Art21 Screening Society, Season 8, Chicago
Gallery 101 hosts an exclusive event in partnership with RIA (Research In Art), and Art21, featuring a screening of "Chicago" from Season Eight of The Peabody award-winning documentary series "Art in the Twenty First Century" LOCATION: GALLERY 101, 51 YOUNG ST. SUITE B, DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2016. TIME: 2pm "“ 4pm. #contemporaryart #chicagoartists #art21 #gallery #screening
Venue: Gallery 101
Address: 51 B Young Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S 3H6
Date: Nov-12
Time: 2-4pm
Ticket: Free
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EMail: office@g101.ca
Call: 613-230-2799
Address: 51 B Young Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S 3H6
Date: Nov-12
Time: 2-4pm
Ticket: Free
: https://www.facebook.com/events/826774667424879/
EMail: office@g101.ca
Call: 613-230-2799
Gallery 101 hosts an exclusive event in partnership with RIA (Research In Art), and Art21, featuring a screening of "Chicago" from Season Eight of The Peabody award-winning documentary series "Art in the Twenty First Century"
LOCATION: GALLERY 101, 51 YOUNG ST. SUITE B
DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2016
TIME: 2pm "“ 4pm
The screening will be followed by a discussion
ART21 Screening Society is an international free screening initiative created to increase knowledge of contemporary art, spark dialogue, and inspire creative thinking for a global audience. ART21 invites a wide variety of partners"”schools, universities, libraries, museums, non-profit organizations, galleries, arts and cultural spaces, community centers, and more"”to host additional screenings of Season 8 of Art in the Twenty-First Century, which premiered on PBS last month, profiles sixteen artists who reveal how art can inspire and transform lives and communities. The ART21 screenings at Gallery 101 offer professional development opportunities for artists, curators, writers and critics in Ottawa who want to stay informed on, and inspired by international developments in politically engaged art.
Gallery 101 and RIA see their own belief that art can make a difference in local communities reflected in ART21's current Season 8. We have chosen the episode on Chicago artists for our first screening and discussion, in particular because it includes sections on Nick Cave and Theaster Gates, two artists Ottawa has come to know better recently, through their presentations at the National Gallery of Canada. Both artists participated (May 2015 and May 2016 respectively) in the speaker series "Contemporary Conversations," which was organized by the US-Embassy Ottawa and "Art in Embassies."
We are looking forward to a lively discussion following the episode. The question will be: can Ottawa artists learn anything from politically active artists who have succeeded to create change in Chicago, a city so vastly different from Ottawa?
Episode 1: "Chicago"
Chicago is a city rooted in industry and towering architecture, and artists in Chicago are disrupting urban experience through experimentation. Nick Cave (b.1959, Fulton, MO, USA) creates "Soundsuits""”surreally majestic objects blending fashion and sculpture"”that originated as metaphorical suits of armor in response to the Rodney King beatings and have evolved into vehicles for empowerment. Theaster Gates (b.1973, Chicago, IL, USA) first encountered creativity in the music of Black churches on his journey to becoming an urban planner, potter, and artist. Gates creates sculptures out of clay, tar, and renovated buildings, transforming the raw material of the South Side into radically reimagined vessels of opportunity for the community. Barbara Kasten (b.1936, Chicago, IL, USA) makes photographs and video projections in her studio that evoke an experience of movement through modernist architecture. Chris Ware (b.1967, Omaha, NE, USA), known for his New Yorker magazine covers, is hailed as a master of the comic art form. Ware's complex graphic novels, which tell stories about people in suburban midwestern neighborhoods, poignantly reflect on the role of memory in constructing identity.
More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org websites on the Internet, or by following PBS on Twitter, Facebook or through onramps. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Pressroom on Twitter.
Find ART21 on Facebook and Twitter.
Gallery 101
613-230-2799
office@g101.ca
The screening of "Chicago" will be succeeded on November 19 by a second screening and discussion event: "Mexico City."
Gallery 101 gratefully acknowledge the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council (an agency of the Government of Ontario) and the Canada Council for the Arts. Gallery 101 thanks the Asinabka Festival, our members, volunteers, partners, and all our relations.
LOCATION: GALLERY 101, 51 YOUNG ST. SUITE B
DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2016
TIME: 2pm "“ 4pm
The screening will be followed by a discussion
ART21 Screening Society is an international free screening initiative created to increase knowledge of contemporary art, spark dialogue, and inspire creative thinking for a global audience. ART21 invites a wide variety of partners"”schools, universities, libraries, museums, non-profit organizations, galleries, arts and cultural spaces, community centers, and more"”to host additional screenings of Season 8 of Art in the Twenty-First Century, which premiered on PBS last month, profiles sixteen artists who reveal how art can inspire and transform lives and communities. The ART21 screenings at Gallery 101 offer professional development opportunities for artists, curators, writers and critics in Ottawa who want to stay informed on, and inspired by international developments in politically engaged art.
Gallery 101 and RIA see their own belief that art can make a difference in local communities reflected in ART21's current Season 8. We have chosen the episode on Chicago artists for our first screening and discussion, in particular because it includes sections on Nick Cave and Theaster Gates, two artists Ottawa has come to know better recently, through their presentations at the National Gallery of Canada. Both artists participated (May 2015 and May 2016 respectively) in the speaker series "Contemporary Conversations," which was organized by the US-Embassy Ottawa and "Art in Embassies."
We are looking forward to a lively discussion following the episode. The question will be: can Ottawa artists learn anything from politically active artists who have succeeded to create change in Chicago, a city so vastly different from Ottawa?
Episode 1: "Chicago"
Chicago is a city rooted in industry and towering architecture, and artists in Chicago are disrupting urban experience through experimentation. Nick Cave (b.1959, Fulton, MO, USA) creates "Soundsuits""”surreally majestic objects blending fashion and sculpture"”that originated as metaphorical suits of armor in response to the Rodney King beatings and have evolved into vehicles for empowerment. Theaster Gates (b.1973, Chicago, IL, USA) first encountered creativity in the music of Black churches on his journey to becoming an urban planner, potter, and artist. Gates creates sculptures out of clay, tar, and renovated buildings, transforming the raw material of the South Side into radically reimagined vessels of opportunity for the community. Barbara Kasten (b.1936, Chicago, IL, USA) makes photographs and video projections in her studio that evoke an experience of movement through modernist architecture. Chris Ware (b.1967, Omaha, NE, USA), known for his New Yorker magazine covers, is hailed as a master of the comic art form. Ware's complex graphic novels, which tell stories about people in suburban midwestern neighborhoods, poignantly reflect on the role of memory in constructing identity.
More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org websites on the Internet, or by following PBS on Twitter, Facebook or through onramps. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Pressroom on Twitter.
Find ART21 on Facebook and Twitter.
Gallery 101
613-230-2799
office@g101.ca
The screening of "Chicago" will be succeeded on November 19 by a second screening and discussion event: "Mexico City."
Gallery 101 gratefully acknowledge the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council (an agency of the Government of Ontario) and the Canada Council for the Arts. Gallery 101 thanks the Asinabka Festival, our members, volunteers, partners, and all our relations.