1990 ArtWalk
This year's annual ArtWalk festival will be held in September. Work from A/P will be on display in both The Petro-Canada Gallery and Image 54...
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A/P is organizing, Local Imprint, a non-juried exhibition for A/P members to showcase their work... 
Any soul born from childhood will connect with the universal experience of growing up, a sensation that Laura Peturson implores with apparent effortlessness - and capitalizes on as a space to draw attention to the world that today’s children are destined to inherit. Within large scale murals, Peterson immerses her audience in a fantasy land that at first glance seems separate from the adult world. And yet, there is something looming in the margins... 
I focus on repetitive tasks that we might overlook. In my collage work, the tasks overlap and create an obscure version of the world we live in, reinforcing the absurd image of our existence; a world where the parameters of our movements and thoughts were already built before we were born into it. To the extent where our instincts are no longer primitive or required... 
Marnie Blair experienced a cardiac arrest at the young age of nineteen, which led to her being diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome, a condition that affects the heart's electrical system. As a result, Blair had to have surgery to implant a cardiac defibrillator. Her personal experience with her heart condition and defibrillator led her to become aware of the inherent beauty within the heart's cycle. Now partially dependent on an technological alien force to continue the rhythm of her heartbeat, Blair creates installations and images with print media derived from derelict industrial and medical sites as a reflection on fragility and resilience... |
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The series references maps, diagrams and billboard remnants: fragments that might represent imagined space. |
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Each year, A/P holds a non-juried show and sale to showcase the work of local and international print artists, and to raise funds towards Alberta Printmakers artistic and educational programming. A/P invites all interested printmakers to submit an edition of ten 8” x 10” prints that relates to the theme of transition for exhibition and exchange in the Artist Proof Gallery. Each participant will receive 8 prints created by other artists, and A/P will retain 2 works from each edition for sale in our studio and gallery. |