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Catharines are flourishing with activities and performances for the whole family. You and
your loved ones can enjoy the richness of classical music, the textures of a contemporary
art exhibit, the sparkle of a children’s theatre performance or some contemporary
dance. Year round, the arts will stimulate the senses and inspire the soul. The shady
trees of Montebello Park are an ideal summertime haunt for art, music and dance
lovers. The following art exhibits are
presented in various locations in St. Catharines and surrounding area.
May | June | July
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To May 29
Catharines Cabinet of Curiosities Exhibit
St. Catharines Museum, 1932 Welland Canals Parkway, St. Catharines
905-984-8880
The St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre is pleased to present never before
seen artifacts - the Big and the Tall and the Strange and the Small - that have been
resurrected from years of storage for your wonder and amazement. Learn about the history
of sideshows, spectacle, showmanship and the museum as a cabinet of curiosities. This
exhibit is sure to astound you! |
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 To January 1, 2012
MICAH LEXIER: A Week at a Glance
Rodman Hall Arts Centre
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 27, 7 - 9 pm
Artist's Talk: Friday, January 28, 12 noon
Curated by Marcie Bronson
For over thirty years, Winnipeg-born, Toronto-based artist Micah Lexier has produced
projects that illuminate the subtle actions and elements that pass unnoticed in our daily
lives. Organization, classification, and measurement are at the heart of his practice,
which often involves a guiding set of self-imposed constraints. Converting Rodman Hall's
project space into a vitrine, Lexier presents a year-long installation of objects drawn
from his personal collection of everyday ephemera, including stationery, various items
found on the street, backs of things, printed cardboard, games, puzzles, printed
envelopes, and scribbled notes. Over the course of the year, the installation will slowly
evolve as each week one of the four objects on display will be removed and replaced by a
new object.
Image: Micah Lexier, Twelve of One (January Vitrine Layout), 2010, assorted objects,
various sizes. Photo: Miles Collyer, Courtesy Birch Libralato, Toronto. |
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May 7 – August 14
LUANNE MARTINEAU
Rodman Hall Arts Centre
Curated by Lesley Johnstone
Organized by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in partnership with Rodman
Hall Art Centre
Known primarily for her hybrid felt and wool sculptures, Luanne Martineau belongs to a
generation of artists who use traditional craft techniques and materials to produce
critically engaged and formally astonishing artworks. Martineau’s labour-intensive
felt sculptures, virtually impossible to describe in all their visual and physical
complexity, produce an experience that oscillates between fascination and repulsion,
between the macroscopic and the microscopic. This exhibition presents recent works,
including felt sculptures, drawings and what Martineau calls “drulptures” - a
unique combination of the two latter disciplines. |
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May 13 - June 24
"Transformation" Art Show at Onefortyfive
Onefortyfive Gallery, 145 King Street, St. CatharinesGallery Onefortyfive presents
"Transformation" - a fascinating art show consisting of a variety of mediums and
visual expressions by local artists on the open ended theme of Transformation. The show
will run for 6 weeks starting Friday May 13. All are welcome to the opening reception on
Friday May 13 from 7pm to 9:30pm. See www.onefortyfive.com for more information and
regular gallery hours. Artists interested in submitting work contact Troy for more
information. Onefortyfive is located at 145 King St. on the corner of King and Carlisle.
Event Phone: 289-969-3326
Event Email: art@onefortyfive.com
Event Website: http://www.onefortyfive.com |
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May 21 to August 28
Sitting Pretty: The History of the Toilet Exhibit
St. Catharines Museum, 1932 Welland Canals Parkway, St. Catharines
No one can deny that the toilet is an exceedingly important feature in our lives. Yet how
many people can trace its history? This exhibition, on loan from the Guelph Museums at the
St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre, explores the history of “John and
Lou” through interactive components that show the development of the toilet from the
very first chamber pot, to the outhouse, to the invention of the toilet itself.
Phone: 905-984-8880
Website: www.stcatharines.ca/en/experiencein/StCatharinesMuseum.asp |
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May 24
Calling all artists or those who would like to try their hand at Life Drawing
Centennial Public Library, 54 Church Street, St. Catharines, OntarioIf you've
always wanted to try your hand at life drawing, why not come out to the St. Catharines Art
Association's May 24th meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Bankers Room of the St.
Catharines Centennial Public Library, 54 Church St. Visitors welcome. No instructor
prestent, nude female model. Wheelchair accessible. For further information call Irene
Letourneau at 905-732-7326 or Linda Crabtree at 905-685-0496. |
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May 28 – August 28
SAMUEL ROY-BOIS: Polarizer
Rodman Hall Arts Centre
Curated by Ryan Doherty
Organized by Southern Alberta Art Gallery in partnership with the Robert McLaughlin
Gallery and Rodman Hall Art Centre
The work of Samuel Roy-Bois resists easy categorization, freely mixing drawing, painting,
sculpture, performance, music, architecture and literature to create large-scale
installations at once cool, complex and mysteriously affective. In this new body of work,
Roy-Bois invites the viewer on an odyssey through corridors of murky darkness punctuated
by moments of discovery, reverie and radiance. The experience seems to conflate exterior
and interior space, both physically and metaphysically, to arrive at a passage through
darkness itself, darkness as prima materia. It is more than negative space, more than a
void – it is anything and everything. Pulled through this space, the viewer
encounters rooms inhabited by, or perhaps haunted by, enigmatic objects; scenes that feel
as much a manifestation of a latent memory as the trace of something dark and violent, yet
utterly seductive. |
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May 28 - 29
Arts and Crafts Show
Thorold Arena, 70 Front St. North
Enjoy the works of more than 100 juried artisans at the 33rd annual Thorold Arts and
Crafts Show. Show runs Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $2 with proceeds going to
Thorold's new recreation centre.
Contact Name Cathy Henderson
Event Phone: 905-227-7248
Event Email: cathy.henderson@sympatico.ca |
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| July |
July 8 from 12:00 PM to 9:30 PM
“H2O” Exhibit at Onefortyfive
Onefortyfive Gallery, 145 King St., St. Catharines
Gallery Onefortyfive presents "H2O" - a stimulating multi-artist exhibit on the
most precious commodity of planet earth. The show will run for 6 weeks starting Friday
July 8. All are welcome to the opening reception on Friday July 8 from 7pm to 9:30pm. See
www.onefortyfive.com for more information and regular gallery hours. Artists interested in
submitting work contact Troy. Onefortyfive is located at 145 King St. on the corner of
King and Carlisle.
Event Phone: 289-969-3326
Event Email: art@onefortyfive.com |
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| September |
September 10 to January 3, 2012
Ornamenting the Ordinary: Crafts of South Asia Exhibit
St. Catharines Museum, 1932 Welland Canals Parkway, St. Catharines
Learn about the artistic styles, craftsmanship and craft traditions of South Asia’s
many culturally diverse regions. This travelling exhibition, on loan from the Royal
Ontario Museum at the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre, explores the
interaction between South Asia and the reset of the world, and how this interaction
affected the craft industries.
September 10th Exhibit Launch – Free Admission from 1-3pm
Event Phone: 905-984-8880 or 1-800-305-5134
Event Email: museum@stcatharines.ca
Event Website: www.stcatharineslock3museum.ca |
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