Preview – The Gallery Guide – April-May 2007

Jude Norris: Roots, Scars, Nests & Tines;
New Positions, Timeless Paradigms
CAMPBELL RIVER & DISTRICT PUBLIC ART GALLERY BC – APR 13-MAY 18
Jude Norris is a multimedia artist from Alberta, with a self-described
heritage of Cree/Little Russian/Anishnawbe/Scottish/Gypsy/Métis. Her
cultural affiliation is Plains Cree and she currently lives in Toronto. Norris’
artwork represents contradictions in living as an indigenous person in a
contemporary colonial environment.
This exhibition, Roots, Scars, Nests & Tines; New Positions, Timeless
Paradigms, brings together multi-disciplinary pieces from four series. The
natural materials that inspire her “soft architectures” and canvases include
real animal antlers; “wounds” that have been “healed” with sinew stitching;
natural and manufactured materials twisted into braids; and stick frames
and nests built with ribbons, strips of beadwork, fur, fake hair, rubber or
wool. The materials reflect traditional connections with First Nations art
but the pieces themselves – including sculptures, wall pieces and video
installations – emulate contemporary art practices. The artist declares, “I
collaborate” with objects and images gathered from the land and animals,
and reposition them in ‘art world’ contexts that emphasize their physical
beauty, but also poke quiet but serious ‘fun’ at their misplacement.”
Norris studied integrated media at the Ontario College of Art & Design
in Toronto, Ontario and art at Middlesex University and Kensington &
Chelsea College, in London, England. Her videos have been screened
extensively at events across Canada and her work has been exhibited
internationally. Mia Johnson
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Jude Norris, His Nest (2006),
sapling sticks, sinew, fur (old hat),
fabric, wool, glass ball [Campbell
River Art Gallery, Apr 13-May 18]
Thru May 13 MAIN GALLERY Robert
Murray, “Working Models”, major
survey traces the career and development
of one of Canada’s most highly
regarded sculptors. Featuring preliminary
working models created as
guides during the industrial fabrication
of the finished works; THE ONLEY
GALLERY (FORMERLY THE FOYER GALLERY)
Toni Onley, “A Survey”, recognizes
the artist’s longstanding relationship
to the AGSO with an exhibit and the
renaming of the Foyer Gallery to the
Onley Gallery; Thru Apr 29 Connect
the Dots, Secondary art students
from School District 67 with paintings,
drawings, sculpture and video.
Lloyd Gallery
598 Main St ✆250-492-4484
www.lloydgallery.com
mon-sat 9:30am-5:30pm Apr-May
Irvine Adams, Roger Arndt, Yasuo
Araki, Jordan Bent, Alan Boileau,
Laila Campbell, Yehouda Chaki, Rod
Charlesworth, Phil Clark, Glenn
Clark, Peter Corbett, Yvonne
Dubeau, Don Elzer, Bernard Gantner,
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Jennifer Garant, Mabel Gawne, Jim
Glenn, Tim Hall, Julia Hargreaves,
Frances Harris, Kevin Healy, Michael
Hermesh, Ice Bear aka Chris Johnston,
Max Jacquiard, Therese Johnston,
Bob Kebic, Denis Kleine, Dongmin
Lai, Tom Lamont, Min Ma, Chris
MacClure, Chris Malmkvist, Debbie
Milner, Arnold Mosley, Janet Murphy,
Toni Onley, Diane Paton Peel,
Graham Pettman, Lance Regan,
John Revill, Judy Ringuette, Marke
K. Simmons, Minn Sjolseth, Theo
Tobiasse, Roy Tomlinson, Olga Tomlinson,
Mary Ursuliak, William
Phillip Watt, Marla Wilson, Nel Witteman,
Annette Witteman, Marjolein
Witteman and Robert Wood.
Paw Prints Studio & Gallery
148 Carr Cres, Willowbrook Valley
(off Greenlake Rd, between Penticton
and Oliver) ✆250-498-4732
www.ArtofJohnSalsnek
Spring hours: daily 10am-6pm, call
for evening visits. Paw Prints is nestled
in the heart of Okanagan Wine
Country. Realism in nature is captured
on canvas, original prints and
giclées; corporate commissions.
PORT MOODY
Blackberry Gallery, Port
Moody Arts Centre
2425 St. Johns St ✆604-931-2008
www.pomoartscentre.ca
mon-thurs 10am-8pm fri-sat 10am-
5pm sun & holidays 12-4pm Thru Apr
8 Vivian Zuba, Susan McLennan,
“Strange Beauty”, quilts and mixed
media; Robin Atchison, “Urban Eyes”,
clay; Damon Calderwood, “Flights of
Fantasy”, nature photographs; Mary
Kendall, “Fun Baskets Galore”, nature
weaving; Stuart McCall, “Discontinuous
Spectrums”, giclée prints; Apr 8-
May 13 Danuta Rogula, “Minding My
Beeswax”, encaustic painting; Cathie
Camley, “Mystical, Majikal, Mythical”,
clay; Dana Gavrilescu, floral watercolours;
Katherine Johnston, “Piecing
it Together”, collage; Port Moody Arts
Centre Limited Edition Wine Label
Competition; May 17-Jun 10 Mong
★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS