Freedom, Love, Peace – Anahit Etemadi.

Giuseppe Penone: The Hidden Life Within. Sculpture installation in the Galleria Italia.

Art Camp Summer 2010. Ages 6-13.

With a permanent collection of more than 79,000 works of art, the Art Gallery of Ontario is among the most distinguished art museums in North America. In 2008, with a stunning new design by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, the AGO opened its doors to the public amid international acclaim. Highlights include Galleria Italia, a gleaming showcase made of wood and glass running the length of an entire city block along the Gallery's façade; and the feature staircase, spiraling up through the roof of Walker Court and into the new contemporary galleries above. From the extensive Group of Seven collection to the dramatic new African art gallery; from the cutting-edge works in the Vivian & David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art to Peter Paul Rubens' masterpiece The Massacre of The Innocents, a highlight of the celebrated Thomson Collection, there is truly something for everyone at the AGO.

Barbara Kruger: Untitled (It).
In partnership with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, the AGO presents a newly commissioned work by renowned American artist Barbara Kruger, installed along the signature glass skirt of the AGO's outer façade. The installation, which spans 650 feet, responds to CONTACT's theme for 2010, "Pervasive Influence", which considers how photography informs and transforms human behaviour, especially via the medium's connections to mass media, advertising, consumerism, and propaganda. Kruger's installation marks the first time the AGO has exhibited artwork on the exterior of its transformed Frank Gehry-designed building.

Playing with Pictures: The Art of the Victorian Photocollage.
Shortly after the birth of photography (and long before today's digital photographic manipulations), aristocratic Victorians experimented with a photocollage, combining photographs and watercolours in sometimes-surreal combinations. The photocollages featured in Playing with Pictures reflect their makers' cultural knowledge and social connections, as well as a refreshing dose of humour. Many of the works in the exhibition have rarely, if ever, been displayed. Organized by The Art Institute of Chicago.

Drama and Desire: Artists and the Theatre. Many of the greatest artists of the 19th century shared a profound fascination with the theatre and its themes of triumph and destruction, love and despair. This summer, the Art Gallery of Ontario gives centre stage to key artworks by these artists with Drama and Desire: Artists and the Theatre.
Conceived by Guy Cogeval, president of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the exhibition includes over 100 paintings, drawings and theatrical maquettes, by masters such as Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, William Blake, Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Édouard Vuillard. The works were selected from the collections of some of the world's greatest museums, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d'Orsay, the British Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
The AGO has commissioned Gerard Gauci, set designer for Toronto's Opera Atelier, to make Drama and Desire an experience like no other. Visitors will enter the exhibition by walking "onstage" through a life-size 18th-century set; the works will be displayed using enhanced lighting, sound and video components as well as innovative theatrical devices; and a full-scale re-creation of an early 20th-century theatre maquette will mark the finale of the exhibition.
Drama and Desire is co-produced by MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, the Direction des Musées de Marseille, and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. This exhibition features exceptional loans from the Musée d'Orsay.

Whispering Room: Janet Cardiff.
The AGO's presentation of this rarely viewed work coincides with Janet Cardiff's and George Bures Miller's new installation, Ship O' Fools, a specially commissioned work for Luminato 2010.

Julian Schnabel: Art and Film.
American art superstar Julian Schnabel has spent his life pushing the limits of painting and crossing artistic boundaries as an award-winning filmmaker. Now, for the first time, a major retrospective examines the connections between painting and film in Schnabel's work, tracing how his paintings exist in dialogue with the cinema and revealing the rich interplay between the two media. Julian Schnabel: Art and Film surveys Schnabel's work as a painter from the mid-1970s to the present and features more than 25 key works. The exhibition will occupy the entire fifth floor of the Art Gallery of Ontario's Vivian & David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art. Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario. Contemporary programming at the AGO is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

The Art of Drawing: Summer Intensive. Instructor: Kelley Aitken. $195 general public, $155 members. HST will be applied to course fees.

Canadian Girls Say... Girl Guides of Canada / Guides du Canada and the AGO are pleased to present a photography exhibition that speaks volumes about what girls care about in their communities.

The state-of-the-art Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre is dedicated to the study of prints, drawings and photographs, and houses a collection of over 15,000 works on paper which date from the 13th century to the present day. Find out more about the AGO's Prints and Drawings Collection.
To make an appointment, please call: 416 979 6660 x250 or email: Brenda_Rix@ago.net.

The Study Centre offers a variety of opportunities for visitors:
Prints and Drawings: Open Door program – Wednesdays 1-4pm. Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs.
Prints and Drawings: Visits by appointment – Fridays 1-4pm. For individuals interested in studying the collection in depth. Please call 416 979 6660 x250 to make an appointment.
Close Encounters 2010-2011 – an intimate first-hand experience with treasures from the AGO's collection of works on paper. For information call 416 979 6660 x261. Subscribe to the series and save: four talks for $65 / $55 members.
The Centre is closed Mon, Tues, Thur, Sat & Sun.

Current programming features:
Collection X: The Art of Collection Building. This exhibition explores the evolution of the print and drawing collection through the personalities, artworks and stories that make it unique.

Frans Masereel (1889-1972): The Pulse of Paris.
Masereel was a celebrated printmaker whose bold black and white woodcut prints have inspired comic book iullustrators and graphic novelists. His prints, oils paintings and large, vibrant watercolours capture the frenetic pace, seedy nightlife and bright lights of the crowded streets, cafés and shops of Paris in the late 1920s.

Toronto Now – Will Munro: Total Eclipse. Celebrating his life and work. "The works in Total Eclipse speak to Will's passion for music, performance, and pop culture, and reveal the keen interest in craft and do-it-yourself techniques in his artistic practice," says Michelle Jacques, the AGO's associate curator of contemporary art. "In his visual artwork, as in all of his many pursuits, Will brought together seemingly disparate individuals in a unique expression of creativity and community."

The AGO is open Civic Holiday Monday, 10am-4pm.

Summer Group Exhibition – a great opportunity to see a variety of work from Bau-Xi's talented photographers.

BBG brings Eastern Europe to its new home. Its founders worked and traveled extensively in the former Soviet and Yugoslav Republics celebrating its art and people. Household names there are soon-to-be household names in Canada through a series of breathtaking exhibitions tapping into a wealth of recognized European talent.

A Muse... Rubens Korubin, Dimce Isailovski and Dubravko Naumov.
Korubin is a preeminent master and teacher, having influenced generations of Macedonian artists. Isailovsky assembles pieces to resurrect a past muse through a number of collages; Dubravko releases his muse while Rubens' “Muse” presents a woman caught in the depths of her environment stimulating onlookers to be entranced, caught in stillness, air and complexity.

The Sculptors Society of Canada presents – 11th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition.
Jurors: Dr. Anna Hudson, Assistant Professor, York University; David Pellettier, Assistant Professor, OCAD; and Andrew Benyei, sculptor, selected the following participants: Ivo Ardaudov, Yves-Laurier Beaudoin, Kim Bruce, Federico Carbajal, Troy Coulterman, Umberto DeBoni, Jane Hook, Samantha Mogelonsky, Holly Wheatcroft, Donna Zekas.
Award sponsors: Abraham & Malka Green, Artcast Inc., MST Bronze Ltd.

Flirting with Bling is a delightful and thought-provoking exhibition that explores representations of culture, beauty and fashion through contemporary and historical artworks. It provides an opportunity for viewers to question how we create and celebrate culture through photography, painting, and installation.
Flirting with Bling offers an array of accomplished and provocative artists, some of whom are widely known here, and others who may be new to Toronto audiences. The inspiration for the show was Set of Calabashes, by contemporary Brazilian artist Marepe. This 24-piece installation of abstract calabashes made of aluminum exercises a magnetic pull on the viewer, as does Iain Baxter&'s inflatable signature Ampersand, rising and falling in the centre of the Gallery.
Other fascinating works include Ramón Serrano's Horizonte drawings, which evoke the skyline of utopia as seen from his native Cuba; paintings by automatist Françoise Sullivan and Natalie Munk; text and pixel-art video work by Sharon Switzer, photography artists such as Frank Mädler, Lori Newdick, Grit Schwerdtfeger, Roxanne Lowit, Barbara Astman, Sarah Moon, Erwin Blumenfeld, George Platt Lynes, Edmund Kesting, Horst P. Horst and Irving Penn.

Donna Boyko: Elemental – recent painting and drawing.
Elemental – of the four elements; of the powers of nature; essential; a force manifested by occult means. The translations brought about by the impinging of the forces that exist upon the mind of the artist... A body of painting and drawing inspired by a new life on the east coast. (West Gallery).

Jennifer Walton: Paintings for Two Seasons – represents summer and winter Canadian iconographies – two aspects of the Canadian landscape and their connection to the Canadian experience.

Edward Day Gallery news:
Penelope Stewart's Cloche (2008) is part of afterLandscape at The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario, opening Sun 5 Sep 2010, 2-5pm, continuing all year round (http://www.thetreemuseum.ca/treemuseum/pages/exhib2010.php).
Visit Haliburton Sculpture Symposium 2010 (Aug through Oct) and experience Penelope Stewart's Camera Obscura (2009) (http://www.haliburtonforest.com/artproject.html).
Penelope Stewart's Canopy (2005) is on view at The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta, Sep 11, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 (leading to the Founders' Gallery and suspended over the walkway) (http://www.themilitarymuseums.ca/explore).
Penelope Stewart's Apian Screen (2010) is part of Beyond | In WNY 2010: Alternating Currents at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Sep 24- Jan 16, 2011 (http://www.albrightknox.org and / or http://www.beyondinwny.org).
James Ridyard: Framing Memory marks the opening of Yorkminster Park Gallery's (Toronto) fifth season – Sep 11-Oct 8, 2010; artist talk & reception Sun 12 Sep, 12:15-2pm (http://www.yorkminsterpark.com).
Dan Kennedy is one of three participating artists in Ticket to Ride at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Sep 13-Oct 30, 2010; reception Thur 16 Sep, 5-9pm (http://www.artgallery.uwaterloo.ca).
Melissa Doherty is part of the Rafael Sottolichio-curated group exhibition L'Anti-Sublime at Maison de la Culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, Québec, Sep 3-Oct 3, 2010; opening Thur 2 Sep, 5pm (http://bit.ly/cy6qlC).
Melissa Doherty – solo exhibition at Le Musée de Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke, Québec, Oct 9, 2010 - Jan 16, 2011 (http://www.mbas.qc.ca).
Doug Guildford – The Intertidal Zone: Prints by Doug Guildford at the Burnaby Art Gallery, British Columbia, Sep 14-Nov 21, 2010 (http://www.burnabyartgallery.ca).

Exhibitions –

Copper Thunderbird: The Art of Norval Morrisseau – a private collection of over 40 paintings never before exhibited publicly together. An outstanding overview of the work of a national treasure, spanning over four decades, and including a number of his masterpieces. Copper Thunderbird is available for viewing by spa guests and by appointment. Those wishing to schedule an appointment to view the exhibition are encouraged to call Dominique Giliberti at 416 323 4275 or email dgiliberti@elmwoodspa.com. For more details visit us at www.elmwoodspa.com/spa-events/copper-thunderbird-exhibit.

Caroline Marshall: Now.
Caroline works with palette knives to apply oil paint mixed with cold wax giving her work a sculptural look. Her recent move to a small island near Kingston has affected her art: "It's barren in winter. January's cold, gray, white and black forms, cracking ice floes on the St. Lawrence, hard-packed snow on paths, the stillness... areas of intensity beside space. Life changes dramatically in May and June. Movement creeps onto the island. It is amazing and constant. Air currents control the many moods of the St. Lawrence, its forested shore and living things."
Her recent work has been influenced more by nature than architecture. The end result implies something familiar, but undefined.

