UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

February 24 - April 7, 2012
"NEW WORKS " Emily Hermant (Chicago IL. USA)
Opening reception Friday February 24, 2012, 7:30 PM


Image: detail, What position.. .Emily Hermant

 

"The new sculptural works in the installation are made of interconnected, hand-bent, hardwood planks whose curves and twists create a swirling, energetic, spatial drawing.  By rendering solid hardwood pliable and then bending it in unusual ways, I treat the wood as three-dimensional thread. The unexpected tension of the shaped wood and the configurations and treatment of these forms present the viewer with contradictions:  on the one hand, between material and form, and on the other hand, between the made and the process of making." - Emily Hermant

 

Emily Hermant received her BFA With Distinction in Studio Arts and Religion from Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada in 2004, and completed her MFA as a Trustee Scholar from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010, where her work was supported by a research grant from the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC).  She has exhibited widely in museums, galleries, and festivals in Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe, including the FAB Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University (2011), Articule Artist-run Center for Contemporary Art in Montréal, QC (2010), Hyde Park Art Center (2010), Merchandise Mart (2010), and DOVA Gallery at the University of Chicago (2010) in Chicago, IL, The Triennale di Milano Museum in Milan, Italy (2009), the Biennale Internationale du Lin in Québec (2009), and at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York (2007-8).  Her work has been reviewed in Espace Sculpture, Time Out Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice, American Craft Magazine, and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, among others.  Hermant has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT (2010) and at Studio XX Media Arts Center in Montréal, QC (2004-5), and has been the recipient of grants from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec (2007, 2009).  Hermant has upcoming solo exhibitions at The Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, VA, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in Wilmington, DE, and at the Durand Art Institute at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL (all 2012).  Hermant is currently based in Richmond, VA where she is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Craft and Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (2011-12).

April 13 - May 19, 2012
"MAYWORKS WINDSOR 2012"
A Festival of International Workers' Solidarity, Social Justice and Community Cultural Projects
Reception Friday May 4, 2012, 7:30 PM



For MayWorks 2012, Windsor Ontario's labour and arts communities join with other cities across Canada
to present our third annual labour-focused cultural MayWorks festival in Windsor.
Artists, workers, and students have met over many months to organize a collection of exhibitions, projects,
events, a rally and a parade, to celebrate our creativity as a community, our dedication to the values
of workers' solidarity, social justice and human rights.

The various activities will highlight our support for our city and our history
of solidarity, concern for social justice and our tradition of labour arts.
2012 will mark our third annual MayWorks celebrations and follows in the ten year
tradition of past Artcite/ University of Windsor Labour Studies program
Labour Arts Festivals that took place during February from 2002 on.

The MayWorks Windsor committee is now meeting regularly to plan activities
and events. If you are interested in participating, visit the Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/117198504962868/