THANK YOU | 2010 ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 26, 2010
The Art Marathon Festival has wrapped up for another year, and the people at the Eastern Edge Gallery would like to extend our gratitude to all of those sponsors and volunteers who helped make this event possible. From the kids’ workshops and community barbecues to special performance nights and the 24 HAM itself, the programming this year reached out to a broad range of people and was embraced with enthusiasm. Some of the highlights this year included: Alicia Grant’s dance performance at the Cochrane Street United Church, which brought the “audience” out of their seats and into the creative process; the Fancy Artist Talks, where local and visiting artists not only talked about their work, but had their own cocktails designed for attendees to enjoy; late-night “video painting” by New York-based media collective SWEATSHOPPE, who revealed moving images with paint rollers in the Fortis properties parking lot to the wonderment of over a hundred people who gathered to watch; the mob of children dancing in the Wonderbolt Circus space during the Kids’ Video Dance Party; and Lalie Douglas’ installation $tore, which invited “customers” to take her art and in some cases eat it! On the final weekend, the Eastern Edge was buzzing with activity as several dozen artist created original works on-site during the 24 HAM and revelers danced the night away to a line-up of first-rate bands, including Toronto-based Diamond Rings.
A selection of photos from this year has been posted on our festival blog, and can be accessed by clicking here. And this is a list of people we would like to thank:
Sponsors + Partners
Canadian Heritage Arts Presentation Program
City of St. John’s
Canada Council for the Arts
Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
H. Collingwood Spirits and Wines
College of the North Atlantic
Hanging Rock Winery
Molson Canada
Event Sponsors
Model Citizens: Launch Pad
The Paint Shop and Benjamin Moore: Evolving Wall
Flowerchild: Children’s workshops
VANL-CARFAC: Art School 101
Ballistic: Mrghosty, SWEATSHOPPE
Gingersnap: Kids’ Dance Party
Hour Sponsors
3:00pm India Gate
4:00pm Living Planet
5:00pm Posie Row
6:00pm Leyton Gallery
7:00pm ACI & Culture Days
8:00pm English Harbour Arts Centre
9:00pm Emma Butler Gallery
10:00pm Christina Parker Gallery
11:00pm Living Planet
Venues
Community Youth Arts Program:
Brother Murphy Centre
Gateacre Ltd.
Wonderbolt Circus
St. Michael’s Printshop
Cochrane Street United Church
Fortis Properties Corporation
The Rose and Thistle
MUN Botanical Gardens
Signal Hill National Historic Site
Model Citizens
Gingersnap
Food & Drink
Auntie Crae’s
Belbin’s Grocery
Boston Pizza
Brittania Teas and Gifts
Food For Thought
Georgetown Bakery
Hava Java
Lester’s Farm
Mount Scio Farm
Oliver’s
The Organic Farm
Pearl Springs Water
June Walker Wilson
Leisha Sagan
Cara Winsor Hehir
Kaitlin Ludlow
Cathal Quish
Megan Morrison
Supplies/Donations
Anna Templeton Centre
Billy Boot
Group of 77
Long Brothers Printing
Spurrell Gallery
Anne Troake
Model Citizens
Art Donation
Gerald Squires Gallery
Festival Committee
Jud Haynes
Kevin Hehir
Jon Montes
Bryan Oliver
Soren Sigusrsson
Chrissy Dicks
Rachel Jean Harding
Christopher Chipman
Cyril Butler
Board of Directors
David Kaarsemaker
John McDonald
Leisha Sagan
Charissa Reeves
Darren Whalen
Rachel Jean Harding
Zea Cline
Dona Bulgin
Cyril Butler
Volunteers
Kimmy Byrne
Christina Hamlyn
Kaitlyn Bowering
Devon Crosby
Reggie Hynes
Deborah Jackman
Jamie Lewis
Melanie Cooke
Andrea Vincent
Anna Moreau
Nicole Goodyear
Jennifer Dyer
Andrew Pike
Candace Fulford
Xiongyi Cui
Kaitlin Ludlow
Kaila Bush-Blais
Reuben Finkel
Morgan Locke
Duncan Major
Ruth Martin
Katie Warren
Chrissy Dicks
Steven Beazer
Joy Hopley
Soren Sigurdsson
Bryan Oliver
Sarah MacAulay
Sherri Winsor
Audrey King
Katie Stenson
Liang Bin
Kerri Burton
Liz Armstrong
Jaimie Hale
Erika Stephens-Moore
Lisa Dodge
Mark MacKenzie
Kathleen Calanaan
