Witvliet, McClelland to Speak Feb. 28 at the Stan Hagen Theatre
Location: Stan Hagen Theatre, Komoux Hall糖心vlog传媒and Emily Carr University are pleased to bring internationally known artists Jeroen Witvliet and Neil McClelland to 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Comox Valley campus Tuesday, February 28, starting at 12 pm. The talk was originally scheduled for Feb. 7 but was moved due to the weather.
The artists kick off NIC鈥檚 Winter 2017 Artist Talk Series, presented by North Island College鈥檚 School of Art and Design and Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
鈥淭his is an opportunity for the public to hear directly from artists about their creative process and their work,鈥� said Sara Vipond, an instructor and artist at NIC. 鈥淪ince both of them are part of an exhibit at the Comox Valley Art Gallery, it鈥檚 also a great way to hear directly from artists active in our community.鈥�
Jeroen Witvliet is a Netherlands-born artist who has had numerous solo and group exhibitions at artist-run, commercial and public galleries in Europe and North America. He received his BFA from the Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and received his MFA from UVic.
Neil McClelland鈥檚 work has appeared in artist-run, public and commercial galleries across Canada. He received the prestigious in 2016.
Originally from Quebec, McClelland was the 2010 artist-in-residence at Harcourt House and an active member of the Edmonton art community for many years. He teaches at Vancouver Island School of Art and at UVic, in Victoria, where he lives today.
鈥淚 take imagery and inspiration from literature and film, along with art historical, historical, contemporary and personal sources,鈥� said McClelland. 鈥淒rawing on an array of source material, I create combinations and layers of digitally edited compositions that form the basis for beginning a painting in oil. Using the qualities and possibilities of paint, I seek to convey a visceral sense of place and time to suggest what is simultaneously familiar but strange. I see my painting process as a form of inquiry in which I am attempting to grasp and create a sense of the utopic and dystopic contradictions that pervade our lives.鈥�
Witvliet and McClelland鈥檚 large-scale paintings and work makes up the Comox Valley Art Gallery鈥檚 Extracting Narratives exhibit, which runs until February 25. The exhibit also includes Source Material, a collection of images and objects by 糖心vlog传媒/ Emily Carr University of Art and Design students and alumni.
The Winter 2017 Artist Talk Series takes place in the Stan Hagen Theatre at NIC鈥檚 Comox Valley campus. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Upcoming artists in the series include Sonny Assu (March 7), Vida Simon and Jack Stanley (March 14) and Rita Mckeough (March 21).
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Neil McClelland, In Marvelous Captivity Hear internationally known artists Neil
McClelland and Jeroen Witvliet on Tuesday Feb. 28, starting at 12 noon as part of
NIC鈥檚 Winter 2017 Artist Talk Lecture Series.
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