making it BIG in lethbridge: A Survey Of Large-Format Art In The Community

April 10 - May 22, 2010.

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 7 pm - 9 pm, Bowman Arts Centre Main Gallery, 811 - 5 Ave. South, and Waterfield Gallery, Yates Theatre, 10 St. & 4 Ave. South.

Artists: Leila Armstrong, Robert Bechtel, Peter Dyck, David Farstead, Donna Gallant, Lisa George, Rick Gillis, Olive Green, Aaron Hagan, Sylvia Klassen, Len Komanac, Wendy Lipinski, Maria Madacky, Eric Martens, Jim Palmer, Naomi Sato, Debra Tisdale, Frater Tham, Bob Web, and Blake Wilson.

Head Space: Work From The Bowman Arts Centre Clay Bust Class

April 10 - May 22, 2010.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 7 pm -9 pm.
Oak display cases, Bowman Arts Centre, 811 - 5 Ave. South.
Artists: Donna Bilyk, Bridgett Burke, Aaron Hagan, Ye-eun Hen, Wendy Kalkan, Elra Shoen, and Heather Sorochan.

A Fair Shot: Images from South Country Fair, 2009

April 10 - May 22, 2010.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 7pm - 9pm, Music by Brenna Lowrie, 7:30 - 8:30. Music Room Gallery, Bowman Arts Centre, 811 - 5 Ave. South.
Artists: Adelyn Blair, Ernie Klassen, Jeff Kuryk, Charlotte Marten, Karl Marten, Paula Reedyk, Shirley Steele, and Glen Walushka.

Our City Dreams

Monday, March 22, 7pm -8pm, Bowman Art Centre, 811 - 5 Avenue South, Lethbridge.

Our City Dreams, a new documentary by Chiara Clemente (daughter of artist Francesco Clemente), will debut at Film Forum, Feb. 4-17, 2009. Filmed over the course of two years, this “love letter” to New York City strings together self-told narratives by five women artists, ages 30 – 80: Swoon, Ghada Amer, Kiki Smith, Marina Abramovic and Nancy Spero. Each artist has a passion for making art that is inseparable from her devotion to New York.
Clemente captures significant moments in these artists’s lives, including Swoon’s first solo exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York, Ghada Amer’s return to her Egyptian homeland, Kiki Smith’s traveling retrospective, Marina Abramovic’s week-long series of performances at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and Nancy Spero’s preparation of a new piece for the 2007 Venice Biennale.
Ronnie Scheib in Variety writes that the film is “exquisitely crafted” and “ranks as a work of art itself.”

Spring Adult Art Classes @ The Bowman

- Drawing, Mondays, March 22 - May 31, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, $110.

- Clay Sculpture, Mondays, March 22 - May 3, 6 pm - 9 pm, $130.

- Clay Wheel, Tuesdays, April 13 - May 18, 6 pm - 9 pm, $130.

- Clay Wheel, Wednesdays, April 14 - May 19, 6 pm - May 19, $130.

To Register Call 403-327-2813, Monday-Friday 9:15 am - 8:45 pm and Saturday 10 am - 4 pm. Or drop in to the Bowman, 811 - 5 Avenue South, Lethbridge.

Easter Week Art Classes for Children @ The Bowman

Easter Week Art Classes for Children run Monday April 5 thru Friday April 9, 2010.

Supplies are included in the Registration Fee.

- Exploring Art, 9-12 years old, 10:30 am - noon, Music Room, $50.

- Sculpture, 9-12 years old, 1 pm - 2:30 pm, Clay Studio, $50.

- Exploring Art, 6-8 years old, 1 pm - 2:30 pm, Music Room, $50.

- Sculpture, 6-8 years old, 10:30 am - noon, Clay Studio, $50.

To Register Call 403-327-2813, Monday-Friday 9:15 am - 8:45 pm and Saturday 10 am - 4 pm. Or drop in to the Bowman, 811 - 5 Avenue South, Lethbridge.

Bending Space: Georges Rousse and the Durham Project

Monday, March 15, 7pm - 8pm, 811 - 5 Avenue South, Lethbridge.

BENDING SPACE is a feature documentary that captures the genius of French photographer and installation artist Georges Rousse and follows the artist and two hundred volunteers during a public art residency in Durham, North Carolina. The film reveals the complex process of creating Rousse's signature illusions of color and shape that ultimately become stunning, large format color photographs. BENDING SPACE bears witness to the energy that is unleashed when a remarkable photographer and an art-loving community join forces.

John Virtue: London, March 8, 7 pm - 8 pm.

Jake Auerbach's "John Virtue: London", Released: Aug 2005

A unique and intimate portrait of the acclaimed painter's working life. Artist John Virtue spent twenty years in rural isolation as a landscape painter, first in the North of England and then Devon. In 2002 he responded to a request from the National Gallery in London and decided to move to the capital and paint the city itself. The project took over two years to complete; this film follows the artist at work from Greenwich to Trafalgar Square; and includes witnesses such as Lord Rothschild, Frank Auerbach and Charlie Gillet. "A deeply intriguing...marvellously photographed feature documentary" - Times Literary Supplement. Highly Recommended.

Bowman Arts Centre, 811 - 5 Avenue South, Lethbridge.