Works by Paul Lipman Andre, Bedros Aslanian, John William Beatty, Ginette Beaulieu, Christian Bergeron, Cynthia Blair, Daniel Bombardier, Patricia Bourque, Norm Brown, Serge Brunoni, A. J. Casson, Marie Claire, Bruno Côté, Maurice Cullen, Emily Elliott, Lloyd Fitzgerald, Vladimir E. Gebauer, P. Harris, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Jason Kronenwald, Gilles Labranche, Claude Langevin, Clement Lemieux, Yvon Lemieux, Nathan Letovsky, Fred Loveroff, Helen Lucas, J. E. H. MacDonald, Henri Masson, Mario Mauro, David Mazal, David Milne, William E. Morris, Norval Morrisseau, Jean E. Nerfin, Joseph Norris, J. Ouisius, Sophie Paquet, Gilles Pelletier, U. Ringlib, Goodridge Roberts, Paul Rodrick, Peter C. Sheppard, Henry Simpkins, Ron Simpkins, E. Spence, Victor Stampatori, Tom Stone, Armand Tatossian, Frederick Taylor, David Thauberger, D. Thompson, André Turenne, Robert Wakeham, Alicia Wishart, K. Woodman, David Wright...

Gallery 533 deals in contemporary art, Japanese prints, international fine prints, ceramics and estate art.

Summer Gallery Collection – international and Japanese prints, acrylic and oil on canvas and more... Artists include: Alexander Calder, Jean Arp, Enrico Baj, Andrea Bolley, Charles Albert Despiau, Eric Freifeld, Charles Keller, René Marcil, Charles Maurin, Rick McCarthy, Jack Nichols, Hasui Kawase, Kunisada, Yoshitoshi, Koitsu Tsuchiya, and more.

Joseph Sampson: Water Alive – oils on canvas.
Joe is an OCA graduate, focuses mainly on waterscapes. He uses water imagery to depict the dichotomy between movement and immobility. Whether the focus is cold, warm, tranquil or angry, water's magnificence strikes the viewer and an emotional response is evoked. From a distance the viewer is drawn towards what appears to be a photograph. Upon closer inspection, brushstrokes are revealed and the observer is made aware of the meticulous layers of brushwork, resulting in the illusion that the viewer is still for an instant, at the water's edge.

Summer group exhibition – Karel Appel, John Anderson, Peter Aspell, Ken Danby, Sorel Etrog, Dennis Geden, Robert Hedrick, Candida Höfer, Gershon Iskowitz, Evan Levy, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Thaddaeus, Kevin Tranh.

Environmental Music – Laura Culic, Dan Ryan, Carol Westcott. Curator: Gillian Reddyhoff.

Annual Summer Group Show of Contemporary Art from Israel. Contact the Gallery or see website for list of participating artists.

Installation by Adrian Blackwell – Model for a Public Space, [knot]. In Reading Room, Hart House, University of Toronto.

Elizabeth Babyn: Illumination. Babyn's current series derives its inspiration from that which brings her to a sacred intuitive space.
Linda Heffernan: Inadvertent Intervention – a series of paintings exploring the esthetic beauty in the potential ramifications of extreme climate change via imagined satellite views of Canfield oceans.

Fall workshops schedule is now online. Check website or contact Andrea for details: www.andreamaguire.com, info@andreamaguire.com, 416 917 1958.

Mercer Multiples – Our latest series of artists' multiples are by Johanna Billing, Jonathan Monk, and Scott Rogers; also available: the CD compilation, Mercersound 09.

Mercer Union Online Shop is now open! Click here: http://bit.ly/9DD3PA.
The latest addition to our inventory of artists' books, editions and multiples is: The Weight of the Sky by David Beattie. ISBN 978-1-926627-09-0. $15. 60pp. Full colour printing, foil-stamped cover.
This illustrated monograph includes a foreword by Sarah Robayo Sheridan and an essay by Sherman Sam. The volume is published on the occasion of David Beattie's first solo exhibition in North America. David's sculptural works combine the use of sound, movement and physics to create unlikely alliances.
David Beattie was born in Northern Ireland in 1979. He graduated in 2006 with an MA in Visual Art Practices from Dun Laoghaire IADT and in 2001 received his BA from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
He has received a number of awards including an Arts Council Artists Bursary in 2009. He has recently been the subject of solo exhibitions at Butler Gallery (Kilkenny, 2009); Oonagh Young Gallery (Dublin, 2009); Mermaid Arts Centre (Bray, Co. Wicklow, 2008) and Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (Dublin, 2006).

Please note: The Jack Butler show has been postponed. Please call the gallery for more information.

Education – Check website for details.

Babble – Duncan MacDonald with Emmanuelle Raynaut. Video, sculptures, and sound art by MacDonald. Videos by French performance & installation artist Raynaut.

Adaptation: Between Species.
Featured artists: Allora & Calzadilla, Francis Alÿs, Cory Arcangel, John Bock, Olaf Breuning, Marcus Coates, Robyn Cumming, Mark Dion, FASTWÜRMS, Shaun Gladwell, Lucy Gunning, Nina Katchadourian, Louise Lawler, Hanna Liden, Hew Locke, Sandra Meigs, Rivane Neuenschwander & Cao Guimãres, Jeff Sonhouse, Javier Téllez and Michelle Williams Gamaker.
Responding to the contemporary desire to go back to nature, The Power Plant's summer group exhibition highlights interspecies encounters. What happens when humans, animals, and the natural world meet? What forms of communication, miscommunication, intimacy, and exchange ensue? This exhibition presents the work of leading international artists alongside that of newer figures whose work has gained international attention. Ranging in tone from reverent to decidedly iconoclastic, and created with media including photography, film / video, sculpture, and painting, works in the exhibition examine the lure of primeval states and primitive behaviours, and the urge to understand oneself as wild at heart.
Curated by Senior Curator of Programs Helena Reckitt.
Support Donor: The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.

Institutional Donor: Nancy McCain & Bill Morneau.
Primary Education Sponsor: CIBC Wood Gundy.
Corporate Leaders: BMO Financial Group, Morneau Sobeco, Rogers.
Government Funding: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council.

The Whole Ball of Wax: Encaustic Group Show.
A celebration of encaustic! with 12 diverse encaustic artists taking part – Pieter Bakker, Daniel Beirne, Andrea Bird, Andrew Csafordi, Lisa-Beth Glassman, Supria Karmakar, Tanya Kirouac, Jane Longman, Maura Joy Lustig, Georgina Rodrigues, Michelle Salter, Tania Wycherley. With gratitude to the Ontario Arts Council.

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Stitching Community: African Canadian Quilts from Southern Ontario.

City-produced exhibition highlights –
The City-produced exhibition projects will be positioned directly on the Yonge-University TTC subway line. Yonge Street will be entirely closed to car traffic between Bloor Street and Front Street, giving pedestrians safe and easy access to the exhibitions.

Curator Gerald McMaster's exhibition, entitled The Good Night, features 10 projects in and around Yorkville, from Yonge Street to St. George. Highlights include the Lower Bay Station, which will become an interactive landscape of light in Daan Roosegaarde's installation Interactive Landscape Dune, while the Village of Yorkville Park will feature a billion-year-old chunk of the Canadian Shield transformed into the pulsing heart of Mother Earth by Kent Monkman's alter-ego Miss Chief Eagle Testikle in Iskootao.

Anthony Kiendl will curate seven projects along the west side of Yonge Street from Dundas Street to Queen Street West in Sound and Vision. Nathan Phillips Square will be transformed into a sensory oasis as Daniel Lanois prepares, produces and performs the soundtrack to a multi-channel, multi-screen media experience in Later That Night at the Drive-In. Atop the new Podium Green Roof at City Hall, Dan Graham's Performance Café with Perforated Sides will feature one of the artist's world-renowned reflective pavilions, beckoning as a space for human interaction on a grand or intimate scale.

Sarah Robayo Sheridan's exhibition, entitled The Night of Future Past, will be located on the east side of Yonge from Carlton Street south to Queen Street. She will curate eight projects, including Ryan Gander's Just Because You Can Feel It, Doesnt Mean It's There, which will set Yonge-Dundas Square ablaze in a social sculpture of ambiguous designation but of unmistakable scale and presence. In Reunion, on the Ryerson Theatre Stage, the historic artistic convergence of the same name that occurred in 1968 will be celebrated and remounted by local and international performers influenced by the twin legacies of Marcel Duchamp and John Cage.

Christof Migone will curate 15 projects in the Financial District, straddling Yonge Street from Queen Street to Front Street. Should I Stay or Should I Go will feature Max Streicher's Endgame (Coulrophobia), which will either delight or frighten audiences who discover the giant inflatable clown heads wedged between two buildings in a back alley.

At Commerce Court, Davide Balula's performance, entitled The Endless Pace, will feature 60 dancers mimicking the passage of time in a clock formed from human movement. Kim Adams' Auto Lamp will become a beacon of light for night owls – a sculptural lighthouse on land at the corner of Yonge and Queen. At Brookfield Place, Martin Arnold and Micah Lexier have collaborated to present Erik Satie's Vexations - two pianos playing a score simultaneously 840 times over 12 hours – the first time this difficult score has been played in such a way and in such short a time.

Community-produced independent project highlights –
The community-produced portion of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will feature new or existing installations created by cultural and educational institutions, neighbourhoods and individual artists that extend the boundaries of the event city-wide and showcase the diversity of Toronto's arts community. Casa Loma, CN Tower, the Bata Shoe Museum, Ryerson University, TIFF and many more organizations are hosting important projects in their unique venues. Entire neighbourhoods like Parkdale, Liberty Village, Queen West, the Distillery District and the area in and around Trinity Bellwoods Park will feature multiple installations by local artists.

PLAKAT: World Cinema Through the Eyes of Polish Graphic Artists – an exhibition showcasing critically acclaimed Polish film posters created for some of the most memorable films ever made. The exhibition consists of posters from the Wilanów Poster Museum in Warsaw which houses one of the largest film poster collections in the world. The posters depict films that are seminal works of world cinema, including blockbusters such as: Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Fly, Star Wars and Rosemary's Baby.

Gilbert Garcin – Mister G.
The gallery is pleased to present Gilbert Garcin's first commercial exhibition in Canada.
Garcin was originally the owner of a lamp manufacturing company in Marseille, France. Following a workshop during the Rencontres Internationales in Arles, under the direction of Pascal Dolemieux, Garcin, at the age of 65, gave up his business and began his photographic career. His work has been exhibited and collected around the globe, which satisfies his goal of sharing his ideas on life and his perspective on the world with the public at large. In his photographs, Garcin poses as an ordinary 'Mr. Everybody,' dressed in an old overcoat. By placing himself, via the character he embodies, in absurd and inextricable situations, he invites us to ponder such philosophical quandaries as time, solitude and the weight of existence.
His work raises a number of universal questions about the meaning of human existence. The crudeness of his technique, combined with the intelligence of his themes, reflects an earnestness that embodies both the character and the creator. In regards to his use of humour, Garcin believes, “The kind of exercise I am doing with my photographs can easily become pompous, pedantic, or overly serious. It's important to put a layer of humour right away, to let people enter into contact with the subject. Humour for me is not an end in itself, but thank goodness it's there!”

