Valentina LaPier art opening May 14.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 15:43
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The Blackfoot Art Gallery welcomes Montana artist, Valentina LaPier, to the opening of her new exhibition, May 14.
Her new exhibition, ‘Blackfoot Glory,’ features a variety of LaPier’s works which will be on display at the gallery, #200 Fourth Avenue South.
LaPier is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe. She grew up all over the United States and moved back to the reservation in 2000.
She began painting free-form art at 14 -years-old and became a professional artist in 1987 after returning to Montana from Washington. She currently splits her time between East Glacier and Kalispell, Montana.
She was mentored by David Robey, Sr., a long time Montana artist. Ms. LaPier works primarily with acrylics, though her favorite medium is watercolour.
Her works reflect her admiration and influence by artists like Braque, Motherwell, Klee and Kandinsky.
For over 20 years Valentina has made a living as an artist, selling over 500 original paintings and some prints.
Valentina LaPier shares the landscape of her heart through her painted images, weaving together her life as a 21st century artist, her Blackfeet heritage and her vibrant, mystical soul. These images and the ability to capture them on canvas come to Valentina as gifts. She graciously offers these gifts to us with their power and beauty.
LaPier's work is contemporary, constructed from historical Native images, like those found in the traditional art of the Blackfeet people. Her artwork has become a vehicle, by which she educates both Native and non-native people on the history of the different tribal images used in her work.
Valentina LaPier's artwork has been exhibited in San Francisco, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Washington D.C., and throughout Montana. Her artwork is in private collections in Europe, Canada, South America, and the United States.
The exhibition’s opening reception is from 1 -5 p.m. at the Blackfoot Gallery. It runs from May 5- July 1,2011.
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Figures and Buchanan exhbitions open on weekend
Thursday, 05 May 2011 13:45
Richard Amery
There are a couple of art shows for Mother’s Day Weekend.  On Saturday, May 7, the Mueller Gallery features “Figure,” a display of Calgary artist Bob Webb’s works. Daryll Düus will be playing blues guitar at the reception, which begins at 8 p.m. There are a couple events at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery. The Art’s Alive and Well in the Schools begins May 8 with a reception at 1 p.m. at the SAAG. it is celebrating its thirty-fourth anniversary. The SAAG will showcase over 420 piece of art from 31 schools in Lethbridge. The pieces in the exhibition were chosen by teachers in collaboration with Lethbridge School District No. 51. They come from all grade levels and all districts. It runs until May 21. Also on Sunday, the SAAG opens an exhibition “A Not Always Reverent Journey,” which features works from the Buchanan collection. Donald W Buchanan made two massive art donations to the city of Lethbridge back in 1960 in memory of Donald and Hugh Buchanan’s parents. As the director of The Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World’s Fair, Donald Buchanan’s collection included works by acclaimed artists like Henri Matisse, Paul Emilie Borduas, David Milne, B.C. Binning and members of the Group of Seven. When he passed on in 1966, he bequeathed this collection to the city as well. The opening reception is at 1 p.m. May 8. — by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor {jcomments on}
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Local artists Spin at the Owl this weekend
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 17:40
Richard Amery
Everybody likes music right? Of course you do. Throughout the history of music, there have been a variety of formats to listen to music other than actually hearing it live — eight tracks, cassettes, cassette singles, CDs, and lately through Youtube and more prominently downloaded MP3. But there is something especially special about hearing it on an LP being played on a old fashioned turntable. One of best things about LPs is the cover art — being able to hold it in your hands, savour the artwork and get lost in the liner notes.
This is the inspiration behind Spin, a new art exhibition and sale happening at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, this Saturday, April 22.
Numerous local artists got together to design their own LP cover art for two reasons — to coincide with Record Store Day and to give the the artists a chance to make a few dollars from their work as well as to offer unique art at a reasonable price.
“There is some really neat stuff,” said artist Leila Armstrong, who co-organized this event with Todd Lacharite.
“I was worried at first when only four people showed up to the workshop we held at the Bowman for ’Spin‘, but as the deadline approached, submissions came pouring in. It turned out better than I ever expected,” she continued adding 27 local artists submitted 75 local works for the show, which was on display at the Blueprint Gallery, but has recently been moved to the Owl Acoustic Lounge to lead up to the Saturday gala event.
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Lots of art openings with more to come this week
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:29
Richard Amery
There are a couple of interesting exhibits downtown which opened on the weekend.
The Bowman always has interesting exhibits. Two of them opened April 9 for good sized crowds who came out to enjoy them on the weekend.
The Students of Life figure drawing exhibit in one room is impressive, with numerous stunningly beautiful sketches and drawings of several nudes.
But the one that was catching the eyes of most people was Peter Gilligan’s “Under Christou’s Panel— The Recycled Imagination of Peter Gillian.
He turned what most people would consider junk — i.e. pieces of metal, old discs, pallets into things of true beauty.
A really beautiful fountain is the first thing you see upon entering ‘the curtain.’ Gravel fills a pallet, with wood set along the sides and water flows over three old discs. There are also an assortment of beautiful lamps and a fast moving ballerina and a lot more.
Over at the Penny building, on fifth street downtown, University of Lethbridge New Media students have some of their favourite works on display until April 21.
There are mock ups of movie posters, some of the films which were shown at the University of Lethbridge Film Festival a couple weeks ago, photoshopped photographs. A special display is New Media MFA candidate Marta Blicharz’s “Breaking the Spell, ” an exhibit of computer code which shows how much impact changing one tiny character can have on a photograph.
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conversation and friendship as well as the latest works on display at the museum. It takes place from 5-7 p.m. at the SAAG.
