Testing The Waters
After building up my art practice again though 2018 I decided it was time to test the waters and see if anybody other than my friends and...
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Trade Secrets Workshop: Grant Writing with Daniel Rumbolt
Trade Secrets Workshop: Grant Writing with Daniel Rumbolt
celinegabrielleart
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
Challenges for a little direction
In 2018 after making no art since high school (but thinking about it everyday) I started creating again just to see if I still could. I...
celinegabrielleart
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
It took my whole freaking life...
It took me my whole freaking life to finally pursue my dream… my dream to become a professional artist. It’s a very long story but here...
Emily & Natalie
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
DAIR: An interview with Celine Gabrielle
Celine Gabrielle is our Fall 2021 digital artist-in-residence! We did a short and sweet interview to get to know her before her residency...
Emily & Natalie
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
Virtual Gathering: Latos & Hiscock
This virtual curation features the work of Kasia Latos and Stephen Hiscock who participated in our Summer 2021 Studio Mates Session. We...
Emily & Natalie
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Virtual Gathering: Moore, Lomax, Trotter, Zhang
This virtual curation features the work of Tiffany Moore, Amber Lomax, Theo Trotter and Ketty Zhang who participated in our Winter 2021...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 24, 2021
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2021: Iryna Merkulova
Iryna Merkulova Concordia University https://irynamerkulova.com https://www.instagram.com/irynamerk/ I intend to open a dialog with the...
Laura Vautour
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Claire Elliott
American artist Claire Elliott explores botanical subject matter through her paintings and captures the unruly natural world. Through...
Emma Carney
- Mar 24, 2021
- 1 min
References
Hi y’all! Big thanks for following along with me this month. Extra big thanks to Emily and Natalie for the space to share. The Gathered...
Emma Carney
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Process
Hi there! In this post, I’m going to write about what goes on in my studio. To preface; in the studio, I seek out the accumulative...
Emma Carney
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Sleep, Sex, Sick
Hello! For this week's blog post, I want to revisit a body of work that I has been on my mind a lot lately. I made these paintings at...
Emma Carney
- Mar 3, 2021
- 4 min
Intro: Emma Carney
Hi! I'm Emma, Winter Artist in Residence. I'm so excited to share my practice here this month. Big thank you to Natalie and Emily for...
Emily & Natalie
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
DAIR: An interview with Emma Carney
Emma Carney is our Winter 2021 digital artist-in-residence! We did a short and sweet interview to get to know her before her residency...
Laura Vautour
- Feb 17, 2021
- 1 min
Islam Allam
Islam Allam, a self-taught artist and graphic designer living in Cairo, Egypt, creates portraits inspired by instrumental music tracks....
Emily & Natalie
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
INTERVIEW: Rachel Siminoski
Location: Charlotte, NC Website: www.rachelsiminoski.com Instagram: @rachelsiminoski Can you describe your studio routine? I wish I had a...
Laura Vautour
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
Joy Hecht
Joy Hecht, an artist based in St. John’s Newfoundland, creates stunning collages that capture the spirit of a place. Hecht’s intimate...
Laura Vautour
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Hannah Zimmerman
American artist and educator Hannah Zimmerman captures the intimacy of her personal studio space. By focusing on inanimate objects as...
Laura Vautour
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
Molly Graham
Molly Graham, an illustrator from St. John's Newfoundland, creates whimsical illustrations, paintings, and textiles that possess the...
Emily & Natalie
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
Virtual Gathering No 8: Berman, Porter, Rigdon
In this virtual curation, Laura Crehuet Berman, Kit Porter, Cat Rigdon each explore abstraction in unique and powerful ways. Careful...
Laura Vautour
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Jessica T Bellamy
American artist Jessica T Bellamy uses iconic motifs to flip common held narratives surrounding the source and meaning of the imagery....
Emily & Natalie
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
INTERVIEW: Kirk Gower
Vancouver based artist Kirk Gower shares with us how he developed his graphic style of painting and how social media has influenced...
Emily & Natalie
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
INTERVIEW: Curtia Wright
Toronto based artist Curtia Wright works in a variety of media yet her palette of bright and bold colours remains throughout her...
Emily & Natalie
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
VIRTUAL GATHERING No. 7: Wallis, Karlovec, Brady
In this virtual curation, Drew Wallis, Joe Karlovec and Laurén Brady each explore landscape in innovative and thoughtful ways. Their...
Laura Vautour
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Emily MacLennan
Canadian artist Emily MacLennan wows her viewers with breathtaking detail and care in her thoughtful compositions. Her work comments on...
Emily & Natalie
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
INTERVIEW: Devon Pryce
Toronto based artist Devon Pryce's paintings reflect the normal, day to day moments we tend to pay little attention to. In this...