Morgan Murray
Jenn King
David Kaarsemaker
Nicole Wilson
Yang Jiao
Zhen Zhu
Noah Bender
Matthew Hornell
Kayla Hearn
Erin White
Jud Haynes
John McDonald
EVOLVING WALL | TWO INCARNATIONS August 24, 2010
THIS YEAR during the course of the Art Marathon Festival the outside wall of the Eastern Edge Gallery was painted several times. Here are clips of two incarnations of the Evolving Wall…
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVENTS | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 20, 2010
The 24 Hour Art Marathon component of the Festival has arrived! Here is the line-up:
24 HAM | SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AUG 21-22 | NOON-NOON
Beginning on Saturday at noon and continuing all night long until noon Sunday, several dozen artists will be on-site at the Eastern Edge creating original works, including sculptures, prints, paintings, drawings, embroidery, and even body painting. People attending the Marathon can watch the creativity unfold, participate in one of the ongoing interactive installations, or take-in the many bands that will be playing music through the night as part of the celebrations. It is guaranteed that you will see things you have never seen before!
LALIE DOUGLAS (QC) $TORE | SAT AUG 21 | 12-5PM
Art – it’s not just for artists anymore! Through simple kits, Lalie Douglas provides the objects, materials and step by step instructions for you to carry out your own versions of her performances and public intervention projects. Lalie will be on hand to explain the kits and do demonstrations of the different performances.
Montreal artist Lalie Douglas creates objects, installations and performances which question our expectations of how art should behave both inside the gallery and outside in public spaces. She has exhibited in Quebec and internationally and holds an MFA from Concordia University.
PASHA MALLA AND STEFANIE BRUCE (ON) COME IN, GO AWAY | SAT AUG 21 | 12-8PM
Come visit CFAs Pasha Malla and Stefanie Bruce in their impromptu living room in the Eastern Edge parking lot and go away with a free painting — all they ask is for a good story in return. Participants will eventually also receive free copies of a chapbook that compiles the day’s stories and images together. Their practice combines found object construction, painting, drawing, collage, archival research, conversation, narrative text and documentation to explore ideas of comfort, nostalgia, community, loneliness, death, and, particularly, time.
Stefanie Bruce, a graduate of NSCAD’s Fine Arts Program, has most recently shown work at the Halifax Public Archives and St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. Pasha Malla is the author of The Withdrawal Method, a Globe and Mail “Best Book” of 2008 and winner of the Trillium Book Award.
PICK-ME-UP ARTISTS COLLECTIVE (NL) I LOVE…? | SAT AUG 21 | 12-8PM
A bicycle-powered audience-generated piece whereby participants complete the sentence: “I Love…”, having complete freedom to express this complex emotion however they wish. Photographs of the participants and their expressions of love are projected for all to see, but in a random sequence, creating anonymity.
Founded in 2008, Pick-Me-Up Artists Collective brings together emerging visual artists for the purpose of fuelling inspiration and providing creative outlets. PMU offers members a socially supportive network which will encourage the cultivation of ideas and the continuing development of skills and concepts, creating educational, collaborative and career-enhancing opportunities between artists.
SOAPBOX PUBLIC PERFORMANCES | SAT AUG 21 | 1-5PM
She Said Yes! Theatre’s Clown Crew uses the Pochinko Clown through Mask technique as they have a picnic and cause some havoc. Kimberly Byrne performs musical spoken word regarding love as a volitional progress through travel teach and vegetarianism. Seraka, a local belly dance troupe, focused in Gypsy-style belly dance with influences from tribal and modern.
