BC artist Sheri Bakes reflects on her latest collection The Company of Stars, inspired by her dear friend’s six-month solo thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail and the photos she took along her journey.
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"Jeffrey Milstein (b. 1944, U.S.) Artists first settled here [Hudson Valley, New York] in the 1800s, and its natural beauty fostered the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Prior to globalization, the area was also an important source of food and manufactured goods for New York City but the area became adversely affected with cheaper imports. We are seeing a rebirth of agriculture due to the demand for farm-to-table food. Also, the internet has shrunk the world making it possible to run global businesses from the Valley."
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Artists Ted Fullerton and Dazaunggee (Paul) Shilling befriended each other in the early nineties based on their mutual respect and shared work in the arts. In 2018, the artists met again after years apart. Naturally conversing on
themes such as colonial domination, oppression, aesthetic sensibilities, as well as their personal life experiences, the artists decided to continue their conversation in visual form.
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Visual artist Kyle Scheurmann sits with Perrin Grauer from Emily Carr University to discuss "Art Auction for Old Growth" in support of the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation. The auction features work by 16 artists including ECU alumni and faculty hoping to raise more than $56,000 in donated works.
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A new online art auction supporting old-growth forests launched on September 22nd and there are 16 artists involved, including many Emily Carr University instructors and alumni. Artist and organizer Kyle Scheurmann joins CBC to tell us more.
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Led by Kyle Scheurmann, the Art Auction for Old Growth has been featured in The Vancouver Sun. "This auction came from the desire to bring eastern awareness, support and fundraising to what many perceive as a B.C.-only problem." Scheurmann said in a statement "Old-Growth logging affects everyone globally."
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Composed of many leaf-like metallic looking foils, Eric Louie’s works have a digital aesthetic despite being an analogue medium. They possess a chameleonic ability to exist comfortably among a multitude of aesthetics, from 1920s Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern into the forefront of contemporary design. He explores his ideas for the compositions through the program Procreate on the iPad, drawing on images of half-finished paintings and finding the next move. “Sometimes the choice is instantaneous”, explains Louie, “but often the search meanders down various rabbit holes of potential”.
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Vancouver artist Jamie Evrard goes in-depth on two works from her new exhibition From Coast to Garden: Shannon Falls March (58 x 36 inches, left) and Midsummer Shades of Blue and Green (56 x 56 inches, right).
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Over 200 paintings from a decade's worth of new series are reproduced in this tenth book of Bonifacho's artistic career.
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Sheila Kernan has been interviewed by Banff-based Erin Evans on the Erin Evans Podcast, in which she talks about the genesis of her pull towards art, her studio practice, and the inspiration behind her work.
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