The Dunlop Art Gallery is pleased to partner with New Dance Horizons, Regina Downtown bid and Association Canadienne-Française de Regina in presenting the third edition of the Ice and Fire Carnival on Saturday, February 17. This year's selection of ten artists will build on the theme Spirit of Place: the vital connection to place in maintaining the health of the community and an exploration of geography and community in Regina.
City Blocks
Jennifer Delos Reyos & Barbara Meneley
Sponsored by Regina Public Library & Dunlop Art Gallery
This project calls on Regina residents to engage with one another and explore their visions of what their city could become. A large meeting table constructed of snow and ice bears a simplified map of Regina. Various city buildings and infrastructure are represented in moveable ice blocks, which participants are invited to place on the map, thus creating their ideal vision of their city.
Hang-Out
Seema Goel
Sponsored by Vérité Film
Seema will create a 1920s couch that refers to the use of space and public relationships to public space.
Circles and Rituals
Kyle Herranen
Sponsored by Delta Regina Hotel
Herranen's project addresses the rural/urban dichotomy and evokes a respect and longing for nature. He desires to find his place or home in both an urban centre and in the art community.
Telescape
Chad Jacklin
Sponsored by Regina Airport Authority
Jacklin will create a telescope ‹ a device used to look at far away lands, planets, stars, universes. Perhaps we need to take a closer look at where we stand now and at the space around us to appreciate the wonderful landscape that shapes us.
3 little pigs
New Dance Horizons and Robin Poitras
Sponsored by Investment Saskatchewan
This will be a performance site that invites young people to engage in a process of reading a blueprint/vitruian recipes and interpreting this map bringing into play a series of snow, ice and straw pieces. A final construction of three independent wee dwellings will be the site for a
performance of Roald Dahl¹s ³three little pigs². Performers include Robin Poitras, Michele Sereda, and Nadine Sures.
Holding Time
Sheila Nourse
Sponsored by kONA fEST
In this work, Sheila Nourse explores her life working in downtown Regina through frozen bagged lunches stressing the relationship between working and living.
Draw to Freeze
Jeff Nye & Wendy Peart
Sponsored by ACFR
Using the sport of curling as a reference, Jeff and Wendy will create three architectural structures as "rocks" which are placed askew within a "house", a series of three concentric coloured squares with one centre square "button". The "rocks", equipped with handles, will be rectangular, cubed or generally architectural in shape. The artists will colour and detail them to mimic granite and other material andarchitectural surfaces.
Pile of Bones
Jack Severson
Sponsored by Hotel Saskatchewan
Severson was inspired by an article he read in the new Regina's Secret Spaces book, where there is a reference to stacks of buffalo bones being discovered next to the train tracks in early Regina. The bones were exported to the US to be made into ceramics and fertilizer. Therefore, before Regina got its current name, it was known as "Pile of Bones".
Untitled
Doug Taylor
Sponsored by Regina Inn
The artist will use the cast snow as a quarry in order to make and assemble other geometric shapes that will be cut from the block and then re-constructed at a nearby place. The piece will be larger than the original space of the eight-foot cubed volume. Voids will be as important as the solids in this composition.
Home
Katherine Binns, Chad Arie, Fazail Lutfi
Sponsored by Impark
These three artists are setting out to build a Home: a space of comfort in an urban landscape. They will create a structure that invites the public to engage with a fantasy winter home, and create a sense of togetherness by sharing this home with the community. The walls will contain carved low relief designs.
ARTISTS
Chad Arie is a dedicated reality hacker seeking balance between technology and tradition in artistic practice. Chad is currently a member of the Flatlands Artist Studios and spends a large portion of his time working from the studio on plans and projects. Watch for his Urban Bird Blog this spring.
Katherine Binns loves to travel (by car, canoe or walking) throughout Canada, but has lived her life so far entirely within Southeast Saskatchewan. Because of her roots, the prairie experience is deeply implanted in her and her work. Thoughts surrounding the environment, death/immortality, and surrealism are subjects that have influence on her art.
Jennifer Delos Reyes is an interdisciplinary artist and curator from Winnipeg, Manitoba where she received her BFA First Class Honours from the University of Manitoba. Jennifer works primarily in video, installation, and performance revolving around themes of relationships, connections, and interaction. She is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Regina.
Seema Goel is a Regina sculptor and writer. Her work has exhibited in Canada and the US and encompasses an eclectic range or materials and contexts from projection onto buildings to taxidermied animals. She holds a B.Sc in Biology from McGill, an Associate Arts diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Fine Art, and an MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Kyle Herranen is currently an M.F.A. candidate in sculpture at the University of Regina. He is originally from Espanola, a small rural town in Northern Ontario. Kyle completed an honors B.F.A at York University in Toronto where he specialized in sculpture. His work and research involves human interaction with nature, and the loss of value placed on manual labour, particularly in woodworking craft traditions.
Chad Jacklin is a self-taught Regina artist whose work is about reusing materials in ways other than their original intended purpose. Working with this central theme of recycling, he explores the natural cycles of matter and life.
