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TAMMY SALZL: "Into the Woods," April 12 to May 24, 2013, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon

Tammy Salzl’s painting series, Into the Woods, does not journey into an actual forest, but into allegory. In the Sondheim musical of the same title, the woods are a symbolic place based on Grimms’ fairy tales. more »

May 7, 2013 by in PROFILES

ALISON NORLEN: "LUNA," January 25 to March 10, 2013, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon

Things that were, could be and are yet to be shimmer like architectural blueprints drawn in silverpoint. Alison Norlen’s wire sculptures of bridges, boardwalks, expo pavilions and amusement-park rides form a maze of shifting scale. more »

Dec 31, 2012 by in PREVIEWS

MONIQUE BLOM, TAMARA RUSNAK and STACIA VERIGIN: "The Wayward Symbionts," January 30 to March 6, 2013, Art Gallery of Regina, SK

Seen the cartoon where the Earth is sitting, worried? A doctor is diagnosing the planet: “I’m afraid you have a bad case – of humans.” Ecology is often thought of as the fatalistic realization that human progress has wrecked the Earth. more »

Dec 31, 2012 by in PREVIEWS

"Elevator Plate"

Feature Previews Fall 2012

CATHY TEREPOCKI: "Thank-you! Come again," September 15 - October 20, 2012, Alberta Craft Council, Discovery Gallery, Edmonton

Cathy Terepocki loves ghost towns and the curious abandoned things in them, and after several visits to Bents, an abandoned town near Saskatoon, Terepocki decided on an intervention. more »

Sep 6, 2012 by in PREVIEWS