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Undergraduate Review to host art gallery pop-up

Written on February 7, 2020. Posted in Arts.

Queen’s oldest arts and literature publication, Undergraduate Review, ventures into new territory. The campus publication has always been a place for students to exhibit their art, photography, poetry and short stories, but according to the magazine’s co-editor-in-chief, Anna Williams, (ArtSci ’20),...

Froid’Art puts Kingston artists on ice

Written on January 17, 2020. Posted in Arts.

If you walk downtown this month, you might notice a series of ice-encased paintings have cropped up in local businesses’ storefronts. Jan. 17 marks the first day of Froid’Art, an event that David Dossett, owner of Martello Alley in downtown Kingston, has been organizing for the past six years. The...

Studio 22 confronts self-image in newest exhibits

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Flesh and Bone Studio 22’s latest exhibition forces viewers to confront challenging questions about beauty, mortality, and self-image. Flesh and Bone, a dual effort by local artists Margaret Sutherland and Jane Derby and Studio 22’s latest featured exhibit, confronts aging bodies head-on. It’ll be...

The Agnes mixes art and meditation in new event

Written on November 1, 2019. Posted in Arts.

This Sunday, the Agnes invites gallery-goers to challenge their ability to view art in a new way. On Nov. 3 at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the public is invited to participate in an event that mixes meditation with gallery-viewing. Abby Berry (ArtSci ’18) came up with the idea while in...

Blur captures movement and relocation through photography

Written on October 10, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Toronto-based artist Sandra Brewster chronicles movement through Blur, a photo exhibit on display in the Agnes now. Mounted above the administration desk at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Blur will be hanging there until Sept. 6, 2021. As Brewster’s latest project, Blur focuses on three members...

Tri-Art Manufacturing still draws a crowd after 25 years in business

Written on September 27, 2019. Posted in Arts.

After over two decades, Tri-Art Manufacturing is taking the time to celebrate years of supplying artists with the materials they need to succeed. On Friday, Sept. 27 from 7 to 10 p.m., the local paint-producing company will celebrate their quarter-century milestone at Art Noise, the art supply...

Art After Dark festival brings attention to local art and businesses

Written on September 27, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Back again for the second time this year, community event Art After Dark will set up in shops downtown to bring local art to Kingstonians. This Friday, Sept. 27, a selection of local businesses will host local artists from 7 to 10 p.m. The festival sees local businesses and artists teaming up to...

Studio 22’s newest exhibits blend nature and music

Written on September 12, 2019. Posted in Arts.

The House the Spirit Builds Coinciding with the Kingston WritersFest happening Sept. 25 to 29, Studio 22 is exhibiting a work that blends the visual and the literary arts. The exhibit is titled The House the Spirit Builds, and is a combination of work by two photographers and one poet. Photographers...

Northern Canadian artwork travels south to Kingston

Written on July 29, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Cape Dorset prints are famous for depicting Northern Canadian landscapes and lifestyle, but they’re rarely shown in their original form in Southern Ontario. Thanks to the July exhibit at Studio 22, however, original artwork by four Cape Dorset artists will be showcased in Kingston until Sept. 10. The...

Studio 22’s posthumous exhibition of a celebrated artist

Written on March 21, 2019. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Studio 22’s March exhibit gives a glimpse into the past, revealing a lively local art scene. The Studio’s launching its 2019 season this month with two exhibitions by vastly different artists. In one room, they display the works of L.W. Foden, a British Columbian painter and dear friend to studio...

Kingston's Little France

Written on November 16, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Martello Alley is a dead-end off of Wellington Street that doubles as a scaled-down French village. Created in 2015 by David Dossett, ArtSci ’83, Martello Alley was initially like any other gallery showcasing art for purchase until Dossett became bored of looking at the bare walls of the space. Shortly...

Agnes honoured with three awards from OAAG

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Recently, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre was recognized by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) with three awards that celebrate the outstanding work of art galleries in the province. The OAAG supports and encourages public art galleries province-wide, ensuring that excellent standards...

