David Janzen (Cross Currents)

David Janzen
Cross Currents
mixed media (paint on wood)
2011

Cross Currents by David Janzen will be featured in the art exhibition and fundraiser called X Position.(exhibition and fundraiser with artists reinterpreting and reinventing cruciform shapes in sculpture, painting and drawing).

OPENING: Thursday MARCH 31^st between 7 and 9:30pm

CLOSING: Thursday April 21^st between 7 and 9:30pm

For this three week exhibition, artists will set the sales price for the artwork (s) and give VAAA 50%, 75% or 100% of the sales price. All the artworks will be on display from March 31^st until April 23^rd, 2011. If you would like to take part in this exhibition / fundraiser please contact the VAAA office by email to visartaa@telusplanet.net

Artworks must be at the VAAA gallery by 4pm on March 16^th, 2011. Artists are responsible for delivery of artwork to the VAAA Gallery and pick up of artwork (if unsold).
(VAAA will not be responsible for unsold art pieces not picked up before August 24^th, 2011).

Artists can submit up to two art pieces for this exhibition, the VAAA will display at least one piece from each participating artist.  Please inform us if any art pieces exceeds 30” x 30” if two dimensional or 24” x 24” x 24” if three dimensional.

Robert Dmytruk (view of Accumulated Perception being delivered)

Robert Dmytruk
Accumulated Perception 4
oil, acrylic and chalk on canvas
66 x 62"



Robert Dmytruk's art exhibition Accumulated Perception is featured at the VAAA Gallery (10215 112 street, 3rd Floor, Edmonton) until March 26th, 2011. The VAAA Gallery is open Wednesday to Fridat from 10am until 4pm and Saturday from noon until 4pm. We can be reached at 1.866.421.1731 or locally to 780.421.1731.

Kathryn Manry (in front of Prince William Sound - Alaska)

Kathryn Manry
Prince William Sound - Alaska
oil on canvas, 23.5 x 43"

Kathryn Manry's exhibition The Nature of Water is featured at the VAAA Gallery (third floor, 10215 112 Street, Edmonton) until Saturday March 26th, 2011. Hours for the VAAA Gallery are Wednesday to Friday from 10am until 4pm and Saturday from noon until 4pm.

Shane Golby (Cross my Art)

Shane Golby
Cross my Art
mixed media, 2011

This art piece is part of the exhibition and fundraiser called X position that will be featured at the VAAA Gallery between March 31st, 2011 and April 21st, 2011. The opening reception will be held on Thursday evening March 31 with a closing reception held on Thursday evening April 21, 2011.

Kim Bruce (Dressmaker l)

Kim Bruce
Dressmaker l
cast beeswax - pins - gauze
8 x 8 x 5"


Kim Bruce resides and works in the foothills of Alberta just outside the City of Calgary. Using materials from distinctly different sources, she makes succinct yet subjective statements that reference the dichotomies that exist in our world and within us. Juxtaposing contrasting materials and opposing viewpoints, bittersweet contradictions concerning life’s fragility come to light and into visual and ethereal balance.  Bruce looks to unveil natural beauty and create sculptures that “provoke musings about the state of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.”
Bruce established a design firm in 1983 specializing in store planning and image development while pursuing formal art training through a varied curriculum under many established artists at The Alberta College of Art & Design and The University of Calgary. She currently manages artbiz.ca. Bruce has been published in the New York Times, reviewed in See Magazine and FFWD Magazine. Exhibitions include the Sculptors Society of Canada in Toronto, the windows at the Epcor Center for the Performing Arts in Calgary, Harcourt House Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta and the Triangle Gallery in Calgary, Alberta. Her work is in the collection of the Alberta Foundations for the Arts and is privately and publically collected throughout Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands.

Kevin Law (Baba's Bureau l)

Kevin Law
Baba's Bureau l
manipulated photograph

I am drawn to forms of photography where the artist can creatively contribute to the final image through various forms of manipulation during the original exposure of the film.  I have been most fascinated with the use and manipulation of color. Color can help to create emotion in art, and the ability to manipulate color in photography is often limited, and therefore highly challenging. Several years ago, I learned light painting techniques that I found very exciting. Since then I have developed the basic techniques of light painting into an impressionistic style using various modified light sources.

Audra Schoblocher (Turkish Tea)

Audra Schoblocher
Turkish Tea
silver & bronze, 14 x 2 x 5"

Audra Schoblocher is a metal sculptor from Calgary, Alberta.  She attended the ACA+D’s Jewellery and Metalsmithing program both in the 1980s and returned in 2008 for a BFA. Her work revolves around historical research and movements of the human body.  Her work has exhibited nationally and privately collected internationally.

    I have followed the historical theory of adorning and protecting the human body from the elements, with materials that are collected from one’s own personal environment.  I combined my readily accessible materials with traditional craft-making techniques such as spinning, crocheting and smocking to construct wearable articles.