Fazail Lutfi is a "non-disciplinary" artist working in installations and moving images, dealing with issues surrounding place, memory and imagination. Fazail is a recent MFA graduate from the interdisciplinary studies program at the University of Regina.
Barbara Meneley is an interdisciplinary artist with a wide range of experience in film, photography, performance, sculpture and installation. Recent works include the film Hello Neighbor screened at the One Minute Film Festival in Toronto, and Bumbershimmer, an ongoing installation at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle. She is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Regina.
Sheila Nourse is a visual artist living and working in Regina, Saskatchewan. She has recently completed her MFA at the University of Regina. Sheila has been showing her work from Calgary to Toronto since 1983. She has received Saskatchewan Arts Board grants, participated in the Carfac mentorship program and been an active member of the Flatlands Artist Inc. studio collective.
Jeff Nye is a Master of Fine Arts Graduate from the University of Regina. He has exhibited his painting and site-specific installations in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec, and has presented his written work at national and international conferences. Jeff teaches classes in painting and drawing at the community and university levels.
Wendy Peart works in the areas of sculpture, drawing, painting and installation. She completed her BFA in Visual Art and a BA in Art History from the University of Regina as well as a MFA from the University of Victoria. She has exhibited regionally and nationally. Peart teaches art and professional development for University of Regina, Regina Public School Division, community centres, and CARFAC Saskatchewan.
Robin Poitras is a Regina-based dance and performance artist. Actively engaged in contemporary dance practice since the early 80¹s, she co-founded New Dance Horizons in 1986, where she continues to act as Artistic Director. A recipient of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Mayor¹s Awards for Business & The Arts in Regina, Robin has received many grants and awards including the 2004 Women of Distinction Award for the Arts.
Michele Sereda is the artistic director of Curtain Razors, a Regina-based company that focuses on new ways of telling stories. She has an extensive performing history that involves traversing between the worlds of theatre, movement, and visual arts as a performer. Her solo work has been seen provincially, and in Calgary and Toronto.
Nadine Sures received her B.F.A. in acting from the University of Alberta. She has worked professionally in theatre and dance since her graduation in 1999. She has performed her own creations in public spaces and venues across Canada and abroad.
John ‘Jack’ Russell Severson was born on June 9, 1948 in Regina. He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks in 1969. During 1970 and 1973 he attended Emma Lake Artists¹ Workshops with Ronald B. Kitaj and William Wiley. The University of Regina awarded Jack a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990. Jack is represented in many collections including the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Doug Taylor was born in Saskatoon in 1955 and educated there. He received a Renewable Resources Technology Diploma in 1976 and spent fifteen years as a Conservation Officer in Northern Saskatchewan. He has been working as a freelance Museum Exhibit Technician for a number of years. He maintains a rural full-time studio on fifteen acres of forest in the Elmhurst District in Northwestern Saskatchewan.
City Blocks
Jennifer Delos Reyos & Barbara Meneley
Sponsored by Regina Public Library & Dunlop Art Gallery
This project calls on Regina residents to engage with one another and explore their visions of what their city could become. A large meeting table constructed of snow and ice bears a simplified map of Regina. Various city buildings and infrastructure are represented in moveable ice blocks, which participants are invited to place on the map, thus creating their ideal vision of their city.
Hang-Out
Seema Goel
Sponsored by Vérité Film
Seema will create a 1920s couch that refers to the use of space and public relationships to public space.
Circles and Rituals
Kyle Herranen
Sponsored by Delta Regina Hotel
Herranen's project addresses the rural/urban dichotomy and evokes a respect and longing for nature. He desires to find his place or home in both an urban centre and in the art community.
Telescape
Chad Jacklin
Sponsored by Regina Airport Authority
Jacklin will create a telescope ‹ a device used to look at far away lands, planets, stars, universes. Perhaps we need to take a closer look at where we stand now and at the space around us to appreciate the wonderful landscape that shapes us.
3 little pigs
New Dance Horizons and Robin Poitras
Sponsored by Investment Saskatchewan
This will be a performance site that invites young people to engage in a process of reading a blueprint/vitruian recipes and interpreting this map bringing into play a series of snow, ice and straw pieces. A final construction of three independent wee dwellings will be the site for a
performance of Roald Dahl¹s ³three little pigs². Performers include Robin Poitras, Michele Sereda, and Nadine Sures.
Holding Time
Sheila Nourse
Sponsored by kONA fEST
In this work, Sheila Nourse explores her life working in downtown Regina through frozen bagged lunches stressing the relationship between working and living.
Draw to Freeze
Jeff Nye & Wendy Peart
Sponsored by ACFR
Using the sport of curling as a reference, Jeff and Wendy will create three architectural structures as "rocks" which are placed askew within a "house", a series of three concentric coloured squares with one centre square "button". The "rocks", equipped with handles, will be rectangular, cubed or generally architectural in shape. The artists will colour and detail them to mimic granite and other material andarchitectural surfaces.
Pile of Bones
Jack Severson
Sponsored by Hotel Saskatchewan
Severson was inspired by an article he read in the new Regina's Secret Spaces book, where there is a reference to stacks of buffalo bones being discovered next to the train tracks in early Regina. The bones were exported to the US to be made into ceramics and fertilizer. Therefore, before Regina got its current name, it was known as "Pile of Bones".
