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| November 7th - January 7th, 2000 |
SUZANNE HILL (Saint John artist) Strathbutler Award Winner 1999 Weir  InstallationOpening November 7th, 1999 @ 2:00 pm Hill - Rothesay Senior Artist A Body of Work based on a consideration of the Weir - as a presence, as a structure and as a metaphor. Hill is an active professional artist and art education consultant. A graduate of Mount Allison and McGill Universities, she exhibits in the Atlantic Region and in Montreal. Weir is funded through a New Brunswick Creations Grant. In May 1999, she received the Strathbutler Award for Excellence. Her works are included in many public and private collections, most recently included in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Private Collection. Cronin is an artist, writer and freelance curator. He is a regular contributor to ARTS Atlantic and C: International Contemporary Art. McCluskey is a writer and editor living in Toronto. |
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| October 3rd - November 3rd, 1999 |
My Colors Sing 30 years of art - making by ROSI JORY  Opening October 3rd, 1999 @ 2:00 pmJory, Saint John Artist, born and raised in Germany Jory, a retired university professor, active artist and language-based painter, provides a retrospective of her work in paintings and sculpture. The Space, in conjunction with Jory's exhibit, provided a venue for the University of Saint John (where Jory taught for 30 years) to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the "Saint John N.B. - Times Four" Scholarship that was awarded to two students this year. |
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| Sept 5th - Oct. 1st 1999 |
MITCH ROBERTSON (Toronto artist) Famous photo/paintings/installation Opening September 5th, 1999 @ 2:00 pm Exhibition of famous "portraits"  "Buy Sell Trade. Obsessions of fame, beauty, wealth, and collectibles; we are all a part of it, I just want to make you aware." mitch robertsonUsing a wide range of materials, Mitch Robertson creates work based on these four pop-culture obsessions in such a way best described as "condemning by celebrating" their importance to society. Like every major museum, hall-of-fame, or tourist attraction, famous portraits is comprised of two key elements: The attraction you came for. The souvenir you left with. Mitch Robertson is a fine arts graduate from both York University, Toronto and Toronto School of Art. |
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| August 6 - September 3, 1999 | ALEXANDRA FLOOD (Fredericton artist) Gem Hour Paintings/photographs August 6th - Sept. 3rd, 1999 Opening: August 6th, 1999 @ 7:00 pm till midnight! Party! (Cash Bar and DJ) (in conjunction with the four galleries/one night tour [Trinity Galleries, Handworks Gallery, Peter Buckland Gallery, and THE SPACE] held August 6th, 1999) Gem Hour, Flood's latest series of paintings and photographs, began as a series of photographs taken from odd angles off the Home Shopping Network. The photographs were selected for their rich colors and surrealistic views of jewelry. The paintings are photographs that have been transformed into acrylic paintings. |
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| July 22, 1999 |  "LIVE POETS SOCIETY" in collaboration with The Space - a co-op Gallery presents A poetry reading by three southern New Brunswick Poets Host: Derek Hamilton Poets: Anne Compton Kelly Cooper & Mark Henderson Producer: Margot Wright, CBC CBC Radio One presents a series of readings by Maritime poets on "Live Poets Society", broadcast each Sunday morning throughout the Summer at 8:30. This evening's program was being taped for broadcast. Audience reaction to the readings was an important part of the show, and was therefore asked to applaud, laugh or react in any way. The Saint John show was heard this past year on August 8th, 1999, across the country. |
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| July 15th, 16th |
 LALO ESPEJO (Vancouver Artist)Sand in my shorts Performance/play Before coming to Vancouver, Lalo was a journalist in Belize. He is a member of the Playwrights Theatre Centre's writers cabal and one of five writers, with Karen Turner, of On The Brink's up-coming weekly production of The Thousand Year Itch: Tales of the Countdown. |
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| July 4th, 1999 to August 4th, 1999 |
 CHRIS GILESFaucet Installation Giles - Fredericton Artist Giles presents work of photography in a large scale (5 ft X 6 ft) of garbage, roadkill, and the like, that upon closer inspection, prove to posses beauty. He creates an installation that takes found objects and photographs, which in turn present the contrast between garbage and beauty, life and death, motion and stillness. |