Take Back the Night 2016 in photos

Written on September 23, 2016. Posted in News.

On Thursday evening in Confederation Park, the skies threatened to pour, but no amount of rain could silence the voices of a community gathered to “Take Back the Night” from a culture of sexual violence. Taking to the streets, amidst the chant of the crowd, survivors and supporters alike told their...

The making of a gallery

Written on June 27, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Take a moment and try to calculate the number of hours you’ve spent in Stauffer during your time at Queen’s. Likely you’re in the triple digits. With all those hours tabulated, consider the fact that they were all spent a mere 30 seconds away from a vibrant public art gallery with free admission....

Seven photos by seven artists

Written on February 5, 2016. Posted in Arts.

In a photograph, the world appears to have stopped. But in reality, people and objects on the other side of the lens continue to move. It’s a sense of motion — often lost in still photographs — that connects the wide range of photographs displayed in Raymond Vos’s “7 x 7” exhibit. This is the...

Reading as an act of performance

Written on January 26, 2016. Posted in Arts.

The Agnes’ exhibition With You and Others features art in the form of books. The Agnes is currently home to an exhibition of vintage artists’ books — self-published books taking various forms — which aims to portray the sentimentality behind the books and their multiple identities as text, image and...

Feminist paintings critique current politics

Written on October 29, 2015. Posted in Arts.

Who would paint a nude portrait of Stephen Harper? Kingston artist Margaret Sutherland would. Sutherland is best known for her portrait of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Emperor Haute Couture, which shows Harper reclining on a sofa nude with a dog, surrounded by faceless men in suits. One...

Election inspires interactive artwork

Written on September 22, 2015. Posted in Arts.

In light of the upcoming election, Kingston’s Studio22’s exhibition expresses artists’ deep-rooted political beliefs, encouraging viewers to do the same. The exhibition, Citizen Vox — “vox” meaning voice in Latin — started off as just an idea one year ago. With the Canadian election date fixed for...

Muck brings nostalgia to Modern Fuel

Written on June 24, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Visual artist Martina Muck brought her unique artistic vision and plenty of nostalgia from her native Germany to Kingston’s Modern Fuel Gallery with her installation “Memory.” The contemporary installation exhibition ran from May 3 until June 14 in Modern Fuel Gallery’s main gallery space. The exhibit...

Union Gallery stages AGM protest

Written on March 21, 2014. Posted in News.

The Union Gallery staged a protest at the AMS Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday to raise awareness about the loss of their student fee. The protest began at the Gallery in Stauffer Library, and supporters marched to the AGM at Humphrey Hall holding signs and examples of student artwork. For...

Going natural

Written on May 27, 2013. Posted in Arts.

Rural Canada has been the muse of many artists, yet its intrigue never seems to diminish. Such is the running theme within Keith Cornell’s Kingston exhibit, Into the Woods, at the Kingston Glass Studio and Gallery. Bringing life to the venue are the paintings of Cornell, exclusively of Ontario landscapes....

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Undergraduate Review to host art gallery pop-up

Froid’Art puts Kingston artists on ice

Studio 22 confronts self-image in newest exhibits

The Agnes mixes art and meditation in new event

Blur captures movement and relocation through photography

Tri-Art Manufacturing still draws a crowd after 25 years in business

Art After Dark festival brings attention to local art and businesses

Studio 22’s newest exhibits blend nature and music

Northern Canadian artwork travels south to Kingston

Studio 22’s posthumous exhibition of a celebrated artist

Kingston's Little France

Agnes honoured with three awards from OAAG

Take Back the Night 2016 in photos

The making of a gallery

Seven photos by seven artists

Reading as an act of performance

Feminist paintings critique current politics

Election inspires interactive artwork

Muck brings nostalgia to Modern Fuel

Union Gallery stages AGM protest

Going natural

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