Volunteers are needed at our upcoming opening reception.
Volunteer Duties
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Assist with preparation and clean up of the reception
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Greet, welcome and direct guests as they arrive
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Answer question regarding the exhibition
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Check and maintain the food station
In These Threads
Jane Eccles
Exhibition: January 20 - March 17, 2019
Opening reception: January, 2019, 2-4pm
Exhibition Program:
Storytelling by Jane Eccles and a musical performance by Anne Walker
Saturday, March 9, 11 AM - 4 PM
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is pleased to present In These Threads, an exhibition by Bowmanville artist, Jane Eccles.
Since 2005, Jane Eccles has painted dresses lent to her by various women and their relatives because of their link to a significant event or memory. As part of her process, Eccles researches their stories, producing archival paintings inspired by the narratives of women from all walks of life, such as Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood, and local farm woman and civic leader, Helen Liss.
Separated from their real subjects, the very clear absence of the female body in Eccles paintings turns her work into a feminist critique. The dresses are juxtaposed against Canadian landscapes and waterscapes often referencing various parts of southern Ontario where they were painted. They imply the absence of the female body in landscapes, portraits, and narratives amongst others. In These Threads is an exhibition that surveys Eccles long-standing practice and invites viewers to think about the missing narratives from past and present conversations.
Biography
For over 35 years Bowmanville based artist, Jane Eccles has taught art and devoted her artistic practice to painting and performance. As an art educator, Eccles was awarded the Marshall McLuhan Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1992. Eccles retired from her teaching career in 2003 to practice art full time. Jane Eccles has been painting dresses since 2005, she researches their stories as part of her painting process and activates their narratives through performance and storytelling.
Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize
Ron Benner
Exhibition: January 20 - November 17, 2019
Opening reception: January 20, 2019, 2-4pm
Ron Benner is an internationally recognized, London (ON) based artist whose longstanding practice investigates the history and political economy of food cultures. For its very first iteration of annual commissions, the VAC has invited Ron Benner to create a yearlong site-specific installation that responds to the gallery, its history as a former Barley Mill, and it's unique space in a mixed media/photographic installation that will open on Sunday, January 20, 2019.
