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The BAC's contemporary visual art program is collaboratively developed and delivered by a Program Team that is lead by George Wale, M.Ed., Director of Programs and includes the Curator of the Collection, Jonathan Smith, M.F.A.; Laura Arseneau, Curator of Education and Preparator, Brad Isaacs. Curatorial objectives are achieved through a series of exhibitions over a number of years rather than any in one fiscal period. Our visual arts program has three areas of focus:
The Burlington Art Centre pays artist fees in accordance with the CARFAC Exhibition Fee Schedule. Please note, dates and content subject to change without notice, contact the Director of Programs to confirm information.
Kimiko Koyanagi (working title)
December 4, 2005 – February 6, 2006
Curators: Dawn White Beatty
Kimiko Koyanagi continues her family's doll-making tradition in this exhibition of her dolls. Her graceful sculptures, composed of a sculptural medium of paste, rice paper and wood shavings, then carved, sanded and painted, have moved beyond traditional Japanese-style archetypes and are unique and personal expressions. A third generation doll-maker, she continues to extend an old and honoured craft.
AIC Gallery
Artists: Kimiko Koyanagi, Burlington
Artist's talk
Publication with guest writer
Domestica: Judi Burgess, Colleen O’Reilly Lafferty, John Willard
AIC Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
February 25 - April 2, 2006
Reception: March 5, 2006 2-4pm- open to the public
Artists’ Tour and Talk: Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 2pm- open to the public
Artists: Judy Burgess, Hamilton, Colleen O'Reilly Lafferty, Dundas, and John Willard, Burlington
Curator: Dawn White Beatty
Paintings on furniture by Judi Burgess, Hamilton, functional and non-functional porcelain by Colleen O’Reilly Lafferty, Greensville, and fibre works by John Willard, Burlington. Vibrant colour, intricate pattern and fine workmanship define and connect these works that defy traditional categories- fibre wall works, sculptural tableware and paintings on recycled furniture and domestic objects. ‘ domestica’ explores the formal and thematic relationships that connect the works and brings an infusion of joyous colour and wit to bleak late-winter days.
Broken Ground: Canadian Photographs From the New World – AIC Gallery
May 6 - July 30, 2006
Artists: Serge Clement, Montreal, David Hlynsky, Toronto, Thaddeus Holownia, Sackville, Rafael Goldchain, Toronto, Brenda Francis Pelkey, Windsor, Andrew Danson Danushevsky, Toronto
Curator: Andrew Danson Danushevsky, Originated by BerlinTorontoExhibitions
The historical photographs taken from 1858 into the early 20th century present the conventional and romanticized views about Canada as the endless landscape inhabited by stereotyped "noble savages" and white settlers. The contemporary photographs attempt to challenge these notions … to transcend conventional views about the land and people.
Blanche Scott: a quiet eloquence - F.R. Perry Gallery
July 8 - August 9, 2006
Artist: Blanche Scott, Burlington
Curator: Dawn White Beatty. Guest Writer: June Watson
A survey of the paintings, prints and sketchbooks of regional artist Blanche Scott. This collection of works, borrowed from private collections and galleries, traces the creative path of the artist from the1930’s up to her death in 2003. A poetic sense of colour, form, light and composition define these works. The exhibition looks at the themes, mediums and formal concerns that engaged this artist for a lifetime.
Barry McCarthy (working title) - AIC Gallery
October 14 - November 19, 2006
Artist: Barry McCarthy, Elora
Curator: George Wale
New paintings by the recently retired educator/artist. “I enjoy watching light pass over various surfaces. The abstract in space is a never-ending challenge, as is the achievement of texture … However, one must realize that technique is merely technique and a good painter must avoid a systematic approach to painting. The spontaneity of a painting must be kept alive.” B. McCarthy.
Real Abstraction: W.R. Warren (working title) - F.R. Perry Gallery
November 18 - December 24, 2006
Artist: W. R. (Bill) Warren, Burlington
Curator: George Wale, Originated by the Burlington Art Centre
Regional solo non-touring
Imagery that appears to be non-objective yet represents real ‘matter’ used in the production of itself. Silver gelatin photographic prints that record the abstract images of crystalized sodium thiosulphate … a chemical which is used to fix photographic images in the photographic processing process.
