2nd annual Galerie Fringe - festival exhibition

Montreal Fringe and Studio Béluga is setting up for their 2nd annual GALERIE FRINGE at the start of Le Festival St-Ambroise - Fringe de Montréal (June 4th to 24th).  It's a treat to visit the event and meet with over 35 artists, who are selected on a first come first accepted basis and only the artists' creativity is untouched by the organizers and censors.

 

 All of the artworks are selling at reasonable values, but visit the vernissage anyways to have fun and enjoy the artistic freedom the festival has to offer!

 

 

 MEET THE ARTISTS:

Gaële Cluzel-Gouriou - Patrice Madgin - Jeremy Price

Nathalie Lussier (Reine Vanille) - William Mak - Payam Montazami

Andrew Joncas - Marie-Hélène Gélinas (Mayane) - Claudia Gomez

Sarah Galareneau - Heather Cutts - Kathryne Radburn

Syndia Truchon - Marie Paul Ayotte - Jihane Mossalim

Peter Farmer - Travis Adkin - Mary Lee Maynard

Cassandra Bluethner - Gabriella Wilson - Madeleine Mayo

Matthieu Lemond - Ellen Smallwood - Frances Adair McKenzie

Joseph Ste-Marie - Alyce Dressner - Rosamunde Bordo

Armundo Cabba - A.J. Little - ICETRIP

Alejandro Maya - Laurence Brunet - David-Alexandre Chabot

Victoria Laberge - Shane Adamczak - Matthias Elsdoerfer

2nd annual GALERIE FRINGE

part of Le Festival St-Ambroise - Fringe de Montréal (June 4th to 24th)

Vernissage: June 8th 2012, 6:00pm to 9:00 pm

one-day open exhibition on June 9th, 11am to 6pm

at

Studio Beluga

160 St-Viateur est - suite 508A, Mile-End

(metro Laurier, corner of Casgrain) 

Link on the main Fringe site: http://www.montrealfringe.ca/en/show/galerie-fringe-vernissage

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/260898644017703/

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IGNITION - Leonard & Bina Ellen exhibition

From press release:

IGNITION

MAY 18 TO JUNE 16, 2012

VELIBOR BOZOVIC

MARIE-PIER BRETON

CHUN HUA CATHERINE DONG

JOANNE JOE YAN HUI

JENNA DAWN MACLELLAN

WREN NOBLE

JAMES DOUGLAS WHITMAN with BARRY DOUPE

Projects selected by independant curator Véronique Leblanc and Ellen Art Gallery Director Michèle Thériault


EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, May 17, 5:30-7:30 pm
With songs performed by James Whitman and a performance by Chun Hua Catherine Dong

Now in its 8th edition, IGNITION is an annual exhibition featuring recent work by students in Concordia University’s graduate Studio Arts program, and, for the first time, the Humanities doctoral program. With IGNITION, the Ellen Gallery gives students the possibility to show their work in a professional context, while offering the public the opportunity to discover a selection of Montreal’s up-and-coming artists. Working in a variety of media, this year’s artists engage with questions and narratives that are of social, cultural, and/or political relevance in artworks that often bridge documentary and fiction, the personal and the relational, performance and embodied experience.


EVENTS:

MEET THE ARTISTS
Thursday May 17 at 4:30 pm
At the Gallery
FREE ADMISSION

Performances by CHUN HUA CATHERINE DONG
From May 17 to June 2, 2012
Please visit our website for the performance Schedule
At the Gallery
FREE ADMISSION

Comic Jam with JOANNE JOE YAN HUI
Saturday May 26 12:00 to 2:00 pm
At the Gallery, in English
Limited places available, reservation required
(children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult)
Information: mpolosa@alcor.concordia.ca


Gallery hours:
Tuesday to Friday, 12:00 – 6:00 PM, Saturdays 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Address:
1400, boul. De Maisonneuve West (J.W. McConnell Library, main floor), Métro Guy-Concordia
General information:
514 848-2424 ext. 4750   www.ellengallery.concordia.ca
Events & tours:
Marina Polosa, 514 848-2424 ext. 4778 mpolosa@alcor.concordia.ca

Free admission – wheelchair accessible
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YOU'RE FIRED! - vernissage photos

Wonderful ceramics, amazing artists, delicious food, great time!