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| June 17th, 1999 |  BETH POWNINGShadow Child (Best Seller List) Penguin Books Book Reading Beth Powning - New Brunswick Writer Powning reads from her moving novel of meditation on love and loss that takes readers and listeners on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal as she speaks of her life in delivering a stillborn child. Powning's writing and photography have been published widely in magazines and literary journals. Her first book Seeds of Another Summer, received great critical acclaim throughout North America. |
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| May 19, 1999 Dual poetry Reading |
 Barbera NickelThe Gladys Elegies Brick Books Barbara Nickel - Vancouver Born in Saskatoon and raised in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Nickel now writes and teaches violin in Vancouver. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of BC where she is the poetry editor of PRISM International. |
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 Stephanie BolsterGovernor General's Award Winner The Alice Poems McLelland & Stewart Stephanie Bolster - Ottawa Bolster's poems have been published internationally in literary journals and anthologies. She has won awards for her poetry, including the Bronwen Wallace Award and The Malahat Review's long poem prize. Her first collection, White Stone: The Alice Poems, published in 1998, won the Governor General's Award for Poetry. Born and raised in Vancouver, she now lives in Ottawa where she works as an editor for the National Gallery of Canada and a writing instructor. |
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| April 10th, 1999 |  CAROLE LANGILLE (Governor General Nominee)In Cannon Cave Brick Books Poetry Reading Originally from New York, now living in Lunnenburg, Nova Scotia, she is the author of another book of poetry, All That Glitters in Water, and the children's book, Where the Wind Sleeps, a Canadian Children's Book Centre Choice for 1996-1997. |
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| May 2nd, 1999- May 29th, 1999 |
RCS NETHERWOOD GRADE 12 ART STUDENTS Curated by Roger Gilman Transitions Mixed Media Motivators: Richard Flynn and Jason Fitzpatrick Open House in Conjunction with Deep See - "Off the Wall" outdoor festival of Art '99 May 8th, 1999 Rothesay High School Students Transitions is an attempt to negotiate the shifting terrain of a post-modern environment. Bridging the social, political, and cultural spheres. Transitions functions as a marriage of individual freedom and collective responsibility in a response to deficiencies within existing paradigms. Curator, Roger Gilman |
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| April 15th, 1999 | RICHARD SANGER Reading from Shadow Cabinet and other recent work |
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| April 10th, 1999 |
 IN MOTION - New MusicMark Carmody Nadia Francavilla - Violin D'arcy Philip Gray - percussion Andrew Miller - Bass Fredericton Musicians In Motion is a non-profit music organization dedicated to innovation, excellence and education. In Motion is a presenter of new music and interdisciplinary performance across NB in public venues, art galleries, schools and bars. In Motion has presented music to thousands of children throughout New Brunswick. In Motion is small high-energy ensemble selected from the finest professional artists from across NB, often mixed with top performers from beyond. |
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| March 28 - April 28th, 1999 |
CAROL TAYLOR History Lesson Sculpture Taylor, senior artist, Saint John Sculptural Clay Heads containing several mediums; barbies, books, computer chips, cards, glaze, etc. Taylor's pieces were made over the prior year being the right method of expression for this time of her life. A time to consider what "being older" means, a time of seeing friends and relatives age into nursing homes, a time of realizing how important having a clear mind is in the process of aging, experiencing illness and unwanted changes in ourselves and our lives. |
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| February 21st - March 19th, 1999 |
 GROUP SHOWIn the Womb GAIL DUJOHN, DOMINICK EDEN, HERZL KASHETSKY, JUDITH MACKIN, SONYA MAHNIX, SAMUEL PALMER, PETER SALMON, CLIFF TURNER Special Guests: Gallery Connexion Members LINDA BRINE, NOREEN CARR, SUZANNE HILL, PHILIP IVERSON, MONICA MACDONALD, SARAH PETITE, VITA PLUME, PAT SCHELL, CAROL TAYLOR
