Ursula Johnson calls curating this exhibit an “intense” experience, and an incredibly special one. Kloqowej (Star) showcases a collection of 30 intricately woven baskets, spanning the 30-year career of Caroline Gould, who also happens to be Johnson’s great-grandmother. “Even though my art is very different…I like to think it’s the same type of subject matter. […]
Mary E. Black Gallery
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Textile artist Brownlee weaves a message
It’s 1995 and Sandra Brownlee has stopped weaving. It’s not quite the reaction she expected following the success of her internationally touring solo exhibition, Weaving Out Loud. But that dust has settled, and the physical repetition of the loom has begun to worm itself into her thoughts and ideas. After first sitting down at a […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Visual arts events
Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not here Through August 23 Guelph-based artist Will Gorlitz begins a painting by looking for the telling detail. “When determining the actual subjects I wish to paint, a crucial consideration is that the subjects present some acutely visual feature,” he explains in an email. “Commonly, this involves the tactile materiality of […]