Gallery Connexion’s Annex Gallery reveals two new exhibitions by Meredith Snider and Hector Javier Tovar Gonzalez.
June 2 – June 30, 2010

On June 2nd, Gallery Connexion’s Annex Gallery reveals two new exhibitions by Meredith Snider and Hector Javier Tovar Gonzalez.

Tell Me Where You’ve Been and What You’ve Done is a series of drawings on paper using mixed media. Meredith begins the drawings by putting India ink on wet paper to create the illusion of place or atmosphere. Watercolor, chalk pastel, conté and charcoal are all tools she uses to draw objects within the inky landscape. The exhibition references travel, shared experiences through images, and the history of objects.

Meredith Snider graduated from Concordia University in 2005 with a Fine Arts Degree and a Specialization in Art Education. After traveling through Mexico and Central America for 6 months, she returned to Fredericton in 2006 and was employed as the Executive Director of Gallery Connexion, where she continues to work.

Vinylika Experimental is a series of large-scale designs made using recycled vinyl records by artist Hector Javier Tovar Gonzalez. Hector immigrated to Canada from Mexico seven years ago and is currently enrolled in the Communication and Design program at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Hector enjoys experimenting with found and salvaged materials. Part of his inspiration for using vinyl records comes from his passion for music and the goal to combine music and visual art. Each piece is titled after the song or artist depicted on the record in the center of the design. Hector is beginning to experiment further with vinyl material by moving into three-dimensional designs on panels. If you have records that you are no longer listening to, bring them to the opening reception on June 2 and Hector will gladly make use of them.

The exhibit will be held at the Annex Gallery located in The Playhouse, 686 Queen St. Fredericton. It runs from June 2nd to June 30th. The Annex Gallery promises to offer its visitors a visually captivating art experience. Admission is free.

Please visit our new main gallery located in the Chestnut Complex, 440 York Street Fredericton. If you are interested in becoming a member and getting involved visit our website at: www.galleryconnexion.ca

The Annex Gallery is an initiative between Gallery Connexion and the Fredericton Playhouse to provide a juried exhibition space for Gallery Connexion members and programmed exhibitions for the Playhouse.

The Annex Gallery is organized by a Gallery Connexion committee and facilitated by the Fredericton Playhouse. For more information, contact Rita Sassani at nnxgallery@gmail.com

Gallery Connexion Members Exhibition
Dreams, Reflections and Memories
May 6 – 31, 2010

On May 6th 2010 come delve into the “Dreams, Reflections and Memories” of the talented membership of Gallery Connexion. This thematic group exhibit offers a wide range of media and styles, ranging from photographic reflections to painterly illuminations. Gallery Connexion is very proud to showcase the work of its community at this wonderful venue. The exhibit will be held at the Annex Gallery located in The Playhouse, 686 Queen St. Fredericton. It runs from May 6th to May 31rst. The Annex Gallery promises to offer its visitors a visually captivating art experience. Admission is free.

Gallery Connexion has fulfilled one of its dreams and has moved into a new space.
Please visit our new main gallery located in the Chestnut Complex, 440 York Street Fredericton.

The Annex Gallery is an initiative between Gallery Connexion and the Fredericton Playhouse to provide a juried exhibition space for Gallery Connexion members and programmed exhibitions for the Playhouse.

The Annex Gallery is organized by a Gallery Connexion committee and facilitated by the Fredericton Playhouse. For more information, contact Rita Sassani at nnxgallery@gmail.com

UPDATE – As of April 1, 2010 four studios have been rented. 2 studios are still available.

As an artist-run center, Gallery Connexion is positioned to serve the artistic and larger community in a vibrant and engaging manner through excellent programming and an exciting mix of professional artist studios, small artist collectives and/or arts related businesses. It is a space where new ideas are encouraged and incubated and artistic practice and dialogue, in all its diversity, is welcomed and respected.

WHAT IS AVAILABLE
Six studio spaces are available averaging 170 square feet in size. Monthly rent is $250 for individual artists or $325 for a group of artists, or for an organization. Heat and lights are included. All studio rentals will require a yearly lease. One studio will have the maximum occupancy time of one year and can be available as specific project space.

