Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Brick by Brick: Absence & Presence
Heidi McKenzie
June 21st – August 23rd, 2024
I was inspired by my father’s telling of his experience in the 1950s in Hamilton, Ontario while touring the former I-XL Brick & Tile factory in Medicine during my residency in 2019 at the Shaw Centre for International Ceramics (part of Medalta in the Historic Clay District).
My father, Joseph McKenzie, (1930-2016) was born and raised in Trinidad, under British Colonial rule. My father was a very dark-skinned man of Indian descent. He came to Canada in 1953 to study at McMaster University. Canada pre-1968, exercised a whites-only immigration policy. My father, and his brother were two of five persons of colour on campus. During the summer, he and his brother worked in the furnaces at Stelco in Hamilton, Ontario. They were brick masons, assigned to the hottest temperature job. They worked alongside workers of African descent. What struck me, and continues to haunt me, is the fact that the white foremen openly assumed that the darker your skin, the more heat you could withstand. This inquiry propelled the questions I explore in Brick by Brick: Absence vs Presence.
Atim Maskikhiy (Toured by OSAC)
Currated by Dr. Jordan Woodsworth
June 21st – August 23rd, 2024
Atim Maskikhiy (‘Dog Medicine’ in Cree) presents works of seventeen artists local to the La Ronge tri-community area in Northern Saskatchewan. The multimedia pieces represent the artists’ interpretations of the dog-human relationship as expressed through preliminary findings of a community-driven research project conducted in the community. This unique marriage of art and science allows knowledge translation to a broader audience than typical of peer-reviewed research. Highlighting the need for improved access to animal health and welfare services in northern, remote and Indigenous communities everywhere, this gallery represents a call to action for systemic change at the human-dog interface. Through their works, the artists confirm that dog-human bonds are highly valued and often critical to human life and well-being in the north, and current approaches to ‘fixing’ dog problems in communities without regular access to care ignore important contributors at the root of the issue.
This exhibition is curated by Dr. Jordan Woodsworth, Director, Northern Engagement and Community Outreach, Western College of Veterinary Medicine. The artists featured in this exhibition are: Andrea Cowan, Caron Dubnick, Donna Langhorne, Hilary Johnstone, John Halkett, Larissa Muirhead, Miriam Koerner, Molly Ratt, Myles Charles, Nancy Lafleur, Terri Franks, Sammi Kopeck, Abigail Clarke, Annalisa Heppner, Jade Roberts, Jasmine Grondin, and Wendy Cleveland.
Submissions
Submission Procedures
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
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.
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Estevan Art Gallery and Museum
118 – 4th Street
Estevan, SK
S4A 0T4
Gallery Information
Gallery 2: 69 Running Feet (Ceiling Height: 117″). View floorplan
Project Space: 14 Running Feet (Ceiling Height: (96″). View Floorplan
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* Galleries have 2′ x 2′ suspended ceilings.
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