Future Exhibits
2012 Exhibition Schedule
March 10 – May 6, 2012
The Child Within
May 12 – June 10, 2012
School Art Exhibition: EXPRESSIONS 2012
June 16 – August 19, 2012
Permanent Collection Exhibition
August 25 – October 28, 2012
Jonas Stonkus – solo sculpture exhibition
November 3 – January 3, 2012
2012 Biannual JURIED EXHIBITION: WAR and PEACE
The Child Within
March 10 –May 6, 2012
Reception: Sunday March 18, 1 – 4 p.m
Jane Hook’s, “Once Upon an I Con” body of work is an exploration of contemporary dilemmas. She looks at the way we often unconsciously embody social ideologies. Sculptures such as ‘Bridget Always Wanted to be a Superhero’, is a grown woman with fantasies realized. Hook is dexterous in her handling of a difficult medium. Built in clay and cast in silicone, she is able to get a life like texture for her figures, such as in ‘Timepiece’ or ‘Reality Barbie Fantasized’, where Barbie now looks her 70 years, if any one is counting. Coming from a background as a doctor of psychology, Hook’s interest lays in revealing the unpredictable but perhaps inevitable changes that occur from naïve youth. The icons or mythologies that pervade our lives are explored and make us question who we are, how our civilization challenges us to become other than we may be. From sex object to super hero, Hook explores the myths that socially challenge our very perceptions of ourselves. She credits her work as a psychotherapist for her insights into the depths of the human spirit which inform her sculptures.
Jane Hook studied art at the Ontario College of Art and Design with a BA in Fine Arts. She has a Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D and Masters of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, and has a private practice as a psychotherapist. She has had four solo exhibitions in Cambridge and Guelph Ontario since 2007 as well as many group shows in Southern Ontario. She has five public sculptures including Portrait of a Canadian Veteran, Riverside Park, Cambridge ON and Joe Martin, past president Conestoga College, Kitchener ON
Fausta Facciponte salvages old vinyl dolls that have been discarded. “Sleepy Eyes’ is a body of work that depicts full faced close up images of dolls photographed in the deadpan style of photography. The dolls stare out at the viewer in stunned recognition, confronting the viewer with a challenge. Some images are dressed in dolls clothing and softened by a landscape background. Larger than life, startling, alien, emotionless, the dolls are composed to make the viewer stop dead in their tracks to reveal a world of imagery in magnified detail. For the viewer there is a shift in consciousness between whom the viewer is and who is being viewed. Faccoponte says of her work, “Children often bestow a power into these objects – to be their keeper of secrets, confidant and protector and many times these objects are an extension of the owner: a portrait of the inner self.” These forgotten, passed down dolls are conceptualized in a medium that brings new meaning through their restructured format.
Fausta Facciponte studied at the University of Toronto where she received an Honours Bachelor of Arts. She has had solo exhibitions at McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Preston Gallery, Cambridge, amongst others and has an extensive exhibition history of group shows throughout Ontario and in Puerto Rico and the United States. Her work is in public collections that include McMaster University, Art Gallery of Peel, and Sheridan College. Fausta resides in Toronto.
In another gallery space, Elizabeth Barrett Milner, with broad strokes dances and floats her animal figures in aerial views, in Chagall style, of Norfolk County life. The allure of nature and animals with unbridled joy spills out of her canvases in a child-like manner. Her work is a testament to the simple pleasures of country life and small towns. She has shown her work in Norfolk County, Burlington Arts Centre, Art Gallery of Windsor, and Glenhyrst Art Gallery amongst other galleries in the region. Her illustrations are included in The Nature of Norfolk, 2009 by Harry B. Barrett.
In the Community Gallery Space, Kim DiFrancesco paints personalized portraits of dogs in bright colours with joyful brush strokes. Using a mix of humour and sincerity these friends of man engage with the viewer. Kim graduated from the University of Guelph in Fine Arts. Her exhibitions include group shows in Brantford at the Blue Dog Café, Juried exhibitions at Glenhyrst Art Gallery and The Odeon Gallery in Waterloo.
School Art Exhibition
EXPRESSIONS 2012
May 12- June 10
Family Arts Day and School Art Reception: May 27, 11 – 4 p.m.
All Brantford and Brant County Schools are invited to submit their work for an inclusive exhibition of student work at Glenhyrst Art Gallery. Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 art will be on display throughout the gallery to showcase the art work being creating in schools, Glenhyrst class projects, and home schooling.
The “Family Arts Day” will include performances by student musicians, actors and dancers, hands-on art activities, and storytelling. Bring the family and be inspired with a celebration of life through the arts.
Permanent Collection Exhibition
June 16 –Aug. 19
A thematic exhibition from the gallery’s Permanent Collection of contemporary and historical works.
In the Community Gallery Space, Brantford artist Joanne Vegso will display her watercolour paintings of landscape and still life. Joanne received a Bachelor of Arts from The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and graduated from Sheridan College studying design and textiles. She has had solo exhibitions at the Old Town Hall, Waterford, Lighthouse Festival Gallery, Port Dover, and The Hexagon in England as well as showing her work in group exhibitions throughout the region.
Jonas Stonkus – solo sculpture exhibition
Reception: Sun. Sept. 10, 1 – 4 p.m.
Jonas Stonkus is a Delhi artist whose work creates an outdoor adventure for viewers during Norfolk County’s annual studio tour. A new perception of his work will be unfolded in a gallery setting. Stonkus uses material, often found materials, in an original way. His work is a well crafted mix of metal, cement and glass that summon up images of the natural world. He drills angel stone blocks to look like wasp nests, includes a series of work made from power rods, and weaves aluminium and galvanized wire to create a tapestry of wall works. His work is a fresh expression of clean lines and concise thought
In the Community Gallery Space, Robert Crosby paints realistic images, particularly of the landscape of the eastern coast of Canada where he was born. He attended Niagara College taking both commercial and fine art courses in painting and print making. Robert lives in Brantford and has exhibited his work in group shows throughout the area.
2012 Biannual JURIED EXHIBITION WAR and PEACE
Nov. 3 – Jan. 3, 2013
Reception: Sat. Nov.10, 7:00 p.m.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 21, 2012
The Juried Exhibition is open to all Ontario artists in all media
THEME: For artists, the subject of War and Peace is an invitation to explore a broad range of ideas: quality in life, current political atmosphere, personal, historical, positive vs negative, aggression, reconciliation.
The province of Ontario is celebrating 200 years of peace through a Bicentennial celebration of the war of 1812. This juried show will address the subject from the artists’ view of War and Peace.