Gallery 1C03 is hiring!

Gallery 1C03 now hiring part-time gallery attendants! Applicants must be full-time high school or University of Winnipeg students. Application deadline is September 16, 2016.

Application deadline: Friday, September 16, 2016
Start date: On or after Thursday, September 29, 2016
Rate of pay: $11.33 - $12.66 per hour plus 6% vacation pay, variable hours

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Opens/closes Gallery 1C03 (The University of Winnipeg’s campus art gallery)  at the beginning/end of the day by turning on/shutting off all Gallery lights; plugging in/unplugging, turning on/turning off, starting up/shutting down equipment; opening/closing doors; ensuring that Security Services unlock/lock doors and de-arm/re-arm the Gallery’s alarm system.
• Safety/security of Gallery 1C03 exhibits - ensures that artworks exhibited in Gallery 1C03 are not subject to theft or mishandling by the public during hours of operation.
• Public relations - greets visitors to Gallery 1C03 and answers any questions that visitors have about the art exhibits to the best of their ability; refers visitors to Gallery 1C03’s Director/Curator in situations where they are unable to provide assistance.
• Attendance record - maintains a count of the number of visitors to Gallery 1C03.
• Alerts Gallery 1C03 Director/Curator of any problems within the Gallery environment; these can relate to temperature, humidity and lighting issues or concerns for the safety of the artwork or visitors.
• When applicable, takes readings of environmental conditions in Gallery 1C03 using a hand-held environmental monitor or a data logger.
• When applicable, handles sales of art exhibition catalogues; this includes maintaining a count of funds in cash box and a count of catalogues at the beginning and end of each shift and returns all cash to Gallery 1C03 Director/Curator for processing.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a full-time student at a high school or The University of Winnipeg, preferably an art history/cultural studies major or related disciplines, or with an interest in the visual arts.
• Some knowledge of contemporary visual art would be an asset.
• On the job training provided.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions, procedures and regulations.
• May require the ability to maintain records and handle cash on occasion.
• Ability to communicate effectively with visitors who may be students, faculty, staff and the general public.
• Ability to work day, evening and/or weekend shifts.
• Capable of performing duties as assigned.       

Applications can be submitted on The University of Winnipeg's employment webpage.

Ian August RE: BUILD THEM

Ian August

RE: BUILD THEM
November 7 – December 7, 2013

Opening reception: Thursday, November 7, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Gallery 1C03

Includes launch of Gallery 1C03 publication Frank Shebageget

Artist talk: Wednesday, November 13 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2M70 (2^nd floor of Manitoba Hall) at The University of Winnipeg

Bauhaus film screening & discussion with the artist & Dr. Oliver Botar: Monday, November 18 at 4:00 p.m. in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (3^rd floor of Centennial Hall) at The University of Winnipeg

RE: BUILD THEM is a solo exhibition of new paintings, sculptural maquettes and video by Winnipeg artist Ian August that reflects upon the effects of the Bauhaus movement through a (re)imagining of its (would be) spaces and structures.

Conceptually, August is interested in how modernist theory and its real life manifestations as built structures arose at the Bauhaus School. August notes that many Bauhaus architecture and design students were taught by abstract painters and he is keen to align that fact with his own practice:  “An abstraction happens at every stage [of my process] and I am eager to take concrete [modernist] structures that were rooted in Abstract painting theory and translate them back into painting.” Importantly, through his recreation of spaces from the past, August exposes the imperfections or incongruities of his subjects, thereby subverting the modernist agenda as well as the impulse to idealization.

Ian August has presented his art in exhibitions across Canada for the last decade, including local group shows Supernovas (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2006), 26/Two-Sicks/Too-Six… (Gallery 1.1.1., 2006) and All of a Sudden… (PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts, 2013). He has been awarded grants for his work from the Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. August received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 2004. In 2011 he completed his Master of Fine Arts Degree at York University in Toronto where he mounted the solo thesis exhibition Quarter Past Eleven. The following year August spent several months in Berlin and the rest of Germany researching the Bauhaus school and the dissemination of its ideas to North America. This project resulted in a series of paintings and drawings shown at Golden City Fine Art in Winnipeg (2012) and in the current exhibit RE: BUILD THEM.

The film “Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century” (ArtHaus MUSIK, 1994) will be screened in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on November 18 at 4:00 p.m. followed by discussion with the artist and art historian Dr. Oliver Botar.

Gallery 1C03 hours: Monday – Friday: 12:00 – 4:00 p.m., Saturday: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Closed Sundays and Remembrance Day..

Admission is always free and everyone is welcome. Wheelchair accessible.

Ian August - Factory 

FREE art education for Herstory exhibit until the end of April!