QUALIFICATION PROCESS
Selection of studio artists and renters will be made through an advisory committee. To apply please send the following to connex@nbnet.nb.ca:
1. Name and contact information
2. Artist CV or professional resume
3. Letter of intent, describing how you intend to use your space.
4. Sample of recent work – depending on your practice might take the form of up to 5 digital images, one video, or a brief synopsis of programming over the last year (Please keep files small for attaching to email, or provide links for viewing online)

DEADLINE
Since the December 8, 2009 deadline, applications have been accepted on an ongoing basis. Applications are forwarded to the studio advisory committee and reviewed. The studio committee might request a meeting with the applicant in order to get a better idea of the intent for the studio.

If you would like to make an appointment to see the studios, please contact Meredith at (506) 454-1433 or connex@nbnet.nb.ca.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS TUESDAY, MAY 25 BY 5PM

Number of Positions: 1
Job Title: Membership/Education Coordinator
Location: Gallery Connexion, Chestnut Complex, 440 York St., Fredericton, NB
Length of Position: 42 weeks starting June 14, 2010 and ending March 31, 2011
Time and Pay: 30 hours/week at $11/hour

A POSITION FOR SOMEONE CREATIVE AND RESOURCEFUL WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN THE ARTS AND COMMUNITY

Requirements for the intern:
• Be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment
• Be out of school and have a postgraduate diploma
• Not have already participated in or been paid under the Young Canada Works or Career Focus Internship programs
• Be unemployed or underemployed (not working in his/her field or working part time)
• Not be receiving Employment Insurance

Job Overview
The Membership and Education Coordinator will work closely with the Executive Director, the Board of Directors, and the membership of Gallery Connexion. The objectives of this new position will be to increase the membership by implementing specified programming for members including a membership drive and workshops, and to increase the amount of outreach towards high school, university, and college students. The Membership and Education Coordinator will also be required to help with some administrative functions and with the installation and preparation for exhibitions and events taking place at the gallery on an ongoing basis.

Candidate Profile
A variety of disciplines could benefit the candidate for this internship including but not limited to: fine arts, media arts, communication and design, or business. The candidate will be someone who can:

• Communicate – participate and lead group discussions and be responsible for reporting on plans and progress made.
• Manage information – gather information from emails, group discussions and individual research and formulate a plan. Manage budgets and timelines using Excel spreadsheets and report on projects regularly using word documents and email
• Be adaptable – be innovative and resourceful, identify and suggest alternative ways to achieve goals and get the job done
• Demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviors – deal with people, problems and situations with honesty, integrity, and personal ethics

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS TUESDAY, MAY 25 BY 5PM

How to Apply
Applications should include a cover letter describing your qualifications for this position and a resume with 2 references.

Applications can be submitted in one of the following ways:
• By email: connex@nbnet.nb.ca with the subject ‘intern application’
• Dropped off at the gallery during business hours (Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm)
• By mail: Gallery Connexion Intern Application, PO Box 696, Fredericton NB, E3B 5B4

Please contact the gallery at (506) 454-1433 or connex@nbnet.nb.ca with any inquiries.

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15 RESTLESS NIGHTS BY DEREK BESANT

EXHIBITION: APRIL 8 TO MAY 13, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, APRIL 16 AT 5PM

The Board of Directors and staff of Gallery Connexion invite the members and the general public to an exhibition opening on Friday, April 16 at 5pm in the Chestnut Complex at 440 York Street in Fredericton.

15 Restless Nights is a contemporary art installation by Derek Besant that includes sound and text as well as 15 large-scale printed images of unmade hotel beds. Besant drove across Canada, spending nights in strange motels. Each morning the artist would wait and watch as people vacated their rooms and left their doors open. Before the maids could make their rounds, Besant photographed the unmade beds and disarray like a crime scene. The large-scale images are printed on industrial veil scrim. As a viewer experiences the installation, all the various aspects (sound, text and image) come together to engender an intense emotional impact.

