Intro
Stockpile is a new showcase for a broad range of art practices and approaches.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
First Annual Stockpile a success
Now that summer and fall are over and we’re getting into the thick of winter, the Stockpile events of this past summer seem so far away.
With events that happened all around Corner Brook, and satellite events that occurred in the greater Bay of Islands area, Gros Morne National Park, Fogo Island, St. John’s, Charlottetown (PEI), and Sweden, the first annual Stockpile showcased the work of Atlantic Canadian artists in many, many different environments.
If you haven’t already, check out the links to the right to take a look at each event’s aftermath, and check out this page next summer to find out what will be happening in 2009!
Monday, June 30, 2008
The First Annual Stockpile
Throughout the months of July and August, a number of artists based in Atlantic Canada will be presenting the first annual Stockpile, a new showcase for a broad range of art practices and approaches. Stockpile events will be taking place in Charlottetown, PEI, Corner Brook, McIvers, Gros Morne, Fogo Island, and St. John’s, NL, along with one performance taking place in Väskinde, Sweden on the island of Gotland. The events range from art exhibitions and performance art to site-specific art and installations.
The events begin July 11th in Corner Brook, but continue to occur throughout July and August. Between July 21 – 26, events will be focused upon the area around West St. in Corner Brook, with events on the Bay of Islands’ north shore.
Events will be updated and listed on the Stockpile website at www.stockpilegroup.ca.
The artists and galleries taking part: Mark Adams (Corner Brook, NL), Jamie-Lee Cormier (Corner Brook, NL), Full Tilt Creative Centre (McIvers, NL), Sandi Hartling (Charlottetown, PEI), JL Gallery (Corner Brook, NL), Warren Jung (Corner Brook, NL), Jillian Parsons (Little Rapids, NL), Mark Prier (Corner Brook, NL), Philip Robbins (Corner Brook, NL), Colette Urban (Meadows, NL), Yani Workman Sheng (Corner Brook, NL), Damien Worth (Corner Brook, NL), and others.
Currently scheduled events:
July 11th (with rain dates on the 12th and 13th) – Mark Prier, “Survival Walk”
A performance along the Corner Brook Stream Trail. Two individuals in lab coats will be solemnly carrying an improvised survival stretcher along the trail system. For more information about Mark Prier, please visit www.markprier.com.
July 20th – 23rd – Colette Urban, “Mega Moose”
A performance Full Tilt Creative Centre in McIvers. Urban will be stamping moose hoof prints along the trails belonging to an extremely large moose. For more information about Full Tilt, see www.fulltiltnewfoundland.com.
July 20 – Mark Adams, “Disposition”
A mosiac of Western Newfoundland’s rural communities and what has been “left behind.” The artist will be working in the Gros Morne communities of Woody point, Bonne Bay, Rocky Harbour, and Norris Point.
July 21st – Mark Prier, “Broadcasting Map”
A performance along the footpaths and roads in the Väskinde area of Gotland, Sweden. Prier will be dropping a pinch of yarrow (Achillea millefolium), known in Sweden as röllika, every fifty steps while walking to create a potential floral map of his wandering itinerary.
July 21st – 27th – Damien Worth, “your neckst”
Worth’s work concerns the dying of urban centers and coming to terms with “dead spaces” in our social settings. As a memoriam to local businesses that have forcefully been “killed” by Big Box stores, Worth will be visiting select sites in Corner Brook (Broadway and West Street) that have “passed on” while dressed in funeral attire.
July 22nd – 23rd – JL Gallery, exhibition
A small exhibition of artwork inside the gallery on West Street (above the Cash Store) and outside on the sidewalk (weather permitting). Look for the large sign. Food and beverages will be available.
July 24th – Philip Robbins, “Chalk”
A series of outdoor drawings in empty parking lots around Corner Brook.
July 24th – August 30th – Jackie Alcock, “The Great Newfoundland Cave Art Expedition”
Alcock mixes her window painting with her Newfoundland Cave Art designs, painting variously-sized Newfoundland cave animal drawings on windows at 10 businesses throughout the West St. area.
July 24th – 26th – Colette Urban, “Mega Moose”
A performance along the Corner Brook Stream Trail. Urban will be stamping moose hoof prints along the trails belonging to an extremely large moose.
July 24th – 27th – JL Gallery, exhibition
An exhibition of work at the gallery on West St. (above the Cash Store). Presented also as part of the East Meets West Expo.
July 26th – Yani Workman Sheng, “Purity”
A single installation piece on the Majestic Theatre’s lawn in Corner Brook, made up of many small paper windmills. These objects, a large part of Workman Sheng’s own childhood, represent the purity and innocence of an idealized childhood. Like children, they will be playfully spinning about on the grassy field through another long summer day.
Throughout mid-July until the end of August – Sandi Hartling, “You Are Here”
Hartling will be distributing an edition of 500 wallet-sized cards and installing several temporary signs within public spaces throughout the Charlottetown area. The cards and signs all involve the iconic arrow and text, “you are here.”
August 3 (with rain dates on the 4th and 5th) – Mark Prier, “Survival Walk”
A performance along the Turpin Trail near Tilting on Fogo Island, Newfoundland & Labrador. Two individuals in lab coats will be solemnly carrying an improvised survival stretcher along the trail system. For more information about Mark Prier, please visit www.markprier.com.
August 8 (with rain dates on the 9th and 10th) – Mark Prier, “Survival Walk”
A performance along various trails in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. Particular emphasis will be paid to the area around Quidi Vidi Lake. Two individuals in lab coats will be solemnly carrying an improvised survival stretcher along the trail system. For more information about Mark Prier, please visit www.markprier.com.
August 18th – 25th – Mark Prier, “Structure”
Mark Prier presents his newest sculpture at the Brucebo Stipendiegård in Själsö, Sweden, on the island of Gotland.
August 21st – September 11th – Watercolours by Catherine Beaudette and the film Goh Poh Seng….a poet in Newfoundland at Full Tilt Creative Centre
Full Tilt Creative Centre in McIvers is pleased to present an exhibition of watercolour paintings, “EPITAPH: for an independent woman”, by Catherine Beaudette. As well, the film Goh Poh Seng…..a poet in Newfoundland will premiere at Full Tilt Creative Centre Thursday August 21 at 8:30 pm.
September 1st – Mark Prier, “Broadcasting Map”
A performance along the footpaths and roads in the Kungsholmen area of Stockholm, Sweden. Prier will be dropping a pinch of yarrow (Achillea millefolium), known in Sweden as röllika, every fifty steps while walking to create a potential floral map of his wandering itinerary.
Stockpile is graciously supported by the Corner Brook Stream Development Corporation and is made possible in part by funding from PEI Council of the Arts and Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council.
