Updated  December 29 2008             Dernière mise à jour le 9 décembre 2008

 

NEWS AND MESSAGES OF INTEREST TO

MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITIES ART ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

 

UAAC Conference 2009 – Congrès de l’AAUC 2009

 

The  2009 conference will be hosted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.

Proposed Dates – October 22-24 2009.

Watch for a Call for Session Themes to be posted early in January.

 

 

If you have news of interest to members of the UAAC please send it to the association manager, Mary Hughes at maryhughes@saltspring.com  for posting on this site.

 

An Invitation from

Todd Porterfield

Canada Research Chair in Nineteenth-Century Art History

Université de Montréal

Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques

C.P. 6128,succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7
todd.porterfield@umontreal.ca

 

Dear Colleagues,

As you will see from the accompanying call for papers, we at the Université de Montréal are organizing a Spring Academy/École de printemps the week of May 11, 2009. This is the annual event of the International Consortium on Art History/Réseau international pour la formation en histoire de l’art (www.proartibus.net). Each year the Réseau brings together professors and graduate students from our affiliated institutions along with invited guests in order to interrogate a transversal theme in the history of art. (An attached pdf describes the history of the Réseau EDP_2002-2008.pdf and EDP Call  2009Canada.pdfits Écoles.)

 

This year the theme will be “Art and the Notion of Civilization.” If you have any graduate students – master’s  or doctoral students – who are working on subjects that cut anywhere across the spectrum of this loaded problematic, would you please be so kind as to transmit the attached call for papers? The conference theme and the application details are discussed in the attached call for papers. If you, your students, or colleagues have questions about the event, please don’t hesitate to email me. Please note that the deadline for applications is January 12, 2009.

 

Please note, too, that, thanks to funding from the Université de Montréal and my Canada Research Chair, we will be able to cover the costs of transportation and lodging for several graduate students from Canadian institutions. The purpose of the week’s event is to examine in depth a critical issue in art history in a setting that brings together professors and graduate students from different art historical, national, and linguistic traditions. The friendly setting and rigorous schedule allows for formal and informal exchanges, as well as a chance to know better the local art institutions of the host city. It is always an intense and enriching week; this year promises to be no exception to that rule.

 

Many thanks for your attention.

 

Yours sincerely,

Todd Porterfield

Canada Research Chair in Nineteenth-Century Art History

Université de Montréal

Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques

C.P. 6128,succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7
todd.porterfield@umontreal.ca

 

 

TWO CANADIAN ART COURSES NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE

 

Dr. François-Marc Gagnon, director of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky for Studies in Canadian Art at Concordia University in Montreal, has prepared two courses on Canadian art available on line through E-Concordia. Dr. Gagnon is internationally recognized as an outstanding senior scholar in Canadian visual culture. He is a teacher, researcher, writer, and lecturer, and a tireless promoter of Canada’s visual heritage. A dynamic and inspiring teacher, he taught at the Université de Montréal for thirty-five years. He was also a lecturer in Concordia’s graduate art history program.

 

Accessible, interactive and convenient, e-learning is perfectly suited to individuals located outside the city of Montreal.

These two courses are available for credit or non-credit. Visit the E-Concordia website for more information at www.econcordia.com

 

ARTH 271 (Lecture EC) Introduction to Canadian Art

Duration: 13 weeks

Program: Undergraduate, 3 credits

Instructor: François-Marc Gagnon

Description: This course introduces Canadian art, with a particular emphasis on Québec art and society in relation to the rest of the country. The lectures will examine painting in Québec and Canada before and after the emergence of Paul-Émile Borduas. A pivotal Canadian artist, Borduas believed in an open society and painted accordingly. Through his abstract compositions Borduas precipitated the change in Québec culture from a closed society, represented by the Catholic religion and the French language, to an inclusive society premised on the defence of universal values. The course begins with an analysis of the figure in Québec painting to show how each figure symbolizes aspects of pre-modern Québec as it related to Canadian culture at that time. This includes the nun; religion; the figure of the habitant (the pioneer); the relation of the individual to the land; and the figurative construction of First Nations. Landscape, a persistent theme in Canadian art, will also be considered, especially the political discourse imbedded in images of the land, and how Canadian art evolved from realistic representation of the landscape to the abstract work of Borduas.


