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SUMMARY:Illuminating Language
DESCRIPTION:Dick Averns\n\n\n\nTopham Brown Memorial GalleryOctober 5 – December 20\, 2023 \n\n\nIlluminating Language by internationally exhibited and award-winning artist\, Dick Averns\, is a survey exhibition\, spanning thirty years of text-based art addressing a range of topics including social justice\, conflict\, natural resources and mental wellness. Averns’ art has been acquired for multiple collections\, including by the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery\, Department of National Defense\, Province of Alberta\, City of Calgary\, and multiple private collections. The critical value of his work was recognized in 2020 when Dick received the City of Calgary Mayor’s Cultural Leaders Legacy Award for Healing Through the Arts\, following a multi-year project addressing community mental wellness. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Ambivalence Blvd… Trump Road Show\, 2016. Digital print from DSLR. Dimensions vary. Performance art outside “Trump Make America Great Again!” rally for NY Presidential Primary Election. Syracuse\, NY. April 16\, 2016. Camera: Lewis Liski.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Liberty Ave\, 2009. Archival Digital Print with laminate on 1/8” Aircraft Grade Aluminum with cleats\, 24 x 36 inches\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Recognition… Validation… Reassurance…\, (detail)\, 2017. Neon sculpture with custom flasher. 33 x 60 x 8 inches\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Recognition… Validation… Reassurance…\, 2018\, Giles: Wish I Was… Billboard. Social practice public art project\, community participant collage. Documentation photograph in collection of Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Digital print from DSLR on Epson Archival Paper Edition 1/5. 47 x 68 inches.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Illuminating Language\, 2022\, installation view – Herringer Kiss Gallery. Neon\, chromed steel\, wood\, closed cell liner\, transformers; Wall module 8 x 60 x 8 inches\, floor module 18 x 72 x 12 inches.
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SUMMARY:Drag Story Time with Freida Whales
DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 10th at 10:00 am for Drag Storytime\, a fun all ages event featuring stories\, songs\, rhymes and an art activity\, with award-winning drag artist\, Freida Whales! Register for a chance to win a family membership to the Vernon Public Art Gallery! \n\n\n\n\n    \n        Register
URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/drag-story-time
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SUMMARY:Emergence
DESCRIPTION:Bella Jiang\, Jordan MacDonald\, Emily-Jayne May Myatt\, Julia Person & Angela Wood\n\n\n\nTopham Brown GalleryMay 25 – July 12\, 2023 \n\n\n\nEmergence is a group exhibition featuring the works of five recent graduates from UBCO’s BFA program. The exhibition showcases a range of art forms\, including painting\, sculpture\, and mixed media printmaking installation. The various artworks explore themes related to art history\, the human condition\, mental health and gender identity. \n\n\n\nThe artists in the exhibition draw on a variety of influences\, including art history and traditional modes of artistic production\, but include contemporary art forms as well as street graffiti and sculptural installation. Many of the works are based on research\, and some are also informed by personal experiences and exploration. \n\n\n\nOverall\, the exhibition Emergence offers a diverse and thought-provoking collection of works that highlight the talent and creativity of these emerging artists\, as well as their engagement with important social and cultural issues. \n\n\n\n\n    \n        Exhibition Publication
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