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Current Exhibitions

ᑌᐸᑯᐦᑊ/Tepakohp/7

Audie Murray, Larissa Kitchemonia, Donna Langhorne, Stacey Fayant, Marcy Friesen, Brandy Jones, & Melanie Monique Rose

Organized and circulated by OSAC

September 9 – November 4, 2022

ᑌᐸᑯᐦᑊ/Tepakohp/7 is a multi-artist exhibition which celebrates the stories and experiences of the many Nations of Indigenous Women living on this land we call Saskatchewan. We share our stories through our art to amplify, inspire and educate about the diverse relationships and transactions we have to this land and each other.

– Taken from OSAC website.

The King to the Ace

Karlie King

September 9 – November 4, 2022

Several years ago, at a particularly challenging time in my life, I kept having the image of a clay heart pop into my mind. I even had dreams where I saw myself making a clay heart sculpture. However, I dismissed it, due to the circumstances of my life: it was a stressful time, and I wasn’t in a place to consider the heart’s meaning or manifest it creatively. I was going through a divorce, and becoming a single Mum to two small children. Plus, I was being forced to leave a home I absolutely adored. In essence, I was (at that time) absolutely heart-broken. But, I did not consciously link the two events.

The next year, I moved to Regina. I was adjusting to my new life. And still the image of the heart sculpture would enter my mind’s eye periodically.

Then one day I saw a Call for Artists for the Dunlop Art Gallery’s Summer Art Shack Residency in downtown Regina. And I applied, thinking it would be a perfect opportunity to make the hearts. Before the Residency commenced, I needed to establish a title. I kept coming up with various ideas, but none of them felt right. None of them were ‘it.’ Then one morning, I came downstairs before the kids awoke, and found a card, laying face up, on the kitchen floor: The King of Hearts.

– Taken from the statement of the artist

Inside/Out

Karlie King

September 16 – October 7, 2022

“Inside/Out” uses traditional display mediums, such as Plexiglas lidded plinths, to house artworks in the great outdoors. Nature becomes the backdrop of the art displayed, and the artwork, traditionally confined to the white wall of an art gallery, is transformed against a backdrop of the sun, sky, earth, and the elements. Initially conceived in 2020 as a solution to providing public art during our art gallery closure, this popular project continues. All artists featured are invited to have solo exhibitions at the art gallery, to examine the shift of the dynamic of the works in different spaces. Currently on display in part and on location at the Art Gallery (118 4^th Street) is Karlie King.

All objects were constructed during a mini artistic residency at Woodlawn Regional Park. Staying in the park, Karlie King was invited to construct traditional vessels using locally sourced clays and other materials she foraged from the park.

The following works consist of ball clays found at Boundary Park and in Woodlawn mixed with various clay bodies and then constructed using traditional hand-building techniques. They feature flora that was collected from the park area. Fired using an open pit fire method, meaning the vessels were dried outdoors in the sun and then slowly warmed up and fired in an open flame fire, the artworks feature a mixture of earthen and black tones made from the addition of ochre that was collected in and around the park and also coal, which gives it the distinctive black tonal quality. This working model mimics how the earliest Indigenous peoples would have constructed and fired ceramic vessels. As you can see in some of the displays, remnants of Brick, from the Estevan Brick Factory are used, which is made from the same clay body that was sourced here locally.

Upcoming Exhibitions

ᑌᐸᑯᐦᑊ/Tepakohp/7 : Audie Murray, Larissa Kitchemonia, Donna Langhorne, Stacey Fayant, Marcy Friesen, Brandy Jones, & Melanie Monique Rose

Organized and circulated by OSAC

September 1 – November 23, 2022

ᑌᐸᑯᐦᑊ/Tepakohp/7 is a multi-artist exhibition which celebrates the stories and experiences of the many Nations of Indigenous Women living on this land we call Saskatchewan. We share our stories through our art to amplify, inspire and educate about the diverse relationships and transactions we have to this land and each other. – Taken from OSAC website.

Karlie King: Title TBD

September 1 – November 23, 2022

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Submission Procedures

The EAGM welcomes proposals from artists and curators in all media for exhibitions or special projects for 2020 and onward. The gallery presents a diverse program of exhibitions, lectures and meetings with artists, and is involved in the production of curated exhibitions connected to themes developed by the EAGM. Together, the programs propose a critical reflection on contemporary art and culture. The gallery offers three exhibition spaces for artist proposals, and welcomes submissions from curators and artists on an ongoing basis.

The gallery has two exhibition spaces (Gallery I and Gallery II). The EAGM provides professional technical services for selected projects. The EAGM pays fees to artists and curators in accordance with CARFAC standards. Submitted projects are assessed and recommended for program inclusion by the curator. Please note that unless requested, we do not notify artists when a proposal has been received, and it can take some time for a decision to be made. Artists are always notified as to whether their submission has been selected for exhibition. Please note that our schedule is currently full for the near future, although we are happy to receive proposals to keep on file for future consideration.

Submission Requirements

Updated CV
Statement of Intent or a Specific Project Description
Artist Statement
10 to 20 digital images or video files* or Photographs
(on video tape, CDR, DVD, or memory stick – if applicable)
Image Identification Page (Title, Medium, Size, Year, etc.)

*For digital images submit only .jpg files in RGB format at a resolution of 72 dpi, with a maximum size of 1.5 MB and a maximum of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you are submitting via mail and would like to have your submission returned to you.