ARTH 272 (Lecture EC) From Realism to Abstraction in Canadian Art

Duration: 13 weeks (Available in French or in English)

Program: Undergraduate, 3 credits

Instructor: François-Marc Gagnon

Description: This is an e-Concordia course, open only for students who are not registered in any program in the Faculty of Fine Arts. It is offered in both English and French versions.  This course – an examination of the long path from realism to abstraction in Canadian art (and especially in Canadian painting) differs from ARTH 271 (“Introduction to Canadian Art”) by focusing more on questions of form and technical means of art-making rather than adopting a primarily theme-based approach to representational subjects such as landscape, portraiture, etc.  The course is divided into three sections, each consisting of related sub-concepts.  These sections and sub-concepts are: (1) realism (imitation; double images; mirror images); (2) symbolism (symbolism and representation; imitation versus representation; proportion; symbolic abstraction); and (3) abstraction (art criticism and abstraction; abstraction and the unconscious; abstraction and geometry; and abstraction and the idea of the concept).

 

 

SSHRC Grant /CRSH Subvention

 

The UAAC - AAUC was awarded $52,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanties Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for a three-year period to publish the scholarly journal, RACAR. Many thanks to the managing editor Barbara Winters and the editors: Brian Foss, Nicole Dubreuil, Catherine Harding and John Hatch  for all their hard work on the grant application and the publication!

 

L'UAAC - AAUC a été décerné une subvention de $52,000 du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH) pendant une période de trois ans pour publier le journal intellectuel, RACAR.  Beaucoup grâce aux Barbara Winters, rédactrice en chef et les rédacteurs: Brian Foss, Nicole Dubreuil et John Hatch (et moi!) pour tout leur travail dur sur l'application de subvention et la publication!

 

 

 

 

Portrait Gallery of Canada

A Message from UAAC President, Catherine Harding

 

In response to the recent announcement by James Moore, minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the members of the Universities Art Association of Canada / Association d’art des universités du Canada, would like to make clear our disagreement with the government’s decision to suspend the process of creating a building for the Portrait Gallery of Canada. We look forward to a new initiative to make the Portrait Gallery a tangible reality that would allow for permanent and temporary exhibitions and utilize the precious resources held by the Gallery to maximum effect for the public.

 

We represent a national association of scholars, curators, artists and other art professionals. It is our professional judgement that creating a permanent building for the Portrait Gallery of Canada, where original works of art can be viewed and researched by Canadians and others, offers an excellent opportunity for us to celebrate our unique and diverse cultural identities in Canada, and further develop our understanding of this essential facet of the Canadian experience.

Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding our concern,

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Catherine Harding, Dr.

President,  Universities Art Association of Canada/ Association d’art des universités du Canada

 

L’AAUC conteste l’annulation de la construction du Musée du portrait du Canada

 

En réponse à l’annonce récente faite par James Moore, ministre du Patrimoine canadien et des langues officielles, nous, les membres de l’ Association d’art des universités du Canada, désirons exprimer très clairement notre désaccord avec la décision du gouvernement de suspendre le processus de création d’un édifice dédié au Musée du portrait du Canada.

 

Il ressort de notre jugement professionnel que la création d’un édifice permanent pour le Musée du portrait du Canada, où les Canadiens et membres d’autres nations pourront admirer et étudier des œuvres d’art originales, offre une excellent occasion de célébrer nos identités culturelles uniques et diversifiées au sein du Canada et de développer notre compréhension de cette facette essentielle de l’expérience canadienne.

 

Nous espérons la résurgence d’une initiative nouvelle susceptible de transformer le projet de Musée du portrait en une réalité tangible qui permettrait la tenue d’expositions permanentes et temporaires et utiliserait les ressources du Musée afin de maximiser l’effet sur du public.

 

L’ Association d’art des universités du Canada est une association nationale composée d’érudits, de curateurs, d’artistes et autres professionnels de l’art.

 

Catherine Harding, Dr.

Présidente,  L’ Association d’art des universités du Canada

 

 

 

29th CANADIAN CONFERENCE  OF MEDIEVAL ART HISTORIANS

CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA

12-14 MARCH 2009

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

The 29th annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians will be hosted by Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) in mid March 2009.  Prospective participants are invited to submit a short abstract of their presentation by 15 January 2009 at the very latest.  Earlier submissions would be much appreciated, and final titles may be changed up until late February.