Choosing a theme can be somewhat difficult as themes can be constrictive to the artist. After some thought I decided that the "Womb" is a Universal topic that effects everyone in some fashion, and reveals many interpretations: emotional, political and social - as experienced by the work in this exhibit.My thanks and appreciation go out to the artists who embraced this theme and participated in the show. It has been a privilege dealing with the artists in Fredericton from Gallery Connexion. It is my hope this shared exhibit is just a small step towards building a strong (and necessary) relationship between the two art communities. - Judith Mackin, Curator "We were together from the womb, and even before that Do you think this ancient thing between us can be simply willed away?" Exerpt from "Heaven of Small Moments" poems by Allan Cooper translation of Lin Chu Broken Jaw Press |
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| January 10th - February 12th, 1999 |
ANDREA MANTIN, JASON JONES, SYM CORRIGAN, CAROLYN MEILLI KRISTINA LAHDE RSVP Sculptural Installation respond, commit, engage A sculptural installation that has evolved out of a collaboration between five Halifax-based artists. The exhibition examines the constructs of visual display in public institutions using the museological format of the diorama. |
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| October 4th - November 13th, 1998 |
BILL HICKS Oil Drums Illustrations |
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| September 30th, 1998 |  JOHN TERPSTRAThe Church Not Made With Hands Book Launch, Poetry Reading |
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| September 17th, 1998 |
IN MOTION - New Music Choreographer/performance artist, violin Lee Saunders/Nadia Francavilla percussion, bass D'Arcy Philip Gray, Andrew Miller In Motion is a non-profit new music organization dedicated to innovation, excellence and education. In Motion will present several newly commissioned works by New Brunswick composers in the 98-99 season. Performances take place in public venues, art galleries, schools, and bars. In Motion entertains and enlightens thousands of children throughout New Brunswick. Andrew Miller (director of In Motion, Fredericton) Andrew Miller has played with Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Canadian Opera, and the Stra Lee Saunders (choreographer, Petitcodiac) Performances by Lee Saunders can thrill you, take you to the edge of your seat. Lee's unique approach to personal research, teaching, and performance has taken her throughout North America and Europe. The late Christina Sabat called her "an acknowledged dance original". Nadia Francavilla (violin, Moncton) Nadia was educate at McGill University and is a member of the Quatuor Arthur LeBlanc. She has also toured the world with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and once had all her luggage lost and was forced to shop for new clothes at several boutiques in Los Angeles. |
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| September 1st,- October 2nd, 1998 |
 LISE HANSENInto the Garden Illustrations, Paintings |
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| August 9th - August 29th, 1998 |
CHRIS LLOYD, JEREMIAH DEGRANDPRE Collaboration/Installation/Paintings |
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| July 19th - August 7th, 1998 |
 SCULPTURE SHOWMark Dixon, Chas Mackay, John Friedirchsen |
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| June 28th - July 16th, 1998 |
 PAT SCHELLProcess/Red Installation Image: Pat Schell (wall piece) tar paper 'shingles', red sticks, metal 1998
"The Space Gallery is a wonderful area for ideas to be realized. The Space offered me an opportunity to create art in an ideal, open workshop. My art making involves a time consuming process of looking for and gathering materials. Branches, stones, and other materials are the lines, shapes and textures of my work - they are my media. I see installations being similar to architecture - first the conception, then the plan, next the units, and finally the construction on site. |
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| April 30th, 1998 |  PAUL BOWDRINGA Night Season Book Launch/Reading |
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| May 24th - June 20th, 1998 |
