Place Settings
Digital Media by Nicole Schouela
Exhibit continues to Sun June 9, 2013
We all have places that we cherish; places that we want to return to, time and time again. They are not necessarily the most famous or spectacular of places but they touch us because of the experience we derive from them and the memories that they hold. Nicole Schouela’s art deals with places such as these. She reconstructs the settings that she has returned to many times and that have touched her in an intimate and personal way. Nicole’s finished pieces are a compilation of numerous photographs that are then altered and re-worked in a digital format. Her intent is to condense a person or a place to its essential components and often, the original photos are transformed so that they can function in this new context. These open-ended narratives are designed to retain enough abstraction to elicit individual interpretation while still remaining firmly rooted in their original setting.
Nicole is a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design where she earned a degree in ceramic and photographic arts. She is also the founder of Stand Tall Training Centre, an innovative and arts oriented primary school in Kampala, Uganda. Nicole Schouela travels to Uganda on a regular basis; one of her greatest joys is witnessing the transformative power of art in the lives of the children.
Into the Garden
Paintings by Lori Goldberg
Opening Reception: Thur June 13 • 7-9pm
Artist in attendance • Free Admission
Exhibit continues to Sun July 7, 2013
”I do not paint in front of but from within nature.” Arshile Gorky
Lori Goldberg’s Into the Garden is a continuation of a travel theme where she finds inspiration through observing, experiencing and recording the unexpected and random occurrences while on the road. In this exhibit, the 'garden' becomes an entry point where Goldberg begins her journey. Goldberg hones all her senses to truly see beyond the everyday. She observes what is happening in front of her, what is happening inside her and what is going on around her. A random line, drawn with a child’s spinning top, finds its own path recording a hummingbird flashing in front of her; one minute it’s there, the next it’s gone. Goldberg draws it because it exists, even if only for a moment. She loads her brush with pure saturated colours capturing movement and stillness. At times it is about the flowers, the wind on the leaves, or the sound of a dog barking; other times it’s the discordant thoughts that pierce the idyllic vista. By connecting juxtaposing and layering the real and the abstract, she creates poetic spaces that encourage the viewer to step into the garden and journey into reality and beyond.
Lori Goldberg is a Vancouver artist whose paintings have been exhibited in Canada and Europe. She currently teaches at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and offers workshops in her studio.
GALLERY PROGRAMMING
If you are interested in taking adult art classes with a variety of professional artists, please contact Reisa Smiley Schneider at 604 638 7277 or reisa@jccgv.bc.ca
STUDIO VISITS
If you want to visit an artist’s studio who is exhibiting or has exhibited in the past in the gallery, please contact Reisa Smiley Schneider at 604 638 727 or reisa@jccgv.bc.ca
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