Tales from the Cedar Chest

Ashley Tuchscherer
Tales from the Cedar Chest
June 17 - September 5, 2011

Opening Reception
June 17, 8 pm -11 pm
Free event, Cash bar

Artist Statement ...

Locked away from all human interaction lay our once beloved but now tattered and dejected childhood playthings. These melancholic objects reside in storage rooms, attics, closets, toy boxes, and other enclosed spaces.

In Ashley Tuchscherer’s new series of paintings she attempts to bring life back to these forgotten oddities that are hidden away – in her case, these curious creatures rest haphazardly in her 200 year old antique chest, her newest muse and a reoccurring motif in her work, which was passed down to her by her Grandmother. These objects become a metaphor for the way we separate ourselves from our childhood with a combination of satisfaction and regret.

These personified toys are depicted in familiar surroundings, although they are all are clearly altered to a dreamlike, imaginative state. Narratives are created, but are left open ended, leaving the viewer in control of their outcome, and are encouraged to draw on their personal experiences and recollections to complete the story.

There is a push/pull aspect to these spaces – impressions of confinement and safety, mixed with images of freedom, escape and risk. These pieces are an extension of Tuchscherer’s current identity: Feelings of transitioning into adulthood, taking chances on the verge of establishing herself as a professional adult, but still with feelings of longing and nostalgia back to a time when we felt grounded and safe. These works illustrate this interim state, and these childhood objects become a stand in for herself.

Image and promotional design: Ashley Tuchscherer

STANDING IN EACH OTHER'S LIGHT

January 21 - March 18, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, January 21 · 8:00pm
Music Performance: Dan Holbrow
Free Event

Ben Holbrow . Dan Holbrow . Corey Bryson

This exhibition explores the creative process -- where ideas come from, how they transform as they move from person to person and medium to medium. It is about what happens when artworks inspire artworks across media: ideas are transformed, something is kept, something else dropped, small things that seemed incidental to one piece become central to another, key ideas shift in unanticipated ways. And as the transformations occur again and again -- book to film to painting to music, etc. -- the original impulse gets refracted and mutated until it's unrecognizable. But the whole chain is still traceable to that first impulse: without it, the rest never would have happened.

In 1962, James Jones wrote a book titled The Thin Red Line, which director Terrence Malick interpreted in his 1998 movie of the same name. Ben Holbrow was particularly intrigued by certain scenes and concepts in Malick’s movie. Over the past five years he has interpreted them in a series of paintings. The series begins with reference points from the movie and the later works explore the same concepts, but in the context of his own personal experience. Dan Holbrow was unaware of the origins of Ben’s work, and sought to take the image and the title and build music and narrative around them. He wrote a series of songs imaginatively extrapolating from the scenes depicted in Ben's paintings, resulting in words and sounds that are at once far removed from and strangely resonant with the sources on which Ben drew.

Corey Bryson was aware of the link between all the works. He has viewed the movie and Ben’s work, and listened to Dan’s music. He then responded to the possibility of clarity even when sounded by external chaos of a severe situation.

Finally, the three collaborated on the multimedia piece, building on and responding to each other's work to produce something greater than the sum of its parts. In this exhibition, the artists stand in each other's light, at once illuminating and casting shadows over each other's work.

Paintings by Ben Holbrow

bholbrow@gmail.com

www.bulbart.ca

Musical performance (At reception) by Dan Holbrow

dan@bsidechampions.com

www.bsidechampions.com

Sound installation by Corey Bryson

coreybryson@accesscomm.ca

www.corey.archaic-revival.com

Multimedia installation by Corey Bryson (video), Dan Holbrow (audio), and Ben Holbrow (layered screens).

Carol Morin

Carol Morin: Through the Eyes
September 15 to November 12, 2010
Exhibition Reception: November 8, 2010

Award winning journalist and artist, Carol is presenting Through the Eyes as part of the Cultural Exchange's Workshop Tour. Carol expresses her creative spirit through writing, visual art and music. The Cultlural Exchange is pleased to be able to present these expressive mixed media pieces.

"I love colour. I think it defines us in our daily lives - from the beauty of the Fall Harvest to summer's splendor and winter's darkness. Big bold strokes should be what define our lives. That is why I use them in my work. Colouring outside the lines is something more people should do. I like mixing - everything - and seeing where it might lead. Hence, my use of various materials."

Kotodama

ARTAK 2 Kotodama
an exhibition of painting

Takashi Hara was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His Japanese upbringing influenced his love of art, and began at the tender age of 7, when he realized his passion for Japanese calligraphy. He moved to Regina, Canada in 2004 as an ESL student and continued his undergraduate studied of BFA at the University of Regina. He was the visiting instructor of calligraphy and ceramics for communities. He studied under Master Koshin Soeda, a distinguished Japanese Calligrapher. Presently, he is working under renowned artist Victor Cicansky, who has become his mentor. In 2009, Takashi has been published in Japanese magazine Nasukogen Kaijo and Vancouver’s Skewed Magazine.

