Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:30 p.m.
Canadian Sculpture Centre
Adhering to its educational mandate, the Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) organizes and sponsors this exhibition each year. The SSC invites submissions from across Canada.
This year the jurors have selected 13 works by 6 artists from Ontario. This takes place in a 2-step jurying process. The first involves viewing of submitted images; then the second jurying for awards takes place after the works are set-up in the gallery. Both jurying processes are completed “anonymously”. No names or gender are given to the jurors….only the images / titles / media / dimensions / artist statement about the works. This is all presented via “numbers” in order to facilitate the fairest process. Winning recipients of the 3 awards were announced & presented during the opening event – not before.
The jurors: Kimberley Lillywhite, Director of Red Head Gallery, Kelly McCray, Curator and Peter Por, Sculptor selected the following artists:
Gary Augustynek, Toronto
Leah Boyd, Guelph
Susan Kachor Conlon, Thunder Bay
Glen Farley, Toronto / Norway
Katie Lemieux, Thunder Bay
Jonathan Simpson, Toronto
Glen Farley winner of A & M Charitable Foundation Award accepts the award from Flavio Bell
Glen Farley, Surveillance, kinetic mixed media
Leah Boyd, winner of the Artcast Inc Sculpture Award in front of her work, -Ve+Ve, steel
Katie Lemieux winner of the MST Bronze Ltd Sculpture Award with her work, Just Enough, mixed media
Jonathan Simpson, Dream Log, cherry wood on steel base
Susan Kachor Conlon with her sculpture, Am I Empty, steel rivets
Gary Augustynek, Layers, wood, clay, stone
The participants and jurors were in attendance….neither having met one another previously.
Image courtesy of Canadian Sculpture Centre
*Exhibition information: Augustus 11 – 31, 2016, Canadian Sculpture Centre, 500 Church Street. Gallery hours: Tue – Fri: 12 – 6, Sat: 11 – 4 p.m.