Opening Reception – The North Now
November 15, 2019
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is excited to announce the opening of its newest exhibition: The North Now.
Featuring art from across Northern Ontario, this multi-disciplinary juried exhibition provides a glimpse of the immense creativity, diversity and innovation by established and emerging artists living in the North of the province.
Artists from across Northern Ontario were invited to submit original works of art created within the last two years for consideration by a jury of arts professionals. Artists were encouraged to submit work that challenges, expands and innovates.
“The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is proud to present this outstanding exhibition highlighting the amazing diversity of contemporary work created by artists from across Northern Ontario.” – Sharon Godwin, Director, Thunder Bay Art Gallery
EVERYONE WELCOME
EXHIBITION STATS
98 different artists submitted 232 works for consideration.
47 artists were selected and 54 works were chosen for the exhibition.
The communities the artists represent in the exhibition are: Atikokan, Fort William First Nation, Gorham, Kakabeka Falls, Kaministiqua, Kenabeek, Kenora, Marathon, Murillo, Neebing, Red Lake, Rossport, Sault Ste. Marie, Serpent River First Nation, Shuniah, and Thunder Bay.
This is the second juried exhibition organized by the Gallery in five years. The last one being in October 2014.
EXHIBITION JURORS
Frank Shebageget (Ojibway) is from Northwestern Ontario, and currently resides in Ottawa. As an installation artist, his work reflects his continued interest in the geography of the Canadian Shield and the aesthetic qualities of everyday materials. Through the use of repetition, he explores the tense relationships between production, consumption, and the economics of beauty, often by playing with the incongruity of mass production versus the handcrafted object.
Janet Clark is a researcher, lecturer and visual artist. She is a former Curator at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and faculty member in the Department of Visual Arts at Lakehead University. Currently she continues to work as an Independent Curator and also as Course Co-ordinator for Women and the Arts courses in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Department of Thorneloe University in Sudbury, ON. As a visual artist, she maintains a studio practice revisiting an earlier career investigation of collage by integrating colour, texture, and landscape elements in works on paper and canvas.
The North Now is open to the public and on display until February 15, 2020.
Art Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, Noon – 8 pm and Friday – Sunday, Noon – 5 pm