Karen Tam’s On Rock Garden recreates the dining area and kitchen of a typical chop suey house in a former Chinese restaurant. Vintage signs, tables, chairs, plants, chimes, wait staff jackets, menus, placemats, videos, lanterns, photos, bar counter, stools, fish tank with koi fish, cigarette shelf, fridges, stove, swinging door, wooden shelving units, various items, […]
Continue readingOthered Women Curated By Felicia Gay November 7 to December 15th 2009 AKA Gallery, PAVED arts and Red Shift Gallery Othered Women is an exhibition that took place simultaneously in three separate artist-run centres in the inner city of Saskatoon. The six women artists included in this multi–centred exhibit—Sherry Farrell Racette, Mimi Gellman, Tania Willard, […]
Continue readingOthered Women In 2008, I was awarded an Aboriginal Curatorial Residency, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. This residency involved working closely with AKA Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, under the supervision and mentorship of the Programming Coordinator, Cindy Baker. Othered Women is an exhibition that took place simultaneously in three separate artist-run centres […]
Continue readingUtopias: Revisioning Saskatoon Core Neighbourhoods Clark Ferguson Site and Subject: Research, investigation and proposals for the Riversdale district of Saskatoon Excerpt from Bart Gazzola’s essay “PROJECT CREATES ART FROM DESIRES OF CORE RESIDENTS” Planet S Magazine Ferguson began from a simple place — by asking residents what they would change about their neighbourhood — anything […]
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