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‘Queen’s Refuge’ exhibition running through November

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Queen’s Refuge: Refugees and the University is now on display at the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections library until Nov. 26. This unique exhibition examines the complex history of refugees at Queen’s across four themes: directions, transit, relief, and arrival. Each object and image...

Public art exhibition celebrates Canadian filmmakers

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in Arts, Film.

A public art exhibition called Film x Design has been unveiled through the Kingston Canadian Film Festival (KCFF). Exhibition pieces are on display in Kingston at Paved Paradise on Brock Street, across from Market Square and at the Broom Factory at 305 Rideau St. The installation is a celebration...

Tiina Kukkonen balances making art and teaching

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Tiina Kukkonen is a local artist, researcher, and educator. She balances her time creating art and teaching at Queen’s Faculty of Education, the Kingston School of Art, and the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. “I love sharing my passion for art,” Kukkonen said in an interview with The Journal. “I...

Kingston Fibre Artists hosting annual show and sale

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

After COVID-19 cancelled their 2020 event, the annual show and sale hosted by the Kingston Fibre Artists is back for 2021 at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. Art Threads 2021 opened on Oct. 23 and is running until Nov. 4. The Journal spoke with show coordinator Linda Coulter about how...

Teen Art Exchange highlights young creatives

Written on October 22, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

The Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning’s Teen Art Exchange is back this fall. Desert Perspectives once again has Kingston teenagers sending their art to be displayed in Scottsdale, Arizona. Since debuting in 2019, this exciting exchange program provides an opportunity for artistic teens to have...

First Peoples’ Performing Arts Festival returned for fifth year

Written on October 22, 2021. Posted in Arts.

The First Peoples’ Performing Arts Festival of the Thousand Islands ran from Oct. 15 to 17 in Gananoque. This year marked the festival’s fifth edition. Its theme of “First, Now and Always” signifies how Indigenous peoples first occupied this land and will continue living and flourishing here. The...

Union Gallery and Modern Fuel co-present new residency exhibition

Written on October 22, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

A group of eight Katarokwi-Kingston artists have collaborated to create a new residency exhibition called Side-Ways. The exhibition is co-presented by Union Gallery and Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre. Pieces will be displayed in Union Gallery from Oct. 12 to 30, with additional artwork on display at...

Local artist collective launches collaborative community

Written on October 7, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Forworld Studios, a newly founded artist collective, includes six artists from the Kingston community: Francisco (Fran) Corbett, William Carroll, Hayden Frasso, 4CiD R4BBiT (Browz), Michaela Zinsmeister, and Constance Intounas. The Journal discussed the collective’s launch with Forworld Studio...

Union Gallery launches collaborative art project

Written on October 7, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

In participation with Culture Days, a program taking place across Canada from Sept. 24 to Oct. 24, Union Gallery has launched a collaborative art project called Together, we tile. Those participating in the project will receive a ceramic tile to be decorated based on central themes of dreams, exploration,...

City Park offers free outdoor screening event

Written on October 1, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

A free outdoor screening is set to take place in Kingston’s City Park on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. The event is being co-presented by Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston Canadian Film Festival (KCFF), and Kingston Punk Productions (KPP) Concerts. Attendees are encouraged to dress warmly, bring their own...

New Pengyuan Wang exhibit opens at Tett Centre

Written on October 1, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

On Sept. 26, the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning premiered It’s Light Tempered, It’s Turmoil Submerged—a new solo exhibition featuring the latest works from Pengyuan Wang. Wang is a Kingston-based artist of Chinese origin. He immigrated to Canada years ago and brought with him...

Augmented reality pop-up is a new take on yesterday’s medicine

Written on September 24, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Artists Jenn Norton, Emily Pelstring, and 10-year-old Edie Soleil have released an augmented-reality pop-up called After the Witch of Malleghem. The Journal spoke with Norton and Pelstring, both faculty at Queen’s Film and Media Department, about their augmented reality piece. The pop-up is...

New Agnes exhibit challenges politics of solitude

Written on September 21, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Studies in Solitude: The Art of Depicting Seclusion opened at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre on Sept. 4. Predominantly featuring the works of Dutch artists from the 17th century, the exhibit explores the history and politics of solitude. The Journal spoke with curator Suzanne van de Meerendonk...

Consensual Humans mural driving positive conversations about consent

Written on September 2, 2021. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Last summer, Queen’s Consensual Humans Club commissioned the creation of a new mural now visible on the front of Harrison-LeCaine Hall. ‘A Love That Clings’ is meant to encourage those who view it to think about consent—across all definitions and spectrums. The Journal spoke with the previous Consensual...

Yipsugar takes unconventional approach to new album

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Taking an unusual approach to making music and pursuing an artistic career, Yipsugar has always promised themselves they would avoid public concerts and social media promotion. The group, made up of Christian Maria Brun del Re on piano, synth, and drums; Bashu Naimi-Roy on accordion, synth, and...

