Audiopollination Guelph
Second Friday of the month – 8pm
Curiosities
ON NOW: A new exhibition with works from Lewis Melville’s series Cabinet of Curiosities: The (Non-Essential) Dance of Life and Jane Bowen’s Hemispheres and other works. All works for sale in the gallery or online by emailing info@silencesounds.ca This exhibition is accompanied by the Winter Carnival Concert Series. If you’d like to book an appointment to view the gallery email info@silencesounds.ca
Left To Your Own Devices
Ahmri Vandeborne & Emelie Robertson – March 10-27, 2020
Wild & Wacky
Wild & Wacky – February 7-28, 2020
Point/Counterpoint: The Jazz of Landscape and the Landscape of Jazz
January 4-31, 2020 – Point/Counterpoint
3rd Annual Miniature Show
December 1-20, 2019 – Miniature Art Show – Opening Reception: December 5, 7-9pm
Gary’s Big Event
November 16-30, 2019 – Gary’s Big Event – Opening Reception: November 16, 2019
Call and Response Art by Frances Hahn & Alisa McRonald
August 3 – 26, 2019 Frances and Alisa have been working on a call and response project for several years. Starting with a succession of two distinct visual pieces and culminating in co-creating several collaborative mixed media pieces. This form is borrowed from music, most notable in historical work songs and originates at its most basic from human communication. It has been used widely by artists as a means of discourse. The artists set out with very few parameters; only that they each respond to the other’s mark making. Sometimes ideas and works in progress are shared, other times final works are revealed as complete. In the final phase this call and response project, they are working back and forth on the same piece, contributing small areas of colour and/or texture at a time. During the course of the project, any sense of linearity has been lost and the pieces…
Mike Salisbury: Turning Point
August 31st – September 25, 2019 Web: www.mikesalisbury.caInstagram: @mikesalisbury.ca MIKE SALISBURY studied at the Toronto School of Art in the late 1980’s and was founder of the Toronto Student Art Gallery in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto. A graduate of University of Guelph and OALA Landscape Architect, he specializes in the design of playable sculpture and children’s playscapes. Mike creates multimedia artwork with a drawing style consisting of one continuous unbroken line to create rich and complex images that communicate a surprising degree of emotional expression. The intensity of his style relies on the ability of the viewer to integrate their own biases and emotional predispositions into the abstract‐realism of the image. At different viewing distances the subject matter is emphasized, discovered, rediscovered or vanishes completely. Up close we consume the image with an almost analytical focus on the detail, then transition to the larger context which brings us back…
Barbara Salsberg Mathews
October 2 – October 27, 2019 Royal City Gems: An Artist’s Tribute to Guelph Opening Reception: Friday, October 4, 7–9pmArtist Talk: 7:30pm A collection of acrylic paintings featuring beautifully unique views of Guelph. The collection includes local gems such as the Gryphon statue (sculpture by FASTWURMS 2014), Basilica of Our Lady, Bernardi Rooster, the Petrie Building, and many more. For more information on viewing hours contact info@silencesounds.ca