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Kristin Nelson: Art after Art School
Saturday June 26, 2010, 2 pm at MAWA
Kristin will discuss the role of mentorship on her practice post art school, and will highlight several recent solo projects and collaborations on themes of community, gender, politics and place. She will also discuss how being an inter-media artist affects her practice, and how marketing, multiples and craft are used specifically in order to engage a broader audience.
Born in Ajax, Ontario, Kristin Nelson received her BFA in Visual Arts from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2003. She challenges stereotypes of community through her artistic practice, valourizing those often made invisible. Her recent work includes an ongoing photographic drag king trading card project, a life size knitted hay bale and etchings of Winnipeg parking lots. In 2008, Kristin completed a residency at the Banff Centre, Reverse Pedagogy, with artist Paul Butler. She currently works at the Manitoba Printmakers’ Association in Winnipeg and serves on the board of directors for the Manitoba Crafts Council. She has exhibited work at Centre A, Gallery Gachet and The Lowercase Gallery (Vancouver, B.C.), the Lyndon Center (Austin, Texas), Liquid Lounge (Columbus, OH), and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Kristin Nelson, Bedrooms Sonja, gouache on paper, 2010
Erika DeFreitas: …a most difficult one…
Thursday July 15, 2010, 7 pm at MAWA
Erika will introduce her recent textile-based artworks that explore issues of identity and loss, in addition to re-visiting themes in her past artworks. She will discuss the key elements of her artistic practice, which include research, collaboration, humour and seeking inspiration from influential visual artists.
Erika DeFreitas is a Toronto-based emerging artist whose practice is primarily conceptual. Through performance, public interventions, relational exchanges and photographic documentation, she explores the influence of language, loss and culture on the formation of identity. A graduate from the Masters in Visual Studies program at the University of Toronto, DeFreitas has exhibited projects in artist-run centers in Canada and the United States.
Erika DeFreitas, The Impossible Speech Act (Images #1 and #2), photograph, 2007
