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January 21 - February 16 Artists for Kids 2002
February 18 - March 9 Invisible Hand
March 11 - April 6 Panorama - Don't Squish My Smokes
April 8 - May 4 Dunkin Bancroft Photography
April 15 - May 4 Canadian Magazine Publishers Association
May 6 - May 30 Linked Lines
June 2, 3, 4 Gogo no KIMONO
June 10 - June 29 Colour Current
July 2 - July 13 3 Drawers
July 14 - August 11 Convergence 2002
August 12 - September 8 OM Group Print Studio (concurrent with Simply Serene)
August 12 - September 8 Simply Serene (concurrent with OM group)
September 9 - September 28 Splash Annual Exhibition
September 30 - October 19 Ione Elisabeth McIntyre
October 21 - November 29 Charmian Johnson / Ron David
December 1 - January 3, 2003 Suspended 3-Storey Christmas Tree
January 21 - February 16
Artists for Kids 2002
View and/or purchase original prints by some of Canada's finest contemporary artists while providing quality art education for children:
Prints include works by Gathie Falk, Gordon Smith, Jack Shadbolt, B. C. Binning, Molly Lamb Bobak, Michael Snow and among the new work, "Sampler," by Robert Young
February 18 - March 9
Invisible Hand: Korean-Canadian Art Photo Exhibition
Striking wilderness images with flawless detail. Korean-Canadian photographers have joined to present a photographic psalm to nature.
March 11 - April 6
Panorama - Don't Squish My Smokes : James Koester
An outside-the-box survey of various sculptural approaches by this prominent artist via an abundant cubic installation inside 28 boxed cases.
Very good representation of his work at: http://members.shaw.ca/jameskoester/index.html
April 8 - May 4
Reflections: Self & Nature. Dunkin Bancroft
Prize-winning and highly respected mentor of photography, Dunkin Bancroft settled in Vancouver in 1980 and is now mounting a retrospective of his work since the move.
In Montreal as a free-lance professional photographer, from photojournalism to photography books of the National Film Board or Readers Digest, Bancroft earned a sound reputation as a teacher of photography and photo editing.
April 15 - May 4
Adbusters Magazine covers
Canadian Magazine Publishers Association
The National Magazine Cover Exhibition is being curated to showcase Canada's excellence in magazine writing and design. Eight celebrated Canadians from the media, design, art, publishing, and literary communities will select 42 of the best Canadian covers of all time which will then be displayed at the Pendulum Gallery along with engaging literary content.
The exhibition will be accompanied by events and promotions including a national reading series hosted at neighbourhood bookstores. National promotion includes television guest appearances and Mobile Magazine Kiosks scheduled throughout the country during Spring, culminating in the exhibition taking place at the Pendulum Gallery.
The Kiosk with free copies of current and classic issues will accompany the exhibition.
May 6 - May 30
Linked Lines: Japanese Women's Texts Through Time: Kataoka - sensei An Asia Heritage Month exhibition
The public is invited to participate in a Live Event with the artist/mentor present on Saturday 18 May, 2 - 4:30PM
Special day of calligraphy demonstration and accompanying tea ceremony on tatami mats
Class Calligraphy Demonstration
• Traditional Urasenke Tea Ceremony
• Shakuhachi and koto music
The Pendulum Gallery has not had a traditional calligraphy exhibition for over 5 years!
The energetic curator, Professor Sonja Arntzen of the University of Toronto Asia Studies Department, has linked with internationally acclaimed calligraphy master Kataoka to bring forth a large arrangement of works on scroll, screen, wooden box, and fan.
The calligraphy texts are quotations from Japanese women writers, from the first novel (Tale of Genji, from 1000 years ago) to present-day feminist writers. Every piece will have English translation, contemporary Japanese translation and commentary by curator Arntzen.
"Linked Lines refers to the kana calligraphy style, 'renmensen.' This is the form of calligraphy originally known as 'women's hand.' The philosophy behind the title LINKED LINES is that Japanese women are linked through a form of calligraphy and literature that they have practiced for over a 1000 years. Tensile quality of line is the most conspicuous characteristic of this form of calligraphy." The subtitle "Japanese Women's Texts Through Time" says it all.
