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The Shenkman
Arts Centre welcomes four new exhibits this month featuring
works by Ottawa designer and photographer Bert van der Plas;
mixed media artist Maya Hum; ceramic artist Mike Doxey; and
a group of Polish born artists who all share a love and passion
for fabric art.
Bert van der
Plas collection of fashion creations with accompanying
environmental portraits lives up to its Uniek
read unique title in every aspect.
Each creation
is unique in its own respect and must be seen in person
to be truly appreciated. But van der Plas photography
is equally enthralling. Each piece is modeled and photographed
in an attempt to enhance its uniekness and when exhibited
together the combination is a wonder to behold.
Next door to
van der Plas exhibit in Salon B of the Trinity Gallery
is a collection of pencil illustrations and mixed media
drawings by Ottawa artist and art teacher Maya Hum entitled
Evoking Worlds.
As the title
suggests, each work evokes a sense of self-worth and self
determination of womanhood from the illustration Care
and Protect in which three women appear to be protecting
a transparent globe, to a drawing of a woman outlining a
series of rectangular frames on a wall entitled Dreams
and Determination.
My personal favourite
is The Wish in which a woman appears to be firing
a shooting star into the night sky.
Michael Doxeys
pottery career spans more than 20 years. Until recently
he produced his works under the moniker Banished Moon Pottery
based in Portland, Ontario.
His exhibit,
on display in the Dust Evans Pottery Gallery on the lower
level of the Shenkman Arts Centre, is his first under his
own name.
The exhibit features
more than a dozen dinnerware pieces, garden pottery, large
wheel thrown urns and sculptural tile murals. All of Doxeys
work combines an artistic experience with a rugged functionality.
The organic theme
of Doxeys exhibit carries over in the collection of
fibre art on display in the Lalonde + Doyle Exhibition Space
also on the lower level of the arts centre.
The exhibit is
sponsored by the Polish Embassy and features the work of
six Polish-born artists, including mother and daughter Krystyna
Szluinska-Sadej and Justyna Szluinska who are both from
Ottawa.
The other artists
include Monique Lehman from California and Ewa Bartosz-Mazus,
Agata Zielinska-Glowacka and Zofia Werblicka, who are all
based in Poland. The works range from large tapestries to
small, detailed woven mixed media pieces.
The Bert van
de Plas and Maya Hum exhibits in the Trinity Gallery will
be on display until Sept. 20, while the fabric art exhibit
sponsored by the Polish Embassy will end two days earlier
on Sept. 18.
Visitors to the
Shenkman Arts Centre can also take in the latest exhibit
by members of Arteast directly opposite the Trinity Gallery,
while upstairs on the main floor the AOE Arts Council gallery
features work by contemporary art photographers Richard
Robesco and Glenn Bloodworth until Oct. 11.
(This
story was made possible thanks to their generous support
of our local business partners.)