From 18 September to 7 October, the Faculty of Creative Arts will participate in an international exchange exhibition with Canada.
…an artistic exchange between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere! Art from the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan - Canada, will interchange with works from the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong – Australia this month. Staff from the Department of Creative Studies at UBCO and the School of Art & Design at UOW have exchanged exhibitions of artwork for display at opposite ends of the globe. The Exhibition theme:
“To cause (one thing) to change places with another; transpose…” The sand that flows from one hemisphere to the other is, by analogy, the interchange of art and ideas between the exhibition participants and the audience. It is also a metaphor, or perhaps a riddle, for transformation; and like the philosophical colloquialism, “is the glass half empty, or half full?” is relative to the formative argument or idea.
These dual exhibitions result from the collaboration of UOW Lecturer Jelle Van Den Berg and UBCO Associate Professor Gary Pearson. Both exhibits feature a variety of artistic expression in methods including photography, painting, prints, etchings, monoprints, mixed media, and bookwork.
 From the Northern Hemisphere…
The Canadian exhibition will be displayed from 28 September to 7 October in the Long Gallery, Faculty of Creative Arts, Building 25, University of Wollongong.
The exhibition will be opened on Wednesday 4 October at 1pm by Associate Professor Gerry Turcotte; Director of the Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies, UOW. The exhibition will be open to the public between the hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm Monday-Friday.
Contributing artists are: from Visual Arts – Doug Biden, Briar Craig, Renay Egami, Johann Feught, Stephen Foster, Fern Helfand, Byron Johnston, Jim Kalnin, Ruth MacLaurin, Gary Pearson, Bryan Ryley, Shawn Serfas, Jim Tanner, Mary Smith McCulloch (Professor Emeritus). From Theatre – Neil Cadger, Virgine Magnat. From Creative Writing: Sharon Thesen, Nancy Holmes, Anne Fleming.
From the Southern Hemisphere…
 The Australian exhibition will be displayed at the Fina Gallery, in the Visual Arts Building, at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC Canada from 18 to 29 September, 2006.
A reception with commentary on the exhibition will be held at 12 noon, on Monday, 25 September. The exhibition is open to the public between the hours of 9:30am – 3:45pm, Monday–Friday. For more information: http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creative/events/faculty.html
Contributing artists are: Dr. Lisa Anderson, Didier Balez, David Blackall, Sue Blanchfield, Gregor Cullen, Robyn Douglass, Grant Ellmers, Marius Foley, Dr. Penny Harris, Richard Hook, Jelle van den Berg, Professor Diana Wood Conroy.
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