exhibits
2012
Exhibit List (coming
soon!)
Artist Receptions
The EAGM hosts receptions for exhibiting artists whenever possible.
Events such as these allow visitors to meet artists and learn more about
their work. The artists give a brief talk or walkthrough of their art practice and
answer questions from the crowd. The gallery provides refreshments
throughout the event. Artist Receptions last approx. 2 hours, and are
"come and go" style. There is no dress code and everyone is invited to
attend. Children are also welcome to come with their families.
Scheduled artist talks are typically congruent with the receptions and
begin approximately 1/2 hour into the reception.
Gallery I Exhibit
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Organized by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Hunter of the Prairie Sea
December 21 - February 29, 2012
Mid-Show Reception: Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Part of the EAGM's mandate
is to promote and educate the public about histories and heritage
that are prominent to our community, province and country. We
usually fulfill this directive in our museum, but due to our museums
seasonal nature we occasionally exhibit larger collections/artefacts
from other institutions in our gallery space(s) off-season. The EAGM
is pleased to collaborate with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to
present Hunter of the Prairie Sea, an exhibition of a
Mosasaur fossil.
Mosasaurs
roamed the oceans during the Cretaceous Period. This large predatory
marine reptile is closely related to modern monitor lizards and
snakes. It was a dominant predator of the Western Interior Seaway,
which stretched across North America. Their remains have been
discovered around the world, but this particular fossil was
discovered near Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. This exhibition will
feature a cast of the original skeletal remains along with
educational and fun fact-filled information panels provided by the
RSM. Come out and see this extraordinary piece!
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Gallery II Exhibit
Gladys Wozny Siemens
Shoreline
January 26 - February 25, 2011
Opening Reception:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 @ 7 pm. Artist will be in
attendance.
Gladys Wozny Siemens’ documents the memories nature leaves behind.
Through casting, she creates sculptural reliefs with gypsum cement, to
effectively capture the surviving evidence of activity that can be found
along the shoreline near her studio. Concerned with the state of nature
in a technology-driven world, Wozny Siemens documents these mementos
before they are permanently washed away.

What the viewer will find when exploring
Wozny Siemens’ work are patterns of animal tracks, plant life and soil
formations found along shores and other terrain. She then captures these
moments in time, petrifying them through her casting process.
The resulting fossils perpetuate the ephemeral quality of her subject,
turning them into relics from a previous time. Much like a dinosaur
fossil, we approach her work with a sense of something that no longer
exists; the only difference is that it is something we can remember.
Wozny Siemens’ work draws
awareness to the fragility of nature and its unpredictable future. As
the environment is continually threatened, these impressions force us to
reunite with the natural world.
Gladys Wozny Siemens, La Pensee...,
2011
Wozny Siemens is a visual artist living and working in Rush Lake,
Saskatchewan. She studied art at the University of Saskatchewan and
obtained an Honours B.A. in studio art, specializing in sculpture.
Having exhibited throughout Saskatchewan, she is included in the
University of Saskatchewan permanent art collection, as well as private
collections.
Project Wall Exhibit
Natalie Buongiorno
Deadly Origins: Three
Studies
January 7 - March 17, 2012
Natalie Buongiorno's artistic practice is based in
figurative oil painting and examines interpersonal relationships in the
construction of identity. These three studies, from her series
Deadly Origins, were completed during an artist's residency in
Barbados, West Indies, where she began to experiment with new approaches
to her work. Integrating the use of embroidery in her painted canvases,
she found another medium that was as seductive as oils and offered a
tactile quality to her work never before achieved with just paint. Her
delicate needlework transforms into hostile animals, creating
instability in her subject's constructed identity.
Natalie Buongiorno is a
Toronto-based artist who is motivated by her interest in human
experience and behaviour. Since graduating from the
Ontario College of Art and Design in 2006, her practice has concentrated
on figurative works that explore the influence of society on human
behavior and the notion of self.
-Natalie Buongiorno, Artist
Statement, 2012
Natalie Buongiorno,
Wrath, Oil and Embroidery on Canvas