Person Place Thing – featuring Lia Cook, David R. Harper and Stephen Schofield.
The artists create displays of intimacy, exploring portrait-based iconography as a lens to cast light on themselves and reflect it on the viewer. Person Place Thing – where textiles and sculpture meet. Cook, Harper and Schofield make work that is tactile, physical and large in scale – qualities that intensify a sensory encounter. They draw the viewer into embroidered, sewn and woven narratives of nature, identity and history.
Skin & Bone: David R Harper and Stumble: Stephen Schofield are curated by Sarah Quinton, Curatorial Director at the Textile Museum of Canada.
Faces & Mazes: Lia Cook is curated by Wendy Weiss and organized by the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Drawing with Scissors: Molas from Kuna Yala.
The graphic panels on the mola blouses – done in reverse appliqué and embroidery – depict everything the Kuna see around them, from ancient plant and animal spirits to reimagined television news and Disney characters. Drawing with Scissors includes nearly 200 molas that are among the earliest known and those that were made yesterday, some by Domitila De León de Fernandez, the granddaughter of the leader of the 1925 Revolution. Photos in the exhibition show the matrilocal Kuna world of the San Blas Islands where, in order to protect old and successful traditions from the negative impacts of globalization, no outsider may own property.
Drawing with Scissors is curated by Max Allen.

There Is No Bad Weather, Only Bad Clothing.
Orenburg shawls are much loved in Russia for being very warm. In rural areas, every elderly woman wears a furry grey shawl indoors and outdoors during the long Russian winters. In cities, lace-knitted goat hair shawls are worn as a fashionable winter accessory. In the gallery you will see an Orenberg shawl that was made in the late 19th or early 20th century. This shawl also appears in the Soft Light section of Social Fabric, the Textile Museum of Canada's brand new interactive website. Discover it for yourself, in real and in virtual space.
There Is No Bad Weather, Only Bad Clothing is curated by Natalia Nekrassova, curator at the Textile Museum of Canada.

Contemporary artists include: Bélanger, Bernier, Besner, Case-Fox, Chenier, Corno, Dalceggio, Durocher, Fortin, Gélinas, Lafrance, Nerbonne, Ruel, Rohrer, Roy, Rivière, Taillefer, Tremblay, Zekoff and Zen.

The Thompson Landry Galleries specialize in the very best of contemporary Quebec art. With two locations in the Distillery District, you can find even more internationally acclaimed artists and sculptors from Quebec, as well as the "Masters" of Quebec.

Beside Myself – by Ted Bieler. An installation of five deconstructed sculptures of the human head cast in aluminium, each positioned on a bench, that invites contemplation between the act of mirroring and recognizing our own multiple profiles. Sculpture will be installed over time, with some heads on view May 17th and the remainder installed at intervals until opening day.

The Art of Devotion: Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Icons.
This exhibition, drawn from the University of Toronto's Malcove Collection, is organized around two central themes: icons dedicated to Mary and the Christ Child, and icons representing Christ and important saints in the Christian tradition.

Architect Philip Beesley's Hylozoic Ground – Canada's entry at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2010.
Complementing the physical installation of Hylozoic Ground in Venice, this exhibition at Urbanspace Gallery features photographs of previous versions in Mexico City, Montreal and Copenhagen. Hylozoic Ground is tomorrow's kinetic architecture that breathes and grows. Next-generation artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and carbon-capture technology create an environment that is nearly alive. Tens of thousands of lightweight digitally fabricated components are fitted with microprocessors and proximity sensors that react to human presence. Arrays of touch sensors and shape-memory alloy actuators create waves of empathic motion, luring visitors into the eerie shimmering depths of a mystical landscape.
See www.hylozoicground.com.

Arthur Shilling. Self-Portrait: The Most Important Signature of an Artist.
Significant numbers of works by Arthur Shilling will be on display at upcoming exhibitions in Toronto and Ottawa. Please contact us to receive an invitation.
We are looking for art loans for our Arthur Shilling exhibition.
We also buy art by Arthur Shilling and other Canadian masters.

Armand Tatossian.
Please contact Varasmus® at 613 247 9373 or visit www.varasmus.com to receive the complete catalogue.

Please contact the gallery for further information on scheduling and hours.

Please visit our website for September show and further info.

A Collection of Fine Art from Historical Canadian Artists – Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, Albert Franck, Jock MacDonald, Charles Comfort, Homer Watson, Leon Bellefleur, Alan Collier, J. W. Beatty, Frank Johnston, Mary Wrinch, Rita Mound, Frederick Coburn, Jack Vickers and Herbert S. Palmer.

Gallery One's collection of American and Canadian masters including (but not limited to), Tony Scherman, Jack Bush, Wolf Kahn, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Jules Olitski, Helen Frankenthaler, Anthony Caro, Roy Lerner, Barry Oretsky, Graham Peacock and Hans Hofmann.

Summer Series II – rotating group exhibition featuring new works by Yann Leroux, Sara Sniderhan, Alain Bonder, Yi Song, Scott Owles and Sean Yelland. http://bit.ly/b4fxtq.

For more than a decade, Leonardo Galleries has been building a reputation among art collectors for the exceptional quality of its original art and photography, as well as for museum-standard custom framing and expert art restoration services.
Located in the Yorkville district of midtown Toronto, Leonardo Galleries participates in regularly scheduled group exhibitions and events, such as the Yorkville Art Walk and the CONTACT Photography Festival. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the gallery can be rented for exhibitions, workshops, conferences and other events. For details, please contact the gallery.

Our Fragile Planet – group exhibition by Costa Rican and Canadian artists.
This exhibition of paintings, photography and sculpture is a celebration of the beauty and vulnerability of our natural world, by visiting Costa Rican artists Florencia Madrigal, Sebastian Mello, Elisa Morera, Mariamarta Pacheco, Renán Calvo Chaves and Costa Rican/Canadian artist Francisco Castro Lostalo.
The exhibition complements a demonstration of sculpture and painting by the same artists outside First Canadian Place, Aug 20-31, focusing attention on preservation of natural resources by recycling marble panels from the building's facade as raw material for their art.

Yorkville Art Walk & closing reception for Our Fragile Planet exhibition.

Maslak McLeod Gallery also features works by Norval Morrisseau, Christian Morrisseau, Carl Beam, Goyce Kakegamic, Kov Takpaungai, Ahmoo Angeconeb, Adam Alorut (Inuit Artist of 2008 – Canada Council).

Inuit Art – Lucy Tasseor and Floyd Kuptana (Canada, USA, Switzerland) – In-depth retrospective of Kuptana's push toward the future with a surreal depiction of ancient Inuit myth.

Norval Morrisseau within the milieu of his contemporaries. In addition to several outstanding early Morrisseaus dating from the 1960s, other artists featured include Carl Ray, Goyce and Josh Kakegamic, and Roy Thomas.

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Alfred Villeneuve: New Works. Villeneuve paints his world in a striking technique. The colours are vibrant, the work has a quality of magical realism, and we believe he is a young artist to watch.

Clifford Maracle: Works Selected by Joseph McLeod. "The late Clifford Maracle's acrylic paintings might be homely or primitive if it weren't for his very deliberate, and oftentimes surprising, treatment of colour and form." – Joseph McLeod of Maslak McLeod Gallery.

Odon Wagner Gallery, established in 1969, is Toronto's premier gallery for historical art, specializing in 18th- & 19th-century European paintings, as well as paintings by Modern Masters.

Odon Wagner Contemporary is one of Toronto's foremost contemporary galleries, featuring leading Canadian, American, Chinese, and Spanish artists in painting, photography and sculpture. Please contact Rafael Wagner with your artist submission.

On-site conservation studio offers: Restoration and conservation of painting, sculpture, prints and frames. Appraisal and authentication for individuals, corporations and insurance companies. Sell your fine painting outright or on consignment with a name you can trust. Contact Nicholas Wagner for further details.

Historical Canadian Painting – Beatty, Borduas, Coburn, Cullen, Gagnon, Ferron, Fortin, Group of Seven, Krieghoff, Lemieux, Milne, Morrice, Pellan, Pilot, Riopelle, Roberts, Suzor-Coté, and others.

New Acquisitions: Contemporary Canadian Painting – Nihan Basak, Don Besco, Martin Blanchet, Jerry Campbell, Simon Carmichael, David Cheung, David Disher, Kate Domina, Brian Harvey, H. Jou-Lee, John Joy, Louise Lauzon, Carolyn Megill, Bonnie Miller, Angela Morgan, Yangyang Pan, Scott Pattinson, Athanase Pell, Matt Petley-Jones, Teodora Pica, Ina Puchala, Ernestine Tahedl, John Webster, Valerie Roos Webster, Deborah Worsfold, Jack Zhou.

Creative Works Studio is a community art program of St. Michael's Hospital which operates in partnership with the Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes Inc. It offers healing and recovery through creative arts. Our mandate is to provide an oasis from the rigors and challenges of life for people living with long-term mental illness or addictions. The studio believes in educating the public to reduce the stigmatization of mental illness.

Representing: Steve Armstrong, Tony Calzetta, Robert Chandler, Tien Chang, Joan Frick, Gillian Frise, Michael Gerry, John Howlin, Steve Rockwell, Rochelle Rubinstein, Lanny Shereck, Michael Warren-Darley, Y. M. Whelan.

Y. M. Whelan: New Paintings.

Recent Acquisitions – Alex Katz: "Anne", Robert Goodnought 1950s work on canvas, Miriam Shapiro, Eberhard Ross recent work on canvas, William Perehudoff 1970s work on canvas, Rafael Barrios sculpture.

Oversize works on paper.

Julian Schnabel. Coinciding with Julian Schnabel: Art and Film exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario Sep 1, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011.

Eberhard Ross – Organic Geometries.

HIDDEN SPACES. Mystery, the secret of the nameless, the lure of the unknown. Digital photos by Emmy-Award winning editor and photographer Robert Sandbo.

Our gallery continues to combine unique works of art with master-crafted furniture pieces, bringing contemporary art & design together in a welcoming and inspiring environment.

Gallery artists – Marianne Botha, Jack Butler, Reynald Connolly, Sandro D'Ulisse, Sheryl Dudley, Matt Durant, Robert Farmer, Kathleen Finlay, Terrance Finnegan, Renato Foti, Francesco Galle, Jacquie Green, Larry Hahn, Michael Harris, Julia Hepburn, Scott Johnston, Kevin Kelly, Ryan Kerr, Sean Kerrigan, Leric Lauermeier, Kagame Murray, Sean Carl Newman, Angela Petardi, Janet F. Potter, Heather Raymont, Philip Read, Tyler Rock, Dave Sheppard, Shawn Skeir, Patrice Stanley, Miguel Deras Zapata, Donna Zekas.

Backroom exhibition – Selected Works by Gallery Artists.

New to the gallery in Aug – sculptures by Lauren Blakey, Toronto; and lamps by Emmanuel Cognée, Montréal.

Please visit our website for more information.

Artists' Book of the Moment – See all the submissions and the one book that has risen to the top of the ABoTM – the winner of this year's Book of the Moment! http://theagyuisoutthere.org/abotm/.

Studio Blog – Chance meetings and strange encounters inspire Colombian artist Daniel Santiago for his ongoing Studio Blog exchange – www.yorku.ca/agyu/studioblog/.
AGYU's summer curatorial intern Fiona Wright will be doing an exchange with Montréal-based musician, producer, composer, magician, filmmaker, and visual artist Josh Dolgin (aka Socalled) about his photography, drawings and films.

Publications –
New Series – Pieces.
Conversation Pieces – Brendan Fernandes in conversation with Kenneth Montague.
Pieces of Paper – Astrid Bastin on Miler Lagos.

New:
no. it is opposition. (essays by Emelie Chhangur and Carla Zaccagnini).