15 Restless Nights was exhibited in Europe as a solo project for the 2008 International Print Biennial in The Municipal Museum of Art in Györ, Hungary, which toured it to the Veszprem Art Museum, Veszprem, Hungary and The Dunaszerdahely Contemporary Art Gallery in Slovakia. In Canada, 15 Restless Nights has shown at the Harbourfront Centre in Ontario, the Raymond-Lasnier centre d’exposition and Engramme Centre art actuel in Québec, and at the Kelowna Art Gallery and The Reach Art Museum in B.C.

Derek Michael Besant was born in 1950 in Alberta where he studied at the University of Calgary, 1969-74. Head of the Drawing Program/ Dept of Fine Arts, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, from 1977-1993, he remains on the Fine Arts Faculty. Since 1973, solo exhibitions of his work have been held at museums and galleries in Québec, Bratislava, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Denmark, Macedonia, Canada, Russia, Argentina, Finland, USA, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and England. His work has also featured in innumerable international group exhibitions and publications and is represented in 100 university, museum and other public collections worldwide. He divides his time between home/studios in Alberta and Mexico.

“I suppose, ultimately, I am still searching and mining the context of human trajectories through the spaces no one thinks about much. Motel rooms, construction sites, back alleys, swimming pools. In hunting and gathering my resources from those places, I come up with recurring themes like those out of film scripts: sleeping, wandering, falling, drowning, assembling or migrating. But I’ve always found something lingering in those places between things, some kind of connective tissue to something like a basic truth we collectively understand.” – Derek Michael Besant

We hope to see you there on Friday, April 16 at 5pm at Gallery Connexion to open this exciting new exhibition.

For more information please contact the gallery at 454-1433 or connex@nbnet.nb.ca

Gallery Connexion gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of New Brunswick, The New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts, Kingswood, and Picaroons

On March 9, Gallery Connexion’s Annex Gallery reveals two new exhibitions by Multiple Exposures and Marie Fox. The exhibition by 3rd year NBCCD photography student group Multiple Exposures titled “Discovery” displays a series of unique photographs. The exhibition by painter Marie Fox titled ‘Caught in the Peripheral’ and curated by WhiteFeather comprises of a series of model paintings. Both exhibitions open at the Annex Gallery located in the Playhouse at 686 Queen Street on Tuesday, March 9th at 5pm. Please join us for an opening reception. The exhibitions will run from March 3 until the 28th, 2010. Admission is free.

Multiple Exposures, consisting of graduating 3rd year photography students from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, will be showing their work titled ‘Discovery’. The group picked the title because they will soon be finishing school and entering into the ‘real’ world and are now discovering new things about their work and themselves. So come along and see which ‘Discovery’ they have each found!

‘Caught in the Peripheral’ is a curated solo exhibition of paintings by Charlottetown artist Marie Fox. Fox says of her work, “My approach to painting is a thoroughly ritualistic process, an obsessive decoding and reassembling of visionary experience. In this series, I have photographed each model individually, to use as a physical embodiment of an archetype. Her face is wiped clean of make-up or personal identity, and she is given organic props such as antlers, branches, or feathers. In an instinctive moment of powerful vulnerability, the model transcends herself and becomes the link between memory and image. Artist Marie Fox is a mainly self-taught painter living and practicing her art in Charlottetown, PEI. Curator WhiteFeather is an award winning artist, educator, arts administrator, advocate and writer based in Fredericton. This is Marie’s second solo exhibition curated by WhiteFeather, and this is WhiteFeather’s fourth curatorial project.
The Annex Gallery is an initiative between Gallery Connexion and the Fredericton Playhouse to provide a juried exhibition space for Gallery Connexion members and for the Playhouse to include programmed exhibitions in its galleries.

