This week "Close to Home" opens at City Hall Gallery! Featuring aquisitions of 2011 to the City of Ottawa's Fine Art Collection, including Nursing Corset by yours truly. The show runs from July 13th to September 9th, with the vernissage on Thursday July 19th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
The images above are by Karina Kraenzle (Untitled , 2011, digital print on glass) and Chelsea Delorme, (Window #14 2010, photograph on paper). Other artists you'll see include my high school art teacher Tim Desclouds, Petra Halks, Danny Hussey, Jean Jewer, Natasha Mazurka, Cynthia Obrien, Bozica Radjenovic, Utta Riccius, Diana Thorneycroft just to name a few.
The 2011 acquisitions saw an unprecedented increase in the number of artworks by artists new to the collection: 35 artists, or 50%, have not had artwork previously collected by the city. In total, 101 artworks by 69 artists were selected for the collection through peer-review committees. Eighty-five works were acquired in the Direct Purchase program, 12 works were completed through the Percent for Art commission program and four artworks were donated. This exhibition highlights at least one artwork by each artist.