The PRINT SHOW 2011 Call For Entry

SUMMER SHOWCASE: Art Sale & Fundraiser

SUMMER SHOWCASE: Art Sale & Fundraiser

Monday, August 22, noon – 6 pm

Tuesday, August 23, 10 am – 6 pm
Wednesday, August 24, 10 – 5 pm.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Maya Foltyn, OSA

Tony Batten, CSPWC
Karolina Varin, OSA

Marc L. Ganon, CSPWC

Sam Paonessa, OSA

Mary Ellen Farrow

Lucie Simons, OSA

Robert Montgomery, OSA
Carol Westcott, OSA, CSPWC

Alejandro Rabazo, OSA, CSPWC
Mo Jamal, OSA

Making Sense / Making $.cents

Making Sense

From June 28 - July 22 the gallery presents Making Sense, an exhibition showcasing works by a selection of leading contemporary Canadian artists and craftspeople: Kai Chan, Chari Cohen, Brad Copping, Magdolene Dykstra, Marc Egan, Ryan Legassicke, Susan Low-Beer, Susan Rankin, Lois Schklar, Judith Tinkl. The artists in this exhibition are deeply engaged with materials and "making". Their materials are more than just the medium behind the work. They are central to the pleasures each artist derives from the making and in the viewers enjoyment and reading of the work. These artists works excite and explore the senses, the carnal and fleshly ones and those that stimulate consciousness and awareness.

Come out to our Strawberry Social, Making $.cents, on Thursday, July 14, 6-8 p.m.

In lieu of an opening reception for our current exhibition, “Making Sense”, the gallery is hosting a fundraising event on Thursday, July 14, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. This event, “Making $.cents”, is a summer social for friends of the Aird. Please come out, enjoy the exhibit and support the gallery. All funds raised will directly support our exhibition programme.

HAND WORK

HAND WORK

OCAD University's Material Art & Design Graduating Class

The John B. Aird Gallery presents HAND WORK from May 31 - June 24. This exhibition introduces the work of the 2011 graduating class of OCAD University's Material Art and Design program. The Material Art & Design program offers areas of concentration in Jewellery/Metalsmithing and Fibre. The curriculum allows students to work from either an art or design perspective, and is structured to provide an opportunity for students to achieve their creative potential through the development of concept, visual language, technical skill and personal expression. An opening reception will take place on Friday, June 3 from 6-8 pm.

Photo-OP 2011

Photo-OP, May 3 - 27, 2011

PHOTO-OP showcases excellence in photographic art practice. This 3rd annual juried photography exhibition runs from May 3 to 27 at the John B. Aird Gallery and features 37 original artworks by emerging and professional photographers. Jurors Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and Simon Glass, a Toronto-based photographer and Associate Dean, Faculty of Art at OCAD University viewed 263 images from 125 artists. From these they selected works for the exhibition and awarded prizes to Chloe Norman (1st Prize), Laurie Kang (2nd Prize), Neil Fenton (3rd Prize), Walter Segers (Currys Artist Materials Prize), and Anna Soper (Currys Artists Materials Prize).

PHOTO-OP 2011 Call for ENTRY

The Gallery is now accepting entries for PHOTO-OP 2011. Entry forms for this annual juried photography exhibition can be downloaded from our website (under 'Open Calls') or by emailing director@airdgallery.org and requesting a form.

The jurors for this years exhibition are Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, and Simon Glass, Toronto-based photographer and Associate Dean, Faculty of Art, OCAD University.

The deadline for the receipt of entries is Thursday, April 21, 2011.