[Bcma-l] Exhibition info

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:47:10 -0800

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Subject: [Bcma-l] Exhibition info

> Hi - is there another list that would have announcements for Calls for
> Submissions for exhbitions and that sort of thing for artists?
> Thanks,
> margo
>
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> Subject: [Bcma-l] Media Release Kamloops Art Gallery - Largest Grant for
> Native Youth Project
>
>
> *MEDIA RELEASE* **
> For immediate release from
> Kamloops Art Gallery
> January 10, 2008
>
>
> *Gallery’s largest grant to*
> *fund Native Youth project*
>
>
> Victoria Morgan and Lyle Morgan, participants in a Native
> Youth workshop, record some spoken words this past
> summer at the Kamloops Art Gallery.
>
> Photo by Jayce Salloum
>
> The Kamloops Art Gallery (KAG) is thrilled to announce that it has been
> awarded $85,130.00 for the creation and development of site-specific,
> collaborative artwork spearheaded by Jayce Salloum, with Meeka Morgan
> and Native youth from throughout the region. This award, presented by
> Arts Partners in Creative Development (APCD), is the largest individual
> project grant that the Gallery has received in its 30-year history.
>
> Recipients of the APCD grants were officially announced at the Vancouver
> Art Gallery this morning. Salloum, who lives in Vancouver, was present
> at the media conference.
>
> Jayce Salloum is an internationally recognized video and installation
> artist, who was born and raised in Interior B.C. Collaboration has long
> been a hallmark of his work. Although he has exhibited as a solo artist
> in venues such as the Sydney Biennale in Australia, the Canadian Museum
> of Civilization, and the Vancouver Art Gallery, he is also the founder
> of Vancouver’s desmedia collective in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and
> has collaborated with artists and non-artists on projects for over
> twenty years.
>
> Meeka Morgan, Salloum’s co-facilitator in this project, is an
> Ashcroft-based artist, performer, and sociologist. She is Secwepemc and
> Nuu-chah-nulth and a member of the Bonaparte Band.
>
> Since June 2007, Salloum and Morgan have been facilitating workshops
> with Native youth from Kamloops and surrounding areas. Their goal is to
> produce a large-scale, two-dimensional, multi-media work of art, which
> will be installed at the KAG in the fall of 2009, during Salloum’s
> survey exhibition, /Jayce Salloum: history of the present {1984-2009}.
> /A two-year project in the making, the collaborative artwork will be
> displayed for eight weeks at the KAG, then tour with his exhibition to
> venues across B.C. and Canada until the end of 2011.
>
> To date, five workshops have taken place at the KAG, at the Centre for
> Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada at Thompson Rivers
> University, and at venues on the Bonaparte Indian Band reserve and the
> Kamloops Indian Band reserve. All workshops are free of charge to
> participants, and all supplies and lunches are provided. The grant from
> APCD will allow for workshops to continue on a regular basis throughout
> 2008 until the fall of 2009, and will cover all costs of materials and
> production.
>
> At the workshops, participants are trained in a variety of media,
> including paint, ink, video, and sound. Traditional storytelling is
> incorporated, and Elders and guest artists are invited to attend to
> share their experiences. “We are not trying to create representations of
> traditional knowledges,” Salloum and Morgan explain, “Instead, we and
> the participants are making representations of new, cross-generational
> reflections on history and contemporary reality.”
>
> Jen Budney, curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery and organizer of the
> Jayce Salloum retrospective exhibition says: “We couldn’t be happier
> with this news. The commissioned artwork and the process leading to its
> completion will go a long way in the community’s recognition of
> Salloum’s accomplishments, and will also renew and confirm the Kamloops
> Art Gallery’s commitment to youth, the expression of Aboriginal voices,
> and community-building in our region.” She adds, “Based on Salloum’s
> previous work, the final work of art is going to be beautiful, and rich
> with ideas and images. I can’t wait to see it!”
>
> APCD is a consortium of funding agencies, including 2010 Legacies Now,
> City of Vancouver, Vancouver Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts,
> Province of B.C., and VANOC.
>
> Budney says, “The Kamloops Art Gallery is extremely grateful to the APCD
> for helping us realize this commissioned collaborative artwork. We’re
> thrilled to hear about Western Canada Theatre’s grant as well. Both
> organizations’ announcements bode very well for Kamloops.”
>
> The next collaborative art-making workshop for Native youth will be held
> on Saturday, February 23, 2008, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the
> Kamloops Art Gallery. Those wishing to participate, or seeking further
> information, are invited to call Jen Budney at 377-2410.
>
> - 30 -
>
> Please direct all media inquiries to James Gordon, Marketing &
> Communications Coordinator, Kamloops Art Gallery, (250) 377-2403, or
> jgordon@kag.bc.ca
>
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