PROCESS; thinking through
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Alberta Craft Gallery - Calgary 280-1721 29 Avenue SW (cSPACE), Calgary, Alberta T2T 6T7
Alberta Craft Gallery, "Process: Thinking through," 2018
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 2- 4pm
Process; thinking through; provides a unique look at fine craft and the many steps that go into creation.
Customarily, in a gallery setting, audiences are treated to the pristine and accomplished results of an artist’s efforts. What isn’t typically shown is the journey from concept to completion. An artist’s process can be a long and winding road, sometimes it’s smooth, sometimes it’s bumpy and can take him/her in unexpected ways. This exhibition provides insight into the complex and multi-layered methods of how artists work and create while nurturing the organic nature of creativity.
Process is an essential element for craft artists as creating entails multiple material and technical knowledge, the use of specific tools, as well as steps and processes that must be followed for the material to properly work. Communicating the many aspects of process can become important points of understanding and appreciation, for colleagues, supporters, customers, collectors, media, and the public at large. Ideas of process and the breadth of their possibility can become popular and compelling conversation for both artists and their followers.
Participating artists include Carissa Baktay (Calgary), Donna Brunner (Westerose), Anna Burger-Martindale (Calgary), Milt Fischbein (Calgary), Pamma FitzGerald (Calgary), Terry Hildebrand (Edmonton), Suzette Knudsen (Calgary), Brenda Raynard (Edmonton), Jocelyn Reid (Calgary), Dana Roman (Canmore), Katherine Russell (Elkford, BC), Jan Smith (Salt Spring Island, BC), Andrew Tarrant (Calgary), Catherine Thomson (Victoria, BC), Luke Weiser (Calgary), Amanda Wood (Vancouver), and Simon Wroot (Calgary).