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CHINATOWN ART TOUR

Join us for an afternoon tour of four Chinatown art spaces on Saturday January 24th.

The tour starts at 1pm, and will last approximately 3-3.5 hours. 
Below are the spaces that we will be visiting, as well as a bit of exhibition info. 
The tour will start at Unit/Pitt Projects at 1:00pm.

See you there!


INFO ON THE TOUR:

The tour will take in four galleries: Gam Gallery, Unit/Pitt Projects, Gallery Gachet, and The Apartment. At each space the directors/curators will give a brief talk on the mandate of the organisation, a selection of artists will also be on hand to discuss their work in the respective exhibitions that their work is featured in.

Gam Gallery is located within and fronts ACME Studios in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Reflecting the artistic community in which it is located, the Gam operates as a gallery, studio space, small boutique and venue. Since its inception in December 2009, Gam Gallery has strove to foster a social environment where emerging artists can exhibit, create and make lasting relationships. Programming includes a monthly schedule of exhibitions and games nights in the gallery as well as theatre and music events, model drawing, film screenings and community markets. The Gam was founded by Jasmine Colette, Tarah Hogue, Julia Kreutz and Jamie Reid. 

On Exhibit at Gam: Trevor Van den Eijnden will have a solo exhibition. Van den Eijnden is an MFA candidate in his second year at Emily Carr. He is a Canadian visual artist, writer, and designer. Van den Eijnden’s work assembles referents of the Anthropocene into visual iterations focused on the constructs of space versus place, where the first is a one-dimensional physical location, and the later is the overlapping subjective terrain. His current work centers on collecting, and comparing naturalist wallpapers for their romanticized illusions of nature as well as grappling with the effects of global climate change in the extremes of dystopic and utopic plausible futures. 

Image taken by @crompsy

Unit/Pitt Projects has been a mainstay in Chinatown for years. Formerly the Helen Pitt Gallery, Unit/Pitt is a non-profit artist-run centre dedicated to the promotion of experimental contemporary art that addresses social, political, cultural, and critical issues. Based in visual art practice, Unit/Pitt’s programming goes beyond the presentation of exhibitions, branching out into media, telecommunications, public actions, publishing, music and performance. We support and assist in the development of artists’ curatorial projects, concentrating on a limited set of projects each year. 

On exhibit at Unit/Pitt, a group exhibition entitled The Facility for Consideration, featuring work by Derek Coulombe, Tom Hsu, Kary Kleinmann, and Lida Pawliuk.

Gallery Gachet an artist-run centre committed to demystifying and challenging issues related to mental health and social marginalization in order to educate the public and promote social and economic justice through artistic means. Our gallery and studio space, precariously balanced in a neighbourhood undergoing advanced gentrification, has emerged as a symbol of creative refuge and artist-driven authenticity. 

On exhibit at Gallery Gachet: Oddities – a group show featuring the work the gallery’s members: Afuwa, d.June Conley, Rebecca Chunn, Cherise Clarke, Lara Fitzgerald, Edzy Edzed, Murray Huehn, Kara Lee, Pierre Leichner, Peter Lojewski, Laurie Marshall, Carmen Ostrander, Mary O’Toole, Bruce Ray, Karen Ward, and Ilir Xhediku.

The Apartment was founded in 2006 in a modernist one bedroom apartment situated in the bucolic landscape of Vancouver BC. Embracing the modernist aspiration of integrating art and daily life, our program was grounded in an active interest in the history of modernism and its dialogue with the contemporary.  After 7 years in a domestic setting, the gallery has expanded to a store front in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown to continue its program of international projects as well as its work with a roster of artists who reflect our interest in the dissenting conceptualist avant garde of the 60s and 70s and its impact on current practice and dialogues. The Apartment exhibits work internationally at LA Paris Photo, Art Los Angeles Contemporary and NADA Miami. 

On exhibit at The Apartment: Vikky Alexander’s The Temptation of St. Anthony.

A YEAR IN REVIEW

Having just wrapped up our AGM, we are already starting to prepare the fall studio visits, events and receptions.

But before we give you a sneak peak into what is coming up, we thought we would do a year in review of everywhere we have been and everything we have seen. Forward this post onto friends you think may want to Join the CASV as it gives them great insight into what the membership includes.  Here's to a great 2014-2015 season kicking off in September!


CASV A YEAR IN REVIEW:

- 10+ Studio visits including visits to: Dana Claxton, Jordy Hamilton, Roselina Hung, Fiona Ackerman, Beau Dick, Dan Starling and Diyan Achjadi, Evann Siebens and more...

- 2 public talks, one by Kim Dorland in conjunction with Emily Carr University and another by Hammad Nasar in conjunction with Centre A and SFU.

Young Girl by Kim Dorland

- 2 gallery talks one at Equinox Gallery with Adad Hannah about his Ophelia work and is upcoming exhibition and another coming up on the 6th of June with Colleen Heslin at Monte Clark gallery.

