White Water Gallery

As work with the Regional Artist Growth program commences we will be closing our regular hours and preparing for our next show Profiles in June.

Rainbow Muffins by Kyle Bensley

The Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) is having an artsy bake sale with lots of creative goodies for sale.  The Youth Arts Initiative is a collective of young arts enthusiasts working together for the purpose of art and education. They work as a team towards shared goals and aid existing arts groups by providing fresh insight into our community. This event will raise the funds needed for their upcoming trip to Toronto’s Anime North. YAI has been fundraising for this event for some time now and is very close to completing their goal.

Location: the Fashion Art Retail Market
Date / Time: Saturday May 12th 10am – 4pm

We Claim Anonymity: Dermot Wilson & Kevin Smith
A Performance and Installation
May 8^th – 12^th, 2012

For the past two years Kevin Smith and Dermot Wilson have been performing a series of sound and video works collectively called, We Claim Anonymity. The performance work employs several laptop computers, video projectors, musical instruments and amplified voice. The collective is exploring new ways of employing text and recorded voice in their performance and installations. Starting from an appreciation for traditional sound art and noise music (especially the fluxus artists, Nihilist Spasm Band) Smith and Wilson incorporate a “noise aesthetic” into their performances and attempt to combine video imagery with the semi-atonal music created during performances, found online, in nature or created with various digital sound production software.

As part of the Festival of Alternative Art in Sudbury, We Claim Anonymity will be performed as four original works that incorporate found sound from the FAAS site. Using video shot on site and layered into pre-constructed video works We Claim Anonymity creates a three dimensional projection site in the FAAS provided space. The performances in the cage-like cell provided will present these new works on the first night of the Festival. Throughout the rest of the festival a recorded remnant of the performance will be available which will include all of the projected imagery and a recording of the performance.

Check out La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (GNO) website to read more about FAAS.

Gallery hours during the week of May 1st – 4th will be based on the installation of work and returning to normal once the exhibition is installed.

We are hiring! There is a part-time position available that will be a permanent job position at WWG. Check it out!

Photovoice offers a unique and creative way for participants to communicate a message to the community and stakeholders by promoting discussion about a social issue; an avenue to creating positive social change.

Holism, our project theme, is the idea that considers a person’s needs in all aspects of their life which includes the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual elements.   Guided by the Aboriginal teachings of the medicine wheel, as well as using photography and raw and synthetic art materials, the participants were able to capture their perspective on holistic wellness.  Our eight participants, each of Aboriginal descent, examined each segment and put it to life through their twelve week journey.  Using photography as their main medium, the participants expressed their feelings and opinions about their health through their own lens.  A unique adaptation to this project was the addition of traditional and contemporary art mediums to amplify the photos to produce didactic imagery.

Historically, Aboriginal teachings have been documented by the use of symbols.  Taking this concept into consideration, we utilized the drum and hide stretcher hoop as the canvas frame for our project.  The allegory of the drum created a heart beat in each piece which legitimized the view of the participant.   The hide stretcher hoop, traditionally used for pelt drying and stretching, symbolizes the cycle of life and the participant’s artistic contribution displays their efforts to balance it.

Larry McLeod, Nipissing First Nation Elder, supported the patients by providing traditional teachings and shared his wisdom on holism and self-growth.

For the traditional and contemporary art component, the participants were supported by Northern Ontario Professional Artist, Michael Cywink, who helped us materialize our vision whilst encouraging our participants with their creativity.

May 4, 2012 – Gallery Preview  – 6 to 9 pm
May 7, 2012 – Grand Opening

To kick off National Mental Health Week events
1:00 – 4:00 pm & 5:00 to 8:00 pm.
(For the remainder of the week will return to regular gallery hours)

We invite you to share in their journey.

Group Facilitators:  Tamara Dube, Bill Butler, Joanne Morrison, and Stephanie Peltier
Documentary directed and produced by Ed Regan, Regan Pictures.
For more information, please contact Tamara Dube at 705.474.8600 x3706.