Revelations: Selections from the UNB Permanent Collection - Episodes Online-FR and SJ
Event Details:
There are many hidden gems among the 2300 works of art in the UNB Permanent Collection. Known as a “working” collection, it can be seen throughout the Fredericton and Saint John campuses. It brings the work of New Brunswick artists into daily life, both outdoors in the green spaces and indoors in the hallways, lounges, and offices of the university. There are, however, some works which are rarely seen. Sometimes it is simply a lack of space, or it may be that the work is too fragile to display but sometimes it is the difficult subjects they present. This exhibit will include the works of many well-known and not so well-known New Brunswick artists.
Revelations elaborates on ideas that were developed through the production of ATTENDING THE APOCALYPSE, an exhibition by Janice Wright Cheney and Jennifer Lee Wiebe which was set to open just as COVID-19 closed our doors. This exhibit became the UNB Art Centre’s first online exhibition. The second, Revelations, is designed to be seen online. Incubated during the COVID-19 lock down, it is curated using images of the collection from the database. It will unfold each week through a series of episodes released on the website and on social media.
Every Friday at 5 p.m. ADT, beginning May 29 through June 26, you are invited to enter UNB Art Centre Online and explore the East and West Galleries and see the latest release. You are also invited to our Facebook LIVE event where we speak with some of the artists who produced these works.
Sins of the Flesh and Vanitas will be released on May 29. Sins of the Flesh features work by metalsmith and arts educator Patrick Perry from the exhibit (re)remembering in 2006. Patrick Perry graduated from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design in Fredericton in 1997 and now lives in New York City where he teaches sculpture, jewelry, photography and 3D design.
Vanitas presents the photographs of Dawn Roberts Anderson from the exhibit Werkstatt held at the UNB Art Centre in 2005. Dawn Roberts Anderson studied photography at NBCCD and graduated with a BAA from the University of New Brunswick. She received a BFA in film, photography and feminist studies from NSCADU in 2005. She now lives in Port Saxon, NS with her partner, their fur-baby, five chickens and one rooster named Cornelius. She runs a web design and online marketing business and is the editor of an online sex education Ezine.
The UNB Art Centre would like to gratefully acknowledge the support received from the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation for a 2020 Signature Grant to support work being done during these challenging times to extend outreach through electronic or digital means.
The UNB Art Centre galleries at Memorial Hall, located on the UNB Fredericton campus, are currently closed until further notice as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. Please follow our exhibits and programs online.
UNB Art Centre Online Art Gallery
UNB Leisure Learning Courses and Workshops Online
UNB Design Works Camps for Kids and Teens
Design Works Wednesdays - Create at Home Series
Building: ONLINE
Room Number: ONLINE
Contact:
Lori Quick
1 506 453 4623
lquick@unb.ca