June 2*, 3, 4
Gogo no KIMONO: Masako - sensei
* 2 PM - 4:30 PM, June 2 (Sunday)
On Sunday June 2, several very lucky Vancouverites will experience dressing in the timeless manner of Japanese ceremonial kimono. Learn how obi, kimono, haori, ikebana, shoji, tatami, or tea can be cultivated as part of your cultural life.
In the future, artist/mentor Masako-sensei plans to take up residence in Canada to guide the Vancouver general public regarding cultural criterion of classic Japanese historic and present day refined living.
Ikebana will be on public display until 5:PM June 4
June 10 - June 29
Colour Current: 38 new works in oil: Susan Falk
Centered in a colorist outlook, in the past Falk has focused on realistic images from Dogs to landscapes. This artist has now apprehended an uncommon abstraction of colour subtly bouncing off water as well as creating painterly, almost sculptural objects, mirroring full-force currents. Reflective of her life on her farm, these medium (36 x 36) to large (61 x 48 inches) works "transfer the viewer into a world that both celebrates the routine of the farm and the colourful particulars of one glance," according to Robert Barr of Northwest Arts Review, Seattle.
Public Reception: Thursday, 13 June, 7 - 9 PM
July 2 - July 13
3 Drawers, Not 2 Not 4
Camosun College Furniture Programme 2002 students take on the challenge of making unique contemporary furniture, each with a compulsory three drawers. See the innovation and wit of the next generation of furniture designers and builders as they cope with our human need to store things and yet at the same time enjoy the furniture esthetically.
"For the thirteenth straight year our Fine Furniture students have completed a major project which allows them to push their skills in terms of design, construction and finishing while promoting the use of local wood resources," says Cam Russell, chair of Camosun's Architectural Trades department.
This year 15 Camosun Fine Furniture students have been challenged to design and build a variety of furniture pieces from wood donated by the Vancouver Island Woodworker's Guild.
"A new twist this year is that the donated wood is part of the Guild's Wood Recovery Program," added Russell. "The Guild reclaims trees from municipalities, developers and highway maintenance crews that have in the past been cut for firewood. Once obtained, volunteers from the Guild make sure the wood is milled and kiln dried properly so that it is ready for furniture making."
For this competition, students were free to pursue their own designs under two constraints, explained Russell. "Each piece had to contain three drawers and they had to be designed to be knocked-down to fit within FedEx, UPS and Canada Post courier shipping size restrictions. This helps the students to think along the lines of web marketing where customers could order a piece from anywhere in the world, and the product made in BC could be couriered to them."
July 15 - August 10
Convergence 2002 - 3 Exhibitions
Reception: Thursday July 18, 7 - 9 PM
Tsunami: Contemporary Textile Yardage Exhibit for Convergence 2002: International Congress of Textiles
Tsunami is an international juried exhibition of constructed and/or embellished textile yardage. A tsunami rolls over the ocean, forever changing the shore line.
These lengths of fabric "will change you forever." asserts the internationally acclaimed Junichi Arai, famed textiles designer, weaver, and judge of this international exhibition contest. Arai's work has had a profound effect on today's weavers throughout the world.
The exhibition will use our panels and our new cases to exhibit the largest presentation during this international event.
Orphaned Art Finds New Home at Pendulum Gallery
In 2002 and 2003 the Pendulum Gallery calendar has expanded by the recent demise of the Hornby Street former location of the Canadian Craft & Design Museum. Orphaned exhibitions needed a home. The gallery will house the three exhibitions this July and August for the celebrated and massive international fibre arts conference, Convergence 2002, to be held in Vancouver.
Small Expressions, an Convergence 2002 exhibition annually organized by the Handweavers Guild of North America and juried by Ron Kong, Vancouver craft leader, of hand-made gems using a wide variety of textile techniques, and e-textiles, an international exhibition of textile art accomplished through computers, will be housed in the Pendulum Gallery from July 15 to August 10.
