Foster 45s, Episode 19 - Rodman Hall Art Centre
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This week we would like to introduce you to the Rodman Hall Art Centre in downtown St. Catharines. Planning on visiting the Foster Festival this summer? Why not visit the historic Rodman Hall as well to view some artwork and tour their beautiful gardens on their grounds?
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Rodman Hall Video
A little tour of the outside of Rodman Hall in St. Catharines. Rodman Hall is a wonderful art gallery that is FREE! Be sure to check this place out if you haven't already. It's close to downtown. If you know the connection between Rodman Hall and Brock University, please let me know! Comments are appreciated!
World AIDS Day with Rodman Hall 2013
This past AIDS Awareness Week, AIDS Niagara was an active presence throughout the Niagara Region promoting awareness by hosting public presentations, school presentations, displaying AIDS Awareness Week materials at info booths at various markets and libraries, our flag raising in St. Catharines with Mayor Brian McMuillan, making a proclamation at the Port Colborne Council meeting as well as World AIDS Day celebrations at Rodman Hall Art Centre, St. James Anglican Church and Envy night club.
Special thanks to all of our volunteers, Danny Custido and Stuart Reid of Rodman Hall, Jackie Labonte and the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre, Niagara Regional Native Centre, Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (SOADI), Photographer/Videographer Chris Kuriata, Chef Bill Horwood, Mele Trattoria, Starbucks and Pianist Frank Krahn.
Barbara Klunder - On Laura Secord (4/8)
Exhibiting artist, Barbara Klunder, discusses her show The Laura Secord Paper Cuts on display May 5 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she comments on the personal significance of Laura Secord.
Liss Platt - On Sexual Identities (3/9)
Exhibiting artist, Liss Platt, discusses her show You Can't Get There From Here on display May 12 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she responds to the question: Could you comment on your interest in including issues surrounding gender and sexual politics in your work?
2014 St. Catharines Arts Awards Nominees
The St. Catharines Arts Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in all areas of artistic creation and contribution. First presented in 2005 as part of the City of St. Catharines' Trillium Awards, the list of arts award recipients demonstrates the talent and commitment of the arts in St. Catharines.
The Arts Awards seek to increase the visibility of St. Catharines' artists and cultural industries, honour cultural leaders and their achievements, and cultivate financial and volunteer support for the arts sector. Each award winner is presented with a civic certificate of appreciation and a cash prize of $300.
The 2014 Arts Awards were handed out Saturday, May 3 at the Rodman Hall Art Centre
Liss Platt - On the Personal Narratives in Her Work (1/9)
Exhibiting artist, Liss Platt, discusses her show You Can't Get There From Here on display May 12 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she responds to the question: Much of your work seems invested in your own personal narratives. What strategies do you use to invite viewers to become a part of these narratives.
Liss Platt - On Both Teaching and Being an Artist (7/9)
Exhibiting artist, Liss Platt, discusses her show You Can't Get There From Here on display May 12 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she responds to the question: How does being a teacher influence your practice? Or how does being an artist influence your teaching?
Liss Platt - On What Art has to Say About Herself (8/9)
Exhibiting artist, Liss Platt, discusses her show You Can't Get There From Here on display May 12 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she responds to the question: What do you think your art says about you?
Kevin Yates Interview - Bird Wallpaper (6/6)
Exhibiting artist, Kevin Yates, discusses the continued development of the Bird Wallpaper piece since it was first shown at Rodman Hall.
Art Me Up
A unique partnership between the city of St. Catharines & Start Me Up has led to a public art installation at city hall.
Kevin Yates Interview - Exhibiting in the Historic Hansen Gallery (3/6)
Exhibiting artist, Kevin Yates, discusses the work he made in response to the historic and domestic space of the Hansen Gallery at Rodman Hall.
Pow Wow 2017 St.Catharines Canada
Liss Platt - On Shake 'N Make (9/9)
Exhibiting artist, Liss Platt, discusses her show You Can't Get There From Here on display May 12 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she discusses Shake 'N Make, the art collective.
Barbara Klunder - On Her Influences (1/8)
Exhibiting artist, Barbara Klunder, discusses her show The Laura Secord Paper Cuts on display May 5 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video she comments on the influences she draws from in her work.
Liss Platt - On Serialization and Repetition (5/9)
Exhibiting artist, Liss Platt, discusses her show You Can't Get There From Here on display May 12 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she responds to the question: Serialization and repetition can be valuable tools in art making. What is it that you value about these within your own practice?