Shaughnessy Park School visit to Dominique Rey exhibit in 2010.

Shaughnessy Park School visit to Dominique Rey exhibit in 2010.

Did you know that Gallery 1C03 offers FREE art education programming for school and community groups? We are presently offering a one hour program that includes a tour of the Herstory exhibition of Manitoba women artists, followed by discussion and an art activity. 

Gallery 1C03's volunteer art educator Sylvia Dueck will engage children in a discussion of the various media used by the artists (including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and mixed media) as well as the subjects they have chosen to depict (urban and rural landscapes, portraiture and the body). Discussion may also include basic aspects of composition: colour, line, perspective, etc. For older students conversation can include consideration of how certain themes or media might be favoured by women artists in particular and how there may be differences in approaches over time.

The activity portion of the program will include a drawing exercise related to two of the exhibition’s themes: landscape and portraiture. When students have completed their drawings, the group will come together to talk about the important elements in the creation of their compositions. Through this exercise, the students will gain a basic knowledge of media and subjects used by the artists in the exhibition and some insight into the basic concepts of an artwork.

In the past Gallery 1C03 has welcomed students in grades 1 - 12 from schools across Winnipeg and even in other parts of the province. We have also hosted visits from Art City, Girl Guide troupes and the UWSA daycare. We would welcome a visit from you and your students!

If you are interested in engaging youth with some great local artists in an educational setting, contact Gallery 1C03 Director/Curator Jennifer Gibson to book a visit with your group.

Even though Herstory will close to the public on April 6, this educational opportunity will be available until April 30. Don't delay, make your booking now!

Sister MacNamara School visit to Jane Tingley exhibit in 2012.

Sister MacNamara School art for Jane Tingley exhibit in 2012.

Another great Herstory piece - 6 more days to see it!

Alison Newton (1890-1967), Market Stalls, c.1940-1949, watercolour, 25.4 x 30.5 cm. Photo: Larry Glawson.

 
Born in Scotland, Alison Newton attended art school in Edinburgh. She arrived in Winnipeg with her parents in 1910 and was hired as an advertising and catalogue illustrator for the T. Eaton Company. When the production of the Eaton’s catalogue was taken over by Brigdens in 1914, she worked for them as a detail artist until she married two years later. After that time, Newton took courses at the Winnipeg School of Art and was able to focus on her artistic career. Newton was an accomplished watercolourist who studied privately under Walter J. Phillips. Her images of Winnipeg, Gonor and Lake of the Woods, created in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, have been exhibited locally and across Canada. Newton is best-known for charming scenes that portray immigrants from various cultures engaging in tasks of daily life: working in fields, grading vegetables, washing clothes and, as in this scene, attending market stalls. Newton moved to Toronto in 1952, where she lived until her death. [Source: (Re)Visiting the Collection: Selections of Manitoba Art from The University of Winnipeg (Winnipeg: Gallery 1C03, 1998): 23.]

 You only have 6 more days to view this work and others in the exhibition Herstory: Art by Women in The University of Winnipeg Collection at Gallery 1C03.

In Good Company: Artists Showcased in our Herstory Exhibition.

Daphne Odjig,(1919-)

Nanabajou and his Daughter 1975

silkscreen 4/60 118x77.5 cm

Collection of The University of Winnipeg

Gift of Frank and Sue Hechter

Photo: Larry Glawson

An Ojibwa of the Potwatomi Nation, Daphne Odjig was born and raised on the Wikwemikong First Nation of Manitoulin Island, Ontario. From 1963 until 1976, she lived and worked in northern Manitoba and in Winnipeg. An accomplished artist in her own right, Odjig has done much to promote recognition of contemporary First Nations art across the country and internationally: in 1970 she founded Indian Prints of Canada to market reproductions of Aboriginal art and, in 1974, she opened the Warehouse Gallery (now known as the Wah-Sa Gallery) to exhibit the work of First Nations artists. In 1973 Odjig, along with fellow artists Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Carl Ray and Joseph Sanchez, founded the Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation (popularly referred to as the "Indian Group of Seven") to support one another's artistic careers, establish sources of funding for other artists and inspire younger generations to celebrate being aboriginal. 

You can view this work and others in the exhibition Herstory: Art by Women in The University of Winnipeg Collection on now till April 6th, 2013 at Gallery 1C03.

Stay tuned for another featured women artist from the Herstory exhibition!

Gallery Opening Today - HERSTORY

We are looking forward to today's opening of  HERSTORY: Art by Women in The University of Winnipeg Collection today from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at Gallery 1C03. 

We are also launching publications by Chris Reid and Dominique Rey.