Daniel Borins and Jennifer Marman: Project for a New American Century (essay by Philip Monk).

and while I have been lying here perfectly still: The Saskia Olde Wolbers Files (by Philip Monk).

Projecting Questions? Mike Hoolboom's Invisible Man: between the art gallery and the movie theatre (includes contributions from Mike Hoolboom, Philip Monk, Chris Kennedy, Yann Beauvais, and an online component from Steve Reinke).

Recent:
Carla Zaccagnini, Catalogue Traduit (consisting of ten French essays on themes bifurcating from and illustrated by, works by the artist).

Matthew Brannon: To Say the Very Least (essay by Philip Monk).

AGYU Vitrines – Take the pilgrimage to AGYU this fall as to see the bad girl of ceramics – Julie Moon's newly commissioned work transforms the niches into devotional altars to contemporary craft.

This is My Neighbourhood is an annual Toronto District School Board program presented in partnership with Arts Etobicoke, AGO and Inner City Angels. Working with elementary schools throughout the City, professional artists and teachers collaborate with children to create large-scale artworks as rich investigations of the children's view of their neighbourhoods. The project culminates in exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario and selected works at Arts Etobicoke Gallery.

Summer Art Camp: Expressions. Please call Cedar Ridge Creative Centre at 416 396 4026 for more information.

cedarridgegallery.tripod.com.

Cape Dorset: Celebrating 50, 1959-2009. 50th Anniversary Print Collection.

Celebrated gallery artists: Bedros Aslanian, Robert Genn, Brent Heighton, Alex Janvier, John Joy, Jim Logan, Maxine Noel, Daphne Odjig, R.C.A. (limited edition prints), Athanase Pell, Michael Robinson, Roy Thomas (1949-2004), and recent drawings from Ningeokuluk Teevee and Shuvinai Ashoona.

Gallery Phillip continues to offer an extensive collection of Inuit sculpture, drawings, prints, and graphics; First Nations sculpture and Woodland Indian art; as well as Woodland Indian and Northwest Coast masks.

In the Galleries – IMAGINATION 2010. This is Neilson Park Creative Centre's Summer Artists' Choice Open Exhibition, featuring the artist's choice of their best work created in the last two years. Included are paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photography, fibre arts, calligraphic art and more. See entry details in Call for Artists.

Group show including landscapes by French expressionist-colourist Jean-Claude Roy.

SGI Juried Show Preview – exhibition of works to be featured in the Headwaters Arts Festival, Sep 24-Oct 11.

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition – works by a dozen artists including bronzes by Israeli sculptor Yael Erlichman.

Summer Sojourn – Sonja Mortimer – recent works in acrylic, mixed media and encaustic.

Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, Part II. Curated by Geraldine Davis.
A two-part summer exhibition (Jun 24-Aug 1 and Aug 5-Sep 12).
Peeking inside some of Canada's major corporations, Art at Work explores the shifting dynamics in the marriage of art and business. Does art still possess the ability to transform its audience even in its reluctant function as "office décor"? Is art's critical value diminished by its role as a tool to convey wealth and status? Or, conversely, is corporate art collecting really just astute investing disguised as self-reflection or critical thought? Corporate art collections once represented the majority of transactions in our art market; has this reduced art to mere dollar figures?
Can art in corporate collections provide social critique? In its short "collected" life at McMillan LLP, a Toronto law firm, Greg Staats' memorable 1994 silver print, Wesley Rheaume offers a different view, as a First Nations' youth looks defiantly back at the viewer. This haunting portrait of society's least privileged, now-marginalized outsider, whose people were once the only insiders, is ironically now welcomed within.
Art in corporate collections also highlights the human factor. The famously unpeopled wilderness landscape that once symbolized Canadian ideas of visual beauty is still powerfully present in Alex Cameron's Georgian Bay Aurora, 1998, from Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP's collection. But the current trend in corporate art collecting features a prevalence of human subjects and photographic media. Along with photographic images by Rebecca Belmore, David Buchan, Angela Grauerholz, Mitch Robertson and others in various corporate collections, the Royal Bank of Canada's recent acquisition of Geoffrey Farmer's figurative installation for its new building demonstrates the strong corporate appetite for images of people.
Catch Art at Work at the Art Gallery of Mississauga to see artwork not usually available for public viewing. See for yourself. How can art work when it's "at work"?
Artists in Part II – David Askevold, John Boyle, Roland Brener, Alex Cameron, Michael Earle, Gathie Falk, General Idea, Angela Grauerholz, Spring Hurlbut, Wanda Koop, Arnaud Maggs, John Massey, Amanda Reeves, Francine Savard, Otis Tamasauskas.

The Art Gallery of Peel and Peel Heritage Complex are currently undergoing an exciting renovation and expansion of our facilities. The expansion will establish a regional centre of arts and heritage expertise, and create a new Art Gallery of Peel with increased exhibition, community and storage spaces. As a result, the Complex – Art Gallery, Museum and Archives are temporarily closed to the public between March 1, 2010 and April 2011. While we are closed, staff will be working to improve programs, exhibitions, resources and community connections.
Please note: Our popular Annual Juried Exhibition will be on hiatus until 2012. For more information about the expansion, updates on construction and outreach programs, please visit our website at www.peelheritagecomplex.org or contact: Judy Daley, Acting Curator; 905 791 4055 x3631.

Beaux-Arts Brampton includes three distinct galleries, ten artists' studios, plus a variety of classes / workshops for both adults and children.

Annual Open Juried Wildlife, Nature and Native Show 2010.
Esteemed jurors: Charles Pachter, Daphne Odjig & Steve Wilson.

Services – Exhibition spaces available (700 or 1600 sq. ft.).

The Eden Art Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery and possesses many kinds of paintings and sculptures.

Canadian artists: Armand Tatossian, Luc Deschamps, Jack Reppen, Donald Jarvis, Albert Rousseau, P. C. Sheppard, A. M. Urquhart, Serge Lemoyne, P. V. Beaulieu, William Ronald and more.

Canadian Native artists: Norval Morrisseau, David Morrisseau, Eugene Christian Morrisseau, Allen Sapp, Jane Ash Poitras, Moulton and more.

International artists: Sangnam Lee (Korea), Duckhyun Cho (Korea), Yeohyun Kwon (Korea), Hangryul Park (Korea), Insun Choi (Korea), Soocheon Cheon (Korea), Geneuk Choi (Korea), Namnong (Korea), Woonbo (Korea), Yonngja Yoon (Korea), Yongmyun Kang (Korea), In Yoo (Korea), Seok Kim (Korea), John Orth (USA), Gordon Chabot (USA), Gus Nall (USA), Sue Coe (USA), Paul Henlie (USA), Jean Nerfin (Switzerland), P. W. Millenaar (Germany), Jacob Wexler (Israel), P. LeBoeuff (France), Chienshih Lin (China), Tsengying Pang (China) and more.

Kipling Gallery provides restoration and repair of Inuit sculpture, and private and corporate art consultation.

Artists represented: Pietro Adamo, Lukie Airut, Manasie Akpaliapik, Alberto Alvarez, George Arluk, Joseph Capicotto, Francesca DiCarlo, Michael Close, Brett Davis, Daniel Diaz, Ron Eady, Langley Donges (1901-1992), Salvatore Gallo, Bart Hanna, Iola Ikkidluak, Jaco Ishulutak, Ernesto Manera, Bernice Fenwick Martin (1902-1999), Elijah Michael, Kris Nahrgang, Temela Okpik, Sam Paonessa, Giuseppe Pivetta, Peter C. Sheppard (1882-1965), Abraham Anghik Ruben, David Ruben, Alan Sakhavarz, Lucy Tasseor, Simon Tookoome.

Anna Kutishcheva, S.C.A., Canadian Landscapes.
www.mahnart.com.
2010 Solo Show – The Element of Water.

Doris McCarthy – Celebrating 100 Years!
In honour of the 100th birthday of this Canadian icon, the Latcham Gallery celebrates the inspirational life and work of Doris McCarthy. McCarthy's landscape paintings capture the beauty and character of all parts of this nation and are loved throughout the country. You will have a rare opportunity of seeing paintings from private collections, not normally available for viewing by the public. In addition to her artwork, people love the artist, the teacher, the writer, the woman, and this exhibition includes an investigation into the many sides of Doris McCarthy's impressive life.

Following in the Footsteps of the Group of Seven. Art enthusiasts, James and Susan Waddington have a dream of identifying the exact locations that are represented in the landscapes of the Group of Seven. Passionate about the art of the Group and avid explorers of the Canadian wilderness, the Waddingtons set out to Killarney Provincial Park (Georgian Bay) in pursuit of the Group's excursions of some 100 years ago. Following in the Footsteps of the Group of Seven showcases the art of Franklin Carmichael, A. Y. Jackson, A. J. Casson, Arthur Lismer, and J. E. H. MacDonald alongside present-day photographs representing the iconic sceneries that continue to inspire Canadians today.

Dorothy Knowles: Land Marks. Organized by Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery.
Retrospective exhibition offers an informed overview of the landscape artist's exemplary body of work. At first glance, the artist's humble and natural subject matter can be underestimated or overlooked. However, Knowles radically chose to document her own backyard during a time when abstract art was rapidly gaining ground. This exhibition celebrates Knowles' favourite subjects: the lush river valleys and prairie landscapes that characterized her rural childhood.

The Group of Seven: Revelations and Changing Perspectives – exceptional new installation of MCAC's renowned permanent collection. The collection has been arrayed in our galleries in new and dynamic ways, opening up new themes and ideas to explore.

Canadian Stories Tours. Explore the narrative of the McMichael collection and your favourite artists in depth with these lecture-based tours. Expand your knowledge and participate in lively discussions facilitated by an experienced McMichael docent.
Cost – General public: included with admission. McMichael members: free. Please register at admissions desk.
Jun 20: Group of Seven – A Celebration.
Jul 18: Group of Seven – A Celebration
Aug 15: Group of Seven – A Celebration
Sep 19: First Peoples.

ArtChat. Cost – General public: included with admission. McMichael members: free. Please register at admissions desk.
Jun 27: "Dorothy Knowles: The Land Before Us". This ArtChat highlights the exhibition, Dorothy Knowles: Land Marks, a retrospective of the artist's personal approach to her surrounding environment. Her depiction of the landscape has a timeless quality that evokes a time and place both specific and ephemeral. By using distinctive horizon lines, the picture plane addresses compositional questions that add to the expansive nature of Knowles' view, and this at a time when abstraction was the "hip" way to go.
Jul 25: "The Art of Travelling: Our Landscape as Muse". How often in your travels have you stopped in front of a magnificent vista and thought, "I wish I could capture this moment"? Our new website, Footprints: Legacy of the Group of Seven (www.groupofseven.ca) and exhibition, Following in the Footsteps of the Group of Seven, trace the travels of Jim and Sue Waddington as they passionately quested to find the exact locations where Group of Seven members felt compelled to stop and paint.
Aug 29: "The Painter's Palette". Can you characterize an artist by their colour palette? Join our docent leading you through the process of formal analysis of some of the best-loved Group of Seven paintings. This time the emphasis will be on the colour and its contribution to the final painting's design. Learn about different ways of using but also seeing a colour.
Sep 26: "Contemplating Women". The lower level of the gallery has a fresh, new look! You will see works that haven't been on our walls for a while, as well as some artists that may not be familiar. One theme being explored is that of the female figure. The Group of Seven, known for their paintings of the landscape, also examined the figure as a means of expression. Come and discuss some interesting ideas.

