Looking Back

Artist Talk by artist Paul Mathieu
Paul Mathieu gave an illuminating talk to an enthusiastic audience during the last week of his exhibition, Making China in China. In addition to speaking about his work and his experience in China he included curious nuggets of information. For instance, in Jingdezhen, the town where the Imperial Kilns were established over a 1000 years ago, digging a hole for a new building will yield a 50 foot deep ceramic foundation. The enormity of this is not lost on Mathieu whose depth of exploration and understanding of ceramics appears to be as deep as the ceramic residue in the earth of Jingdezhen.

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Arts For Life Conference
April 20, 2006
Sponsored by the Richmond School Board

The 2006 Arts for Life Conference was a wonderful day for over 100 Richmond secondary students. Students came to the RAG to hear talks by 8 different visual artists and participate in an Artist Trading Card art-making session for a full day of artistic inspiration. This year’s roster included Key Note speakers Carol Gigliotti and Gu Xiong, and artists Michael Abraham, Marc Bell, Vanessa Kwan, Amy Lockhart, Susanne Tabata, and Jane Wolsak. Thank you to all the Richmond Art Teachers, Richmond Art Gallery volunteers, student volunteers from London Secondary, the Richmond School Board, and the artist presenters who made this event so memorable!

Exhibitions

Artists Among Us 2006
This show is a great success again this year. The event this year includes a two-week preview exhibition, Closing Party, two day open studio event and two guided bus tours. A big thank you to all the artists who participated; Gunwant Bassi Harjeet Bassi, Behnaz Behzadi, Astrid Fox, Margreth Fry Christine Guenard, Sue Kavanaugh, Gina Jordan, Jeanette Jarville, Audrey Lowe, Rita McArthur, Karen Lorena Parker, Georgina Page, Alice Saunders, Elinor Sanders, Michael Lorne Shirley, Annie Tsai, Ranislav Trapara, William Phillip Watt, Loraine Wellman, Sandi Wilson, and Gert Young. I would also like to thank Britannia Heritage Shipyard for donating space for the open-studio event again this year allowing 6 artists to display their work at the Murikama Boathouse. Finally, thank you to David McArthur for providing the entertainment for the closing reception. Read more...

Thrive By
Janet Morton
July 1 - September 1, 2006
Picnic Opening, Friday, July 4, 3 p.m.
Over the summer, July and August, the RAG is doing renovations and the gallery space will be closed. Consequently, the summer exhibition will be installed outside the gallery in the garden by the Minoru Boulevard window. Toronto artist, Janet Morton, has had extensive experience working in outside environments and is preparing Thrive By specifically for the Richmond Art Gallery location.
Coinciding with Thrive By, Janet Morton will be in Vancouver to open her two-person exhibition, Material Obsessions, at the Belkin Satellite Gallery.
Join us for the Opening Picnic at the tables outside the Gallery on Minoru Boulevard, July 4 at 3 p.m. and meet this exciting artist and the volunteers who have assisted her in the installation of this exciting artwork. Read more...

Online Exhibitions

Phantasmagoria
The Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of its first online exhibition entitled Phantasmagoria. This exhibition was initiated as a part of the RAG’s celebration of its 25th anniversary (1980-2005). Phantasmagoria features works from the RAG’s Permanent Collection that have been selected by a group of students from Cambie Secondary School. Each student responded to the work they chose through a creative written passage. Artists featured in this exhibition include Lilian Broca, Taiga Chiba, Polly Faminow, Roy Green, William Laing, Patricia McBain, Cynthia J. Smith, Richard Tetrault and Margaret J. Wilkins.
Phantasmagoria is available in both French and English at http://www.richmondartgallery.org/phantas/index.php.
This project would not have been possible without funding from Canadian Heritage, Museum Assistance Program.
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