Window Activations: missELAINEous, Natalie Hunter, Bhairavi Jathar, Trisha Lavoie
Window Activation 1 missELAINEous, Natalie Hunter, Bhairavi Jathar, and Trisha Lavoie December 8-21, 2020 This winter, we are thrilled to showcase artworks by Inc. members in our street-facing windows. Eight rounds of activations will be mounted in the windows between December 2020 and April 2021. Each round will be on view for two weeks and feature 3-4 local artists...
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Geneviève Thauvette: Breaking News
Breaking News Geneviève Thauvette Cannon Project Wall Installation September 12, 2020 – May 30, 2021 On view on the Inc.’s external Cannon Project Wall, Breaking News consists of a series of hand tinted self-portrait photographs that satirize the format and content of news reports. Through parody and caricature, heavy subject matter such as abduction, flood, disaster, televised suicide, and dictatorship are depicted in...
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Janet Wang: Ports of Entry
Ports of Entry Janet Wang AKA/PAVED Billboard Space (424 20th Street West, Saskatoon) Co-presented by AKA, Hamilton Artists Inc., and PAVED Arts July – August 2020 Based on research of Chinese-Canadian settler histories, and visual storytelling, Wang has created a panoramic digital work, Ports of Entry. This panorama is comprised of numerous smaller vignettes, tied together with references to the...
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Nahed Mansour: Little Egypt Doesn’t Dance Here Anymore
Little Egypt Doesn’t Dance Here Anymore Nahed Mansour February 8 – March 14, 2020 Opening Reception: February 8 from 2:00-4:00 pm Nahed Mansour’s exhibition Little Egypt Doesn’t Dance Here Anymore centers on the iconography surrounding the historical figure of Little Egypt, the stage name of the first belly dancer to premier the dance form in North America during the...
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Ignition 8: Dean Hossack, Celine Jeong, Alexandra Roberts
Ignition 8: Hamilton Artists Inc.’s Award for Distinction in the McMaster Studio Art Program Dean Hossack, Celine Jeong, and Alexandra Roberts February 8 – March 14, 2020 Opening Reception: February 8 from 2:00-4:00 pm Hamilton Artists Inc. is happy to announce the recipients of the 8th annual Ignition Award for Distinction in McMaster’s Studio Art Program: Dean Hossack, Celine Jeong,...
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SWARM 2019
SWARM: Annual Members Exhibition December 6, 2019 – January 11, 2020 Opening Reception: Saturday, December 7, 2019 from 6:00-11:00 pm Artwork Pick-up Party: Saturday, January 11 , 2020 from 12:00-5:00 pm Hamilton Artists Inc. is pleased to announce it’s annual members exhibition, SWARM. A tradition at the Inc. since 1975, SWARM is our way of showcasing original artworks by our talented...
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To see and see again: Jana Omar Elkhatib, Alex Jacobs-Blum, Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill, Felix Kalmenson, Jinyoung Kim, and Zinnia Naqvi
To see and see again Jana Omar Elkhatib, Alex Jacobs-Blum, Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill, Felix Kalmenson, Jinyoung Kim, and Zinnia Naqvi Curated by Abedar Kamgari September 4 – November 2, 2019 Opening Reception: September 7, 7:00-9:00 pm The phrase “to see and see again” (from the Farsi: دید و بازدید) describes the customary practice of visiting one’s relatives, wherein each person...
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Minding the Archive: Derek Jenkins, Tyler Matheson, Alex Murphy
Minding the Archive Derek Jenkins, Tyler Matheson, and Alex Murphy September 4 – November 2, 2019 Opening Reception: September 7, 7:00-9:00 pm What is an archive? Some archives are official, organised and public — historical documents housed in libraries or museums. Some archives are messy, private and personal — family letters, photographs and keepsakes stashed away in basements and...
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Meghan Price: New Balance
New Balance Meghan Price AKA/PAVED Billboard Space (424 20th Street West, Saskatoon) Co-presented by AKA, Hamilton Artists Inc., and PAVED Arts July – August 2019 Price’s New Balance series features pattern and waste plastics in an aggregate of image, material and structure to link human and geologic time, consumer culture and ecology. Composed of deconstructed, used athletic shoes, these sculptures are...
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Catherine Blackburn: Narhî Wasagabiich
Narhî Wasagabiich Catherine Blackburn Cannon Project Wall at Hamilton Artists Inc. Co-presented by AKA, Hamilton Artists Inc., and PAVED Arts June 2019 – August 2020 Catherine Blackburn’s photographic installation on The Inc.’s exterior Cannon Project Wall, Narhî Wasagabiich, celebrates traditional Indigenous garment-making and adorning, practices that express women’s care for their families and communities. Reinventing beadwork techniques she learned...
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