The Annex Gallery is organized by a Gallery Connexion committee and facilitated by the Fredericton Playhouse. For more information, contact Rita Sassani at nnxgallery@gmail.com

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PRESS RELEASE – January 26, 2010

GALLERY CONNEXION ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST OPENING RECEPTION AT 440 YORK STREET ON FEBRUARY 11, 2010 WITH ARTIST JOSÉ LUIS TORRES.
The Board of Directors of Gallery Connexion are excited to invite the public to the first opening reception in the Chestnut Complex at 440 York Street! Please join us to celebrate the opening of a new community space in Fredericton and to unveil our inaugural exhibition by Argentinean/Quebec artist José Luis Torres on Thursday, February 11 at 5pm. Absolutely everyone is welcome. Torres returns to complete a gallery component of a residency he began in July of 2009 where he built an on-site installation behind the Charlotte Street Art Centre. Torres will see the gallery through the transition from ‘ homeless’ to ‘having a home’. Gallery Connexion has produced a catalogue for his residency titled Nomadic Landscape: The Sculpture of José Luis Torres with essays by Carol Collicutt and the artist.

In her essay Collicutt writes, “His constructions offer an interaction with place, and a reference to our relationship with landscape. They are architecture on a human scale, charged with our desire to belong and settle. They also address the nomadic condition and the varying environments experienced by a moving society. At once familiar and aloof, his sculptures contain ideas of movement, adaptability and identity. In a formal sense, they speak to the viewer about the present, the past, and the concept of emotional shift. They silently draw the visitor into a world that is dynamic and fraught with change, while at the same time providing a space for connection and reflection”.

Since 2004 Torres has worked as the coordinating artist for the Ice Hotel in Quebec City. His studies in architecture and the visual arts allow him to design and realize the majority of the public spaces within the hotel and coordinate groups of sculptors. Each year Torres receives the plans for the hotel and along with the Artistic Director create a new and exciting structure to stretch the imaginations of the public and make for a memorable experience for those who visit. Torres has exhibited his work extensively across Canada and in Argentina and has created permanent sculptures in public spaces across the world. He has participated in international symposiums and has received a long list of awards and distinctions for his work.

Everyone is welcome to share in the excitement of opening the first exhibition in a newly renovated artist-run center, one year and a half in the making and a continuing work in progress. The artist will be in attendance. A grand opening is being planned for a later date at which time the main gallery will be dedicated as the Rick Burns Gallery.

For more information please contact Meredith Snider at 506-454-1433 or connex@nbnet.nb.ca

Studios still available for rent! Contact the gallery for more information.

Exhibition Proposals should include the following:

• 10 to 20 images of proposed or recent work
• Curriculum vitae
• Artist statement
• An exhibition proposal including space and equipment requirements and description of proposed work
• Publications, reviews, or other support material (optional)
• A stamped self addressed envelope (materials will not be returned if sufficient postage is not included)

Proposals can be mailed to:
Gallery Connexion 
PO Box 696
 Fredericton, New Brunswick 
E3B 5B4
 Canada

Disclaimer: Gallery Connexion is not responsible for lost items. Also, if sufficient postage is not included on a self-addressed stamped envelope, the materials will not be returned.

Gallery Connexion welcomes submissions from artists of any discipline regardless of educational background, gender, race, or sexual orientation. The gallery also welcomes proposals from independent curators. Gallery Connexion does not show undergraduate student work.

Gallery Connexion is committed to paying artist’s fees as outlined in the CARFAC fee schedule.
The current rates are as follows:
$1500 for a solo show
$235 for a Speaker’s/Workshop Fee under 4 hours
$3500 for a residency fee
Up to $200 for return shipping

Gallery Connexion annually programs 4-5 exhibitions, artist residencies, film and video screenings, performance, spoken word, musical shows, poetry and literary readings, and membership exhibitions and activities. Proposals may be sent anytime. The committee meets once a year to review submissions.

For more information please contact the gallery at (506) 454-1433 or connex@nbnet.nb.ca

Not a member? Not a problem: Become one!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 1ST, 2010 by 5:00pm

Participate in the “Dreams, Reflections and Memories” Group Show May 3-31, 2010

Gallery Connexion invites artists, whether current members or not, to submit a work for a group show under the theme of “Dreams, Reflections and Memories”. Only work that can be mounted on the wall is eligible (use of floor space is not an option). No commission for sale of works will be charged; selected artists can enjoy this benefit by becoming a member of Gallery Connexion.