Herstory is curated by graduate student Laura White as part of The University of Winnipeg's Master of Cultural Studies, Curatorial Practices program.

There will be a remarks by Pat Bovey and MLA Sharon Blady at 4:30. Cash bar and free nosh will be available. All are welcome!

Gallery 1C03 presents Herstory: Art by Women in the University of Winnipeg Collection

Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg proudly presents 

Herstory: Art by the Women in The University of Winnipeg Collection
March 7-April 6, 2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 7, 4:00-6:00 pm
Includes launch of Dominique Rey and Chris Reid publications. 

Panel Discussion with Herstory Curator & Artists: March 27 at 12:30 pm

In conjunction with International Women's Month celebrations, Gallery 1C03 at The University of Winnipeg is pleased to present Herstory, a group exhibition featuring work by twenty-one Manitoba women artists represented in the University's collection.

Herstory is the first time in the collection's history that art created solely by significant female artists is being shown in the gallery. The exhibition and its related forthcoming publication trace the contributions these women -- all who, at one point or another, have called Manitoba home -- have made on the local, national and international art scenes. Herstory highlights the themes and subjects these artists have examined in their work, from portraiture and the body to landscapes and narratives, and considers how "the feminine" and feminist notions (if any) have been approached and interpreted. 

The exhibition is comprised of twenty-five two-dimensional pieces produced in various media such as painting, photography, drawing, prints and mixed media  works during the past seven decades. Artists include Eleanor Bond, Sheila Butler, Caroline Dukes, Aganetha Dyck, G.N Louise Jonasson, Wanda Koop, Rosemary Kowalsky, Alison Newton, Daphne Odjig, Dominique Rey, Sheila Spence, Eva Stubbs and Diana Thorneycroft, among others. 

To complement the exhibition's opening reception on March 7, Gallery 1C03 is pleased to launch two of its latest publications which highlight the work of Manitoba women artists Dominique Rey and Chris Reid. 

A panel discussion related to the exhibition with Herstory curator Laura White and artists Dominique Rey, Eva Stubbs and Diana Thorneycroft will take place at Gallery 1C03 on March 27 at 12:30 pm.

Gallery 1C03 gratefully acknowledges financial assistance for Herstory  from The University of Winnipeg and the Manitoba Government, Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism.

Gallery 1C03 hours: Monday - Friday 12:00-4:00 pm; Saturday 1:00-4:00 pm. Closed Good Friday. Admission is always free and everyone is welcome. Wheelchair accessible. 

8 more days to see Frank Shebageget exhibition

If you haven't had a chance to see the Frank Shebageget exhibition at Gallery 1C03, the show is on for another 8 days. The works are stunning as you can see from Ernest Mayer's photographs of Castor's Castoreum (in University of Winnipeg Anthropology Museum window vitrine) and Untitled (in the Gallery), above. Need more convincing? Read Steven Leyden Cochrane's review in today's Winnipeg Free Press.

Frank Shebageget opens tomorrow

The installation of Frank Shebageget's show is coming along (see above from day 1 of the installation). Frank will deliver his artist talk tomorrow, January 17, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2C13 (2nd floor of Centennial Hall). Immediately following his talk Gallery 1C03 will host the opening reception for his self-titled solo exhibition.  For more information about the show and the artist, please see our previous posts here and here.  Hope you can join us!

Frank Shebageget exhibition

Happy new year everyone! With the start of 2013, Gallery 1C03 at The University of Winnipeg is excited to open our next exhibition:

Frank Shebageget
January 17 – February 16, 2013

Artist talk: Thursday, January 17 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 2C13 (2nd floor of Centennial Hall), University of Winnipeg
Opening reception at Gallery 1C03: Thursday, January 17, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
 
Gallery 1C03 is proud to present Frank Shebageget, a self-titled solo exhibition of two new sculptural installations by this respected Ottawa-based Anishinabe artist.

Shebageget uses modernist forms and repetition to critically investigate symbols of cross-cultural contact that have personal historical resonance. This show includes a new iteration of his acclaimed large-scale work Cell, originally produced in 2010 for a solo exhibition at Carleton University Art Gallery, as well as a series of smaller works titled Castor’s Castoreum.

Constructed from gillnets arranged into a cube formation and suspended in the gallery to create an effervescent structure, Cell references the importance of fishing to Aboriginal communities such as the one in which Shebageget grew up. Castor’s Castoreum, presented in one of the University of Winnipeg Anthropology Museum window vitrines, is a series of cast glass perfume bottles rendered in the shape of beaver castors. Alluding to the effects of European ideas of beauty on First Nations people, these pieces were inspired by the artist’s childhood memories where hunting and trapping were integral parts of family life.