 LISE ROBICHAUDBirth-Place Installation Lise Robichaud, an Acadian Born in Caraquet (NB), lives in Moncton since 1978. She uses research to create and explore painterly art and installation, drawing on themes from her memory and her historical, social and ecological context. She earned a masters degree in fine arts from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal and a PH.D. in Art Education from Concordia University. Lise is one of the 17 francophone artists from around the world whos installation art project was slected to participate in the Symposium d'art actuel in Moncton 1999, an international event dealing with contmeporary art. She is currently teaching art and art education courses at the Universite de Moncton. "Robichaud's work in Birth-Place is subtly evocative tying together the Myriad themes and motifs, using numbers and carefully chosen symbols. Through repetition and evolution of its forms, Birth-Place is an installation that speaks of connectedness, the connectedness of place and time, of land and sea, and, finally, of birth and rebirth." (Review by McCluskey 1998) McCluskey, S. (1998, May). Natural Numbers: Moncton artist Lise Robichaud's exhibit takes numbers beyond math. Saint John: Times Globe. |
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| April 26th - May 16th, 1998 |
 GLENN HALLPortraits Paintings, Sketches |
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| April 23rd, 1998 |  DAN WALSHGames, Dreams and Paper Bags Book Launch/Reading |
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| April 5th - April 25th, 1998 |
RICHARD PURDY Recent Works Paintings |
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| March 15th - April 4th, 1998 |
PAUL HEALEY Recent Works Paintings |
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| March 1st - March 14th, 1998 |
ROGER GILMAN Human Installation |
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| January 18th - February 14th, 1998 |
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| December 14th - January 10th, 1998 |
NSCAD Students Printed Matter Literature, books |
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| November 16th - December 13th, 1997 |
GORDON JENNINGS Recent Works Paintings |
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| October 12th - November 8th, 1997 |
 JASON FITZPATRICKPlumb Installation Plumb implies a form of primal truth. The "plumb' defines energy that can not be seen, perhaps the relationship of tension between gravity, earth and the body. The installation is built by sensuality and aggression not as a consumable image but an experience. - Jason Fitzpatrick |
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| September 14th - October 11th, 1997 |
 GERARD COLLINSRecent Works Paintings
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| August 19th - September 10th, 1997 |
 Freeman Patterson, Grant Kelly,Jamie Wilson, Chris Lloyd PHOTOGRAPHY (Group Show)
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| August 3rd - August 16th, 1997 |
POVERTY Children's exhibit on local poverty What it is. Ways to reduce it. Guest Photographer - Rob Roy |
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| July 13th - July 26th, 1997 |
16 artists (Group Show) A GATHERING Mixed Media Gerry Collins Elizabeth Cran Victoria Charters Peter Doyle Viola Frazier Jason Fitzpatrick Lise Hansen Glenn Hall Paul Healey Gordon Jennings Stephen Jorden Chris Lloyd Stephane Martin Murielle McDonald Madison Shadwell Rob Stafford |
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| June 22nd - July 5th, 1997 |
CHRIS LLOYD, JASON FITZPATRICK Installation (shelac, enamel paint, school desk, dust)  ".. it was an event which occured in June 1997. I had just set up a temporary studio on the top floor above Printing Plus. Karina pointed out a heavy steel door on rollers by a far wall and wanted to see what was behind it. I was convinced that there would be nothing but a brick wall, but after she drove me crazy with her curiosity we combined our efforts and managed to get the door back on its track and slide it open to reveal....nothing. Just empty, dark space; the antithesis of a brick wall. as our eyes adjusted to the darkness, we slowly ventured in, up a slight ramp and into a cavernous, empty room. An empty, dusty room. Very dusty. Years and years of dust, I'm sure. What fascination we felt for this discovered space! We were convinced immediately that it would make the perfect gallery... and I must admit I am pleasantly suprised that it became a reality and has been evolving ever since.....Artist Run Centres, co-ops and the like are important elements in a community. Art is not always about an object created for a marketplace; it tends to exist all around us and manifests itslef in many forms. Venues like the Space exist to allow art to unfold in a myriad of ways; to be critical and engaging, to be informative and moving and to challenge us... Chis Lloyd. |
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