Koyanagi Collection
November 20, 2005 – February tba, 2006
Curator: Jonathan Smith
Jim Koyanagi and his wife Kimiko, a noted third generation Japanese doll maker amassed a large collection of Japanese Mengei (folk) ware while living in Japan. This collection, never having been exhibited before, follows on the heels of the touring exhibition from the Japan Foundation that was shown at the BAC in 2002. Much of contemporary ceramics is based on the ideals of Japanese ceramics that Hamada introduced to Bernard Leach and which Shimaoka demonstrated on several teaching tours to North America, including two occasions he taught in Ontario.
Permanent Collection Corridor
Artist(s): Historic and contemporary Japanese ceramic artists including work by Living National Treasures Shoji Hamada and Tatsuzo Shimaoka.
Edouard Jasmin: A Centennial Celebration
November 2005
Curator: Jonathan Smith
In honour of the centennial of the artist’s birth, November 10th, this exhibition highlights Jasmin’s narrative vessels combining nostalgic memories with flights of fantasy. Unknown in artistic circles until his discovery by Leopold Foulem, the then 70 year-old folk artist quickly gained recognition with shows in Montreal, Toronto and New York. Jasmin’s work influenced Foulem and his circle, Blackburn, Mathieu and Milette with his celebration of everyday life and satirical view of good taste.
Collection Display Case
Artist(s): Edouard Jasmin (Quebec)
Recent Acquisitions 2004
January – December, 2005
Curator: Jonathan Smith
This exhibition comprises a selection of acquisitions accepted by the Collection Committee during 2004.
Brock Lobby Collection Atrium
Artist(s): International, national, regional
Built in 1978, the Burlington Art Centre was developed as an ideal home for the many visual art and craft guilds that had been active in Burlington since the 1950s. Currently, there are seven guilds that have fully-equipped studios at the Centre … Quilting, Photography, Handweavers and Spinners, Potters, Fine Arts, Sculptors and Woodcarvers, and Hooking Craft. Each guild runs a varied program to promote a greater understanding of their specific art form and to involve people as creators. The guilds represent an important point of access to the Centre as a whole. Typical guild participants will enter as beginners and, through classes, critiques, discussions and exhibitions; they develop themselves to a serious amateur or professional level.
The 2005 guild exhibition schedule focuses on members’ juried exhibitions with the exception of the Handweavers and Spinners Guild.
Each juried exhibition includes a feedback session / critique with the juror and all artists who have submitted work(s). These are well-attended, provocative, and important educational events.
January 14 – February 22, 2006
Selection of members’ entries, with awards for Juror’s Recognition, Honourable Mention, Best Use of Colour and Juror’s Choice.
Burlington Guild of Scultors & Woodcarvers – Woodcarvers group Juried Exhibition
F.R. Perry Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
March 4 – April 2, 2006
Selection of members’ entries in the medium of woodcarving, with awards for Third Prize, Second Prize and Juror’s Choice.
F.R. Perry Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
April 22 – May 23, 2006
Selection of members’ entries, with awards for Honourable Mention (2), and Juror’s Choice.
F.R. Perry Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
June 3 – July 2, 2006
F.R. Perry Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
August 19 – September 24, 2006
F.R. Perry Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
October 7 – November 5, 2006
AIC Gallery, Burlington Art Centre
October 14 – November 19, , 2006
Fundraising Event
September 7 to 18 2006
Italy – Discover the Art of the Masters, Milan to Venice
The Burlington Art Centre in conjunction with Trip Central are hosting their 2nd art tour of Italy, this year concentrating on the great Renaissance and Baroque treasures of the Po Valley, from Milan to Venice. Aside from the must see sights, from Leonardo’s Last Supper in Milan to the Doge’s Palace on St. Mark’s Square in Venice, the tour covers the beauty of Lake Como, a day visiting the 600 room Ducal Palace in Mantua, once Europe’s largest palace, to the glory of the Giotto Chapel in Padua. The tour will be lead by the BAC Permanent Collection Curator Jonathan Smith.