[BCMA] For Immediate Release: Broadsides, Chapbooks and Ephemera from (m)Other Tongue Press at Bob Prittie Library
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News Release
For Immediate Release: March 11, 2011
Contact: Sher Hackwell, Marketing Assistant, Burnaby Art Gallery
Tel. 604.297.4414 Email:sher.hackwell at burnaby.ca
Burnaby Art Gallery Presents Art in the Libraries
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Peter Haase Winton
m(O)ther Tongue Press Rosedale Valley
Cover for Penn Kemp's Suite: Ancient Egypt/The Other Hand of Time 1984
2001 Serigraph
Linocut 74cm x 57cm
1985.046
(BURNABY, BC) The Burnaby Art Gallery is pleased to present Broadsides, Chapbooks and Ephemera from (m)Other Tongue Press at Bob Prittie Library as part of its Art in the Libraries program, March 7- June 12, 2011. (m)Other Tongue Press was founded in 1994 by Salt Spring Island residents Peter Haase and Mona Fertig. The aim of the press was to print and publish original poetry in broadside or chapbook form using their own letterpress embellished with linocuts designed and printed by Peter. To date the press has worked with more than 28 British Columbian and Canadian poets and their publications are noted for the variety of printing techniques, binding methods and the variety of materials incorporated into each publication. In 2008 Mona and Peter expanded (m)Other Tongue Press and became Mother Tongue Publishing. Mother Tongue Publishing has already published several books of poetry, a novel and three volumes in their Unheralded Artists of BC series in trade paperback format. The next volume in the unheralded artist’s series will be published this spring. More information on (m)Other Tongue Press and Mother Tongue Publishing can be found on their website: mothertonguepublishing.com<http://www.mothertonguepublishing.com/>.
Broadsides, Chapbooks and Ephemera from (m)Other Tongue Press
March 7- June 12, 2011
Bob Prittie Library
6100 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, B.C.
Tel: 604.436.5400
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From the City of Burnaby’s Permanent Art Collection
The Art Printer's Toronto: City Seen Portfolio
March 8 - June 13, 2011
McGill Library
The Toronto: City Seen Portfolio was published in 1984 by Jerry Shiner’s The Art Printer working in collaboration with David Bolduc, Claude Breeze, Graham Coughtry, Harold Klunder, bpNichol, Paul Sloggett and Jan Winton. Two editions of the series were released: the first edition of 30 copies was available for sale to the public and a second series numbered I-X were printed and editioned as gifts for galleries across the country. In 1985 the Burnaby Art Gallery received number VI of that series.
The gallery recently asked Jerry about The Art Printer and the Toronto: City Seen portfolio. His response: "I operated The Art Printer from about 1978 to 1986. During those wonderful years I served as Master Printer for a number of artists, mostly Toronto based but also from away. I occasionally worked as a contract printer for publishers, and also published my own editions.
Toronto: City Seen was published in honour of the city's sesquicentennial celebrations. I worked with six very different artists to produce six very different serigraphs, and provided the photograph for the colophon (with a lovely little poem by bp nichol). It was a lot of fun for all of us; I presented each of the artists with different tools to use to create the positives needed, sometimes inventing tools as we went along. In some cases we worked from sketches, in others we ended up with work that felt completely free. The edition sold out. While the art coming out of the print shop seemed to have merit, most editions did not sell as well as Toronto: City Seen. With a small and growing family, I had to take a second job in the family business, and soon found I couldn't operate the print shop in the evenings and weekends. Reluctantly, I packed or sold the equipment and boxed the remaining prints."
McGill Library
4595 Albert Street, Burnaby, B.C.
Tel. 604.299.8955
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The Burnaby Art Gallery provides access to and interpretation of contemporary visual art in alternative venues throughout the City of Burnaby. Themed exhibitions created from the permanent collection and emerging artists’ works comprise the Burnaby public library exhibit program. The McGill and Bob Prittie libraries are the main branches where exhibitions occur. Exhibitions are traditionally between 35 and 60 days in length and reference topical subjects within the art world and media related news and information. All exhibits are curated and organized by the Burnaby Art Gallery.
The Burnaby Art Gallery is dedicated to collecting, preserving and presenting a contemporary and historical visual art program by local, national and internationally recognized artists. As the stewards of the third largest public art museum collection within the province, the Burnaby Art Gallery cares for and manages over 4000 works of art. The Burnaby Art Gallery is a nationally recognized leader in print culture dedicated to showcasing original hand pulled prints and ephemera related to printmaking in Canada. The Gallery also provides a diverse and challenging range of educational programs for the general public and Metro Vancouver schools.
For more information about the Gallery’s exhibits, programs, tours or registration call 604.297.4422 or visit: burnabyartgallery.ca. Located in the beautiful surroundings of Deer Lake Park, the Burnaby Art Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, 10am-4:30pm and Saturday and Sunday, 12-5pm. Admission is free.
The Burnaby Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the funding support provided by:
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