ARTAK is Takashi’s solo exhibit series. His paintings and sculptures are inspired by own life experiences, created using the street culture and Japanese art mediums, such as Japanimation and calligraphy. He finds the basketball street culture to be vibrant and energetic, seeing inspirations in street graffiti and sneakers. For Takashi, street graffiti is a form of calligraphy, in which words are used to create art, to convey a message, and yet the words are carefully created. Sneakers are an integral part of basketball street culture, that conveys a person’s personality.

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July 7
Opening Reception
art+music performance by the Dudes from Japan
No cover - 7 pm

July 7th is a day the Japaneses culture celebrates an old story of the milky-way in Japan. DJ 2nd will create strange atmosphere once again with actual instruments.

Articulate Ink

Articulate Ink is proud to present an exhibition of fine art prints by artists Michelle Brownridge, Amber Dalton and Caitlin Mullan

April 3rd to June 10th 2010.

Articulate Ink: Articulate Ink is a Regina-based artist collective with a goal to establish an artist-run, non-profit printmaking studio for the public, local artists and recent graduates of the University of Regina. Our vision is to offer an accessible, environmentally conscious printmaking facility that will foster a local, contemporary, active print culture in Regina. By providing educational programs, workshops, community accessible studio time, and collaborative editioning services we will share our passion for contemporary Fine Art Prints with the local and international community.

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Opening Reception
Saturday, April 3rd
8 pm - 12 pm
Featuring live music by The Bystanders
Free!

The opening reception is a collaborative event with local band The Bystanders who will be performing at 9pm. Articulate Ink and The Bystanders will also be launching a hand screen printed limited edition of posters that will be available for appreciation as well as purchase.

Please come out and enjoy this free event and support some local artists!

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The Youth of Ranch Ehrlo Society present: TRUE COLOURS

The Youth of Ranch Ehrlo Society present: TRUE COLOURS

January 31 - March 26, 2010

We could show you who we are by painting what you see when you look at us—the way each of us styles our hair, how each of us dresses, or our individual skin colour. Instead we choose to show you who we are on the inside—not our bones, tissue or veins,
but by showing you who each of us really is at the core. We are the youth of right now. W e are products of the past and creators of the future. We come from all over Canada to share each o f our experiences with you. We have each painted a figure to tell you about ourselves through colour. Each colour represents something different to each of us, whether it be an emotion, a past experience, or our hopes for the future. We hope you enjoy our work, and anticipate that the next time you look at someone, you see through to their true colours.

Amanda Scandrett
Curator - Ranch Ehrlo Artist-in-Residence
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TRUE COLOURS Opening Reception:

Sunday, January 31 at 7:30 pm
With Lonesome George (Carl Johnson of Library Voices)

This is a free event open to the public! Join us!

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3 Bad Mother F$%&#rs From P.A.

P.A. LOWBROW

Three Bad Motherfuckers from P.A.

October 31 to January 22, 2009

An exhibition of artworks by Michel Boutin, Harley Kowalsky and John McDonald.

A love for and commitment to lowbrow aesthetic and philosophy.

Harley Kowalsky

Frontman for THE ZOMBIESEXCULT and perpetuator of all things metal.

John McDonald

Pop culture is the history of our time. Let’s tattoo the earth.

Michel Boutin

Death becomes us all. Dead, Dead ….. Dead.

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Opening Reception: October 31, 2009 at 7:00pm - free!

P.A LOWBROW is a loose collective of artists intent on spreading the virus of Lowbrow aesthetic and philosophy. "THREE BAD MOTHERFUCKERS FROM P.A." is their first exhibition in Regina.
Exhibition runs until January.

Eliza Fry : Family Album

Eliza Fry : Family Album
August 28 - October 23, 2009

Closing Reception:
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
8 pm - 12 am
The Eight Track @ The Exchange
2431 - 8th Ave
Regina, SK

Eliza Fry
Artist Statement:

The title of this show comes from the photographic images in the works. I used a collection of old family photos, spanning a couple of generations and many decades. At some point I realized that if I removed figures from their original background and placed them in a different or even, anonymous, setting, the viewer was forced to create their own story for what is going on. Of course, the title can offer clues so some of these are not truly anonymous and the people in the images may also have a good idea of when or where the original photo was taken. For the most part, though, I hope I am simply offering images to the public that may encourage them to “write” a story that goes with the art.I was amused to have a dealer tell me last year that someone had refused to buy a piece they really liked “because the title was so depressing.” Obviously, that viewer had created an entire history for the figures in the piece. It was so believable to her that it affected how she saw the artwork.

Please feel free to rewrite the stories for the characters here. You can even put yourself in, if you like!