 I altered this last photo... just to make Wilson's masks so bad-ass!

photos courtesy of Willy the Bum

Link to Canada's artist-run centres

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As you notice on my post of the latest readings, which is the directory of artist-run centres across Canada, to make yourself easier there is a link which lists the same places.

Go to http://www.thenewgallery.org/artist-run-centre/ for the complete list.

-Willy the Bum

YOU'RE FIRED - update: list of presenting artists!

Lilian Rodriguez Gallery released the list of the artists presenting their ceramic works on display this week (April 25th to 28th).

Most of the artists will show up on YOU'RE FIRED! vernissage this coming Thursday (the 26th, 6pm - 8pm).

Ceramic works featured in the exhibit by:

Andrea Legault

Gaïa Orain-Wark

Pascale Bourguignon

Cardy Lai Jia-Chen

Karine Lepage

Victor Remere

Denise Faille

April Martin

Julie Villeneuve

Anthony Wilson

Melodie Reay

Audrée Gaboury

Jessica Sallay-Carrington

Yulia Grebneva

Cecilia Bourdon

Laura Hudspith

Dana Neilson

Amélie Bissonnette

Trinh Ta

Don't forget: the vernissage is on Thursday, April 26th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

at Lilian Rodriguez Gallery at the Belgo (372 rue St-Catherine ouest, #405)

For details, see our post below or go to galerielilianrodriguez.com

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FERALSCAPE - vernissage photos

Last night, I got a text message from this cool artist in a most unexpected time, inviting me to his one-night-only exhibition down in Griffintown with three other chillin' artists. And so I did, and it was one of these awesome openings I've been to... no joke!

Amazing works on display and people are piling up every hour for a sweet time.

Realized I got a camera in my hand that night, why not?

All works on display are by artists Alysha Farling, Issac Holland, and HOARKOR

with a hip-hop performance by Witty Word!

photos courtesy of Willy the Bum

YOU'RE FIRED - group ceramics exhibition

A collaboration between Concordia Ceramics Student Association and Galerie Lilian Rodriguez down in the Belgo, they set up their annual year-end ceramics exhibition featuring some of the students... er, I mean, the most promising up-and-comer ceramists/artists. Ceramic works present beyond traditional senses, as these artists break new boundaries into the art world, especially in this medium.

YOU'RE FIRED!
Concordia Ceramics Program - Special Project
April 25th - 28th, 2012

Vernissage: April 26th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

at Galerie Lilian Rodriguez
372 St-Catherine west, #405 (Belgo building)
metro Place-des-Arts, corner of Bleury

More info on this official link to Galerie Lilian Rodriguez.

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A centre floor for reliable art research:

Down in the recently new building on the corner of St-Catherine Est and St-Laurent, on the third floor is the artist-run library ARTEXTE. Perfect place to find good research, mostly contemporary Canadian and Quebecois art, on current magazines, books, visuals, and other informative sources they have.

artexte.ca


Down in the hallway on the other side is the art bookstore FORMATS, where they sell nice and fancy art books of the contemporaries and theories, both Canadian and international. I bought myself a past issue of ESSE magazine, which does not sell anywhere else now. Also sells CDs/DVDs of artists' works and local fanzines, for good measure.

librairieformats.org

Again, these two places are located on the third floor at 2 St-Catherine est, corner of St-Laurent (metro St-Laurent or Place-des-Arts). Stop by if you have the chance!

-Willy the Bum

Willy's Readings II

DIRECTORY OF ARTIST-RUN CENTRES IN QUEBEC AND CANADA
This is a must-have for emerging Canadian artists who likes to find residency, workshops, interships, and other stuff that will relate to your art needs. Now on its 7th edition (and the first in colour), this is a helpful book to place beside you.

You will find a copy for $20 in one of the artist-run places (I bought mine at Galerie B-312 at the Belgo).

-Willy the Bum

TEMPORAL IMMORTALITY - vernissage photos

Here are a few photos from last night's great success of Summer G's performance... jam-packed yet wonderful atmosphere!












Kudos to you, Summer!

photos courtesy of Willy the Bum