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...

Tau Lewis nears end of campus residency

Written on September 25, 2018. Posted in Arts, Visual.

Tau Lewis, the artist-in-residence at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, never planned on pursuing a career in art. While she valued sculpting as a child, she didn’t return to it until she dropped out of college. Her adult work was more for therapeutic coping, and, eventually, evolved into a successful...

Commentary: Stitching into Feminism

Written on September 18, 2018. Posted in Arts, Visual.

As up-and-coming artists challenge societal expectations, cross-stitching is experiencing a feminist resurgence. Along with needlework, it’s been around—and respected—for centuries. However, today, the traditionally feminine art is reduced to a frivolous hobby, as evidenced in a recent Globe and Mail...

New art installation is more than just a garden

Written on September 11, 2018. Posted in Arts, Visual.

If you’re looking to play a game of cricket, avoid the new pitch nestled in between Mac-Corry and Ellis Hall. The two patches of greenery on a concrete courtyard is part of an art installation for Sarindar Dhaliwal’s PhD thesis. The piece uses plants and everyday objects to represent issues of immigration...

A striking exhibition

Written on January 27, 2017. Posted in Arts.

What effect do your surroundings have on your life? Maybe this isn`t a question you ask yourself commonly, but one that Union Gallery’s new exhibit Striking the line will have you considering. The exhibit, part of the gallery’s winter showcase, features various works from Queen’s students. The pieces...

Review: Reveal exhibit showcases artists’ identities

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in Arts.

When artists reveal what they think about themselves, interesting art comes out of it. Reveal, a juried exhibition at Union Gallery, features work from 13 student artists at Queen’s. The theme — Reveal — asks artists to “explore what influences or determines sense of self, and the socially and culturally...

Reclaimed objects meets minimalism

Written on September 23, 2016. Posted in Arts.

On Friday, Montreal-based artists Emily Jan and Anne Billy made themselves at home in Union Gallery with a seventeenth century Dutch banquet table deluged with food and ornaments and walls covered in warm and homey textiles. Union Gallery is notorious for scouting fresh, local talent and showcasing...

Student artist trio explores together

Written on March 28, 2014. Posted in Arts.

How does experience define us and connect us as humans beings? The exhibit Bodies and Bonds on at Union Gallery, considers these questions through the collective works of BFA ’14 students Sarah Love, Magdalena Slabosz and Alexandra Brickman. All three artists work with oil on canvas. Each artist’s...

Warmth of the Arctic

Written on January 28, 2014. Posted in Arts.

“Hovering between landscape and abstraction,” the pamphlet reads, “Sovereignty in Pink challenges traditional perceptions of the North as a land of ice and snow.” Kathleen Margaret Graham’s painting Arctic I: Sovereignty in Pink is currently on display at the Samuel J. Zacks Gallery of the Agnes Etherington...

Closet collection

Written on January 28, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Involvement is key to an artist’s success in this community. Held annually at Ban Righ Hall, Cezanne’s Closet consists of innovative artistic pieces donated by students, graduates, local artists and professors. Community members are invited to purchase tickets, which will allow them the chance at...

Clouds up close

Written on January 28, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Montreal-based visual artist Hannah Claus has brought the sky to Kingston. Her sculptural installation cloudscape, currently housed at Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre located at Queen and Ontario Streets, is made up of countless paper ovals strung from the ceiling and arranged into several amorphous,...

Grounded in mystery

Written on January 10, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Upon entering Union Gallery’s project room, I’m immediately struck by a sense of melancholy. This is the general sentiment behind its current exhibit, Grounded by Claire van Eeghan. Black and white paintings hang on plain white walls. Most of the work seems rather grim in tone, with swirls of blacks...

Tag: Visual art

‘Queen’s Refuge’ exhibition running through November

Public art exhibition celebrates Canadian filmmakers

Tiina Kukkonen balances making art and teaching

Kingston Fibre Artists hosting annual show and sale

Teen Art Exchange highlights young creatives

First Peoples’ Performing Arts Festival returned for fifth year

Union Gallery and Modern Fuel co-present new residency exhibition

Local artist collective launches collaborative community

Union Gallery launches collaborative art project

City Park offers free outdoor screening event

New Pengyuan Wang exhibit opens at Tett Centre

Augmented reality pop-up is a new take on yesterday’s medicine

New Agnes exhibit challenges politics of solitude

Consensual Humans mural driving positive conversations about consent

Yipsugar takes unconventional approach to new album

Studio 22’s posthumous exhibition of a celebrated artist

Tau Lewis nears end of campus residency

Commentary: Stitching into Feminism

New art installation is more than just a garden

A striking exhibition

Review: Reveal exhibit showcases artists’ identities

Reclaimed objects meets minimalism

Student artist trio explores together

Warmth of the Arctic

Closet collection

Clouds up close

Grounded in mystery

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