Old Man River Potters Guild Christmas Sale!

November 25, 10 am - 8 pm; November 26, 10 am - 4 pm; November 28 - December 2, 10 am - 8 pm; and December 3, 10 am - 4 pm.

Come one, come all! Enjoy food safe, handmade functional pottery by artisans.

Annual Christmas Sale!

Friday, November 25, 10 am - 9 pm and Saturday, November 26, 10 am - 4 pm.

Featuring textiles, weaving, wood turning, stained glass, pottery, paintings, and much, much more!

Journeys In Surface Design

30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Textile Surface Design Guild, November 12, 2011 - January 14, 2012, Bowman Arts Centre Main Gallery and Music Room Gallery.

Cabinet of Queer-iosities

Image by Len Komanac.

Cabinet of Queer-iosities is a curated exhibition of small format works celebrating GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered) history and pride through a diverse range of subject matters and approaches. The exhibition is in the oak display cases at the Bowman Arts Centre from May 28 through July 9, 2011.

Contributors include:
Frater Tham

Heather MacDonald-Sorochan
Rick Gillis
Aaron Hagan
Amy Dodic
Len Komanac
Lisa Brawn
Sonis McAllister
Leila Armstrong
Josie Mills
Joseph Anderson
Pamela Vera
Amrita Deshpande
Sylvia Klassen
Kelaine Devine
Lethbridge Pride Fest Society
Anonymous
Sarah Christensen
Eileen Muller Myrdahl

Opening reception: Saturday, May 28, 7pm - 9pm.

Deadline Looms Large!

Attention: The deadine for Cabinet of Queer-iosities' submissions is NOON on Saturday, May 21st. Bowman open until 4pm on Saturday, May the 23rd.

“SPIN” Workshop:

Come together with other artists to work on your album cover(s) for “Spin”. On Sunday, March 20, there will be a “Spin” workshop @ the Bowman Arts Centre (PJ Collins room). The workshop will start @ 11am and run until 3pm. We’ll spin some inspiring tunes and create some auction-able pieces in the company of other like-minded artniks.

***Bring your own materials (size templates will be available). Pitch in $7 for a pizza lunch or brown bag it.

escatale/escalate: Sonis McAllister

March 5 - April 2, 2011.

Bowman Arts Centre, 811 - 5 Avenue Centre.

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 7pm - 9pm.

The Barracuda Orchestre: Hints & Allegations

March 5 - April 2, 2011.

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

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 7pm - 9pm.

Live Performance during the opening recpetion @ 8:15 pm.

SPIN!

Artist’s Exhibition/Auction Opportunity in Celebration of Record Store Day, Saturday, April 16, 2011:

“SPIN”

In 1938, Columbia records hired Alex Steinweiss as its first art director and the concept of covers and cover art was born. In 1948, 10” and 12” LPs first appeared and box sets of 45 rpms soon followed. With these formats came a commitment to original album cover design as both a marketing tool and as a means for artists ...to further communicate the album’s intent. The development of album art, gatefold covers, inserts, lyric sheets, etc., soon made album covers a collectable commodity in their own right. Notable covers include Andy Warhol’s banana cover for “The Velvet Underground & Nico,” The Rolling Stones’ “Exile On Main Street” which had a gatefold cover and included 12 perforated postcards, and Robert Mapplethorpe’s photograph of Patti Smith on the cover of “Horses.”

Now it’s your turn to revive the 12” LP cover format which reigned from the 50s through to the mid-80s. Design an alternative cover for an existing album or devise a cover for an artist/group of your own creation. All submissions should be approximately 12.375”x 12.375”. Include your name, phone number and/or email address, and medium when you submit the work.

HERE’S THE KICKER: The works will be auctioned off at a SPIN Party with ALL proceeds going to the artists!!!
So, please include a minimum bid when you drop off your work.

Exhibition venues: Blueprint Entertainment (519 - 4 Avenue South) and Owl Acoustic Lounge (411 - 3 Avenue South).

March workshop TBA.

Drop off submissions at the Bowman Art Centre on or before Saturday, April 2, 2011.
Bowman Art Centre, 811 – 5 Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 0V2.
For more info contact organizers Todd Lacharite: toddlacharite@hotmail.com or Leila Armstrong: leila.armstrong@shaw.ca
Co-sponsored by The Bowman Arts Centre.

Call for submissions: CABINET OF QUEER-IOSITIES

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:CABINET OF QUEER-IOSITIES: Lethbridge Pride 2011.

Cabinets of Curiosities (or Wunderkammers) were collections of objects which would later be separated into the distinct categories of geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art, and antiquities. During the Renaissance such collections were shown together in what are now considered the early precursors of the modern museum.

Cabinet of Queer-iosities is an exhibition of small format works celebrating GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered) history and pride through a diverse range of subject matters and approaches. The exhibition will appear in the oak display cases at the Bowman Arts Centre from May 28 through July 10, 2011. Works that play with the Wunderkammer concept are encouraged.

This call is open to everyone but submissions should in some way address GLBT history and/or pride. Given the limited space and physical size of the cabinets, 2D and 3D pieces should not exceed 18" in any dimension.

The showcases are in a public hallway frequented by small children. Artists are asked to take this into consideration when submitting work for any exhibition in this space.

Deadline for Submissions: NOON, Saturday, May 21, 2011.

Drop off or mail in work to:

The Bowman Arts811 - 5 Avenue South

Lethbridge, AB,

T1J 0V2

For further information contact Leila Armstrong (bowmanreception@hotmail.com) or Darcy Logan (darcy@artslethbridge.org) @ 403-327-2813.