Untitled
Doug Taylor
Sponsored by Regina Inn
The artist will use the cast snow as a quarry in order to make and assemble other geometric shapes that will be cut from the block and then re-constructed at a nearby place. The piece will be larger than the original space of the eight-foot cubed volume. Voids will be as important as the solids in this composition.
Home
Katherine Binns, Chad Arie, Fazail Lutfi
Sponsored by Impark
These three artists are setting out to build a Home: a space of comfort in an urban landscape. They will create a structure that invites the public to engage with a fantasy winter home, and create a sense of togetherness by sharing this home with the community. The walls will contain carved low relief designs.
ARTISTS
Chad Arie is a dedicated reality hacker seeking balance between technology and tradition in artistic practice. Chad is currently a member of the Flatlands Artist Studios and spends a large portion of his time working from the studio on plans and projects. Watch for his Urban Bird Blog this spring.
Katherine Binns loves to travel (by car, canoe or walking) throughout Canada, but has lived her life so far entirely within Southeast Saskatchewan. Because of her roots, the prairie experience is deeply implanted in her and her work. Thoughts surrounding the environment, death/immortality, and surrealism are subjects that have influence on her art.
Jennifer Delos Reyes is an interdisciplinary artist and curator from Winnipeg, Manitoba where she received her BFA First Class Honours from the University of Manitoba. Jennifer works primarily in video, installation, and performance revolving around themes of relationships, connections, and interaction. She is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Regina.
Seema Goel is a Regina sculptor and writer. Her work has exhibited in Canada and the US and encompasses an eclectic range or materials and contexts from projection onto buildings to taxidermied animals. She holds a B.Sc in Biology from McGill, an Associate Arts diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Fine Art, and an MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Kyle Herranen is currently an M.F.A. candidate in sculpture at the University of Regina. He is originally from Espanola, a small rural town in Northern Ontario. Kyle completed an honors B.F.A at York University in Toronto where he specialized in sculpture. His work and research involves human interaction with nature, and the loss of value placed on manual labour, particularly in woodworking craft traditions.
Chad Jacklin is a self-taught Regina artist whose work is about reusing materials in ways other than their original intended purpose. Working with this central theme of recycling, he explores the natural cycles of matter and life.
Fazail Lutfi is a "non-disciplinary" artist working in installations and moving images, dealing with issues surrounding place, memory and imagination. Fazail is a recent MFA graduate from the interdisciplinary studies program at the University of Regina.
Barbara Meneley is an interdisciplinary artist with a wide range of experience in film, photography, performance, sculpture and installation. Recent works include the film Hello Neighbor screened at the One Minute Film Festival in Toronto, and Bumbershimmer, an ongoing installation at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle. She is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Regina.
Sheila Nourse is a visual artist living and working in Regina, Saskatchewan. She has recently completed her MFA at the University of Regina. Sheila has been showing her work from Calgary to Toronto since 1983. She has received Saskatchewan Arts Board grants, participated in the Carfac mentorship program and been an active member of the Flatlands Artist Inc. studio collective.
Jeff Nye is a Master of Fine Arts Graduate from the University of Regina. He has exhibited his painting and site-specific installations in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec, and has presented his written work at national and international conferences. Jeff teaches classes in painting and drawing at the community and university levels.
Wendy Peart works in the areas of sculpture, drawing, painting and installation. She completed her BFA in Visual Art and a BA in Art History from the University of Regina as well as a MFA from the University of Victoria. She has exhibited regionally and nationally. Peart teaches art and professional development for University of Regina, Regina Public School Division, community centres, and CARFAC Saskatchewan.
Robin Poitras is a Regina-based dance and performance artist. Actively engaged in contemporary dance practice since the early 80¹s, she co-founded New Dance Horizons in 1986, where she continues to act as Artistic Director. A recipient of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Mayor¹s Awards for Business & The Arts in Regina, Robin has received many grants and awards including the 2004 Women of Distinction Award for the Arts.
Michele Sereda is the artistic director of Curtain Razors, a Regina-based company that focuses on new ways of telling stories. She has an extensive performing history that involves traversing between the worlds of theatre, movement, and visual arts as a performer. Her solo work has been seen provincially, and in Calgary and Toronto.
Nadine Sures received her B.F.A. in acting from the University of Alberta. She has worked professionally in theatre and dance since her graduation in 1999. She has performed her own creations in public spaces and venues across Canada and abroad.
John ‘Jack’ Russell Severson was born on June 9, 1948 in Regina. He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks in 1969. During 1970 and 1973 he attended Emma Lake Artists¹ Workshops with Ronald B. Kitaj and William Wiley. The University of Regina awarded Jack a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990. Jack is represented in many collections including the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Doug Taylor was born in Saskatoon in 1955 and educated there. He received a Renewable Resources Technology Diploma in 1976 and spent fifteen years as a Conservation Officer in Northern Saskatchewan. He has been working as a freelance Museum Exhibit Technician for a number of years. He maintains a rural full-time studio on fifteen acres of forest in the Elmhurst District in Northwestern Saskatchewan.
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