MFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1984.

Gareth Long will speak in Art Now at 12:00 noon in the Recital Hall November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 5:00am - 5:50am
Gareth Long is an emerging conceptual artist who explores the infinitely reproducibile nature of video. By playing with translation, narrative and medium-specificity, his projects result in pieces far-removed from their source, often barely resembling the original in their new, compromised object-form. As a former student of video-pioneer Colin Campbell, Long and his work are...

Sarah Barr speaks in Art Now in the Recital Hall at 12noon, Nov 15, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 5:00am - 6:00am
 Statement, Sarah Barr. 2010

Photographer, Lynne Cohen, speaks in Art Now, Recital Hall Nov 8, 2010 at 12 noon
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 5:00am - 6:00am
"Senior artist Lynne Cohen is an internationally renowned photographer who presents striking images of interior domestic or work settings. Her scenes, usually photographed in black and white, are notable for their flat lighting and absence of human figures. These photographs are at times humourous, and at times disturbing.  

Alison MacTaggert will speak in Art Now at noon in the Recital Hall November 5, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 6:00am - 6:50am
The work of Vancouver artist Alison MacTaggart explores the act of speaking and the forces and effects of language. Through drawings that resemble diagrams from instruction manuals and quirky objects that visitors can handle and test, the exhibition will invite people to engage with the issue of interpersonal communication and identity.  

Anne Henderson will speak in Art Now 12 noon in the Recital Hall on Nov 3, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
Anne Henderson has written and directed documentaries on a wide range of topics, including culture, human rights, history and the environment. She is the recipient of a Genie Award, two Hot Docs Awards, a Gemini, as well as various international film prizes. After living in New York, Vancouver and Toronto, she is now based in Montreal. At Articulations III she will present her...

Photographer, Alison Rossiter, speaks in Art Now, 12 noon in the Recital Hall, Oct 29, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 6:00am - 7:00am
Alison Rossiter is a senior artist working in photography. “Rossiter has worked with the materials and processes of light sensitive, gelatin silver-based photography since 1970. In recent exhibitions, she creates photographic objects that rely on the intrinsic qualities of expired papers. She collects expired photo papers from throughout the 20th Century and...