Born and raised in the small community of Upsala in Northwestern Ontario, Frank Shebageget (Ojibway) now lives and works in Ottawa. Shebageget graduated with his A.O.C.A. from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1996, and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Victoria in 2000. He has had solo shows at Carleton University Art Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, TRIBE and Gallery 101, among others. Shebageget’s art has been presented recently in group exhibitions at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Museum London, the University of Lethbridge and at Urban Shaman Gallery. His work can be found in the collections of the Ottawa Art Gallery, the Canada Council Art Bank, the Dorothy Hoover Library of the Ontario College of Art and Design, the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, as well as several private collections. Shebageget has been the recipient of numerous awards for his art from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.

Gallery 1C03 will produce a publication related to this exhibition featuring a critical essay by contemporary art curator and writer Jenny Western.

Gallery 1C03 gratefully acknowledges financial assistance for this project from The University of Winnipeg, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. We are also grateful for the partnership of The University of Winnipeg Anthropology Museum.

Gallery 1C03 is located on the first floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg and is open Monday – Friday from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The University's Anthropology Museum is on the fourth floor of Centennial Hall and is open during regular University hours. Both venues offer free admission.


Image: Frank Shebageget, Cell (detail), 2010, aluminum, nylon fishing net, steel fishing hooks, string, airline cable. Photo: David Barbour.

Frank Shebageget coming soon & holiday greetings

Here at Gallery 1C03 we are eagerly anticipating our first exhibition of 2013: a solo show of two sculptural installations by Ottawa-based Anishinabe artist Frank Shebageget! Frank will be presenting a new iteration of Cell in the gallery (an installation view of the original work when it was shown at Carleton University Art Gallery can be seen above) as well as smaller works titled Castor's Castoreum which will be shown in one of the University of Winnipeg's Anthropology Museum window vitrines.

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Gallery 1C03.
Public Artist's Talk: Thursday, January 17 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 2C13 (2nd floor of Centennial Hall) at The University of Winnipeg.

If you'd like to know a little more about the artist, you can visit his website. You can also check out this great interview on Vimeo. More details on the exhibition will follow in the new year.

In the meantime, we wish you a lovely holiday season!

Jane Tingley: Plant (iPod) Installation

Gallery 1C03 at The University of Winnipeg proudly presents

 

JANE TINGLEY

Plant (iPod) Installation
October 18 – November 17, 2012

Opening reception at Gallery 1C03: Thursday, October 18, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Artist talk: Friday, October 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2M70 (2^nd floor of Manitoba Hall), University of Winnipeg

Gallery 1C03 at The University of Winnipeg is proud to present Plant (iPod) Installation, an interactive sculptural sound piece created by artist Jane Tingley. We are especially pleased to host this exhibition in conjunction with send+receive: a festival of sound v.14.

Plant (iPod) Installation explores the poetics involved in subverting the traditional hierarchy which positions plant life below human life and evokes the possibility of developing technologies that are nature-centric rather than human-centric. Tingley’s work also considers the active relationship between objects in the space of the gallery and the body of the viewer. As visitors engage with the tree-like plant sculptures of Plant (iPod) Installation, they will activate the sound system embedded in the objects which will trigger breathing sounds and narratives that are “played to the plants”. A combination of noise files convolved with sound files of breathing results in a techno-natural aural experience, while the narratives are drawn from diverse cultures and highlight the importance of the oral tradition with stories about learning from the environment. Through Plant (iPod) Installation, Tingley successfully brings elements of technology and nature together for a thought-provoking dialogue.

Jane Tingley is a Winnipeg-born artist living and working in Montréal. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1999 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in 2006. Tingley uses new media, sculpture, and installation to explore ideas involving identity and contemporary experience. She is a founding member of the Modern Nomads, and has been exhibiting her works and participating in artist residencies across Canada and internationally. Her most recent activity includes residencies at the Museum Quartier in Vienna and at CAMAC in Marnay-sur-Seine in France; Roboexotica and Elektra festivals in Vienna and Montreal; and exhibitions at the Kunstlerhause in Vienna and the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. She has received support for her work from a number of funding agencies, including the Manitoba Arts Council, le Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts. In addition to exhibiting Plant (iPod) Installation at Gallery 1C03, Tingley’s work will be included in TECHNOSENSUAL “where fashion meets technology” at the Museums Quartier in Vienna.

Gallery 1C03 gratefully acknowledgea financial assistance from The University of Winnipeg for this project.

Gallery 1C03 hours: Monday – Friday: 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.; Saturday: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.. Admission is always free and all are welcome!

Image: Jane Tingley, Plant (iPod) Installation (detail), 2011, mixed media, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.