The Raft of the Medusa by Adad Hannah

- An interesting collection tour of the Hotel Georgia's collection by Farmboy Fine Arts.

Artwork at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver

- A public site visit and artist talk about the artwork with artist Vanessa Kwan

Geyser by Vanessa Kwan

- The second CASV Emerging Artist Prize and Exhibition event at Access Gallery.

Emerging Artist Prize Exhibition at Access Gallery 2014

- Two private collection tours and an amazing CASV Paris Trip.

- Art Tours of Gastown, Great Northern Way, Main Street and Chinatown with the Canadian Art Hop

- Two artist panels, one at the Richmond Art Gallery on curating and another public conversation on painting with the Vanhop at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, Donna Partridge, Kate Bellringer and Wil Aballe at the Richmond Art Gallery

As the 2013-2014 season winds down before it gears up again in the fall, we hope you will join us for Colleen Heslin's talk at Monte Clark Gallery on the 6th of June. She will be discussing her exhibition that is opening the following day. Here is a link to the details and your invite should already be in your inbox. http://www.casv.ca/artist-talks/artist-talk-with-colleen-heslin

New work by Colleen Heslin

AGM - SAVE THE DATE

CASV - Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting for the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver will be on Thursday May 29  - please save the date!

We'll send out reminders and info on the location of the AGM shortly.

See you soon. 

BOARD VOLUNTEER POSITIONS - GET INVOLVED!

Interested in volunteering on the CASV Board? 

Currently, we are looking for CASV members to join the working Board to help out in the following positions:

- Secretary:  The Secretary is an officer of the Board.  The role of the Secretary is to ensure notification of Board meetings, and that minutes of Board meetings are taken.  The role of Secretary may be combined with other roles.

- CASV Emerging Artist’s Prize Chair - duties will include working with CASV Administrative Assistant to oversee the administration of the Artist's Prize, including leading the call for submissions, enlisting a jury of art professionals, writing press releases, coordinating the exhibition of finalists' artwork, and organizing the Prize launch at the opening reception.

- Hospitality

- International art trip planning

- CASV archiving
Please contact us for more information on how you can help.

www.casv.ca
info@casv.ca

The Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver is a registered not-for-profit organization entirely reliant on member support.  Thank you for yours!  Please visit the CASV website for event listings and membership information.

Founded in 1977, the CASV creates opportunities for exploring, appreciating and understanding contemporary art.

HOPPING INTO APRIL!

We have two events scheduled this April, we hope you will join us for both!

We've partnered once again with Canadian Art on the Vancouver Art Hop. The hop is taking place this year on the 12th of April. It is a full day of free art talks, tours and a Magazine issue launch. This event is open to the membership and the general public. For more information on the talks and tours coming up on the 12th, visit the Van Hop Microsite: http://www.canadianart.ca/microsites/vancouverhop/ 
See you at the hop!

Following the hop, we also have planned an artist studio visit with Vancouver based artist Dan Starling. Dates and more information on Starling will follow in the next couple of weeks. His visit will occur later on in the month. Hope to see you there!

Dan Starling is an interdisciplinary artist from Vancouver whose work has been exhibited internationally. He has attended Emily Carr University (BFA 2005) and Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main (Meisterschuler 2011).  www.danstarling.com

HOPPING OUT OF MARCH...

With the winter months now behind us we are looking forward to hopping into spring with some fantastic events in April and May. More on these soon, but first a quick thank you to the folks who made our two events in March a great success.

Thanks to the Rosewood Hotel Georgia and Todd Towers from Farmboy Fine Arts for the tour of the Hotel Georgia's Art Collection.

Hotel Georgia Development Limited worked with Farmboy Fine Arts to create a modern art collection as a way to reassert the hotel’s present-day splendor in the context of the reverence for the hotel’s iconic past. Farmboy Fine Art’s president Todd Towers stayed true to the Rosewood Hotel Georgia’s mantra to create “A sense of place.” In order to do that, Towers selected and commissioned works by modern Canadian artists, focusing on West Coast artists in particular. Because the building interior is sombre in its sophistication, Towers chose pieces that would boldly stand out, placing pieces of art throughout the hotel from lobby, to spa, and  upper levels. (http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2011/10/06/rosewood-hotel-georgia-debuts-collection-of-modern-canadian-art/)

CASV Members got an insider perspective on how the collection was selected and created. The Rosewood Hotel Georgia is one of a small selection of hotels that have a unique contemporary Canadian art collection. The other hotel that springs to mind instantly would be the Gladstone in Toronto, they have 37 hotel rooms designed by different Canadian artists. Next time you are in Toronto, you should check it out.

The Gladstone Hotel is not only the oldest continuously operating hotel in Toronto, it's also one of Canada’s favourite Boutique Art Hotels. Blending historical Victorian architecture with contemporary luxury, downtown culture and whole lot of art, the Gladstone Hotel is a hub for locals and international travellers alike. 37 hotel rooms each designed by different Canadian artists, 2 restaurants, 4 event venue spaces and 3 art exhibition spaces. 

