Events & Collaborations

A collaborative exhibit by Montreal visual artists Shane Watt, Jim Morris, Andrew Lindsay and Alex Megelas. The works presented are inspired loosely by the imaginary monsters of the respective and collective youth of the artists.

Vernissage: 13 January | 5pm
Gallery open: 14 - 15 January | 12pm - 5pm

An international, multidisciplinary art show bringing together 14 different artists to participate by responding to the question: How would you personify your sexuality? Through a diversity of mediums, the exhibition pushes the concepts of sexuality beyond the limits of language and social constructs, to a more intimate and subjective place.

With: Chloe Surprenant, François Pedneault, Imelda Mandala, Jess Mac, JJ Levine, John Badalu, Jonaz Slovanski, Katie Earle, Kandis Friesen, Laurence Brunelle-Côté, Loren March, Markus Lake, Nidal El-Khairy, Hnin Su Mon, and Net Net Nwel.
Curator: Anita Schoepp

Vernissage: 17 February | 5pm
Gallery open: 18 - 19 February | 12pm - 5pm

Fall - Winter 2012 collection by local designer Christian L'Enfant Roi.

7pm

An exhibit celebrating contemporary art as the evolution of a new language. The birth of a second and its dead. The artist is a mythological symbol that lives within their artworks and disappears forever in popular culture.

With: Samantha Garritano, Phoebe Heintzman Hope, Roxanne Lemieux, Mat O'Hara, Ariane Paradis, Véronique Tremblay, Léa Trudel and Anthony Wilson
Curators: America Blasco & Victoria Carrasco

Vernissage: 6 March | 6pm
Finissage: 15 March | 6pm
Gallery open: Tues - Sun | 12pm - 5pm

www.artmattersfestival.org

Artist as Shaman reflects upon the rituals of transformation, and questions humans’ conditioning for the immutable, and their quest for change. The exhibit regroups eight art installations and eight art performances exploring time-based art through old and new technologies.

With: Laurence Dupuis, Gregory Selinger, Hannah Morrow, Heather Caplap, Joy Ross-Jones Lindy Wilkins, Ben Stewart Smith, Jen Cressey, Mehrnaz Mohammadi, Geoff Dignam, Jeanne Dagenais-Lespérance, Luisa Muhr, Heather Caplap, Tara Miller, Erin Hill, Joy Ross-Jones, Sophie Mercedes Genest, Karine Tanguay, Gélymar Sanchez, Stephanie Creaghan, Peter Shaw, Robyn Crouch, Patrick McDowall and Rae-Anna Maitland
Curator: Christine cricri Bellerose

Vernissage: 6 March | 6pm
Finissage: 15 March | 6pm
Gallery open: Tues - Sun | 12pm - 5pm

www.artmattersfestival.org

When a singular element is taken out of its most present context, there are different intrinsic aspects that become illuminated. The Unending Silence of Space uses silence and darkness to help still the mind, the viewer is ready to experience the unconstrained energy that guides and sways us.

With: JAnick Burn, Simon Grenier-Poirier and Ralitsa Doncheva
Curator: Jessica Fahey

Vernissage: 6 March | 6pm
Finissage: 15 March | 6pm
Gallery open: Tues - Sun | 12pm - 5pm

www.artmattersfestival.org