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Great day for art afficionados, Nov. 20

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This weekend will be a great one for Lethbridge art afficionados.

 A pallette of fun begins at 2 p.m. at the Owl Acoustic Lounge with November’s edition of Dr. Sketchy’s anti-art school. It is a jazz theme this time. Model Clair de la Lune is presenting an afternoon of Fosse Jazz. Bob Daryll Düus plays the opening of Catherine Ross’ “Field Sightings” at the Mueller Gallery, Nov. 20. Photo by Richard AmeryFosse was an American choreographer who was highly influential to the jazz dance style. He was very simplistic yet powerful in his staging and movement. He used a cool, jazz sensibility in his choreography, yet it was burlesque in nature and sleek by choice with pelvic movement and heavy leans.

Fosse Jazz has engaging poses, angles and positions that would suit the portrait studio greatly.

 Tickets are $10 for the event, which runs from 2-5 p.m.

In addition to the Burning Ground studio’s exhibition of their latest works at the Trianon and Petit Trianon Gallery, there are several other exhibitions starting as well.
 Mary-Anne McTrowe is excited to present Sarah Barr’s latest installation ‘In A Thin Voice’ at McTrowe and husband David Hoffos’s Chinatown studio, Nov. 20.


“Sarah is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge, but she is in Montreal doing her master’s degree at Concordia. She is just back for this show and then goes back to Montreal,” McTrowe said adding though Barr is usually known  for working in fibre, she has been working in sculpture lately utilizing books.


 The current installation incorporates video and sound.
“It’s been pretty irregular that we’ve been doing shows at the studio  expecially since the fire last year,” McTrowe continued adding this show is a partnership with The Trap\Door Artist’s Collective.


The opening reception is 7-9 p.m. at 310-2nd Ave South. The exhibition runs until Dec. 17.

Catherine Ross’s new exhibition “Field Sightings,” opens at 8 p.m., Nov. 20 at the Mueller Gallery.

It features a variety of sculptures of birds and forest creatures.
 Local bluesman Daryll Düus will be performing at it as well.

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Ruin and Reclamation revisited by Beany Dootjes this weekend

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If you have ever had a personal experience with bedbugs or are squeamish at heart, you might be taken aback by your first impression of the Beany Dootjes’ new exhibition at the Bowman Arts Centre, Ruin and Reclamation Revisited, which opens Nov. 6.Darcy Logan holds up a (luckily not real) bedbug, for the Bowman’s new exhibit. Photo by Richard Amery


 That’s because the first thing you see upon entering the gallery is a stack of mattress springs  adorned with gigantic bedbugs, way larger than bedbugs should ever be.


“I’m glad you had that reaction,” siad Darcy Logan, Bowman Arts Centre curator, stringing lights for the display. 

He added Dootjes was inspired by last May’s “ Ruin and Reclamation” exhibit in the old Leo Singer Building,  which  featured numerous local artists using a variety of found objects to create unique and somewhat disturbing pieces in addition to a variety of paintings and more traditional works.


The new display includes Dootjes’  quilt from last year, the bedbugs, a giant centipede on cloth as well as numerous paintings and drawings of bedbugs, spiders and other creepy-crawlies.

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Community mapping projects on display downtown

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This is the last week to catch the fruits of the The Helen Schuler Nature Centre’s 'Drawn into Action: A Community Mapping Project.


 Organizer Becky Little was impressed  30 local artists including a Gilbert Patterson School Grade 7 art class took up the opportunity to immortalize their favourite local spots in their own unique artistic way.

Troy Nickle is one of several local artists who took part in the Helen Schuler Coulee Centre community mapping project. Photo by Richard Amery
“The pieces were all so very different. There  was a very broad scope,” Little said adding numerous different mediums  and artistic styles were utilized including textile art, photography, a pillow, line and ink drawings and paintings.


“Jarett Duncan and Lawrence Krysak went back to 1987 when they were kids and used to hang out together. They used icons from Legend of Zelda to mark theior favourite places,” Little said adding artist Troy Nickle, who had some of his work on display along the trails near the Helen Schuler Nature Centre last summer, used grass and soil from his favourite places in his piece.

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A Magical Dr. Sketchy’s for SAAG’s happy hour this week.

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Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School is combining magic and art for Happy Hour at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery this Friday.


“We‘re partners for a few different groups including the Allied Arts Council, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery and the Owl,” said Dr. Sketchys’ organizer Loralee Sand-Edwards adding they are pleased to be part of the first SAAG Happy Hour  for the Fall.


 SAAG happy hours include live entertainment every Friday at 5 p.m. for both members and visitors. Dr. Sketchy’s is an innovative way for artists of all levels of experience to  get some experience  and have some fun drawing live  models in an informal  and laid back atmosphere, while having a few drinks, listening to laid back music and bonding with other artists.

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Shuffle Up and Deal cards up for bids

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A group of local artists and art lovers are stacking the deck to support a great cause— the Adult Special Needs program at the Bowman Art Centre.

Artist Aaron Hagan examines some of the cards he is about to put on the wall. Photo by Richard Amery

 Back in June, Todd Lacharite contacted 55 artists from Lethbridge to Saskatoon to design personalized playing cards, which will be sold to raise money for the program.

 

The fruits of the labours of “Shuffle Up and Deal” are  now hanging on the walls of the Owl Acoustic Lounge in preparation for a gala event, Nov 10 which will include live music and a silent auction of the original pieces.

 

Bidding has already begun. There is a binder including a sheet of paper for each design, followed by lines for the bidders can write down their bids.

 

“I thought it would be a good idea to get all of the artists together, ” he said.

 

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