24 HAM MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES | SAT+SUN AUG 21-22 | 7:30PM-5AM
While the artists are busy creating, come by and take in one of the many live performances happening in the Eastern Edge Gallery space during the 24 HAM. Admission is $10.
8-8:45 Megan Morrison
Romance, Business, Letters and Braziers
Megan Morrison seeks an artistic and fresh perspective of people in their later years. Her work and art involves multiple forms of communication. Megan works with persons living with dementia and their families. In addition to singing the Blues, she is a PhD candidate in Medicine, a downtown resident, and a “come from away”.
9-9:30 Cafeteria
Members: John McDonald, Craig Francis Power, Ben Thwaites, Pheilm Martin
Two years ago the drummers wife left him so he bought Rock Band. He enjoyed it so much he bought a kit and bugged his friends to jam.
9:45-10:15 The Hot Faucets
Members: Andreu Wrice, Nicole Fiander, Brad Soper, Jeff Pardy
We’re a band that simply loves to make and play music. Based out of St. John’s, the Hot Faucets have an album in the works which will be released this summer. Thank you so much to the 24HAM for having us and especially to St. John’s for making this the greatest summer ever.
10:30-11:00 The Mudflowers
Members: Megan McLaughlin, Nicole Fiander, Meghan Harnum
Formed in McLaughlin’s garage three years ago in their hometown of Bishop’s Falls, they packed it up, graduated high school, recorded a demo, and moved to the city all in the span of a week. With near-future plans for a new album and a Canadian fall tour, they feel like they’re just beginning.
11:15-11:45 JUICER
Members: Derm Kean, Kris Hamlon, Mike Wyatt, Mike Coffin
Derm came home from Montreal and immediately went to CBTG’s to meet up with Stefan. Derm said “I want to start a new band.” Stefan fills the bass shoes. Derm did not sleep that night and went to Hava Java early in the morning and asked Mike to join on guitar—Mike said yes. Kris Hamlon joined eventually ‘cause Derm got sick of playing synth and finds him attractive. Fin.
12-12:25 Anna Felaxos
Let’s Talk About Celine
This will be a performance piece that compares and contrasts the work of Celine Dion with that of French literary figure Ferdinand-Louis Celine. The performance draws on drag queen aesthetics, feminist and queer performance art, as well as critical theoretical approaches to camp.
12:40-1:10 The Ice Cream Headaches
Members: Florian Creme, Lothlorien Creme, Finbar Creme, Julius O. Creme
The Ice Cream Headaches are several divisions of the same cosmic being. Each member is continually recreated to be an expression of the basic universal impulse. Every so often, they descend upon various cities, small towns, and forest groves on planet earth to unleash this impulse and bring it to life in human beings.
1:25-2:25 Diamond Rings
Members: John O’Regan
Diamond Rings is an emotional outlet for Toronto-based artist and musician John O. His lyrically evocative pop songs are composed with a stolen MIDI keyboard, borrowed laptop, and second-hand guitar.
2:40-5 Mrghosty with BK Strangler
BK Strangler is an artist living in St. John’s, NL who works with visual art, music, sound, and multimedia. He will be using one turntable and mixer with a loop peddle and some distortion pedals. Not a DJ set, it will be more of an exploration of sounds and samples.
MARATHON EXHIBITION AND AUCTION | SUNDAY AUG 22 | 1-4PM
Support your local artists! An exhibition of the 24 Hour Art Marathon artworks created throughout the event will be presented on Sunday August 22 from 1-4pm. A special piece from the Gerald Squires Gallery has been donated for bidding as well, and we thank him for his generous, continued support of the 24 HAM. Bidding will close for the silent auction at 4pm.
