Spring Art Arrives in the Art Gallery at the Esplanade!
Back to SearchMEDICINE HAT, AB – Announcing the opening of the current exhibitions in the Esplanade Art Gallery: School Art 2018 with the Cenovus public reception and awards ceremony on Sunday March 25 at 1 PM and A Moment: Portraits of Women by Elaine Freedman, on Thursday, March 29 at 7 PM, with music by Betty Bischke. No charge admission to the Galleries March 24 - May 12.
Elaine Freedman A Moment: Portraits of Women
March 24- May 12, 2018
Elaine Freedman’s portraits embrace a diversity of women in the Medicine Hat area and around the world in this series of 70 photographic works. Most are the results of only fleeting contact, while some are portraits of people she has known for many years. Freedman subtly manipulates the backgrounds in relation to the sitter, and notes that the series has developed over the past five years from desaturated, pastel prints to more dramatically-lit images with saturated colour.
Elaine comments: “With the recent media attention toward issues of safety and pay equity in the workplace for women this body of work, which was started five years ago, is very timely... Capturing a moment in the lives of these remarkable women is such a small part of who they are. It was a very enriching experience to photograph these women and I especially enjoyed spending a moment with a complete stranger and connecting with them through my camera.”
After early work in fibre arts, Elaine studied Visual Communications at Medicine Hat College, and now develops and maintains her photography practice through intensive workshops and active membership in the Medicine Hat Photography Club and the Victoria Camera Club. Her work has consistently won top awards through both clubs, regionally and provincially. She has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in Alberta and British Columbia over the past decade.
School Art 2018
March 24- May 12, 2018
Cenovus Energy Public Reception and Awards Ceremony Sunday March 25
1pm Public Reception: Esplanade Art Gallery and Main Lobby
1.30pm Cenovus School Art Awards Ceremony: Main Theatre
Ignite your sense of wonder with the 2018 School Art exhibition! Full of colour, energy and talent, the exhibition will lift your spirits and keep you enthralled for hours. Our display of the creativity and skill of Medicine Hat and region’s students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, is a Medicine Hat tradition for the last 40 years. This annual exhibition has grown from 50 works in 1978 to over 800 from 41 schools today. Paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, animated and live action video - and some works which are beyond categorizing – fill the gallery from floor to ceiling and will surely delight and reassure us all about the bright futures of Medicine Hat’s children and youth.
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For further information, interviews or images please contact:
Joanne Marion
Curator of Art
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
403.502.8583
joamar@medicinehat.ca
Tobie Laliberté
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
403.502.8786
toblal@medicinehat.ca
Elaine Freedman A Moment: Portraits of Women
March 24- May 12, 2018
Elaine Freedman’s portraits embrace a diversity of women in the Medicine Hat area and around the world in this series of 70 photographic works. Most are the results of only fleeting contact, while some are portraits of people she has known for many years. Freedman subtly manipulates the backgrounds in relation to the sitter, and notes that the series has developed over the past five years from desaturated, pastel prints to more dramatically-lit images with saturated colour.
Elaine comments: “With the recent media attention toward issues of safety and pay equity in the workplace for women this body of work, which was started five years ago, is very timely... Capturing a moment in the lives of these remarkable women is such a small part of who they are. It was a very enriching experience to photograph these women and I especially enjoyed spending a moment with a complete stranger and connecting with them through my camera.”
After early work in fibre arts, Elaine studied Visual Communications at Medicine Hat College, and now develops and maintains her photography practice through intensive workshops and active membership in the Medicine Hat Photography Club and the Victoria Camera Club. Her work has consistently won top awards through both clubs, regionally and provincially. She has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in Alberta and British Columbia over the past decade.
School Art 2018
March 24- May 12, 2018
Cenovus Energy Public Reception and Awards Ceremony Sunday March 25
1pm Public Reception: Esplanade Art Gallery and Main Lobby
1.30pm Cenovus School Art Awards Ceremony: Main Theatre
Ignite your sense of wonder with the 2018 School Art exhibition! Full of colour, energy and talent, the exhibition will lift your spirits and keep you enthralled for hours. Our display of the creativity and skill of Medicine Hat and region’s students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, is a Medicine Hat tradition for the last 40 years. This annual exhibition has grown from 50 works in 1978 to over 800 from 41 schools today. Paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, animated and live action video - and some works which are beyond categorizing – fill the gallery from floor to ceiling and will surely delight and reassure us all about the bright futures of Medicine Hat’s children and youth.
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For further information, interviews or images please contact:
Joanne Marion
Curator of Art
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
403.502.8583
joamar@medicinehat.ca
Tobie Laliberté
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
403.502.8786
toblal@medicinehat.ca
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