Family Sundays: Kidsummer. Visit www.mcmichael.com for details.
Jul 11: Footsteps Adventure. Following in the footsteps of the Group of Seven, families can climb a wall with Black Rock Climbers, get creative with some hands-on art activities or become an art detective with the McMichael Scavenger Hunt.
Aug 8: Inside Out. Splash, spray, spin and blob! Celebrate summer with hands-on activities, family tours and a performance by Splash'N Boots.
Sep 12: Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Celebrate Grandparents Day at the McMichael with some hands-on art activities inspired by portraits and figurative work in the collection. Kids can play in the discovery space, explore the McMichael grounds or have a professional caricature done by our guest artist. To book reservations for a family brunch in McMichael Café, please call 905 893 1121 x2363.
Free with gallery admission.

Traditional Stories: Unikkaaqtuat / Modern Stories: Unikkaat.
This exhibition explores storytelling as an essential element of Inuit oral cultural traditions as well as playing a significant role as a source for their visual imagery. Traditional stories, or unikkaaqtuat, which are retold from generation to generation may vary in the retelling but they provide narratives that address aspects of Inuit history, the spiritual nature of the people, and other beliefs. The modern stories, or unikkaat, are more recent. These stories may address an individual's experience or provide a commentary on changes within contemporary Inuit experience. Both of these narrative forms express the ethics, attitudes, and ideals of the culture.

Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner: Real Life. At both Gairloch Gardens and Centennial Square. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.
The hyper-realist sculptures of Australian-born, London-based Ron Mueck depict some of life's blunt realities: that we are born into a world that is not of our making, and that aging and death are unavoidable. Israeli-born, Berlin-based Guy Ben-Ner, by contrast, often uses humour to tackle our everyday “real life” through engaging videos and installations featuring himself and his family. Together, these two artists create a dialogue about the balance between the physical and emotional elements of the human condition.

Peter Sager: Rediscovered. Curated by Linda Jansma, this exhibition is part of a yearly series that explores early Canadian abstraction. Peter Sager was born in Vancouver and was the youngest person to have a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery (at the age of 17 in 1937). Taught by Painters Eleven member Jock Macdonald, Sager produced prints, sculptures, paintings and drawings that would be shown internationally.

Browsing Beauty – Andrea Sunder-Plassmann and Sigi Torinus – installation. Curated by Carl Lavoy. The artists explore the tensions and contradictions that emerge when formal and unfamiliar conceptions of beauty are juxtaposed.

This year Station Gallery celebrates 40 years of providing the community arts experience. Drop in for 10 minutes or stay and explore, Station Gallery has something for everyone. Admission is free.

NEWS –

WAVE: Summer Music Series. WAVE offers an eclectic array of some of the region's finest music for those young, and for those young at heart! Need a night out? Join us for the perfect night on the town, date night or mid-week celebration. Those 19 years and older can relax with vibrant music, fresh air, great friends and fine food. Proceeds support the Gallery's Youth Arts Education programs.
Tickets on sale now at Station Gallery. $15 members; $20 non-members.
Jul 21: Patrick Dorie.
Aug 18: The Campfire Boys.
Sep 24: In celebration of our 40th anniversary, join us for a FREE WAVE night on Fri 24 Sep, 2010.
Visit www.whitbystationgallery.com for details or call 905 668 4185.

Located in the heart of downtown Oakville's renowned arts and culture scene. The gallery features an exceptional collection of original works of art by both established and emerging Canadian and International artists presenting a wide variety of subject and media.

Representing painters and sculptors: Monika Aebischer, Erika Baempfer Deery, Sacha Barette, Bozena Bar, Ilona Biernot, Tadeusz Biernot, Israel Broytman, Peter Colbert, Marie-Eve Cournoyer, Nancy DeBoni, Iosif Derecichei, Claude Dorval, Nahum Flores, Jean Gaudet, Narelle Gibbs, David Grieve, Beverley Hawksley, Christopher Hayes, Heather Haynes, Sonja Hidas, Vladan Ignatovic, Karoline Varin-Jarkowski, Yuri Kaplunovich, Julia Klimova, Louise Laroche, Myriam Levy, Hugh Malcolm, Gilles Marcou, Dina Shubin-Panov, Igor Panov, Peter Panov, Andrew Pawlowski, Provenzano, Linda Schneider-Granatstein, Shwan, Dragan Sekaric Shex, Nicole St-Pierre, Marcelo Suaznabar, Susan Valyi, Susan Wallis, Nava Waxman, Mary Wright, Roman Zuzuk and others...

A Tribute to Norman Bethune – The Mural and Political Cartoons of Avrom Yanovsky.
“Avrom's” Bethune mural weaves together the symbolic characters he developed over a career of political cartooning. The artist's visual commentaries isolated humourous stereotypes of good and evil, always saving the leading role for the worker: an idealized representation of labour that endures the endless greed of capital and political power.

Cultural Floe: Modern and Inuit Traditions.
Inuit traditional knowledge privileges the expression of personal experience over received information. The subjective views of life captured in these sculptures and drawings advance the continuity of an Inuit way of being in the world and offer a template of cultural influence on contemporary culture. Among the artists featured are: Shuvinai Ashoona, Tim Pitsiulak, William Noah and Idris Moss-Davies.

Varley in Unionville.
A selection of drawings and paintings from the Gallery's permanent collection. The installation features works from the last two decades of Varley's life and celebrates his connection to Unionville.

Art On Public Lands Outdoor Sculpture Program 2009-2010 – John Dickson has installed a large sculptural work entitled Lands End on the grounds of Soper Creek Park.

Angela Harris.

Sarah M. McDougall.

Ron Eccles.

Sin-Ying Ho – Courtyard Installation.
Sin-Ying Ho explores issues surrounding culture and identity in this site-specific installation. Ho decorates forms ranging from a life-sized ceramic lamp post to traditional Chinese vessel forms with symbols ranging from traditional blue and white ware to computer language to explore the clash of cultures, modernity and tradition.

Fire+Earth+Imagination. AIC Gallery. Curators: Sheila and Tony Clennell.
Various artists represented in the BAC Collection and guild members. Members of the guilds associated with the Art Centre, working in their own disciplines, interpret works from Fire+Earth, a selection of ceramic artworks from the Burlington Art Centre permanent collection.

Waterloo Potters – A Survey. Members of the Waterloo Potters Guild. Collection Corridor. Curators: Ann Roberts and Jonathan Smith.
Regional ceramic guilds are the backbone of the clay movement in Canada. Older members mentor the younger ones, who in turn pass this knowledge on to others. Using work from past and present members of the guild, this exhibition explores the elements that have distinguished the direction the guild has taken over the years.

Barbara Kater and Larry Feldman.

GUILD EXHIBITIONS – F. R. Perry Gallery –

Burlington Hooking Craft Guild Annual Juried Exhibition.

Fall Studio Art Programs – for youth, teens and adults. We offer courses for all ages at our four Cambridge Libraries and Galleries locations and the Design at Riverside Printmaking Studio. To view our full studio course listings please visit: www.cambridgegalleries.ca.

Upcoming Day Trip. The Warrior Emperor and China's Terra Cotta Army at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Please call Margaret at the Gallery for more information at 519 621 0460 x127.

Wilfrid Laurier Concert Series 2010.
Free. Everyone welcome.
Wed 18 Aug, 7pm: Vivian Luong – solo performance of classical injected with a twist of jazz – a perfect combination of sounds for a warm August evening. This is the third concert in the Wilfrid Laurier Concert Series. The series began in 2009 to foster young regional musicians to foster their performance experience. Past musicians in the series include: David McEvoy, Duncan Macauly and Faeron Pileggi.
Wed 22 Sep, 7pm: Rebecca Leung, Canadian pianist. Canadian pianist, Rebecca Leung, recently graduated with Merit standing from the Master of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, under the tutelage of Russian pedagogue Tanya Sarkissova. Ms. Leung has also maintained an active teaching studio for over ten years, with students earning distinctive achievements in their examinations and various music festivals. Rebecca looks forward to upcoming solo and chamber engagements this year, and has been invited to give a recital in France to commemorate the 200th birthday anniversary of Frédéric Chopin.

FABRICation: Studio Production Textiles for Interiors.
Multi-exhibition reception on Sep 11 – FABRICation, FibreWorks 2010, as well as KNIT camBRIDGE – a project organized by Sue Sturdy, 2010 Artist-in-Residence, Cambridge Centre for the Arts.
FABRICation features products and contract installations by 12 renowned Canadian textile designer-entrepreneurs whose work bridges the worlds of art and commercial fabrication. "Studio Production" refers to work that incorporates manufacturing processes and technologies, but are produced in limited quantities rather than mass produced.
Designers/studios: Bev Hisey, FELT Studio, Lily Yung, Joy N. Walker, Virginia Johnson, Arounna Khounnoraj, SERI+, MOTIF Textile, Institute of Everyday Life, ArchiTextiles Lab, Armstrong Fox Textiles, Laura Friedland Design.

CASTING & SLUMPING & BLOWING... OH MY!

Bruce Taylor: LUCID DREAMING – Inspired by his chidren's toys and computer games, Taylor's latest series of large-scale ceramic sculptures uses the crucible as a metaphor for self-definition and realization on personal, community, and societal levels. These works also reference the impersonal ideal of contemporary industrial efficiency while looking back to Victorian-era machinery that was built to last yet was ornamented with such details as lion's feet.
Alfred Engerer: AN "ALFRED" EXPERIENCE – showcases different processes of casting glass. A portion of Alfred Engerer's glass studio will be installed in the Gallery where visitors will explore various processes of glass-making, including blowing, casting, slumping and more. This exhibition explores what kinds of moulds are used, the various options available, and how a variety of artists who are using unique approaches to create work. Engerer's own work, some of his moulds, and technical examples showing the creation process from start to finish are complemented by photos and videos. These illustrate Engerer and other artists in action with hot glass. The intrepid artist's passion for glass is infectious.
Joni Moriyama: MEERKATS – Through her cast ceramic works, Joni Moriyama has captured a potent moment in a clan of meerkats, one of the most cooperative societies in the animal kingdom. These highly socialized beings are staring and intently focused on something they have just heard or seen. What they are sensing is beyond our awareness.
Joni Moriyama was also juror fo the Waterloo Potters' Workshop – EARTHBORN 2010 at CCGG Jun 13-Aug 22.

Also available: Lustreware by Scott Barnim.

Here and There – works by Barry Hodgson.
"Hodgson finds the bones of a landscape, marries this with its energy and gives us a painting we want to look at over and over again."

Dream of Fields – large oils by David Laing Dawson.
"Dawson, inspired more by Mark Rothko than Tom Thomson, offers us the serenity, the blissful perfection of an Ontario field touching the sky, on fourteen large canvases into which we would like to stroll."

Representing: Scott Abbott, Wesley W. Bates, Andrea Blanar, Ronald Boaks, Paul Cvetich, David Laing Dawson, Michael Dobson, Patricia Gagic, Catherine Gibbon, Barry Hodgson, Trevor Hodgson, Jody Joseph, Heather Keenan, Karen G. Kulyk, Duane Nickerson, Tibor Nyilasi, Marla Panko, Janice Peshke, Elena Roginsky, Chelo Sebastian, Toby Snajdman, Holly Sneath, and the Estate of Conrad Furey.

Natural History. Group exhibition in Galleries 1 & 2 – an exhibition of contemporary art works that examine our relationships to the captivity inherent in the display of wild animals and indigenous people in relation to the history of collecting, world fairs, museums and zoos, from the colonial past to the present. The artists focus on the representation of animals and the connection to empire, identity and evolution that is evident from 17th-century painting to early 20th-century natural history displays.

