Exhibition/Exposition

Climate Change – A Pressing Matter / Le changement climatique – une question pressante.

October 20 to February 23, 2023/ du 20 octobre au 23 février 2023

With climate change now undeniable, people are coming to grips with its impacts at the personal, local, societal and global levels. Art has an important role to play in helping us imagine new possibilities in a world in which we address climate change. With the double entendre of printmaking and something that is urgent/ important, it allows the artist a full range for self-expression.

Using a variety of printmaking techniques, from monotype, linocut and woodcut to etching and lithography, eleven artists explore the wide-ranging impacts of climate change and the urgent need to protect our planet. As global temperatures rise and human activity encroach on natural habitats, glaciers are melting, forest fires are raging, and extreme weather events are destroying communities. Turtles and bird populations are declining. Oceans are clogged with the detritus of human activity. Just last spring, in the Ottawa region, a powerful windstorm, or derecho, ripped up huge trees and claimed lives. Climate change is a pressing matter. What does the future hold in this time of the Anthropocene? Will the earth’s creatures be able to adapt? Will they have to search for more hospitable habitats? Can we humans reduce our carbon footprints and become better stewards of our planet? Can technology help? These are some of the questions asked by these artists… with the help of the printing press.

Where: The Connective Gallery at The Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Rd, Ottawa

Date: October 20 to February 23, 2023

Artists: Valerie Bridgeman, Madeleine Rousseau, Susan MW Cartwright, Murray Dineen, Shealagh Pope, Kathryn Shaw, Beth Shepherd, Dale Shutt, Moira Toomey, Lynda A. Turner, and Jennifer Waterman.

Honorary Guest Curator: Shealagh Pope

LE COLLECTIF D’ARTISTES-GRAVEURS D’OTTAWA-GATINEAU PRÉSENTE L’EXPOSITION ‘LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE – Une question pressante’

Le changement climatique étant désormais indéniable, les gens sont confrontés à ses conséquences aux niveaux personnel, local, sociétal et mondial. L’art a un rôle important à jouer pour nous aider à imaginer de nouvelles possibilités dans un monde où l’on s’attaque au changement climatique. Grâce au double
sens de la gravure et de l’urgence/importance, l’artiste peut s’exprimer pleinement.

Onze artistes explorent les vastes répercussions du changement climatique et l’urgence de protéger notre planète à l’aide de diverses techniques d’art imprimé, telles que le monotype, la linogravure, la gravure sur bois, l’eau-forte et la lithographie. Alors que les températures mondiales augmentent et que l’activité humaine empiète sur les habitats naturels, les glaciers fondent, les feux de forêt font rage et les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes détruisent des communautés. Les populations de tortues et d’oiseaux sont en déclin. Les océans sont encombrés par les détritus de l’activité humaine. Au printemps
dernier, même, dans la région d’Ottawa, une puissante tempête de vent appellée « derecho » a détruit d’énormes arbres et fait des victimes. Le changement climatique est une question pressante. Que nous réserve l’avenir à l’heure de l’Anthropocène ? Les créatures de la terre pourront-elles s’adapter ? Devront-elles chercher des habitats plus accueillants ? Pouvons-nous, les humains, réduire notre empreinte carbone et devenir de meilleurs intendants de notre planète ? La technologie peut-elle nous aider ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions posées par ces artistes… avec l’aide de la presse à imprimer.

: Nouvelle exposition à la Galerie Connective, Centre des arts créatif de Nepean; 35, rue Stafford, Ottawa

Dates: du 20 octobre au 23 février 2023

Artistes: Valerie Bridgeman, Madeleine Rousseau, Susan MW Cartwright, Murray Dineen, Shealagh Pope, Kathryn Shaw, Beth Shepherd, Dale Shutt, Moira Toomey, Lynda A. Turner, and Jennifer Waterman.

Conservatrice invitée honoraire : Shealagh Pope

Group Exhibition and Special Public Event at the Book Arts Lab – “Migration in Print”

Beth, Madeleine, Shealagh and Larry outside the Book Arts Lab.

Migration in Print

An Exhibition of Print Works at the Book Arts Lab, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University

Featuring the print works of Beth Shepherd, Madeleine Rousseau, and Shealagh Pope

Exhibition runs September 23rd through to December 20, 2022

Special Public Event: Friday, October 14th, 1-4pm

Offered in the Book Arts Lab. Video Presentations followed by printing demonstrations, including making your own relief print, making trace monotypes and dark ground monotypes, and printing linocuts. (Cet événement sera offert en anglais.)

Members of the Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective (OGPC) offer a behind-the-scenes look at the complexities of printmaking to elucidate the importance of printmaking in contemporary arts. Working collectively on the theme of Migration, the audience is witness to the artist’s process as they explore variations on a theme so crucial to the world today. Practiced by individuals and groups, humans and other species, migration boils down to changing location in search of new resources or opportunities, safety and ultimately survival. The artists invite the audience into their process as they tease meaning from visual threads and entwine them into a picture of migration in the 21st century. The hub will offer three online video-based events, where each artist provides a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process for a piece in the ‘Migration in Print’ exhibition, being held at Carleton University’s new Book Arts Lab in the MacOdrum Library September 23rd through December 20. On October 14th, 1-4pm, the Book Arts Lab will host a public event featuring the artists’ work and offering a hands-on printmaking experience.

For more information contact: Larry Thompson, Book Arts Lab

larrythompson@cunet.carleton.ca

FINDING THE BOOK ARTS LAB

The Book Arts Lab is located on the ground (2nd) floor of the MacOdrum Library located at the south end of campus on the Quad.

Parking: Lot 1 is the closest lot to the library. There is a self serve kiosk to pay using cash, debit or credit or use the app Hotspot. If you don’t mind a hike into campus, you may find free parking on the streets or parks in Old Ottawa South.