{"id":564,"date":"2018-03-29T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T13:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/gallery\/?p=564"},"modified":"2018-04-03T13:35:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:35:37","slug":"spirit-of-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/gallery\/spirit-of-saskatchewan\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MARCH 26 \u00a0\u2013 MAY 16, 2018
\nOPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 7-9pm<\/h3>\n

STM Gallery is pleased to present this group exhibition of recent work
\nby the artists of Sherbrooke Community Centre.<\/p>\n

The Sherbrooke Art Studio believes that all people have the ability to create. At Sherbrooke Community Centre, Elders and Community Day Program (CDP) participants have the opportunity to pursue a range of creative endeavors by spending quality time in the Art Studio. Artists are provided with a shared studio space, quality art supplies, and professional opportunities to exhibit their work.<\/p>\n

A participant does not need prior art making experience to access the studio, but rather an interest in the creative process. The studio provides an encouraging and supportive environment for people with a range of skills and abilities. Studio artists are encouraged to explore a wide variety of media. Drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics and fabric art are included to meet the needs, choices and preferences of each artist.<\/p>\n

The Art Studio provides opportunities for artists at Sherbrooke \u2013 whether beginners or experienced practitioners \u2013 to express themselves, to give back to their community, and to engage fully in life, creating an environment for experimentation and self-expression. An Artist-in-Residence, as well as, visiting artists, student volunteers from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, and the community facilitate the Art Studio. Most recently, grade 6 students from the Igen (Intergenerational) program with the Saskatoon Public School District, work with artists through their art club.<\/p>\n

Our philosophy does not include teaching art classes but in facilitating the creative process through self-discovery and self-exploration. The artists in the studio find a new voice and this new voice empowers them.<\/p>\n

The range of participants is diverse; there are experienced artists with their Masters of Fine Arts Degrees, self-taught artists, and people who have never made art before. It is common that experienced artists are relearning and adapting to the process as reduced and restricted mobility and cognitive challenges present them with new challenges. With perseverance and dedication these challenges grow into strengths. Our current studio artists range in age from 25 to 96 years old.<\/p>\n

Five days a week, we play, make a mess, and encourage each other. The Eden Alternative states that one of the fundamental principles of care is that we must recognize, appreciate and promote each Elder\u2019s capacity for growth. Studio artists are encouraged to push their limits and expectations while working on purposeful and creative activities.<\/p>\n

At Sherbrooke, art is a means of challenging and transforming assumptions about age, disability, illness, and mental health. The artwork provokes fresh perspectives for the personal vision and artistic ability of artists living in long term care.<\/p>\n

Alana Moore
\nArtist-in-Residence
\nSherbrooke Art Studio<\/p>\n

\u201cThe art studio provides me the freedom to express myself in ways I cannot otherwise.\u201d \u2013 Kelly MacDougall<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never painted anything in my life and now I love it. I can\u2019t stop. I would come and paint everyday if I could. It\u2019s what I look forward to. I just love it.\u201d \u2013 Inez Moorcraft<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have a place where I could do art before Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke is the best. I was in another home before Sherbrooke and there was nothing going on and I was so bored, and I should have found a way to do things myself but I wasn\u2019t in any place to do anything. I find art a way to say what I have so much trouble putting together into words.\u201d \u2013 Jeanne Nichol<\/p>\n

\u201cThe art room relaxes me and shows me how good I can be at something, like art.\u201d \u2013 Dave Harder<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought I\u2019d be here. I\u2019m a farmer, hockey player and here I am in an art studio, and it\u2019s great. I\u2019m having fun.\u201d \u2013 Ken Udell<\/p>\n

\u201cI just, I think I got talent. It\u2019s my way of getting it out there. When people talk it don\u2019t carry so far. When you make a piece of art, it lingers, you know? Making art is my way of saying, I\u2019ve been here and deal with it. And you know, I\u2019ve been doing this a long time. It began as a necessity. When I was young, no one understood me, so if I wanted something, I would draw it. And from there, you know, that\u2019s my way of dealing with my world around me. And I don\u2019t have to talk. And I know I don\u2019t have to bore people, I just paint and draw. It\u2019s become a necessity again because I have to prove myself all over again- because of my insecurities. That\u2019s always right out there. And some people like it some don\u2019t, I don\u2019t care.\u201d \u2013 Paul Sisetski<\/p>\n

I found a way of dealing with everything and a way of showing my interest and my sense of humor. And to go back to dark places too. One door closes and another one opens. And that\u2019s not up to me. Ideas for art wake me up at night and give me a reason to get up in the morning. I wish it were different, but its not.\u201d \u2013 Paul Sisetski<\/p>\n

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Images:
\nInez Moorcraft, ‘Mountain Bluebird’, 2018, acrylic on canvas.
\nJack Coggins, ‘Blood Moon’, 2017, acrylic on canvas.
\nJoanne Fleming, ‘Poppies at Sunset’, 2016, acrylic on canvas.
\nDave Harder, ‘Dragonball Z: Android 17’, 2017, acrylic on paper.
\nKen Udell, ‘Simmental Cattle in Saskatchewan’, 2018, acrylic on canvas.
\nJudy Buckley, ‘Old Prairie Fence’, 2018, acrylic on wood.
\nPaul Sisetski, ‘Island of the Damned Series: Don’t Piss off the Bird of Paradise’, 2018, acrylic on canvas.<\/p>\n

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