[BCMA] New Metal Art Sculptures Exhibit at Britannia Mine Museum

Thu Jul 12 11:32:45 PDT 2012

For immediate release
July 12, 2012

New Metal Art Sculptures Exhibit at Britannia Mine Museum
³MINeD: Representing the Brain¹s Imagination Through Recycled Metals²

Britannia Beach, BC  The Britannia Mine Museum is featuring a unique metal
art sculptures exhibit in its historic Machine Shop that runs now till
September 16, 2012. ³MINeD² is a series of metal sculpture art pieces that
are lively and organic in shape, created by artist Margie McDonald, to
symbolize the imaginations of the brain through the use of recycled metal
materials. The new exhibit reflects mining, the materials that are mined and
how these elements influence art.

Originally from rural Newfoundland, Margie McDonald now lives in Port
Townsend, Washington and is trained in fiber arts with a focus on textiles,
tending toward sculptural forms using traditional techniques and is inspired
by nature to transform industrial materials into organic forms. Growing up
in a large family that was economically challenged, McDonald was involved
with reuse from an early age. She learned to knit mittens and socks,
crochet, and make quilts and clothing using mostly recycled materials.

³We¹re so pleased to feature the works of Margie, who is a very well-known
artist, and to showcase her amazing metal sculptures that are extraordinary
to say the least,² says Kirstin Clausen, executive director of the Britannia
Mine Museum. ³Her unique art pieces are perfect for our museum as it
illustrates how mining and mined materials can influence artistic
expression. It shows our audiences just how mining can be relevant to our
daily lives, including how our imaginations can take shape and art can be
transformed.²

Curated and designed by Krisztina Egyed, the ³MINeD² exhibit transforms the
interior of the museum¹s historic Machine Shop, so that it becomes a
metaphor for the inside of a giant brain where imagination occurs. The space
is filled with metal sculptural pieces that are lively and organic in their
shape. Recycled metal wire and fasteners are knotted, netted and tangled
into luminous webs and cells or creatures. The pieces taken together are
representative of the explosion of the trillions of neurons connected inside
the human brain whenever imagination is occurring.

³I was really excited to commission these amazing pieces from Margie
especially for the Britannia Mine Museum,² says Krisztina Egyed, guest
curator of ŒMINeD¹. ³Just like our brain, mining exploration and metal
processing are some of the most transformative activities of our species.
They require intuition and imagination to secure mined materials and
inspired humans to create tools and products we use to evolve and survive.
This exhibit will hopefully engage visitors in the idea that there is an
inextricable link between art, industry and science.²

Located 10 minutes south of Squamish on the picturesque Sea-to-Sky highway,
the Britannia Mine Museum was recently transformed from a mining legacy site
into a vibrant internationally recognized destination. The museum provides
an unforgettable visitor experience with the new Beaty-Lundin Visitor
Centre, the Britannia A-Z heritage hall, the historic 20-storey Mill
building, the underground mine train and outdoor gold panning. Open seven
days a week from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with guided tours every 45 minutes
throughout the day.

The Museum celebrates the contributions of mining and minerals to society,
the history of the storied Britannia Beach community and the ideas and
practices of environmental renewal and sustainability.

About the Britannia Mine Museum:

The Britannia Mine Museum is a mining legacy site and a vibrant,
internationally recognized education and tourist destination located between
Vancouver and Whistler on the Sea-to-Sky highway. It is a National Historic
Site and is a non-profit organization with the intent to increase awareness
of the impact of mining and minerals to society, the history of the storied
Britannia Beach community and the ideas and practices of environmental
renewal and sustainability. It promotes mining awareness through
entertaining, experiential education programs, important historic collection
preservation and insightful public engagement that allows guests to leave
with a better understanding of mining in BC; past, present and future.
www.britanniaminemuseum.ca
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Britannia Mine Museum
604-880-5090
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