FRIDAY AUG 20 | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 20, 2010
KIDS VIDEO DANCE PARTY | 11AM-1PM
Wonderbolt Circus School (72 Harbour Drive)
Admission by Donation
Low-volume/high energy dance fun for the little people! Come and dance like robots, butterflies, helicopters, Nan, fairies, bugs, bees, bunnies, kites and windmills. There will be freaky lights, swirly videos and groovy tunes. Dress up, bring your masks from the kids’ workshops, and get down! Sponsored by GINGERSNAP.
COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! The AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador (ANCL) is a non-profit organization that provides supportive programs and services aimed at preventing HIV/AIDS and supporting persons living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
LALIE DOUGLAS (QC) $TORE | 12-5PM
Gingersnap
Art – it’s not just for artists anymore! Through simple kits, Lalie Douglas provides the objects, materials and step by step instructions for you to carry out your own versions of her performances and public intervention projects. Lalie will be on hand to explain the kits and do demonstrations of the different performances.
Montreal artist Lalie Douglas creates objects, installations and performances which question our expectations of how art should behave both inside the gallery and outside in public spaces. She has exhibited in Quebec and internationally and holds an MFA from Concordia University.
OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS:
EVOLVING WALL | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Various artists will be painting the front wall of the gallery! The art will change several times, so be sure to check back to see original creations throughout the week. Sponsored by THE PAINT SHOP and BENJAMIN MOORE.
LIA ROGERS (AB) LANDSCAPE WALK | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Various Locations
Landscape Walk is about physical social networking. It consists of a series of webpage frames set outdoors to be discovered by walking. People can look through the frames at the natural or urban landscape then comment using the provided comment cards and pens.
Lia Rogers is a practicing interdisciplinary artist. During her BFA she discovered media art and computers and went on to get a Computer Science degree. She has exhibited all over Canada. She is on the board at EMMEDIA and she is the Calgary Dorkbot overlord.
HEIDI WAGNER (NL) TREE COZY | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Bannerman Park
Heidi Wagner will wrap trees at Bannerman Park during the 24HAM Festival with textiles made of traditional and non traditional materials. Everyone can help and are invited to install pieces as well. She provides approximate sizes of trees if people want to make their pieces in advance and then come install. She will be present installing in Bannerman Park from 1-2pm every day.
Heidi Wagner really likes working with textiles; it gives her great pleasure to create innovative fabrics mixed with other mediums such as acrylic paint, pencil, charcoal, and found objects. She tends to develop strong pieces that can lean towards fragility or express sensuality. She enjoys trying new techniques and finding different ways to sculpt with textiles, to create new tactile forms; making objects from thread alone, or sculpting with seaweed is more than satisfying. It is pleasurable to all senses, challenging, thoughtful, considered, and truly exciting. She has always been sensitive and aware of the practice of art from a very early age. It has infinite possibilities of capturing and expressing through images and colours of any medium you choose. It provides a certain quality of conversation and ideas that allows you to communicate without any of these words. It is what she loves to do.
THURSDAY AUG 19 | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 19, 2010
COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! Oxfam Canada believes that people together can create a fair world, free of poverty and injustice. They work with allies in Canada and around the world to change the policies and practices that perpetuate human suffering. Oxfam supports organizations in poor communities overseas in their struggle to secure basic human rights.
WORKSHOP WITH BENJAMIN ALLAIN (NS) | 2-5PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free Admission
A maze of art-making stations where individuals are asked to explore Benjamin Allain’s methods of storytelling through situations of chance and collaboration. Expect to divulge secrets and weave myths on a typewriter, find your imagination in a puddle of spilled coffee, and create with your community on canvas.
Benjamin was raised in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and continued his education on the country’s east coast in Sackville, New Brunswick, where he received his BFA from Mount Allison University in 2007. Benjamin explores the element of chance and the importance of storytelling through coffee spill drawings, paintings, altered photographs, etc.