 

Please send your abstract to:  John Osborne, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, On  K1S 5B6; or as an E-mail attachment to: john_osborne@carleton.ca

 

 

Le Prix Kingston 2009

Concours national du portrait canadien 

Le Concours du portrait canadien est officiellement ouvert. Les artistes intéressés à soumettre une œuvre ont jusqu’au 1er mai 2009. Rappelons que le Prix Kingston est doté d’une bourse de 10 000 $ offerte par la fondation W. Garfield Weston. 

Le Concours du portrait canadien est une invitation à découvrir des portraits de Canadiennes ou de Canadiens produits récemment par des artistes canadiens. Sont admissibles les dessins et les peintures.

La date limite pour soumettre une œuvre à la troisième édition du Concours est le 1er mai 2009. L’exposition aura lieu au mois d’octobre. Le règlement et le formulaire d’inscription sont affichés au www.kingstonprize.ca.

Le Prix Kingston 2009 est décerné par un jury formé de Robert Enright, université de Guelph et magazine Border Crossings, Eliza Griffiths, peintre montréalaise, et Lilly Koltun, directrice générale du Musée du portrait du Canada. Le Prix du public est décerné à l’artiste ayant reçu le plus grand nombre de votes durant l’exposition.

Le Prix Kingston est un projet du Conseil des arts de Kingston.

 Renseignements :

Lorraine Pierce-Hull, directrice artistique; 613-449-2537 ou lph@kingston.net

Kaaren Brown, cofondatrice; 613-544-6329 ou julian@kingston.net

The Kingston Prize 2009

Canada's National Portrait Competition

Canada’s major portrait competition worth $10,000.00 is gearing up for the May 1st, 2009 entry deadline. 

The Kingston Prize competition is for recent portraits of Canadians, either paintings or drawings. There is no limitation on acceptable styles of portrait, and all Canadian artists are invited to participate. 

The closing date for entries in the third competition is May 1, 2009, with an exhibition during October. The rules and entry form are published on the website www.kingstonprize.ca. The Kingston Prize of $10,000, presented by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, will be awarded by the jury, and a People’s Choice Prize will be based on ballots received during the exhibition.

The jury members are: Robert Enright, of University of Guelph and Border Crossings magazine; Eliza Griffiths, painter from Montreal; Lilly Koltun, Director General of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

The Kingston Prize is a project of the Kingston Arts Council.

For further information contact:

Lorraine Pierce-Hull, Artistic Director, 613-449-2537, lph@kingston.net ,

Kaaren Brown, Co-founder, 613-544-6329, julian@kingston.net .

 

NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT

McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History

Martha Langford and Sandra Paikowsky, series editors

McGill-Queen’s University Press and the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation are proud to announce a new series devoted to the study of Canadian art and Canada’s visual and material culture. Recognizing the need for a better understanding of Canada’s artistic culture both at home and abroad, the generous support of the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation makes possible the publication of innovative books that will support, stimulate, and energize scholarship. We welcome submissions from Canadian and international scholars for book-length projects on historical and contemporary Canadian art and visual and material culture, including Native and Inuit art, architecture, photography, craft, design, and museum studies. We will also consider studies on non-Canadian themes by Canadian scholars.

This series continues the contribution that the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation has made to scholarship and publishing in the arts in Canada by supporting the following McGill-Queen’s University Press publications: Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist by Laura Brandon; Crafting Identity: The Development of Professional Fine Craft in Canada by Sandra Alfoldy; Radical Gestures: Feminism and Performance Art in North America by Jayne Wark; Persuasion and Propaganda: Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire by Joan Coutu; From Drawing to Visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada edited by Harold Pearse; Seduced by Modernity: The Photography of Margaret Watkins by Mary O'Connor and Katherine Tweedie; and Scissors, Paper, Stone: Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art by Martha Langford.

Martha Langford is associate professor of art history at Concordia University, author of Suspended Conversations and Scissors, Paper, Stone, and editor of Image & Imagination. She is the founding director of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

Sandra Paikowsky is professor of art history at Concordia University and the co-founder and current publisher and managing editor of The Journal of Canadian Art History/Annales d’histoire de l’art canadien.