Emily & Natalie
- Sep 2, 2020
- 5 min
INTERVIEW: Lyric Morris-Latchaw
American artist Lyric Morris-Latchaw shares with us how being an artist and farmer directly inform the other and how she is pushing the...
Emily & Natalie
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Taylor Boileau Davidson
Taylor Boileau Davidson University of Ottawa taylorboileaudavidson.ca www.instagram.com/taylor.boileau.davidson/ I've been very...
Emily & Natalie
- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Maggee Irene Day
Maggee Irene Day Emily Carr University of Art + Design, MFA https://www.maggeeday.com/ https://www.instagram.com/maggeeday/ Through my...
Laurena Fineus
- Aug 20, 2020
- 6 min
The search for love continues in the face of great odds - (2/2) : Laurena Fineus
[Le français suit] So, for this week's blog post I am taking a much more casual approach to describing the install days and every...
Laura Vautour
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
Niloo Inalouei
Canadian artist Niloo Inalouei's gestural paintings depict memory through abstracted portraiture. Inalouei's striking paintings hold...
Laura Vautour
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
Jeremy Herndl
Canadian artist Jeremy Herndl invites the viewer into the environments of his breathtaking oil paintings. Jeremy Herndl paints primarily...
Laura Vautour
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min
Harriet Shankster
European artist Harriet Shankster juxtaposes contemporary portraiture of male figures with elegant and airy florals. Creating tension,...
Laura Vautour
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Serena Kobayashi-LeBel
Serena Kobayashi-LeBel York University www.serenakl.com/ www.instagram.com/serena.claire.art/ In my artistic practice, I find myself...
Laura Vautour
- Jun 17, 2020
- 1 min
Katie Neece
American artist and educator Katie Neece's digitalized content in the form of traditional oil painting moves our conception of painting...
Laura Vautour
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Kayla Ferreira
Kayla Ferreira OCAD University kaylaferreira.org www.instagram.com/kaylaferreira_art 1. Ferreira Diptych, 2020 2. Kanye Icon Diptych,...
Emily & Natalie
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
COLLECTORS ITEM: "Untitled" by Florence Arnold
Untitled, Oil on canvas, 1960, 31 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches From the permanent collection at the Laguna Art Museum in California, Florence...
Laura Vautour
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Madison Rudin
Madison Rudin OCAD University madisonrudin.format.com/ www.instagram.com/madisonrudin_art/ Since I can remember I have been entranced by...
Laura Vautour
- May 17, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Billie Reath-Lang
Billie Reath-Lang Vancouver Island University www.billieblueart.weebly.com/ www.instagram.com/billieblueart/ I work in the mediums of...
Laura Vautour
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Nick Nylen
Nick Nylen Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University www.instagram.com/nicnyl/ My paintings are concerned with constructing a...
Emily & Natalie
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Natasha Verbeke
Natasha Verbeke NSCAD University https://www.natashaverbeke.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nverbeke/ Inspired by the history of painting,...
Emily & Natalie
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
Drie Chapek
American artist Drie Chapek's work boldly explores the world of spirituality and destruction in abstract paintings that connect us to our...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Madelyn Rotella
Madelyn Rotella OCAD University https://www.madelynrotella.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/sasquatchfanclub/ (1) Estus Flask, 2020 Ink,...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Josh Franklin
Josh Franklin University of Victoria www.joshfranklinart.com https://www.instagram.com/jfrvnk/ My art practice inquires into the...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Aiden de Vin
Aiden de Vin University of British Columbia Okanagan https://www.aidendevin.com/ https://www.instagram.com/aidenwilhelmina/ As a painter...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Fiona Duffy
Fiona Duffy Alberta University of the Arts https://www.fionaduffy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/fionaduffy.artist/ 1. “Disequilibrium”,...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
Jessica Simorte
Jessica Simorte is a painter based out of Houston creating work with a relaxed hand, whose wobbly lines and drybrush blobs have...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Karine Leger
Montreal based artist Karine Leger creates delicately layered acrylic paintings, exploring collage and composition. To start a painting,...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Brubey Hu
Brubey Hu University of Waterloo, MFA https://brubey-hu.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brubeyhu/?hl=en "I Have No Home But Me" explores...
Emily & Natalie
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Alysha Rocca
Alysha Rocca OCAD University https://alysha-art.format.com/profile https://www.instagram.com/oushies/?hl=en What is THE CLASS OF 2020?...
Emily & Natalie
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
THE CLASS OF 2020: Rachel Gilbert
Rachel Gilbert Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus https://www.instagram.com/rachlgilbrt/ 01: Conflict Within, Oil on...
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