How To Participate:

• Send an image of your proposed submission; one per artist with a maximum size of 12” width x 40” height by April 1, 2010
• Any medium accepted as long as it can be installed on the wall via the art hanging system (must have wire or hook to hang from). Literary artists can submit text so long as the work is framed within the proper size. The committee can print text on a transparent sticker (please state such in your submission).
• Please include the following information along with your submission:

- Title:
- Year:
- Medium:
- Size:
- Artist:
- Price: If not for sale write ‘N.F.S.’
- Email and/or phone number where potential buyers may contact you.

• Anybody who wishes to play music during the opening on Friday May 7 from 5-7 p.m.is welcome. Please submit a proposal by April 1, 2010 to do so in advance for the purpose of scheduling different acts.
• Anyone may participate in this group show, even if not a member of Gallery Connexion, but if accepted must pay a one-time membership fee, which currently stands at $30/year.
• Mail submissions to: PO Box 696, Fredericton, NB E3B 5B4 and digital submissions to nnxgallery@gmail.com. Please do not send original works.
• If sent via mail, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of support materials. If one is not included, materials may be picked up at a speficied date.
• Submissions received after 5:00pm on April 1st will not be accepted for the show.
• Successful artists will be notified.

Visit www.galleryconnexion.ca for more submission information including images of the galleries and dimensions of the wall space.

Becoming a member of Gallery Connexion (only $30 per year) includes many benefits:

• Inclusion on a membership email list – receive invitations to gallery events, calls for submissions from galleries across Canada and notices of available job opportunities in the arts
• Artist members will be listed on Connexion’s website with a link to their to their personal website or to a profile page
• Membership exhibitions and exchange opportunities
• Yearly newsletter
• Voting rights
• The opportunity to meet and connect with other artists from the region

More Info? Contact Gallery Connexion:
If you have any questions, and for media inquiries: Tel: 506-454-1433 | Email: nnxgallery@gmail.com

Not a member? Not a problem: Become one!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 1ST, 2010 by 5:00pm
For a programming year starting June 2010 until December 2011

Gallery Connexion, in partnership with the Fredericton Playhouse, is seeking to program exhibitions for its Member’s Annex Gallery. Gallery Connexion invites artists, whether current members or not, to submit a proposal for an exhibition in either one or both of the wings. Exhibition proposals will be judged by a jury of professional artists. Only work that can be mounted on the wall is eligible (use of floor space is not an option). No commission for sale of works will be charged; selected artists can enjoy this benefit by becoming a member of Gallery Connexion.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

• Submit proposals prior to the deadline of April 1st, 2010
• A proposal consists of:

- A description of proposed work
- 10 digital images on CD or sent via email
- Corresponding list of images
- Artist statement or short biography
- Curriculum vitae
- Please indicate your top three preferences for months in which you would like to exhibit or indicate no preference (for the year June 2010 to Dec. 2011) and whether you wish to exhibit in one or two wings.

• Anyone may submit, even if not a member of Gallery Connexion, but if accepted must pay a one-time membership fee, which currently stands at $30/year.
• Send physical submissions to: PO Box 696, Fredericton, NB E3B 5B4 and digital submissions to nnxgallery@gmail.com
• If sent via mail, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of support materials. If one is not included, materials may be picked up at a speficied date.
• Submissions received after 5:00pm on April 1st will not be accepted for the programming year
• Successful artists will be notified.

Becoming a member of Gallery Connexion (only $30 per year) includes many benefits:

• Inclusion on an email list – receive invitations to gallery events, calls for submissions from galleries across Canada and notices of available job opportunities in the arts
• Artist members will be listed on Connexion’s website with a link to their to their personal website or to a profile page
• Membership exhibitions and exchange opportunities
• Yearly newsletter
• Voting rights
• The opportunity to meet and connect with other artists from the region

More Info? Contact Gallery Connexion
If you have any questions, and for media inquiries:
Tel: 506-454-1433 Email: nnxgallery@gmail.com

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