Collective Vision at loop

Loop's talent pool is overflowing, said Globe and Mail critic R.M. Vaughan, and it's none the more evident than in Collective Vision, our current group exhibition. Come in on Sunday, July 29 at 3PM for a Q + A session with member artists Mark Adair and Libby Hague, and loop co-founder Richard Mongiat. The panel will be moderated by Will Huffman, Associate Director of the Toronto Arts Council.

Collective Vision features works by John Abrams, Mark Adair, Elizabeth Babyn, Yael Brotman, Heather Carey, Tara Cooper, Tanya Cunnington, Elizabeth D'Agostino, Sheryl Dudley, Martha Eleen, Eric Farache, Adrien Fish, Maria Gabankova, Sandra Gregson, Charles Hackbarth, Libby Hague, Linda Heffernan, David Holt, JJ Lee, Jane Lowbeer, Ian MacLean, Mary Catherine Newcomb, Maureen Paxton, Ester Pugliese, Barbara Rehus, Rochelle Rubinstein, and Yvonne Singer.

The show runs until August 12, 2012.

Photos by Patricia Novju

Final Weekend to see the Exhibitions by Tara Cooper and Yael Brotman at loop Gallery

Campbell south of Grant, Mnemonic Stoop series, Mixed Media by Yael Brotman, Photography by Peter Legris

This is the last weekend to see Yael Brotman's and Tara Cooper's work at loop Gallery. There will be a Question & Answer session with the artists moderated by Rebecca Diederichs at 3 pm on Sunday, March 25th. The exhibition closes tomorrow at 4 pm.

If you missed the Globe & Mail review of the exhibition by R.M. Vaughan, the link is here.

Gallery hours this weekend are: Saturday 12 - 5 pm and Sunday 1 - 4 pm.

R.M. Vaughn's Review of the Exhibitions of Martha Eleen and Mary Catherine Newcomb at Loop Gallery

The Great Hare by Mary Catherine Newcomb

Globe & Mail art critic R.M. Vaughn reviewed Martha Eleen and Mary Catherine Newcomb's exhibitions at loop Gallery, suggesting that the show which may at first "appear dissonant" actually reveals underlying tensions and subliminal commonalities that make the artists a "good team". Read the full text of the review called The Zen of Post-conceptual Art here.

Opening at Loop Gallery January 7, 2011

Paintings by Martha Eleen

Michele Harney and Martha Eleen's dad

The gallery is open today from noon to 5 pm and on Sunday from 1 to 4 pm. Photos shown above are from last weekend's opening. Martha Eleen will be giving an artist talk at Toronto School of Art on Wednesday, January 18th at 6 pm.

Last Chance to see Ingrid Mida and JJ Lee's Exhibition at Loop Gallery

Ere we shall meet again
by Ingrid Mida 2011

There are four days left to see the work of Ingrid Mida and JJ Lee at Loop Gallery. The gallery will be open on Thursday, February 10 to Saturday, February 12th from noon to 5 pm. The show will close on Sunday, February 13th at 4 pm following a 3 pm reading of The White Tortoise of Ch'u by author Fabian Boutilier and artist JJ Lee.

Author Fabian Boutilier and Artist JJ Lee
Photo by Ester Pugliese, 2011

Both artists were interviewed for Art Sync TV. As well, Ingrid Mida's series All is Vanity was reviewed by DF Krouskie for the loop blog and JJ Lee's work was mentioned by RM Vaughan in his Globe & Mail gallery feature. And Ingrid recently was honoured with an invitation to speak about her work at the American Costume Society conference in the fall.