Perth Huron Exhibition. Group exhibition in Gallery 3, from an open call to artists in two counties. This exhibition promotes the work of regional artists working in all media. The exhibition has supported the presentation of local work for nearly 30 years.

Phil Irish, Jane Adeney, Robin Hesse: Fire, Water and Air.
A three-person show explores the turning points in people's lives in relation to their physical environment through maps, the power of transformation and our celestial connections. Drawing, mixed media, fired clay.

(And) We All Fall Down: Cautionary Tales – Miklos Legrady & Kasia Piech. Guest curated by Laura Arseneau. This exhibition pairs two artists: photographer Miklos Legrady (Toronto) and ceramic sculptor Kasia Piech (Hamilton) who train the spotlight on the dualities of evil and innocence. There is trouble in the world for their protagonists: "Evil Ducky", the rubber duck as trickster, who Legrady snaps in enlarged Cibachrome glory, out and about and up to no good – "Look out! He's lurking in the kitchen sink among the teacups!"
His photographs wall is in a decisively different sort of playground – one peopled by ceramic sculptor Kasia Piech's wicked little girls, pretty in pink yet standing on kindergarten chairs, wielding hand-guns, sights trained at each others.
Welcome to the playground called (And) We All Fall Down: Cautionary Tales. As the title suggests, each present a version of cautionary tales, flipping the morality card on us just when we think we've read it right. Playground bullies and child warriors are ever-present, lurking behind the big-box aisles and Saturday morning T.V. jingles. (And) We All Fall Down unlocks the lid to expose what lies beneath in each and every one of our private toy chests.
"Husha, husha, we all fall down."

Gallery Artists.

John Kissick: A Nervous Decade – a survey of paintings from the last decade that traces the artist's work from its origins in the reconfiguration of abstract expressionism, through to its current immersion in hybrid painting and popular culture.
Gwen MacGregor: Research, Flow Charts and Data Banks (Grand River Chronicles #8) – premiere of new video work and an installation made of recycled packaging inspired by the artist's recent travels on and near the Grand River.

Mary Catherine Newcomb: Product of Eden 2010 – In a temporary garden outside the Gallery, the artist nurtures squash plants shaped into curious baby-like creatures.

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Sculpture Park. Open daily from dawn to dusk. Featuring 35 permanently sited outdoor sculptures, including, Short Life, Long Branch by Michael Davey.

The Blind Architect Meets Rembrandt.
São Paulo-based artist / theoretical architect Alexander Pilis presents his 2004 video-work The Blind Architect Meets Rembrandt as the “centrepiece” for a site-responsive installation. He will be working with Senior Curator Ihor Holubizky to develop and articulate a dialogue between the explicit and implicit visual texts in his video-work, and works from the Museum's European historical, modern, and contemporary collection.

There Is No Limit to the Line.
This exhibition, including works from the McMaster collection by 20th-century European and Canadian artists, explores a range of strategic approaches to mark-making.

Graeme Patterson: Grudge Match.
Executed in Graeme Patterson's signature style, Grudge Match imagines a freestyle wrestling match between the artist and his long-lost childhood friend, Yuki. Best friends at the age of 5, Patterson lost touch with Yuki once his friend returned to Japan four years later. Through sculptural installation and stop-motion video, puppets of Patterson and Yuki as teenagers engage in a fictional match in a high school gymnasium. A conflation of personal experience and emotional memory, the installation recreates and plays with Patterson's memories of his first best friend, exploring boyhood rivalry and the bonds of friendship.

FASTWÜRMS – Unicorn Tip.
To Jan 2011 in Niche Project Space.
To Apr 1, 2011 in Rodman Hall's garden.
In 1979 Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse created FASTWÜRMS, a union of two Ontario-based multidisciplinary artists who question nature, the environment and issues of power. Known for melding high and popular cultures, bent identity politics and social exchange, FASTWÜRMS transforms the grounds of Rodman Hall and the Niche Project Space into realms of commonplace magick that draw attention to the everyday fantastic.
FASTWÜRMS has exhibited and created public commissions and installations, performance, video and film projects across Canada, in the United States, Europe, Korea and Japan.

The Shilling Experience: Past and Present.
In 1957, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Alex Colville and others oversaw the creation of the Southampton School of Fine Arts. In its inaugural year, 16-year-old Arthur Shilling (1941-1986) received his first professional training there. Just ten years later, he was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal, and in his tragically short life, he went on to become one of Canada's finest Aboriginal artists.
The Southampton Arts Society presents a groundbreaking multi-generational exhibition – The Shilling Experience: Past and Present. This exhibition will include paintings by Arthur Shilling that have never been viewed by the public before, exhibited side by side with the accomplished works of Arthur's sons, Bewabon and Travis Shilling.

Group Show. – features selected works by Hagop Khoubesserian, Howard Day, Sean Yelland, Beverley Hawksley, Kate Grigg, Barker Fairley, Leonard Brooks, Lawrence Nickle, Michael Clay, E. B. Cox, Michael Kiriakis, Andrew Olscher, Shao-Pin Chu, Tony Leung, Patrycia Zwierzynska, Pamela Lauz, plus numerous historical prints. For more info call or email Tom Goldspink at tom.goldspink@tagartgallery.ca.

Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, featuring Antje Laidler – Recent Drawings.

Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, featuring Antje Laidler – Recent Drawings.

Gallery services: custom picture framing and frame restoration.

Gallery artists: Michael Allgoewer, Robert Creighton, Michael Davidson, John W. Ford, Don Jean-Louis, Laurie Kilgour-Walsh, Fiona Kinsella, Harold Klunder, Steve Mazza, Andrew McPhail, Martin Pearce, Leslie Sorochan, Matthew Varey, Pearl Van Geest.

Matthew Varey: The Glory of Consciousness – New Paintings.

Florence Carlyle Gallery. This permanent gallery features the rotating works of Post-Impressionist Florence Carlyle, supplemented by family artifacts and photographs.

Visual Elements... Woodstock Art Gallery 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition.
This popular exhibition continues the longstanding tradition of offering annually the best artwork created by Gallery members, Oxford County and regional artists. The public in invited to celebrate this popular annual tradition! Come see the works, meet the artists and cast your ballot for the People's Choice Award.
2010 jurors: Ms. Catherine Elliot Shaw, curator of The McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario and Mr. Patrick Mahon, Professor and Chair, Visual Arts Department, University of Western Ontario will adjudicate the exhibition.

Open Air Painting and Fundraiser at Jesse Ashbridge House (1444 Queen Street East in Beach area of Toronto).
Several of the famous landscape painters in the Group of Seven were founding members of the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA). You have a unique opportunity to see current members of the OSA paint outdoors, on location, in the beautiful gardens of the Jesse Ashbridge House in Toronto. All paintings are for sale at $75. each. Proceeds go to the pARTners Project.
Through the pARTners Project, the OSA and the Woodstock Art Gallery aim to establish an ongoing mentorship program where members of the OSA will work with some of Ontario's top graduates of fine arts programs in universities and colleges, as they begin their art careers.

Canadian Landscape Juried Exhibition.
Jurors: Virginia Eichhorn, Director / Curator, Tom Thomson Art Gallery; Rhona Wenger, Director / Curator, Grimsby Public Art Gallery; Laurie Carmount, Curator, Agnes Jamieson Gallery.
A call for submissions was sent out to artists in an attempt to rejuvenate this neglected genre, yet an essential part of Canadian culture. This exhibition takes a new approach by revisiting the aesthetic movement of traditional to the evolutionary non-traditional work of Canadian landscape art.
Artists: Al van Mil, Alan Glicksman, Alex Jack, Amy Bagshaw, Annie Sakkab, Aurora King, Barbara Amos, Bob Pennycook, Bruce Livingston, Cameron Kuntz, Daniel Durocher, Daniel Tofach, David French, Debra Lees, Denis Larouche, Dennis Austin Reid, Elaine M. Carr, Elizabeth Siegfried, Gunhild Hotte, Heather Carey, Helen Utsal, Ian Winton, Jachen Mueller, Janusz Wrobel, Jerre Davidson, Jessica Watchorn, Joel Sinclair, John Ashbourne, John Deal, John Graham, John Lennard, Judith J. Leidl, Judith McCarvell, Karen Bigelow, Kathleen Weich, Kim Atlin, Leanne Baird, Liz Menard, Lori Sokoluk, Maria Whiteman, Marie Timbers, Mark Marasco, Pat Hertsberg, Patricia Whittingham, Richard Watts, Robby J, Robert Achtemichuk, Rod Prouse, Ryan Szulc, Stefan Berg, Stephen Brookbank, Sybil Goldstein, Thea Jones, Teodora Pica, Wendy DesChene, Wendy Trusler.

Art: Eric Atkinson, Michael Barber, Ed Bartram, Marie Bohm, Gerard Brender a Brandis, Jane Burns, Laura Carter, Joanne Clarke, Amanda Cuffe, Susan Duplan, Roly Fenwick, Robin Hesse, Stephen Hogbin, Lenka Holubec, Johnnene Maddison, Joel Masewich, Derek McLarty, Renate Min-Oo, Carman Roberts, Michael Robinson, Lorraine Roy, Brian Saby, Rosemary Sloot, Allen Smutylo, Ruth Strebe, Richard Sturgeon, David Thai, Margarethe Vanderpas, Jeff Willmore.
Photography: Lenka Holubec, Bruce Millen, Ruth Mittelholtz, Janusz Wrobel.
Ceramics: Scott Barnim, Shu-Chen Cheng, Jeff Christie, Shirley Clifford, Jose Drouin, Steve Irvine, Renate Min-Oo, Shane Norrie, Kayo O'Young, Flock Reid, Barb Sachs, Gise Trauttsmandorff.
Wood: Ron Brackenbury, Jason Freiburger, Stephen Hogbin, Dan Gibb, John Glendinning, Jim Lorriman.
Jewellery: Jonathon Carey, Andrew Goss, Sandra Noble Goss, Stephanie King, Cheryl Laakes, Peter Lawrence, Helen Murray, Jean-Yves Nantel, Mary Profitt, Lisa Ridout, Brenda Roy, Susan Skaith, Shelley Strong.

Celebrating 41 years! Circle Arts represents some of Canada's finest artists and artisans, many of whom are inspired by the unique energy, spirit and landscape of Georgian Bay and the Bruce Peninsula.

Cows, Cows, Cows & More – Albert Chiarandini, OSA-FIAL (1915-2007); Bruce Smith (1925-2005); Tom Zsolt, Photographer.

Exhibitions –

Donald Stuart: Homage.
For this solo show, acclaimed local designer Donald Stuart has created a series of necklaces that pay tribute to the lives of women in the arts, politics, commerce and sciences in Canada. Curator: Susan Benson.

Stay connected with the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. Follow us on www.twitter.com/TheTomThomson and become a fan on Facebook at Tom Thomson Art Gallery.

Do You Love Me? Curated by Kim Fullerton.
Do You Love Me? explores the human-animal relationship in contemporary art with a focus on companion animals, otherwise known as pets. The relationships humans have with pets serve complex private and social functions in our culture. The artworks look at pets as status symbols, as symbols of our alienation from nature, and as human surrogates, soulmates who help to dispel loneliness and are beneficial to our health. We believe our pets love us unconditionally while providing us with an object upon which to lavish our love.

Hello My Name is Tom. Curated by Michelle Le Chien.
Tom Thomson's captivating images have inspired many artists in Canada and around the world. In this exhibition we delve into the influence of the artist and his works still felt today. Surrounded by the fascinating work of TOM and his contemporaries, visitors can listen to podcasts comprised of interviews with curators, artists and patrons alike, explaining why they are still inspired by TOM and how they were first introduced to Tom Thomson. Accompanied by a multi-media feature on our Facebook fan page and on Twitter, visitors will be encouraged to share stories and showcase their works all inspired by TOM.