MQUP welcomes inquiries from authors. If you have a project

that you think would fit the series, please contact:

McGill-Queen’s University Press

3430 McTavish Street

Montreal, QC H3A 1X9  www.mqup.ca

 

Tony Urquhart – Biography/Biographie

Tony Urquhart was born in 1934 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was recognized as one of Canada's pioneering abstract artists, having been one of the painters associated with The Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, and later with The Heart of London group (which included Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe, and Murray Favro.)

Tony Urquhart est né en 1934 à Niagara Falls, Ontario. Vers la fin des années 1950 et au début des années 1960 il est reconnu comme un des pionniers de l’abstraction au Canada, ayant été associé à la Galerie Isaacs à Toronto et, plus tard, au groupe The Heart of London (auquel ont aussi participé Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe et Murray Favro.)

Between 1954 and 1958 he attended the Albright Art School in Buffalo. In 1960 he became the first artist-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario, where he subsequently started his teaching career. In 1972 he became a full-time professor of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo and remained on the faculty for three decades (living with his family in the nearby town of Wellesley, Ontario.)

Entre 1954 et 1958 il suit des cours à l'Albright Art School de Buffalo, NY. En 1960 il devient le premier artiste-en-résidence de l'University of Western Ontario, où il débutera par la suite sa carrière d'enseignement. En 1972 il devient professeur de Beaux-arts à temps plein à l'University of Waterloo, où il enseigne depuis trois décennies (vivant avec sa famille dans la ville voisine de Wellesley, Ontario.)

In 1958 he embarked on the first of many annual trips to Europe, where he was attracted to what he called the 'otherness' of the visual experience he encountered there. He was particularly drawn to the landscape, architecture and pilgrimage sites (such as Lourdes and Vimy Ridge in France.)

En 1958 il entreprend le premier d’une série de voyages annuels en Europe, où il est attiré par ce qu'il nomme ‘l’altérité’ de l'expérience visuelle européenne. Il est particulièrement captivé par les paysages, l'architecture et les sites de pèlerinage (comme Lourdes et la crête de Vimy en France.)

Tony has been involved in the illustration of works by his wife, the writer Jane Urquhart, as well as those of Michael Ondaatje, Matt Cohen, Louis Dudek, and Rohinton Mistry.

Tony a illustré les ouvrages de sa femme, l'auteure Jane Urquhart, ainsi que ceux de Michael Ondaatje, Matt Cohen, Louis Dudek et Rohinton Mistry.

His work is featured in many important private and public collections (including New York's Museum of Modern Art; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England; the Hirshhorn Collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris; the Museo Civico in Lugano; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.)

Ses œuvres sont inclues dans plusieurs collections privées et publiques importantes (dont le Museum of Modern Art de New York; le Victoria and Albert Museum de Londres, Angleterre; la Collection Hirshhorn du Smithsonian Institution à Washington, D.C .; la Bibliothèque Nationale à Paris; le Museo Civico à Lugano; le Walker Art Center à Minneapolis et la Galerie Nationale du Canada à Ottawa.)

He was one of the founders of CAR/FAC (Canadian Artists Representation), that successfully established a fee structure for public museum and gallery exhibitions of contemporary artists. Tony Urquhart was named to the Order of Canada in 1995. He divides his time between Stratford, Ontario and Ireland. He's an avid golfer.

Il est un des fondateurs de CAR/FAC (Le front des artistes canadiens), qui a établi avec succès un barème d’honoraires d’exposition pour les artistes contemporains dans les musées et les galeries publics. Tony Urquhart a été nommé à l'Ordre du Canada en 1995. Il partage son temps entre Stratford, Ontario et l'Irlande. Il est passionné du golf.

 

 

 

 

Canadian Brushstroke Magazine

 

HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION of CANADIAN BRUSHSTROKE MAGAZINE: http://www.brushstrokemagazine.com/issues/2007/hires/2007_05_hr.pdf   (6.7MB)

 

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If you have problems, you likely need the most up-to-date version of Adobe Reader and it is available free from http://www.adobe.com/downloads/. (It is a safe site).