We also would like to thanks Emily Carr University of Art + Design and Kim Dorland for helping us to host a fascinating artist talk. The talk was open to the public as well as the membership and it was incredibly well attended. It was hosted on campus at Emily Carr.  Kim Dorland gave an extensive and insightful talk on the history and evolution of his artistic practice. Thanks Kim!

For More info on Kim Visit Here: http://www.canadianart.ca/features/2013/05/10/kim-dorland-beautiful-stuff/

UPCOMING STUDIO VISIT WITH ANDY DIXON

We are pleased to announce a second studio visit with Vancouver based painter Andy Dixon. The visit is scheduled for Wednesday February 26th in the evening (6:30pm). We hope you will join us! The event invitation will be sent out to all members very shortly.

Tennis Players #2, 2013, Andy Dixon, acrylic and oil pastels on framed canvas

The CASV invites its members to a studio visit with Andy Dixon.

Currently working out of Vancouver, Canada, Andy Dixon's work contrasts refined subject matter with a coarse application of his materials. Although his subjects are often romantic, Dixon's approach and use of colour remove their idealism, accenting the humanity of both the subject and the artist simultaneously.

He is self-taught with no formal academic training. Dixon's work is represented by Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London & New York as well as Wally Workman Gallery in Austin. Recent exhibition of Dixon's work include: Pleasure Studies at the Back Gallery Project in Vancouver and The Luxury of Observing Luxury at No Remorse Studio in Vancouver. Dixon also participated in the Vancouver Art Gallery's Fuse in 2012. He has a forthcoming exhibition at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin. 

Young Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla (After Cassatt), 2013, Andy Dixon

38" X 34", Acrylic & oil pastel on framed canvas

Fox, 2013, Andy Dixon, 27" X 32", Acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, and crayon on framed canvas.

FIONA ACKERMAN STUDIO VISIT

Thanks to everyone who came to Fiona's studio, and to Fiona for opening up her studio to the CASV. It was great to hear Fiona discuss her work and the two streams of painting that she is currently creating. We wish her luck in her two upcoming exhibitions this spring. Below are some images of the visit.  We hope to see you on the 2nd of February for the Roselina Hung studio visit happening in two weeks time.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TWO UPCOMING STUDIO VISITS FOR CASV MEMBERS...

We hope you have all had a great break over December and January, we have several exciting events in the works for CASV members. Keep your eyes on the blog and website for more announcements.  To start us off in the new year we are pleased to announce two planned painting studio visits, the first one in January on Sunday the 19th with Fiona Ackerman, the second one on Sunday February 2nd with Roselina Hung. 

Invites will be mailed to member inboxes, you should see these soon! 

Bearing the Burden of Doubt, 2013 Fiona Ackerman

(studio visit: Shawn Hunt / Graeme Burglund), Oil on canvas, 78.7” x 55.1”

Originally from Montreal, Fiona Ackerman is a painter living and working in Vancouver, BC. Since completing her BFA through Concordia and ECIAD, Fiona has exhibited across Canada and in Europe (Germany & France). She received an honorable mention for the Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture in 2009, and was included in Carte Blanche 2: Painting, a survey and showcase painting in Canada (published by The Magenta Foundation, fall 2008). In 2012, she Ackerman spent 6 months working from a studio in Berlin. The Berlin paintings, and the work produced for the exhibition titled 'Heterotopia' at Winsor Gallery were published in a full colour Catalogue available through Winsor Gallery and Galerie Steinrötter.

Currently, Fiona has a solo exhibition running at White Brush Gallery in Düsseldorf Germany until February 9, 2014. At home in Vancouver, she will open her second solo exhibition with Winsor Gallery in February 2014. This exhibition titled It's Not You, It's Me' is a series of new explorations into the studio's of Canadian artists from Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. It will be followed by 'Amplifier'  an exhibition of her new abstract paintings at Herringer Kiss Gallery in Calgary, opening April 12 2014. 

The Seduction of Samson, 2012   Roselina Hung

oil on wood panel, 20 x 24 in, 2012 

Roselina Hung (b. 1980) is a visual artist with a MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK, and a BFA from the University of British Columbia. She also spent one year on exchange at L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in private collections around the world.  She has taught at Central Saint Martins and attended residencies at The Banff Centre, Ox-Bow School of Arts and SÍM Reykjavik.  Roselina lives and works in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

STUIO VISIT WITH BEAU DICK

A couple of weeks ago we visited Beau Dick's Studio. This was quite a magical visit; in addition to his fine carving skills and his critical artistic vision, Dick is also an entrancing storyteller and historian. He took us all on a journey that explored the history of his practice and his people, all the while illuminating how the two elements are deeply intertwined. It was a great visit that many members will remember for quite some time.