Discord and Harmony in the Art of the Baroque Era. Bader Gallery.

New Canadiana: The Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund and Art as Social History.

Third Thursday Tours. Join us for highlights of exhibitions. Admission is free for all on Thursdays.

Extended Thursday evening hours – The Art Centre offers free admission and a diverse slate of public programs on Thursdays.

Arbor Gallery – Centre for Contemporary Art.
We exhibit contemporary art side by side with traditional fine arts for a mix that is always fresh and stimulating. We feel rural art goers deserve exhibitions as sophisticated and as interesting as any downtown gallery. Come enjoy a relaxing gallery experience in the heart of the village... Exciting visual art in a warm historical setting.

In the large gallery – The Automobile – an exhibition of car-themed artworks – Michelle Landriault, Jeannine St-Amour, Katrin Smith, Richard Stanford, marie-noël. Exhibition coincides with the nearby Hawkesbury Auto Show on Sun 5 Sep.
In the small gallery – Process – an exhibition of artworks with tools and photographs illustrating each artist's working process – Jocelyn Guilbault, Jeannine St-Amour, Erica Taylor.
Visit www.arborgallery.org to preview works from the exhibitions.
With support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Outdoor programming – Ayaadagon: Outdoor Art Installations in an Anishinaabe Garden. Curated by William Kingfisher. Three outdoor works of art by Ontario-based artists Michael Belmore, Jude Norris, and Jimson Bowler explore the concept of "ayaadagon", an Anishinaabe word that means, "to be in a certain place." This exhibition takea place outdoors on the gallery grounds in Del Crary Park in a garden of indigenous plants and medicine.

Main Gallery, Day and Night – Recent works by Peer Christensen and Marilyn Goslin.
This exhibition brings together two artists from the Peterborough area who both explore light and landscape in their paintings. Peer Christensen's atmospheric scenes highlight urban and industrial landscapes, while Lakefield artist Marilyn Goslin presents vivid canvases of domestic spaces that detail the unique architecture of local neighbourhoods as well as everyday life during her travels in Europe. Organized by the Art Gallery of Peterborough.

Lower Ramp, Emerging Curators' Series – Kara Rashotte-York – Blueprints of our Past: Roy Studio Cyanotypes.
A display of historic photographs from the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio loaned from the Peterborough Civic Museum and Archives provide valuable snapshots of Peterborough life prior to 1912.

Upper Ramp, From Monet to Modigliani: A *Child's Immersion In Art – Michèle Karch-Ackerman's Tall Oaks School of Art – A series of multi-media works by students taught by local artist Michele Karch-Ackerman, who is widely recognized for her innovative and motivational teaching style. This diverse range of work was inspired by movements in art history – from Impressionism to Modern art.

The best kind of trail is one that leads you to new and exciting places.
The Arts Trail in Prince Edward County is like that. Come, follow a trail that leads you to 27 artists, artisans and galleries dotted around this beautiful island. They say artists are attracted to islands, and the County is home to a vibrant creative community.
The Arts Trail is a journey of discovery to the studios of painters and sculptors, potters, blacksmiths, glassblowers and jewellery makers, stained and fused glass artists and a photographer who still prints by hand.
Travel the Arts Trail at your leisure. You'll find beautiful artworks and a warm welcome at every stop. www.artstrail.ca.

The gardens are in bloom at Galerie 240, and that is where you will find painter Brenda Gale Warner all summer long, as she continues her series, Flowers from my Secret Garden.
There is a small collection of "Flowers" on public display at the Rideau Underpass at Rideau and Sussex Streets until July.
Stop by and paint with Brenda, or simply enjoy a cup of tea in the gardens and relax on the porch!

Gallery ArtPlus presents Summersault – featuring Anne Ireland, Allison Knudsen, Christa Markstahler-Flynn, Michelle Mendlowitz and Robin Tieu.

Representing: Simon Andrew, Bonnie Brooks, Tim De Rose, Frank Edwards, Grace George, Heather Haynes, Jordan Hicks, Harold Kaufmann, Michael Minthorn, Evelyn Rapin, Maureen Sheridan, Peggy Morley, Verna Vowles, and Gerry Wright.

VAGA is the largest cooperative-run gallery in Eastern Ontario, with original art for sale by 29 members. Visit the gallery on the waterfront and see a variety of original works of art in watercolour, oil, acrylic, collage, graphite, etchings, mixed media, printmaking, and miniatures painted on Ivorite.
Representing: June Anderson, Beth Bailey, Ann Blodgett, Linda Brady, Françoise Boisvert, Barb Carr (www.barbcarr.ca), Kay (Cookie) Cartwright, Judy Cornell, Mary E. Crawford, Liz Evans, Helma Gansen, Marg Grothier, Cathie Hamilton, Margaret Kelk, Jim Kraemer, Layne Larsen (www.larsenart.com), Pat MacAulay, Betty Matthews, Beatsie McLean, Joan Labron Palmer, Karen Schaack, Marion St. Denis, Ingrid Schmidt (www.ingridschmidtart.ca), Barbara Simard, Martha Stroud, Maria Tilford (http://home.cogeco.ca/~treetopstudio), Jane Topping, Henry Vyfvinkel, and Teri Wing.

Moon Rain Centre in Val-Des-Monts, Quebec presents international textile arts event – When Thirteen Moons Entwine, inspired by the thirteen moons of the lunar calendar; it is an outdoor laboratory linking 26 professional international and emerging artists in the creation of 13 textile arts installations along a scenic walking path at Moon Rain Centre in the Gatineau Hills.
A spectrum of textile arts exhibitions are presented in collaboration with major exhibition centres in the region, and throughout this festive event workshops will be taught by international textile artists.

On-site installations – Irene Anton (Germany), Carole Baillargeon (Québec), Ewa Bartosz-Mazus (Poland), Denise Coker (Québec), Joanne De Nobriga (UK), Nadine Dupeux (France), Claire Guerette (Québec), Andie Haltrich (Québec), Peter Harris (Canada), Jocelyne Ladouceur (Québec), Hope Maclean (Québec), Edith Meusnier (France), Gael Morin (France), Johanna Nousianen (Québec), Kathryn Pannepacker (USA), Ali Rabjohns (UK), Hannah Ranger (Québec), Nadine Richard (France), Krystyna Sadej (Canada), Debieve Soazig (France), Jolanta Sprawka (Québec), Marie Pier St-George (Canada), Ixchel Suarez (Canada), Liane Thiry-Smith (Canada), owen tuf (Québec), Jeanne Vaillancourt (Canada).

Exhibitions – La 9ième Triennale Internationale de Mini-Textiles – Aug 16-Oct 10 at Galerie Montcalm (Gatineau); Fibres Boréales – Aug 27-Oct 10 at Espace Pierre Debain (Aylmer); La Toile Vivante / The Living Tapestry – Aug 26-Sep 28 at Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre (Orleans); Merveilleux Oiseaux / Marvellous Birds – Sep 4-25 at Impressions (Shawville); Fils Lumineux / Threads of Light – Aug 28-Oct 10 at L'Hotel de Ville (Val-des-Monts); Les Arts Textiles de la Petite Nation – Sep 5-26 at Centre d'Action Culturel (St-André-Avellin); Du Coton à la Laine: Une Histoire à Raconter / From Cotton to Wool: A Story Once Told – Aug 2-Sep 27 at CAP Vallée de la Gatineau (Déléage); Fibre Fest – Sep 10-12 at Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte); Les Treize Lunes – Aug 28-Oct 10 at L'Atelier du Centre Moon Rain (Val-des-Monts).

Visit www.moonrain.ca for details.

General Idea: One Year of AZT. Gallery B204.

Pop Life: Art in a Material World. Special Exhibitions Galleries.

Pierre Huyghe: A Journey That Wasn't. Gallery B106.

Angela Grauerholz: The inexhaustible image ... épuiser l'image. Galleries B102 and B103.

Louise Bourgeois: Cell (The Last Climb). Gallery B109.

Without a Camera... Photograms from the National Gallery of Canada.

The Oeno Gallery represents over 40 contemporary sculptors and painters. Please visit our website for additional information and to view artists' images or to watch videos.
The Oeno Gallery also provides complimentary residential and corporate art consultation services. Private viewings of selected work can be scheduled in Toronto and throughout Eastern Ontario.

The Oeno Gallery represents more than 40 contemporary artists. Visit our website for complete list.

Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Featuring: Caroline Benchetrit, Susan Collett, Lis Mellikov Gare, Justin Hawkes, Stuart Kinmond, America Martin, Graham Metson, San Murata, Teresa Swayne, Alice Teichert, Alice Vander Vennen, Carl Wiens, Nancy Zboch.
One of the largest group shows to be held at the Gallery since its launch, Rock, Paper, Scissors highlights the work of thirteen artists. Featuring drawing, illustration, watercolour, printing, and painting, the exhibition provides a glimpse into the variety of artworks available for sale at the Gallery. Visit our website for additional information and to view artist images or to watch videos.

Louis Helbig: Beautiful Destruction – Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs.
Louis Helbig's aerial images teeter between documentary and abstract. The tension between their beauty and what they represent – the man-made alteration and destruction of a landscape – stimulates both thought and imagination. The Alberta Tar Sands are a place of superlatives where exaggeration of scale and proportion seems almost impossible. This exhibition is one outcome of a 2008 aerial cross-country journey the photographer and his partner Kristin Reimer embarked on in their antique aircraft, a 1946 Luscombe.

2010 artist-in-residence Givemore Mashaya, who has created an exceptional body of work for Rice Lake XI, is leading sculpting workshops at the gallery during the month of Aug.

Rice Lake XI is the 11th annual public outdoor exhibition and sale of stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.

Now in our fifth year of operation, Studio22 is dedicated to the celebration of art in our lives. Studio22 endeavours to represent a broad spectrum of styles, media and expression.

Arthur Shilling. Self-Portrait: The Most Important Signature of an Artist.
Significant numbers of works by Arthur Shilling will be on display at upcoming exhibitions in Toronto and Ottawa. Please contact us to receive an invitation.
We are looking for art loans for our Arthur Shilling exhibition.
We also buy art by Arthur Shilling and other Canadian masters.

Armand Tatossian.
Please contact Varasmus® at 613 247 9373 or visit www.varasmus.com to receive the complete catalogue.

Representing contemporary Canadian artists – Michael Adamson, Barbara Babinski, David Bolduc, Mark Cartile, Paul Chester, Teresa Cullen, Hugh Cunningham, Blaise DeLong, Jennifer Dickson, Patricia Doyle, Dale Dunning, Paul Healey, David Peter Hunsberger, Duncan de Kergommeaux, Brian Kipping, Jaya Krishnan, Karen Kulyk, Danièle Lemieux, John Macdonald, Robert Marchessault, Neil McClelland, Shelley Mitchell, David Pelletier, Joe Plaskett, Daniel Ross, Blair Sharpe, Kelvin Smith, David Sorensen.

A Passion for Art ... Kingston's newest fine art gallery features contemporary and abstract works (Art on the Walls) by established and emerging artists from the Kingston area and across the country, including Tristan Adams, Iman Azhari, Hanna Back, Anne Barkley, Nicholas Crombach, Julie Davidson-Smith, Oleg Dergachov, Sheena Graham, Rose Hirano, Michele LaRose, Connie Morris, Sophia Muller, Erika Olsen, Kim Ondaatje, William Rusedski, Jan Swaren, Otis Tamasauskas, Raymond Vong, and J. T. Winik.
The gallery collection also includes older works by John Bechtel, Rita Letendre, Ingeborg Mohr, Takao Tanabe, Anthony Thorn and Gwyneth Travers.

