Eight new exhibitions featuring beloved local artists exploring a variety of themes through ink on paper, open at casa tonight, Friday, Nov. 10.
Usually the opening receptions for new exhibits are on Saturday, but this one has been moved to today because of Remembrance Day.
“They’re usually on Saturdays, but because Remembrance Day is on a Saturday this year, out of respect for our veterans, the reception has been moved to Friday, ” said casa curator Darcy Logan.
Half of the main gallery features Corinne Thiessen’s exhibit “Post -Traumatic playdate.”
“Corinne has taken advertising imagery and printed it out and overpainted it to evoke a cult like sensibility of corporations,” Logan described.
The other half of the main gallery features Lethbridge born artist and Grande Prairie, Northwestern Polytechnic art history, drawing and digital media professor Ed Bader’s “ Drawing Conclusions.”
“They are high quality cotton rag properties marked with images of nature. They come from a very recent residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts,” Logan said.
Outside the main gallery, local artist Leila Armstrong combines her love of nature with statistics with her exhibition “ Backyard Wilderness II: Data Portraits in the project space.
“ She’s combined urban wildlife with data and statistics,” Logan said.
The University of Lethbridge Platform Gallery bears the fruits of a class project involving tarot cards from Material Girls.
“It’s the result of a class project that explores imagery and symbolism,” Logan summarized.
The Textile Surface Design Guild features new works in their “Tall Tales” exhibition.
The Passage Gallery features Christian Gomes’ “Grassland” which explores nature through darkroom photography .
“It is darkroom work that explores nature in Southern Alberta,” Logan said.
There are several exhibits on the second floor.
The Saokitapi Gallery features Paapaitapiksi (Dream Beings) by Áísínai'pi Stamiksiipokai.
Throughout casa are pieces from Julie Duschenes’ “ Erickson’s Building in the Landscape.”
The opening reception for the new exhibits is tonight, Friday, Nov. 120 from 7-9 p.m.
They exhibits run until Jan. 13.
— by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
