SNAP NEWS
UPCOMING MAIN GALLERY:
"Maps and Remaining Geographies - recent prints by Shannon Collis, Michelle Murillo, and Erik Waterkotte."
Closing reception: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7-9pm
Exhibition continues: April 17 - May 31, 2008
"The Trapeze"
Karen Dugas
Opening reception: Friday, June 20, 2008, 7-9pm. This exhibition is featured as part of The Works art & Design festival 2008.
Exhibition continues: June 5 - July 19, 2008. This exhibition is featured as part of The Works art & Design festival 2008.
"Untitled"
David Poolman, and Slawomir Grabowy
Opening reception: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 7-9pm
Exhibition continues: July 24 - September 6, 2008
UPCOMING STUDIO GALLERY:
" ‘None of the Above' - featuring works by senior printmaking students from
the University of Alberta
Closing reception: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7-9pm
Exhibition continues: April 17 - May 31, 2008"
"Untitled"
Kyla Fischer
Opening reception: Friday, June 20, 2008, 7-9pm.This exhibition is part of NEXTfest 2008.
Exhibition continues: June 5 - July 19, 2008.
SNAP
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
SNAP ANNOUNCES OPEN STUDIO
On Wednesdays from April 2, 2008, onwards, SNAP will be providing extended hours for drop-in and limited access renters
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SPRING SUMMER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
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SNAP ANNOUNCES NEWEST
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE JILL STANTON
who will be at SNAP from May to August 2008
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CALL
FOR SUBMISSIONS: EPI 2008
(Edmonton Print International)
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FOR 2008 & 2009
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
MAY - AUGUST 2008
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VISIT EPI 2008-
Edmonton Print International
The Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists
(SNAP) is pleased to host a competitive international exhibition
of the best innovative print art being produced in the world today.
EPI 2008 is a world-class event that will
focus attention on Edmonton as a centre of vision and leadership
in visual arts and culture. EPI 2008 will open eyes and minds to
evolving graphic traditions around the world, engaging audiences
with a magical energy and sense of connection with artists and cultures
from Boston to Beijing.
VUE MAGAZINE ARTICLE
" Fine Print: Find Out Why Edmonton
is One of the Best Cities in the World for Printmaking"
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THE
SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ALBERTA PRINT-ARTISTS (SNAP)
SNAP
Gallery is a registsered, not-for-profit, organization devoted to
the art of printmaking. Since
1982, SNAP has been the only artist-run-centre in the province dedicated
to the print medium.Located
beside the historic Red Strap Building, SNAP is a multi-use facility
that serves as an exhibition space, education centre, and a printshop
facility, open to all members of the public. For
more information, feel free to contact SNAP at the address below:10309-97
Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 0M1
p. 780.423.1492
f. 780.426.1177
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SNAP MAIN GALLERY
‘Maps and Remaining Geographies’
- recent prints by Shannon Collis,
Michelle Murillo,
and Erik Waterkotte
Closing Reception: Thursday, May 29,
2008, 7-9pm
Exhibition Duration: April 17 – May 31, 2008
Public Viewing Times: Tuesdays - Saturdays, 12noon – 5pm
Admission Free
Wheelchair Access
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Artists' Statements
“Maps have fascinated artists for centuries. Back in the 14th and 15th centuries, the cutting-edge was creating elaborate illustrations on traditional navigational charts. Today, forward-looking artists like Shannon Collis, Michelle Murillo, and Erik Waterkotte - practitioners behind "Maps and Remaining Geographies" - are more keen to visually splay highly personal inner worlds of memory, domestic spaces and architectural chaos. This group show boasts a trio of University of Alberta-trained artists who are also dedicated to a fresh, multi-media take on print-making.”
- Gilbert Bouchard, arts writer for Edmonton Journal
"Much of what we remember is linked to our physical environment. My drawings for this series are based on early childhood memories and past familiar places. I begin the task by reliving a memory, thinking about the place where it happened, or an object related to that experience. These places and objects are repositories that hold special meaning to me."
- Shannon Collis, artist statement
"The print installation exhibited in "Maps and Remaining Geographies” is a series of five “portraits” of individuals/couples represented through post cards (silkscreen reproductions printed on glass). These post cards become metaphorical keys to maps of memory, place and identity. The post cards are remnants of the past while the mirrors (above each shelf of post cards) simultaneously capture the present. When faced with his or her own reflection the viewer is asked to meditate on their history and identity."
- Michelle Murillo, artist statement
"The prints in this series represent a recent exploration into the image of disaster as a landscape in flux. The mark of devastation is compelling; broken architectures, voids of space and atmosphere distort a once recognizable landscape. My prints consider the ‘disaster’ to be an uncanny space where time has collapsed. Layering imagery in a variety of graphic medium, I combine images of disaster sites (appropriated, photographed, and collaged) with diagrammatic marks and forms. I use this layered juxtaposition of photographic, textural, and diagrammatic imagery as a means of expressing the fluctuating nature of time and space seen in the image of disasters. Although my intent with these images is not outwardly political, I do see them as an expression of the times."
- Erik Waterkotte, artist statement
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Erik Waterkotte
'The Duration '
2007
etching, collagraph, lithography, and chine-colle |
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Michelle Murillo
‘Miss Margareth Bogumil
1420 M. St NW
Washington, D.C.’
2008
silkscreen on glass
( 20 pieces: 3.5 x 5.5” ) |
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Shannon Collis
'Survey'
2007
relief, wax, collage, digital output
25 x 29cm |
Interview Opportunities & Artist Talks:
Michelle Murillo will be available for interview from April 18 to 19, 2008. She is giving a public artist talk & visual presentation of her work, on Saturday April 19, from 1pm to 1.45pm, at SNAP. Admission free
Shannon Collis and Erik Waterkotte will be available for interviews from May 29 to 31, 2008, and will be giving a joint artist’ talk & visual presentation at the University of Alberta (date, time, & exact venue to be announced). Admission free.
For further exhibition/artist details, interviews & images please contact SNAP staff at:
Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists
10309-97 St.
Edmonton, AB T5J 0M1
Ph. 780-423-1492
Email: snap@snapartists.com
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SNAP STUDIO GALLERY
'None of the Above'
- featuring works by senior printmaking students from the University of Alberta
Featuring:
April Dean, Stephanie Dickie, Nathan Grimson, David Maier, Mitch Mitchell, Amanda Priebe, Jill Stanton, Eric Steenbergen, Mary Wong
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 17, 2008, 7-9pm
Exhibition Duration: April 17 – May 31, 2008
Public Viewing Times: Tuesdays - Saturdays, 12noon – 5pm
Admission Free
Wheelchair Access |
"None of the Above," is a selection of prints from the senior printmaking class and first year graduate students in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta. The work in the exhibition is a culmination of a year of formal, technical and conceptual research, and represents each student's personal creative concerns. As such, it is a diverse exhibition with work that explores a range of themes and subject matter from abstraction to more narrative pieces that are influenced by illustration and comics. There is also a wide range of print forms including artist's books, photo-based prints, large-scale prints, as well as more intimate works. Overall, it is an exciting and compelling collection of print works from a group of emerging print artists.
- curator’s statement by Sean Caulfield, Professor in the Department of Art & Design, and Canada Research Chair Printmaking at University of Alberta
For further exhibition/artist details, interviews & images please contact SNAP staff:
Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists
10309-97 St.
Edmonton, AB T5J 0M1
Ph. 780-423-1492
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