Patrick McNeill, the gallery's owner, looks forward to serving new and established collectors and lovers of art! Visit the gallery's website to see a list of art shows starting Aug 19th and continuing throughout the fall. The gallery in collaboration with Upper Canada Art Consulting will be hosting the Revealing Art Seminar Series starting Oct 14 running for three weeks – all very exciting!

Art 11 is pleased to present Sweet, an exhibition of new paintings by Peter G. Ray. Also included in the exhibition are a series of paintings, including deep blue (2007), brake through of colours (2007), and resurrection (2006), shown together here, for the first time.

Studio Glass: Anna and Joe Mendel Collection.

Global Warming: Scenes from a Planet Under Pressure.
Napoleon – Gift of the Ben Weider Collection to the MMFA.
Sacred Africa: Ancient Art from Sub-Saharan Africa – works from the collections of the Cirque du Soleil, the MMFA, and the Redpath Museum, McGill Univ.

The Symbolist Muse: A Selection of Prints from the National Gallery of Canada.

Borduas. Les frontières de nos rêves ne sont plus les mêmes.

With Glass, Under Glass, Without Glass.

Yesterday's Tomorrows – Works by Paulette Phillips, Dorit Margreiter, John Massey, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Simon Starling, Toby Paterson, Arni Haraldsson, Tobias Putrih, Nairy Baghramian; films by Johanna Billing, Ursula Mayer, Sadie Murdoch, Domènec, Terence Gower, Pia Ronicke, Judi Werthein.

Runa Islam – two major film works: Be the First to See What You See as You See It (2004) and Assault (2008).

David K. Ross: Attaché – photographs.

online auction – Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art / Important Estate Collections.

Art Classes & Workshops for Adults at the Art Centre.
Classes and workshops are open to Queen's students and adults from the community, and include access to our exhibitions.
To register by phone: call 613 533 2190 and pay with VISA or Mastercard.
To register in person: visit our Reception Desk during regular hours and pay with credit card, cash or debit card. Space is limited; registration is confirmed with payment.

Painting Course. Ben Darrah leads a course in painting en plein air. For further information
on the course and how to register please see www.aeac.ca.

Summer in the City.
The summer months are a great time to try a new artistic adventure.
Kids entering JK through to Grade 4 can take part in our Alice in Wonderland Integrated Arts Camp, for either a half-day or a full-day session throughout July and August. Planned around creative and educational themes, these summer arts camps are jam-packed with visual arts, drama and music activities.
Children aged 19 months-4 years, with a parent or caregiver, can participate in week-long Toddler Arts Programs. As well, wee ones can have fun in Preschool Music, a once-a-week program with Juno Award-winner Jennifer Gould.
Kids and teens in Grades 3-10 can choose from a wide range of classes, from Landscape Painting to Musical Theatre to Clay Masks & Puppets.
Adults and teens 15+ can also have some summer fun at the School, exploring their creativity through many painting, drawing and mixed media based summer arts programs.
Call 416 961 1502 for more information, or register online at www.avenueroadartsschool.com.

Registration for Fall, Winter and Spring 2010-11 is ongoing. Visit www.avenueroadartsschool.com for more information, or call 416 961 1502.

Summer Studio Art Programs – for youth, teens and adults. We offer courses for all ages at our four Cambridge Galleries' locations and the Design at Riverside Printmaking Studio. To view our full studio course listings please visit: www.cambridgegalleries.ca.

Intermediate Photography for Teens and Adults – Photography with SLR cameras. Continue to learn about your camera and expand on how to take great photographs with local photographer Terry Manzo. $100 Gallery members; $115 non-members.

Arts Alive – Summer art program for ages 4-12. Gallery Stratford's Arts Alive program offers drawing, painting with water colour and acrylics, sculpture, collage projects and much more. Our full-day and half-day programs help to stimulate creativity and build art-making skills.

Children's classes.
All gallery programs are subject to minimum or maximum registration. Payment is required 7 days after the date of registration to ensure a spot. Classes are subject to change.
Cancellations require 7-days notice to receive a full refund.
The gallery is not responsible for missed classes, and does not pro-rate classes without prior arrangements.
Classes and workshops are regularly updated on our website: www.town.grimsby.on.ca.
For more information or to register for a class, please contact the gallery at 905 945 3246, or email at gpag@town.grimsby.on.ca –

Art Adventures.
For ages 5-8 years. Mornings 9:30am-12noon.
Children will learn important skills and work with a variety of materials while exploring a new theme each week! Exciting projects will challenge and entertain students.
July 5-9: Printmaking & Collage
July 12-16: Mixed Media Sculpture
July 19-23: Clay Kids
July 26-30: Painting & Drawing
Aug 3-6 (four days): Clay Kids 2
Aug 9-13: Creative Cultures: Mixed Media
Aug 16-20: An Artist A Day: Mixed Media
Aug 23-27: Story Time: Mixed Media
Regular week-long half-day programs: $80 members | $96 non-members.
Aug 4-7 (short week): $64 members | $77 non-members.

Art Smarts.
For ages 8-12 years. Afternoons 1:30-4pm.
Students will learn techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. Each week will cover new ideas, artists and skills.
July 5-9: Printmaking & Collage
July 12-16: Mixed Media Sculpture
July 19-23: Clay 1
July 26-30: Painting & Drawing
Aug 3-6 (four days): Clay 2
Aug 9-13: Creative Cultures: Mixed Media
Aug 16-20: An Artist A Day: Mixed Media
Aug 23-27: Story Time: Mixed Media
Regular week-long half-day programs: $80 members | $96 non-members.
Aug 4-7 (short week): $64 members | $77 non-members.

Life Drawing. No instructor.
This open studio format allows each artist to determine their own needs – from quick studies to extended poses. There is no instructor and each participant chooses their own media. No materials are provided by the gallery.
$45 members, $55 non-members.

Introduction to Printmaking for Teens and Adults – with Amanda McKinney.
This session will teach two different ways to create prints. Exploring line, colour and composition, have fun transferring your ideas into multiple prints on paper.
$45 members, $50 non-members.

Drawing the Human Figure – with Brigitte Huard.
Drawing the human figure is both rewarding and very challenging. If your drawn limbs look like noodles, you tend to hide the hands and feet, can't get the eyes straight, or ignore the head and face entirely, this course will aim to help you with proportion, structure, and anatomy so that this stops happening (we hope!). Different methods will be used to give the student a variety of ways to resolve their difficulties as well as enhance their skills and understanding. The last class will be a life drawing session with a model. www.brigittehuard.com.
$60 members, $70 non-members.

Screen Printing on T-Shirts – with Maaike Bouhuyzen-Wenger.
Get creative and have a great time during this two-session workshop where you will learn the basics of screen printing techniques for t-shirts. This is a perfect opportunity for both new and experienced students to express themselves through the art of printmaking. http://inprintstudio.ca/blog/members/.
$30 members, $35 non-members.

Landscape Painting – with Chris O'Hoski.
Choose your medium between watercolour and acrylic and discover new and easy ways to represent the world around us. This course is for both the beginner and advanced artist, focusing on landscape, colour and artistic growth. Come paint worry-free in an encouraging environment – there is no "right" or "wrong".
http://chrisohoski.org/index.html.
$45 members, $55 non-members.

Summer Art 2010 (Ages 7-9 | 10-13) –

Join in the excitement as we explore a variety of mediums to create imaginative art projects each day. Sessions include in-gallery activities and outdoor team-building games. Each week features new activities and registration is available on a daily or weekly basis. Pre and post childcare is available.

Fall Youth Programming (Ages 6-8 | 9-12) –

Art Explorations – Oct 5-Nov 9, 2010. Discover your creativity and develop new skills in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media and more.

Art Lab – Oct 2-Nov 6, 2010. Take your art making to the next level and experiment with a variety of materials and techniques. Sign up for the sessions of your choice or try all 6 weeks

For more information and for family, adult and teen programming, please visit www.kwag.ca or call 519 579 5860.

Making art is part of the Koffler mix. Koffler Centre of the Arts has been teaching children, teens, adults and families painting, drawing, ceramics, music, and dance for over 30 years. Our instructors are artists-in-residence, well respected across the city in their practices. Our students are artists who enjoy the camaraderie of like minds and other creative souls. Beginners are always welcome to join the mix – there is something for everyone, even if you've never made art before!
The Koffler is a generator of new culture, and Toronto's only contemporary Jewish cultural institution that combines so much under one roof. From classes and workshops, to concerts, comedy nights, films, exhibitions, theatre, festivals and literary events, we bring art both to the city and into the world. Our students are a key part of the Koffler community, and get to enjoy all aspects of what we offer, often at significant discounts.
Join the Koffler community today. Sign up now for classes that will help you and your loved ones discover the wonders of art and unleash the creative spirit within!
To register go to www.kofflerarts.org. For more information on classes, please contact 416 638 1881 x4269 or registration@kofflerarts.org.

Drawing & Painting the Figure.
This four-day workshop is designed for both beginners and advanced students wishing to work with a model in drawing and/or painting media. Working from a model both indoors and out, enjoy the summer weather while learning to incorporate landscape with the figure. Respecting each participant's individual approach, in-depth instruction and discussion of the creative process will be provided.
Instructor: Michael Antkowiak.
$285 + taxes.

Landscape Painting Master Class: On-location and In-studio Workshop.
An extraordinary opportunity to improve your landscape painting skills while working outdoors in beautiful Edwards Gardens and Trinity Bellwoods Park. At the end of the five-day workshop, complete your creations in the comfort of the studios at the Koffler Centre of the Arts. Open to all media, ages 16 and up. All levels welcome.
Instructor: Sadko Hadzihasanovic.
$250 + taxes.

Experimental Portraiture: Mixed Media Workshop with a Model.
Designed for intermediate and advanced artists wishing to push their portraiture painting in expressive, conceptual and experimental directions. Working with a variety of media, get a taste of some of the issues leading 20th- & 21st-century artists grapple with, and expand your abilities to create portraits that go beyond likeness.
Instructor: Kim Lee Kho.
$140 + HST.
Materials fee: $15.

Think, Make, Repeat: Pattern, Systems & Repetition in Art.
Explore the strength of numbers! Take a brief look at how repetition and pattern have figured in the art of the last century before diving into exercises to get you experimenting: create patterns and systems; distinguish between shape, pattern and texture, and their various roles; understand the value of creating variations on a theme; and utilize the powerful dynamic of pattern and exception.
Instructor: Kal Honey.
$140 + HST.

cARTooning. Ages 8-15.
Make your very own min-comic with the guidance of a professional cartoonist.
Instructor: Jason Laudadio.
$195. includes materials fee & tax.

Acrylic Painting Studio.
Enjoy exploring your own creative direction with the guidance of an established practicing artist. Experiment with technique, colour intensity, staining, and brush handling. This studio-based course provides individual attention in a supportive, creative setting.
Instructor: Pat Ransom.
$330+ HST.

Mixed Media & Experimental Painting – All Levels.
Using various media – charcoal, conté, ink, pastels, acrylics, basic printmaking techniques and collage - students are encouraged to explore the creative process. Learn to enjoy the "journey" rather than being fixated on the end result through a series of fun and experimental projects. Beginners are welcome, and more advanced students will have an opportunity to focus on their own individual projects – with the guidance and critiquing from the experienced teacher and artist Suzanne Metz.
Instructor: Suzanne Metz.
$330. + HST.