FANCY ARTIST TALKS | 7PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Admission by Donation
Learning with a twist – a lemon twist! Members and invited artists have approximately 15 minutes to present their artistic practice while audience members enjoy a fancy cocktail designed to match their work. Artists include: Lalie Douglas, Alicia Grant, Phillipa Jones, David Kaarsemaker, Jesse Walker, SWEATSHOPPE, Carolyn Morgan, Anna Felaxos, and Catherine Beaudette. This event, a tradition during the 24 Hour Art Marathon Festival, is sure to be elegant, spirited and fun! Sponsored by VANL-CARFAC. Catered by OLIVER’S.
LATE NIGHT MUSIC AT THE ROSE & THISTLE | 11PM
Rose & Thistle (208 Water Street)
$10 Admission
Join us for a night of local music! Ben Rigby is of the many hungry, but happy, musicians in St. John’s, bringing the unique sound of the banjo to the forefront of the local music scene. With mountainous lands of inspiration and a total lack of regard for songwriting conventions, the banjo becomes a compelling voice of its own in his hands. Following Ben are the Cold River Choir, composed of Gavin Simms, Evan Brennan, James Parsons, Stephen Rossiter, and Sam MacKenzie. More of a gang of moody fellows making dramatic folk music than a choir, these boys are not to be missed.
WEDNESDAY AUG 18 | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 17, 2010
VJ BOOTCAMP WITH MRGHOSTY (MB) | 11AM-5PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free Admission
VJ bootcamp is a one-day intensive VJ training workshop where participants will learn the basic skills required to create, rip, edit and process video footage for live performance. Workshop participants will learn how to mix and manipulate video in real time to live music, and then be given the chance to perform at the 24 HAM Fest closing night alongside Mrghosty. Sponsored by BALLISTIC SKATE & SNOW.
Mrghosty (Skot Deeming) is a VJ and media artist from Winnipeg Manitoba. His live video sets are a combination of found footage, live feeds and custom animations that are played back using midi controllers and modified video game gear. His work has been performed, screened and installed in galleries, festivals and clubs across Canada.
COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! For the Love of Learning is an ambitious, arts-based education and employment non-profit, helping Newfoundland and Labrador youth overcome social and/or economic obstacles. For more information visit www.ftlol.org.
MUSIC NIGHT AT THE ROSE & THISTLE | 8PM-10PM
Rose & Thistle (208 Water Street)
$10 Admission
This evening of music begins with Henry Adam Svec (ON) performing The Lost Stompin’ Tom Songs. Stompin’ Tom is a celebrated populist who writes exceedingly patriotic songs about life in Canada. Yet, what if there was a moment in his aesthetic development when he explored other possibilities? Henry Adam Svec’s performances blend a variety of forms, including the academic lecture, singer/songwriter stage banter, and folk music.
After Henry Svec’s performance open your ears to local troubadours Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds. This group is gaining momentum intently and tenaciously. In a short amount of time, they’ve fostered a loyal following eager to move to their relentless offering of raw energy and euphonious melodies. The Diamond Minds are Matthew Hornell, John Bungay, Paddy Bryne, and Joshua Bourden.
SWEATSHOPPE VIDEO PAINTING | 10PM-MIDNITE
Fortis Properties Parking Lot (Harbour Drive)
Free Admission
Media art collective SWEATSHOPPE has developed a technology dubbed “video painting” that uses cameras, projectors, and computer vision software to track a paint roller, projecting video wherever it moves to create the illusion that video is being applied to a surface. During the festival, SWEATSHOPPE, will paint live video collages, layering videos on top of another creating constantly evolving compositions and narration. Sponsored by BALLISTIC SKATE & SNOW and FORTIS PROPERTIES.
