Art Shows: transience + permanence // Legacy // Domesticated

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Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
Fri Sept 27 is opening night, 7pm - 9pm Mon-Saturday 10am -5pm are regular viewing hours

transience + permanence

Catherine Lavelle (Comox Valley BC)
Douglas Senft (Comox Valley BC) � sculpture

OPENING RECEPTION Friday, September 27, from 7pm-9pm
Exhibit runs Sept 28 - November 2

Comox Valley BC based artist Catherine Lavelle and the late Douglas Senft (sculptor/public artist who passed away in September of 2012) present an exhibition titled transience + permanence. This exhibition of installation and related sculptures reflects upon the concept of home and shelter in the context of contemporary life, embodying aspects of home and survival in the natural and manmade world.

The exhibition was originally intended to be collaboratively produced by both artists; with Senft�s passing, Lavelle will complete the pieces with assistance from guest artists; friends and contemporaries. Presented in various metals, including bronze, aluminum and steel and developed from their preliminary sketches, the works maintain the intention and spirit of their collaboration.

ABOUT

Catherine Lavelle lives and works on Courtenay BC. Her career and life experiences include management and facilitating group learning as well as teaching physical disciplines. Her lifelong interest in the arts led her to study at Simon Fraser University and Emily Carr University in the 1980�s, completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University in 2011. She started working collaboratively with Douglas Senft in 2008 on public art projects and studio work.

Douglas Senft practiced sculpture since 1972, when he graduated with honours from the Vancouver School of Art. He has had numerous public commissions in Canada, the United States and Europe, as well as exhibiting his work in both publics and private galleries. He is the recipient of several Canada Council grants, and his is found in many private and public collections including The City of Vancouver Municipal Collection, The Art Bank of Canada and Washington State Arts Public Place Collection. From 1999 until 2012, he taught Sculpture at North Island College in the Comox Valley. The last project Douglas installed was signal in Lethbridge, AB in June of 2012 and locate was his last public project, completed in loving memory by Catherine Lavelle in 2013.

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Legacy
OPENING RECEPTION Friday, September 27, from 7pm-9pm
Exhibit runs Sept 28 - November 2

An open call exhibition featuring a diversity of sculpture by students of the late Douglas Senft
In conjunction with transience + permanence, an exhibit of artworks by Catherine Lavelle and the late Douglas Senft, CVAG presents an exhibition titled Legacy which pays tribute to the memory of Douglas Senft. Artists who were students of or mentored by Senft are invited to submit artworks.

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Domesticated

Shannon McKirgan � mixed media paintings
OPENING RECEPTION Friday, September 27, from 7pm-9pm
Exhibit runs Sept 28 - November 2

The paintings of Shannon McKirgan grew out of her desire to document her world during a certain place and time, and her belief that one can tell a lot about a person from their environment. Each painting records a domestic scene from around her house, such as the family�s cluttered shoe closet, or the refrigerator loaded down with children�s art and school notices.

ABOUT
Shannon McKirgan was raised on Quadra Island and currently resides in Campbell River, B.C. Shannon is a graduate of Emily Carr University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art, with a concentration in painting. The everyday, the mundane, memory and sentimentality are recurring themes in her work.