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Drawing for Art: A Passion for Art, Before and After and Student Art Show
April 17 – May 30, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday May 6, 2010 at 7pm
Curator’s Walk & Talk May 20, 2010 at 7pm
Get ready for a rapid-fire season filled with unforgettable things to see. A perennial favorite, Drawing for Art: A Passion for Art features a vast array of works to choose from during our annual fundraising campaign. Our permanent collection was built on the strongest printmaking had to offer. Before and After will feature one retro piece from our vault displayed next to a new piece from the same artist, “fresh off the press.” And finally, good things come in threes and this year marks the third annual exhibition of the graduating students from Durham College’s Fine Art & Design Programme.
Darlene Cole: Curtain Call
June 5 - July 11, 2010
Opening Reception & Artist Walk & Talk: Thursday June 10, 2010 at 7pm
Curator’s Walk & Talk: Thursday June 17, 2010 at 7pm
As Station Gallery celebrates its fortieth, we will be featuring a series recognizing homespun talent--often recognized and celebrated elsewhere, but not yet shown in Whitby. Not until now that is! Darlene Cole has received national and international acclaim as a painter evoking scenes of childhood and nostalgia. It’s time we made the Curtain Call.
David Armstrong
July 17 – August 29, 2010
Opening Reception & Artist Walk & Talk: July 17, 2010 at 1pm
Curator’s Walk & Talk: August 19, 2010 at 7pm
In addition to culling talent from our local pool of artists, the Gallery has invited Associate Professor in the Printmaking Department of York University, David Armstrong, to display his prints and to respond to the Gallery’s Permanent Collection. This exhibition will present his meditative leanings in Armstrong’s interest in print sequencing and the notions of reproducibility have a natural interface with what is offered at the Gallery. He mentions in recent correspondence following his first visit to the Gallery: “I’ve always had a rather fanciful love of trains.”
Mike Berube: Know Hope
September 4 - October 17, 2010
Opening Reception & Artist Walk & Talk: September 25, 2010 at 1pm*
*Walk & Talk also includes Whitby Archivist Brian Winter
Curator’s Walk & Talk: September 16, 2010 at 7pm
As a photojournalist, Whitby-based Berube has received much attention for his documentary photos of civil war, poverty and unrest in Africa. He has been nominated for the prestigious Leica Award. Prior to his solo exhibition, Berube has been invited to preview his works in the Yourspace corridor to correspond with Contact 2009.
Whitby through the Lens: Marjorie G. Ruddy Photographs, 1935 – 1948
September 4 - October 17, 2010
Opening Reception & Archivist Walk & Talk: Saturday September 25, 2010 at 1pm
Curator's Walk & Talk: September 16, 2010 at 7pm
Running parallel with Know Hope will be a collaborative project with the Whitby Community Archives, honouring the 30th anniversary of Marjorie Ruddy’s death. Ruddy settled in Whitby in 1917. Ruddy had the pioneering spirit and was a first in line for many claims in the community. She was one of the area’s first commercial photographers, the first female to sit on Town council and the first leader of a Girl Guides Company in Whitby. Both Berube’s and Ruddy’s exhibition will compare and contrast these two different documentary approaches and explore notions of regionalism.
Tony Romano: Notary Moon
October 23 - December 5, 2010
Opening Reception & Artist Walk & Talk: October 28, 2010 at 1pm
Curator’s Walk & Talk: November 18, 2010 at 7pm
Tony Romano’s artistic practice is informed by philosophical and pseudo scientific investigations within a pop culture framework. Much like a laboratory for experimentation, this exhibition of audio and installation work focuses on Romano’s playful and engaging exploration of the universality of language.
Juried Art Competition
December 11, 2010 – January 2, 2011
Opening & Awards: December 11, 2010 at 1pm
Calling all artists – submit your work of art for this juried art competition with a new theme every year. Complete theme, details and submission requirement information coming soon.