Tsunami, the international exhibition of woven yardage, with contemporary work chosen by world-renowned juror Junichi Arai will be on display, as planned since 2000.
e-textiles is curated by Louise Lemieux Berube and Marielle Chouinard for the Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles.
e-textiles brings to Vancouver the work of 11 prominent artists making use of the natural world, portraits, photographs, abstract and computer-inspired imagery, these artists are creating, through their use of e-technology, a new weaving language.
Participating artists are Junichi Arai (Japan); Lia Cook (USA); Frances Dorsey (Canada); Emily DuBois (USA); Laura Foster Nicholson (USA); Ruth Scheuing (Canada); Cynthia Schira (USA); Liz Williamson (Australia); Hideo Yamakuchi (Japan); and Bhakti Ziek (USA).
The binary nature of woven thread was noticed by Jacquard who perfected a simple binary punch-card system for looms. (Holes meant a thread was lifted; no hole, no lifted thread.) This concept, adapted to adding machines in the 19th century, is the basis for all subsequent computing machines. A profusion of richly patterned, colourful textiles from Europe, North America and Japan illustrate the 19th and early 20th century potential of the digital image in cloth.
L'exposition e-textiles du CENTRE des TEXTILES CONTEMPORAINS de MONTRÉAL (CTCM) vise la diffusion d'uvres d'artistes contemporains de renommée internationale qui utilisent l'ordinateur et le métier jacquard afin de souligner l'apport des nouvelles technologies textiles dans la création artistique.
Ce projet est issu de la conjonction entre l'expertise développée au CTCM et les échanges soutenus que le centre entretient avec des artistes professionnels internationaux, plusieurs d'entre eux faisant appel à ses ressources pour exécuter ou faire exécuter leurs uvres.
Durant les cérémonies d'ouverture de l'exposition e driamt Convergence 2002, il y aura le lancement d'un catalogue en format CD-ROM.
Centre des textiles contemporains de Montréal / The Montréal Centre for Contemporary Textile 1751, rue Richardson, atelier 5530, Montréal, (Québec) H3K 1G6 Téléphone : (514) 933-3728 Télécopieur : (514) 933-6305 www.textiles-mtl.com/
Exhibitions OPEN ADDITIONAL HOURS: Please note: During this international event extra open hours apply to the August long weekend as follows: Wednesday July 31st from 6pm - 10pm, & Sunday & Monday, August 4th & 5th from 12Noon - 4PM www.weavespindye.org/convergence2002
August 12 - September 8
(note: Simply Serene, below, is concurrent) OM Group Print Studio: Japan Exchange Show Malaspina Printmakers of Granville Island Reception: Thursday 15 August , 7 - 9 PM The Malaspina Print makers of Granville Island present this spectacular exhibition of contemporary prints from masters of the Tokyo region OM printmakers gallery. A combination of disciplines as varied as lithography and silk screen join to create a graphically alive contemporary Japanese printmaking art. Malaspina Printmakers Society and Workshop1555 Duranleau Street, Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 3S3 Curator of this Exhibtion: Marie Price Executive Director: Carol Nymark Office and Gallery: (604) 688-1827 Sales and Archives: (604) 688-1854 Fax: (604) 688-1851 Email: mpsprint@intergate.bc.ca / www.malaspinaprintmakers.com/
August 12 - September 8
(note: OM Group, above, is concurrent) SIMPLY SERENE Mike Powell Luminous folding screens, intricately painted over a delicate layering of fine composite gold leaf, support bevelled glass tabletops to create these one-of-a-kind art screen tables. Created in various heights, the tables are individually conceived, crafted and painted by artist Mike Powell and incorporate classically applied gold leaf layering. The gold leaf reflects light back through the colours of the painting creating a classic luminescent effect. The reflective qualities of the classic gold leaf technique are accentuated by different light sources, creating varying degrees of incandescence and colour in both the painting and the room in which a table is placed.
