Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
FALL 2024
EVENT:
Holiday Craft Night:
Ornament Decorating
Organized by Cheyne Ferguson, artLAB Gallery Intern
Monday, November 25 from 12pm-2pm
Cohen Commons
Take a break from studying to get into the holiday spirit! Join us for some FUN crafts, enjoy light refreshments and some unencumbered time to unwind. We’ll be decorating holiday ornaments for your tree. All materials provided, while supplies
EVENT:
Water (Deshkan Ziibi)
Curated by Christof Migone, Sheri Osden Nault, and Ruth Skinner.
December 12, 2024
12 noon to 12 midnight
artLAB Gallery, Western University, London and online on YouTube
Water (Deshkan Ziibi) is the fifth in a series of 12 annual events. Each year, the event focuses on a word of the12-word phrase "You And I Are Water Earth Fire Air Of Life AndDeath," and activates it in myriad ways. This year's event will willingly wade the time away, in eddies, in sinks, in drains, in backwaters, through root systems, capillaries, infiltrating, inundating, as Isabelle Stengers put it, our "humid brains."
Water (Deshkan Ziibi) features Kate Armstrong, Bagida'waad Alliance, Dickson Bou, Penelope Cain, Shannon Cooney, Tom Cull, Melissa General, Farheen Haq, Sharmistha Kar, Claire Liu, Patrick Mahon, Thomas Mahon, Brady Marks, Laura Millard, Valerie Mills-Milde, Eli Nolet, Racquel Rowe, Jon Sasaki, Lou Sheppard, Quinn Smallboy, Jordyn Stewart, Mark Timmings, Paul Walde, Michelle Wilson, and more.
Water (Deshkan Ziibi) is presented by the artLAB Gallery in partnership with Art Gallery Of Hamilton, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Forest City Gallery, Futura Resistenza, Glenfiddich Artists-In-Residence, McIntosh Gallery, NAISA, NIMAC, Other Sights, SASAH, Thames Art Gallery, and WalkingLab.
📢 Cohen Commons OPEN CALL | Submission DEADLINE: November 22nd, 2024!
Submit your artworks to be displayed in “International Aisle”, curated by artLAB intern Dhra Patel, running in Cohen Commons January 9th, 2025 - January 30th, 2025. You must be a student at Western to submit. No projections please, but videos with sound can be included with the use of headphones.
The international Food Aisle, unlike any other section in the grocery store, is the only place where you can find foods like ramen, chutney and tajin next to each other. Despite how different these foods and the cultures they come from are, they have been grouped together because they are deemed “exotic goods,” regardless of the grocery store’s demographics or where the food products are made. This othering, made more obvious by the location of the aisle that is usually at the back of the store, closely parallels the dynamics and experiences that people from marginalized communities experience on a day-to-day basis.
“International Aisle” invites those from marginalized communities to share their untold food stories. Each artist’s unique perspective will contribute to creating an “international grocery aisle” that isn’t othered, but instead creates an inclusive space for artists to voice their unique experiences. Some topics that could be addressed include those on the histories of food as a tool of colonialism, experiences with certain food products, depictions of the international aisle, stereotypes, etc. Considering the history of the international food aisle, this exhibition will prioritize voices and/or stories that are less heard.
Please complete the Google Form linked in our bio to submit your work for consideration. You will be required to submit 1) artist statement 2) short description of the work(s) 3) up to 5 images of existing or proposed artwork. You must be a Western student to submit. No projections please, but videos with sound can be included with the use of headphones. Feel free to DM us if you have any questions!
Graphic design by Amy Reyes-Murray, artLAB Gallery Intern.