SWEATSHOPPE is a new multimedia art collective that works at the intersection of art, music and technology. Whether it be as a dance driven electronic music performance that emphasizes 3D visuals, the development of interactive installations, or the fabrication of guerrilla technologies to augment public space, the duo strives towards an element of pop accessibility that is so often ignored in the technocentric world of experimental media. Website: www.sweatshoppe.org
TUESDAY AUG 17 | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 17, 2010
KIDS’ WORKSHOP | 11AM-2PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free Admission
Families, friends, and childen (also known as young budding artists) are invited to Eastern Edge Gallery on both of these days to create masks, lanterns, and piñatas with emerging artist Kyle Bustin as part of his practice in mask-making, the Lantern Festival as part of their on-going activities! When completed, children can bring their lanterns and masks to the Kids’ Dance Party on Friday August 20 and the Marathon Lantern Parade on Saturday at 9pm. We will also have a piñata smashing party! Sponsored by FLOWERCHILD.
COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! Planned Parenthood is a non-profit, pro-choice sexual health organization serving all parts of the province. Their mission is to promote positive sexual health through education, community partnerships, information and services within an environment that supports and respects individual choice. Planned Parenthood works cooperatively with community-based and government organizations to achieve the goals of positive attitudes toward sexuality, responsible sexual practices and preventive health care.
ALICIA GRANT (NL/ON) HERE & NOW | 7PM
Cochrane Street United Church (81 Cochrane St.)
Admission by Donation
Here &Now is a contemporary dance solo that investigates memory, expectation and the homeland. The performance will mix disparate details of nights that go too late, ocean sounds, the comfort and tangles of family, friendly cabbies and steep hills with dance, confessions, and a Purity Syrup interlude. Her interdisciplinary collaborations unpack the notion of artist as social being into a relational art practice.
Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Alicia Grant is a graduate of the York University BFA dance program. Her collaborative work with Cara Spooner has been presented at XPACE Cultural Centre, Harbourfront Centre, LadyFest, Nuit Blanche, Artscape’s Toronto New Works Showcase (Pleasure Dome), Series 8:08, 7a*11d Festival and the Festival of New Dance. As an interpreter, she has worked with Zoja Smutny/Passbo Dance Theatre, Jenn Goodwin, Meagan O’Shea, Keiko Kitano, Compagnie Mandoline Hybride and Integrated Dance Artists Collective. Alicia has been an artist-in-residence at CESTA in Tabor, Czech Republic and Caldera Arts Center in Sisters, Oregon. In Aug 2010, she will present a duet in Toronto for two women, two hawaiian shirts and one pair of XXL jogging pants.
OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS:
EVOLVING WALL | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Various artists will be painting the front wall of the gallery! The art will change several times, so be sure to check back to see original creations throughout the week. Sponsored by THE PAINT SHOP and BENJAMIN MOORE.
LIA ROGERS (AB) LANDSCAPE WALK | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Various Locations
Landscape Walk is about physical social networking. It consists of a series of webpage frames set outdoors to be discovered by walking. People can look through the frames at the natural or urban landscape then comment using the provided comment cards and pens.
Lia Rogers is a practicing interdisciplinary artist. During her BFA she discovered media art and computers and went on to get a Computer Science degree. She has exhibited all over Canada. She is on the board at EMMEDIA and she is the Calgary Dorkbot overlord.
HEIDI WAGNER (NL) TREE COZY | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Bannerman Park
Heidi Wagner will wrap trees at Bannerman Park during the 24HAM Festival with textiles made of traditional and non traditional materials. Everyone can help and are invited to install pieces as well. She provides approximate sizes of trees if people want to make their pieces in advance and then come install. She will be present installing in Bannerman Park from 1-2pm every day.
Heidi Wagner really likes working with textiles; it gives her great pleasure to create innovative fabrics mixed with other mediums such as acrylic paint, pencil, charcoal, and found objects. She tends to develop strong pieces that can lean towards fragility or express sensuality. She enjoys trying new techniques and finding different ways to sculpt with textiles, to create new tactile forms; making objects from thread alone, or sculpting with seaweed is more than satisfying. It is pleasurable to all senses, challenging, thoughtful, considered, and truly exciting. She has always been sensitive and aware of the practice of art from a very early age. It has infinite possibilities of capturing and expressing through images and colours of any medium you choose. It provides a certain quality of conversation and ideas that allows you to communicate without any of these words. It is what she loves to do.