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Artist Biography:

Born in Duncan, BC in 1957, I have lived all over western Canada and in Ontario. I have been residing primarily in the Kootenays since the mid-80's. In Kaslo, I have found my'heart home”, the place where I feel I belong. My great grandfather was English art critic and historian, Roger Fry, the man who introduced post-impressionism to the English and North American art world. His paintings hung in both my parents' and grandparents' homes and helped to define the visual arts for me. I have always been an artist, initially a painter and now primarily working in mixed media assemblage. Ironically, the onset of a chronic spinal condition cost me my original career and awarded me the freedom to concentrate on art full time, I now work professionally as an artist and as the curator of Kaslo's small public gallery, located in the Langham Cultural Centre.

My working career was spent as a child and youth counselor and family support worker and my art work is often concerned with social and cultural issues. I also like to look at the structures of modern society, those artificial constructs that define our lives.

Lately, as is probably true for many artists, environmental issues have also become a facet of my work. As well, sometimes I simply apply colour to paper or canvas in ways that please me and allow the viewer to define the images for his or her own self.

Drawn Lyrics

The Grand Opening of the
Eight Track Gallery space
in The Club:

Drawn Lyrics: Music, Art + Design
July 11 - August 24

Opening:
Saturday, July 11, 2009

8 pm - 12 am
The Exchange
2431 - 8th Ave
Regina, SK

As album art and gig posters are often created to portray the individuality of bands, it is also up to the artist to helps create these identities. The independent music scene has grown incredibly over the past ten years, and with this, so has the creativity, experimentation and professionalism of the art which it is represented by.

Drawn Lyrics is a collection of work created by Saskatchewan artists, or has been created for Saskatchewan bands. Through band posters, CD design, ready-made, illustration and video, the exhibit will showcase the various 'genres' which the artwork itself helps represent.

Works by:

Kyle Chow - Hig Water Jug Band

Michael Dawson - Cuff The Duke, Bry Webb (Constantines), Kirk Neil, Darling, Julie Doiron

Dwayne Dobson - High Water Jug Band, The Co-Dependents

Heather McNabb - Fight the Monster

Laura Prpich - The Lazy MKs

Carey Shaw (Curator) - Fight the Monster

Leslie Supnet - Library Voices, Polymaths

Danielle Tuchelt - High Water Jug Band, Rob D, The Co-Dependents

Wade Sakundiak – Sylvie, Bull Market

Music by Matt Goud

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Drawn Lyrics artist, Leslie Supnet, has contributed work to the exhibit which she has created for Library Voices and The Polymaths. Also, as part of the exhibit, her video The Animated Heavy Metal Parking Lot will be screened during the opening reception. If you don't get a chance to make it to the opening, you will be able to view her piece during the duration of the exhibit (but on a smaller screen, boo!). You can also check out the video here. Enjoy!

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Danielle Tuchelt + Dwayne Dobson

Created for the The Co-Dependents, 2001

By COMBINE Design

Laura Prpich

Created for the Lazy MKs, 2009

Heather McNabb

Buffalo and Blaster, 2009

Ink, oil, watercolour on wood

Wade Sakundiak

Created for Sylvie, 2006

Image by Chris Shepherd

Michael Dawson

Created for Julie Doiron, 2007

Leslie Supnet

Hunting Ghosts, 2008

Created for Library Voices

To view more work by the exhibit artists, check out their links in the ARTISTS section to the left.

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Thank you to Matt Goud, and everyone who came out to the opening!

About the Cultural Exchange Centre + Eight-Track Art Gallery

Art for everyone

Our organization has a long history of supporting provincial cultural activity through a wide range of programs.

The Cultural Exchange Centre enriches the cultural life of diverse Saskatchewan communities and provides accessible creative spaces for:

• the development of emerging and professional artists to produce, present and collaborate with communities through inclusive and diverse programming
• children and youth to create, present and express themselves though the arts; and
• artistic experiences to captivate, stimulate and resonate with audiences of all ages

The Eight-Track, located in Regina at the corner of 8th Ave. and the railroad tracks, is housed within the Club Venue of the Cultural Exchange. It is an artist-led gallery committed to nurturing emerging contemporary visual art and its artists. Curatorial decisions are framed by an artistic direction that supports presentation of work by artists, in a non-institutional space to encourage and support a wide range of artists’ projects. The Eight Track will focus on support of emerging artists and the dissemination of their work.

The Gallery will:

• Provide a space within where all levels of artists can engage in contemporary art.
• Involve young artists and audiences through innovative Gallery outreach and promotion.
• Present work by (emerging) artists from diverse communities.
• Collaborate with other artist-run centres and arts organizations as means to enhance available resources and impact for programs on the provincial, national and international level.

Submissions for consideration should include: data CD-Rs containing 20 high res jpeg images , C.V., artist's statement, and self-addressed stamped envelope (if return of submission is required).

Submission deadlines are ongoing.

Please submit to:

Attention: Margaret Fry/Carey Shaw

Cultural Exchange Centre
2431 8th Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4R 5J7