Snow - Palooka - LIVE
LIVE at Hoedown For Hospice
Virgil Ontario Canada
Sunday May 22 2016
Announced by Jacob Bergsma
Live sound by Ethan Rising
Recorded, mixed, edited by Joe Lapinski
Event produced by Mile Palmieri
Joe Lapinski - Guitar, Voice
Jay Peters - Drums, Voice
Eron Stroud - Bass, Voice
© Palooka, 2016
Barbara Klunder - On Personal Narratives (5/8)
Exhibiting artist, Barbara Klunder, discusses her show The Laura Secord Paper Cuts on display May 5 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she discusses the strategies she uses to invite viewers into the personal narratives in her work.
Public Art's Possibilities Panel Discussion - Part One
The City of Hamilton, City of Mississauga in partnership with CoBalt Connects presents Public Art's Possibilities: A 'Warts and all discussion.' A one hour frank discussion on public art - what is it, what can it be, and why do we want it? In this short segment we'll hear from panelists David Premi, a Hamilton-based architect and Cameron Cartiere, the Dean of Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University of Art & Design.
This event was held at the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts on Thursday, June 21, 2012
Guest Panelists
Alex Anagnostou holds two degrees from the University of Toronto 1988 (B.A. Fine Arts Management) and the University of Western Ontario (B. Ed Visual Arts) in 1994 and graduated with a silver medal from the Sheridan College Glass Program in 2004. She is an artist in residence at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga where she sculpts cast and blown glass. Alex`s sculptures has been shown at Collect 2008 (Victoria and Albert Museum, U.K.), SOFA Chicago, the Canadian Pavillion at the Cheongjiu International Craft Biennale and the Vancouver Museum during the Olympics. Alex completed her first public art project at the Royal Botanical Gardens in 2010, was shortlisted for the Edmonton Airport Public Art project, and she is in the process of working on a Mississauga public art project scheduled for completion in 2012.
Cameron Cartiere is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University of Art & Design. Prior to arriving in Canada in 2010, she was the co-founder of the Centre for Media, Culture and Creative Practice at Birkbeck, University of London and a senior lecturer for the Arts Policy and Management MA program at Birkbeck. She is a writer and researcher specializing in public art, urban renewal, sculpture parks, and curatorial practice. She is the author of RE/Placing Public Art (VDM Verlag, 2010), co-editor of The Practice of Public Art (Routledge, 2008), co-author of the Manifesto of Possibilities: Commissioning Public Art in the Urban Environment and author of the online resource, The International Directory of Sculpture Parks & Gardens.
Gordon Hatt (BA 1983, MA 1985, Art History, University of Toronto) arrived at CAFKA after working as Curator of Zone A for Nuit Blanche in Toronto, October 4, 2008. He was Director/Curator at Rodman Hall Arts Centre in St. Catharines from 2004 to 2007 and from 1988 to 2004 he worked in a variety of capacities at Cambridge Galleries, the last seven of those years as curator of temporary exhibitions. At Cambridge, he developed a programming philosophy of audience development through the presentation of advanced contemporary art and he brought this philosophy to CAFKA. Gordon has been active in the development and the promotion of Canadian artists for over 20 years, following the work of young artists and developing a public context for their work. He has written numerous articles, essays and interviews charting the progress of a generation. Gordon Hatt has acted as Executive Director since 2008.
David Premi has more than 25 years of architectural practice experience. david premi Architects inc (dp.Ai) was established in Hamilton in 2005 as an architectural practice focusing on sustainability with a strong focus on design of public renewal projects. David is a principal of Rethink Renewal, offering a broad range of cross disciplinary services including design, planning, and research. With partner Paul Shaker, he writes a monthly column in the Hamilton Spectator focusing on Urban renewal issues. David is actively involved in the arts community, acting as a juror for public art installations, serving as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Hamilton Arts Council, where he recently led the establishment of a Civic Arts subcommittee dealing with public art and architecture. In collaboration with Dr. David Harris Smith of McMaster University's Empathic Media Lab, David is currently developing a large scale, mixed reality, interactive, public art installation to be displayed at 2012 Supercrawl.
Alex Zafer - Photography and Video
Barbara Klunder - On Paper-Cuts (3/8)
Exhibiting artist, Barbara Klunder, discusses her show The Laura Secord Paper Cuts on display May 5 - September 9, 2012 at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
In this video, she comments on why she uses paper-cuts to represent the themes in her show.