MONDAY AUG 16 | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 16, 2010
KIDS’ WORKSHOP | MON AND TUES AUG 16-17 | 11AM-2PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free Admission
Families, friends, and childen (also known as young budding artists) are invited to Eastern Edge Gallery on both of these days to create masks, lanterns, and piñatas with emerging artist Kyle Bustin as part of his practice in mask-making, the Lantern Festival as part of their on-going activities! When completed, children can bring their lanterns and masks to the Kids’ Dance Party on Friday August 20 and the Marathon Lantern Parade on Saturday at 9pm. We will also have a piñata smashing party! Sponsored by FLOWERCHILD.
COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! The Murphy Centre’s Community Youth Arts Program is geared towards young artists. It is dedicated to life-long learning and career development in the arts through community volunteer service and studio-based work. Participants in this program are creative individuals who are developing employability skills and relationships with community partners/employers in order to establish future career and artistic goals.
ART SCHOOL 101 WORKSHOP | 7PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free admission
Attention local artists class is now in session! Art School 101 is an opportunity for local artists to come together and discuss their current work and receive critical feedback. During ‘class’, artists will present a piece in progress, while their peers ask questions in an informal gathering, just like school! Special guest artists are Jennifer Dyer (NL) and Hillary Winter from the Pick-Me-Up Artists Collective (St. John’s). All artists are welcome to take part in the discussion no matter what stage of their careers. Art School 101 will take place at Eastern Edge Gallery. Space is limited, so confirm early! Sponsored by VANL-CARFAC.
OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS:
EVOLVING WALL | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Various artists will be painting the front wall of the gallery! The art will change several times, so be sure to check back to see original creations throughout the week. Sponsored by THE PAINT SHOP and BENJAMIN MOORE.
LIA ROGERS (AB) LANDSCAPE WALK | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Various Locations
Landscape Walk is about physical social networking. It consists of a series of webpage frames set outdoors to be discovered by walking. People can look through the frames at the natural or urban landscape then comment using the provided comment cards and pens.
Lia Rogers is a practicing interdisciplinary artist. During her BFA she discovered media art and computers and went on to get a Computer Science degree. She has exhibited all over Canada. She is on the board at EMMEDIA and she is the Calgary Dorkbot overlord.
HEIDI WAGNER (NL) TREE COZY | ONGOING SUN TO SAT AUG 15-21
Bannerman Park
Heidi Wagner will wrap trees at Bannerman Park during the 24HAM Festival with textiles made of traditional and non traditional materials. Everyone can help and are invited to install pieces as well. She provides approximate sizes of trees if people want to make their pieces in advance and then come install. She will be present installing in Bannerman Park from 1-2pm every day.
Heidi Wagner really likes working with textiles; it gives her great pleasure to create innovative fabrics mixed with other mediums such as acrylic paint, pencil, charcoal, and found objects. She tends to develop strong pieces that can lean towards fragility or express sensuality. She enjoys trying new techniques and finding different ways to sculpt with textiles, to create new tactile forms; making objects from thread alone, or sculpting with seaweed is more than satisfying. It is pleasurable to all senses, challenging, thoughtful, considered, and truly exciting. She has always been sensitive and aware of the practice of art from a very early age. It has infinite possibilities of capturing and expressing through images and colours of any medium you choose. It provides a certain quality of conversation and ideas that allows you to communicate without any of these words. It is what she loves to do.
OPENING WEEKEND | ART MARATHON FESTIVAL August 10, 2010
The HAM has arrived! We will be posting event details through the week, and this is what you can look forward to on the opening weekend:
LAUNCH PAD PARTY | FRIDAY AUG 13 | 8PM-2AM
Do you like SPACE? Do you like ROBOTS? Do you like DANCING? Eastern Edge is looking to the future this year with a SPACE-AGE LAUNCH PARTY featuring the music of experimental bass and drum duo ROBOT SCOUT and dancing into the wee hours of the night to the grooves of guest deejay BK STRANGLER. Admission is $12, but for those wearing a space-age costume it is only $10! Sponsored by MODEL CITIZENS.
