Speaking Pictures

Date of survey completion: 
Sat, 2010-05-01 06:00
Contact person (The person making this entry has the ability to edit this entry in the future. See above for details as to how): 
Jeff Nye
Email address of primary contact person: 
jnye@reginalibrary.ca

Location

Dunlop Art Gallery
P.O. Box 2311, 2311 12th Avenue
Regina, SK, S4P 3Z5
Canada
50° 26' 55.7232" N, 104° 36' 17.6004" W
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Describe the project (This description appears in your map point. Insert a photo if you choose by selecting the "tree" icon): 

The Dunlop invited 20 Grade 11 students from Winston Knoll Collegiate to work with our Assistant Curator, Jeff Nye to investigate the Regina Public Library's permanent art collection and learn the role of a curator. permanent collection houses important works representing the rich pool of artists who have worked and lived in Saskatchewan. After learning about Saskatchewan art history and re-imagining works in the collection through their own experiences, each student selected a piece for the exhibition. The exhibition includes wall text by the students and a special audio component featuring the students' voices telling stories that they created in response to the artworks. The class developed the theme and the title of the exhibition. 'Open Spaces and Everything In-Between' takes into account the prairie landscapes that dominate the collection, and that among each of these portraits of Saskatchewan as a place, students discovered that there was room for abstraction, social commentary, history, politics, passion, innovation, identity and ideas. This innovative exhibition will offer the community an opportunity to see some important pieces by Saskatchewan artists and to hear what is being said by a younger generation of viewers in the reflective space provided by the gallery.

Describe the timing of your project (Please describe the date and length of time the project runs): 

Ongoing.

Keywords (Please list keywords, separated by commas, that relate to the project): 
Education, Students, Fine Arts, Culture, Community
Describe the educational component of the project (e.g. formal education, training, or public awareness advanced by the project): 

Formal - school and Informal - awareness.

What level of education does this project address?: 
High school
Professional and other training outside the formal school/higher education system (non-formal education)
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