spOlight: Ontario's first Celebrate Our Artists Weekend Festival
DISCOVER THE ARTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
about spOtlight: More than 100 activities will take place in Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford and Waterloo during spOtlight: Ontario’s first Celebrate Our Artists weekend festival, Friday June 6 to Sunday June 8. Throughout the weekend’s festival of free activities you will experience the arts, learn more about the creative process, and meet the artists and arts organizations that make these communities and their neighbourhoods thrive.
festival launch: The weekend festival will kick off on Friday June 6 in Kitchener’s Victoria Park. A full list of activities will be featured on the spOtlight website: http://www.spotlightfestival.ca/SFsplash/index.htm
spOtlight: is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Culture and produced by the Ontario Arts Council. If you have questions, please contact Kirsten Gunter, Director of Communications at kgunter@arts.on.ca or at 416-969-7403, 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7403.
CANADIAN CLAY & GLASS GALLERY ACTIVITIES
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008
Free admission to exhibitions: 11-6pm
Boreal Baroque, Mary Anne Barkhouse
A Cabinet of Curiosities, Christian Bernard Singer
Passages, Sarah Saunders
Lecture Presentation: 2-3pm
Mark Kingwell
CIGI, Atrium, 57 Erb Street West, Waterloo
Gathering/Book Signing: 3-5pm
Mark Kingwell
CCGG, 25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, across the street from CIGI. Join philosopher and cultural theorist Mark Kingwell as he discusses Cities and Consciousness. Presented by the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in partnership with the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
About the Speaker/Author:
Kingwell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine. He is the author of eleven books of political and cultural theory, including the national bestsellers Better Living (1998), The World We Want (2000), and, most recently, Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City (2008). His articles on art, architecture and design have appeared in, among others, Harper’s, the Harvard Design Magazine, the New York Times, Canadian Art, Azure, FORM, Perspectives, Bite, Toronto Life, the Globe and Mail, and Queen’s Quarterly. Kingwell has lectured extensively in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia on philosophical subjects. He is the recipient of the Spitz Prize in political theory, National Magazine Awards for both essays and columns, and in 2000 was awarded an honorary DFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design for contributions to theory and criticism. His next book, a collection of his essays on art and philosophy called Opening Gambits, will appear later this year. He is currently at work on a biography of Glenn Gould for the Penguin Books ‘Extraordinary Canadians’ series.
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2008
Free admission to exhibitions: 1-5pm
Boreal Baroque, Mary Anne Barkhouse
A Cabinet of Curiosities, Christian Bernard Singer
Passages, Sarah Saunders
Hot Glass - Bead making demonstration: 1-3pm
Mark Lewis & Mary Ann Helmond
The technology behind glass beads is ancient, and beadmaking is one of the oldest human arts. The artists will demonstrate the art and provide interesting insight into the process. Take home a bead of your own! All ages!
About the Artist:
Helmond began her career as a glass artist after taking a course in 2006 and becoming fascinated with the lamp work process. She works as both a scientist and an artist, experimenting with the interaction of materials, utilizing different glasses and metals, and manipulating them to create pieces that are a form of self-expression.
www.chartingandassessment.com/mabeads
About the Artist:
While staying connected to images of the city, Lewis pays particular attention to the more subtle forms and colouration of the natural landscape. Using high-fire enamel he develops a series of thick, optical vessels decorated with multiple layers of pattern and colour suspended within the glass. www.beavervalleyglass.com
Artist Talk & Exhibition Tour: 3-4pm
Mary Anne Barkhouse & Virginia Eichhorn,Curator
Sculpted wolves, ravens, moose and beaver are set against unusual backgrounds in dramatic installation by First Nations artist Mary Anne Barkhouse.
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