FAMILY LAUNCH | SUNDAY AUG 15 | NOON-4PM
We’ll be celebrating our children’s programming with different activities from 12-4, including FACE PAINTING with the Wandering Brush, STENCILING with Andrew Harvey, HULA-HOOPING with Kelly Suzanne Warren, and Heidi Wagner’s TREE COZY DEMONSTRATION with Cara Winsor Hehir. Come on down, get your face painted, hula a hoop, wrap a tree and find out what else we have in store for kids during the rest of the week. Admission is free.
SUMMER SAUNTER | SATURDAY-SUNDAY AUG 14-15 | NOON-5PM
Eastern Edge Gallery presents the Summer Saunter gallery and artist studio crawl on Saturday and Sunday on the opening weekend of the Art Marathon Festival. We encourage visitors to pick up a map at Eastern Edge or at one of the participating locations listed below. For web-savvy folk a pdf version of the map can also be downloaded here:
http://24hourartmarathon.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/summer-saunter-map.pdf
The following is a list of galleries and studios participating in this year’s Summer Saunter:
EASTERN EDGE GALLERY 72 Harbour Drive.
Saturday | Lia Rogers Landscape Walk, Heidi Wagner Tree Cozy, all -day outdoor art installations throughout St. John’s until Sunday Aug 22
Sunday | Family Launch for 24 HAM Festival, kids’ activities and entertainment, 12 to 5pm
A1C GALLERY 8 Baird’s Cove.
Saturday | Ruth Marsh Pareidolia, until Aug 28, 12 to 5pm
ST. MICHAEL’S PRINTSHOP 72 Harbour Drive.
Saturday | local, national and international work from the print collection, 12-5pm
CRAFT COUNCIL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 59 Duckworth St.
Saturday | Eighth Annual Beach Firing Fundraiser at Middle Cove Beach. Local ceramicists fire their creations using seaweed, sawdust, and driftwood to produce magnificent colours and textures. Pottery and sculpture sold on beach ranges from $1-100. Pack a picnic! *Rain Date: the next sunny weekend day, 10am
Sunday | Annual Members Exhibition, closing reception. A members’ exhibit where the only criteria is excellence, all media, styles, and themes are showcased with pride, 1-5pm
STUDIO 177 – JUNE WALKER WILSON 177 Water St., 3rd floor.
Saturday + Sunday | Oil paintings, textiles and watercolours accompanied by tea, coffee and snacks,1-5pm
HEATHER REEVES 165 Gower St.
Saturday + Sunday | Revolving around the immigrant experience of both belonging and not belonging to place, Ms. Reeves’ hooked mats incorporate traditional mat technique with new materials such as wire screening, wax and phototransfer, 12-5pm
ANNETTE MANNING 52 Bonaventure Ave.
Sunday | drawing and sculpture accompanied by wine and cheese, 12-5pm
CRUEL AND BOUNTIFUL SEA STUDIO – WILL GILL 177 Water St., 2nd floor.
Saturday | sculpture and new paintings, 2-4pm
WH ALLDERDICE 34 Battery Rd.
Sunday | selection of painted works, 12-5pm
RED OCHRE GALLERY 96 Duckworth St.
Saturday + Sunday | On display several pieces by each of the gallery artists with an emphasis on Newfoundland images, Sat 10-5:30pm, Sun 1-4:30pm
LEYTON GALLERY OF FINE ART Cliff Baird’s Cove, Off Water.
Saturday + Sunday | Annual Summer Show, accompanied by cookies and coffee, Sat 11-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY 7 Plank Road.
Saturday | Gallery artists featuring work from Bruce Alcock, Grant Boland, Tara Bryan, Scott Goudie, Helen Gregory, Tom Hammick, Terrence Howell, and Bill Rose, 11-5pm