 

Our publisher found that Canadian artists were not getting the recognition they deserve, and often take a back seat in the global art industry. Through the coverage in Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, we hope to increase the profile of Canadian artists and serve the art industry with important news and information. We hope you enjoy this magazine as much as we enjoy writing it. We welcome any and all input to make sure we are serving you in the best way possible.

 

*All images and editorial material in Canadian Brushstroke Magazine are protected by copyright. Reproduction is strictly prohibited by law. Subscribers may save a copy on their computer for their own use, print a copy for their personal use or for their files, but may not use it for any other purpose without express written permission from the publisher, and in most cases the writer and artist.


Susan Blackman Publisher

 

Canadian Brushstroke Magazine
Box 5483
Leduc, AB
T9E 6L7 Ph. 780-986-0789
Fx. 780-986-8393
E.  info@brushstrokemagazine.com

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Art News


The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art presents the Canadian Art News website: http://canadianartnews.concordia.ca/  This website announces conferences and speaker series, major exhibitions, discussion forums, significant publications, and other events within Canada and around the world. There is also a "call for papers section." In the "calendar section" you can see what is happening each month in one quick look.


The cumulated data in the "archives section" over time will become a source of recent and historical information.


If you would like to post an event you will find all the necessary information in the contact section.

Nouvelles en art Canadien


L'Institut de recherche en art canadien Gail et Stephen A. Jarislowsky présente le site Nouvelles en art canadien : http://canadianartnews.concordia.ca/  Ce site annonce les colloques et les séries de conférences, les expositions majeures, les forums, les publications importantes, et les autres événements au Canada et dans le monde. On y retrouve aussi une section pour l'appel de communications. Le calendrier vous permet de voir rapidement les événements mensuels. Les événements cumulés dans la section « archives » deviendront, avec le temps, une source d'information récente et historique.


Pour soumettre un événement en art Canadien, vous trouverez le formulaire et l'information nécessaire dans la section contactez-nous.

Denis Longchamps, administrator
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext.: 4713
Fax: (514) 848-4584
Email: institut@alcor.concordia.ca

Mailing address:
Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art
Concordia University, EV 003-725
1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West,
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8

 

 

                        Announcing– www.craftjournal.ca/

 

                                                                                     Annonce / www.cahiersmetiersdart.ca

 

A bilingual (French-English) journal devoted to the dissemination of craft research on the international stage… visit our website at www.craftjournal.ca

Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal is a non-profit organisation that encourages and publishes critical, historical and technical research about local and international craft. Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal participates also in the organization of conferences, symposiums and exhibitions on specific craft related themes. Become a member today and contribute to the advancement of craft research… www.craftjournal.ca

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Une revue bilingue (français-anglais) pour la dissémination de recherche en métiers d'art sur la scène internationale… visitez notre site web à www.cahiersmetiersdart.ca  

Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal est un organisme sans but lucratif visant à encourager et à diffuser les recherches critiques, historiques et techniques en métiers d'art d'ici et d'ailleurs. Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal participe aussi à l'organisation de conférences, colloques et expositions sur diverses thématiques. Devenez membre aujourd'hui et contribuez à l'avancement de la recherche en métiers d'art… www.cahiersmetiersdart.ca


BOOKS BY UAAC MEMBERS

 

Click on the following link for news about Laura Brandon’s book, Art and War.  Art and War 2.pdf

 

Editor Harold Pearse, From Drawing to visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada Montréal and Kingston, Ont.: McGill – Queen’s University Press, 2006.   This pioneering book on the history of art education in Canada contains two chapters by UAAC members J Craig Stirling, Ph.D University of Edinburgh and one chapter by E Lisa Panayotidis, University of Calgary.

 

 

FAX AND PHONE FOR UAAC

 

The fax number for the UAAC is 250 538 5518. The address is UAAC, 122 Woodhall Place, Salt Spring Island, B.C.  V8K 2W8 and phone number is 250 537 4464.

 

Le numéro du télécopieur est 250 538 5518. L'adresse est 122 Woodhall Place, Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2W8, et le numéro de téléphone est 250 537 4464. 

 

EARLY NOTIFICATION OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE

 

If you would like prompt notification by email when information is received about positions available, please contact Mary Hughes, association manager at maryhughes@saltspring.com.  The advisories are sent as blind copies so the mailing list is confidential.