Accordion style folding, with paintings on both sides, the screen paintings are visible from any angle. The glass tabletop provides both a view of the work below, as well as a serving or display surface. The screen tables are made in coffee, sofa, dining, desk and side table heights.
Powell has been working professionally as an artist and fine craftsman since 1978. His extensive artwork and craftsmanship includes creating scale model rooms commissioned by international collectors and scale mode clocks, both of which have been exhibited internationally, including London, New York. They are in collections across North America and Europe. As well, the multi-talented Mike Powell is well-respected for his expert restoration of fine china and paintings, paintings of miniature landscapes and architectural faux finishing.
Powell: The driving force that ties all the various paths I have taken in my life and my art is the need to create harmony, both artistically and as part of the life experience. The inspiration for the folding screen paintings is drawn from stained glass, traditional oriental folding screens, antique fabrics, views of nature, and the places that I have lived and worked in both Europe and North America.www.simplyserene.ca Studio: 604 983 3678
September 16 - September 28
Splash Annual Exhibition: Arts Umbrella Auction of displayed items: Saturday , October 5, Granville Island
Excellent exhibition of contemporary art and craft by Lower Mainland artists displayed in the Pendulum prior to the SPLASH auction, which takes place on Granville Island on October 5. The Lower Mainland volunteer specialists in fine art and craft gather works that are for auction in support of Arts Umbrella annually. Highly respected artists such as Gordon Smith, Jack Shadbolt, or Roz Marshall are frequently represented in this annual exhibition
September 30 to October 19
Ione Elisabeth McIntyre
Exhibition of paintings by the octogenarian artist from Bowen Islan Curator: Marion Lea Jamieson Ione McIntyre Before her recent death, this British Columbia artist achieved a singular integration of her history and surroundings in her paintings.
Not only has she been visually inspired by the surroundings and history in her beloved Bowen Island home, but she united her love of home and nature to build a rich visual legacy for us all to share.
An excerpt of McIntyre's writing regarding the early 1940's :
During this period, we became friendly with Einar Neilson and his wife, Pat, who was the daughter of Lemoine Fitzgerald, a well-known painter and principal of the Winnipeg Art School.The Fitzgeralds visited Einar and Pat during the summer and when I got to know them I showed Mr. Fitzgerald some of my paintings. He encouraged me to try to go to art school, which was what I wanted more than anything else. (It may be hard to understand now, but at that time it was easy to feel presumptuous in entertaining such an ambition.) The only way I could think of to do it was for me to get a job in Vancouver... So I left forthwith and got a job at Ireland and Allens, booksellers and stationers, on Granville Street...
After getting the job, I registered for night courses at the Vancouver School of Art, and my life was transformed.
Everything else paled into insignificance at first, and I lived for the two nights a week at art school. I enrolled in a night drawing class and didn't notice until the first night that it was called "Advanced Drawing". I remember walking with great trepidation toward the classroom.
Just as I got there the door opened and B.C. Binning, the teacher, came out. I still have a clear picture in my mind of him standing there listening to my doubts as to whether I was qualified to enter, then laughing at me and pushing his glasses up on his nose as he reassured me that it really didn't matter what the course was called.
I don't think I've ever known a better teacher - I rather worshipped him and he became a good friend.
October 21 - November 29
Charmian Johnson / Ron David
Charmian Johnson: Potter
Ron David: Wood Turner
Curator: Tom Graff
Collectors world-wide have been gathering Johnson's tea bowls, porcelain boxes, ikebana dishes, gargoyles and platters, all renowned for their exquisite glazes and unpretentious forms. Among other examples, this exhibition will focus on her newly-developed red slip and speckled iron-black glaze.
Ron David's imagination in woodworking ranges from bowls with porcupine-like extensions to precise elegant traditional containers. Expert designer and craftsman, David is a leader in wood expressions.
Johnson and David
December 2 - January 3, 2003
Suspended 3-storey Christmas Tree
Back by popular demand, our 3-storey floating Christmas Tree will look better than ever!
