 DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB in collaboration with the Alberta Craft Council, will showcase unconventional, contemporary works, from 10 contemporary fibre artists from around North America. FABRICated will be on display and available for sale from April 20 to June 3, 2012. featuring Ilse Anysas-Salkauskas, Arlee Barr, Margie Davidson, Deborah Dumka, Connie Fraser, Matt Gould, Luke Haynes, Mary Holdgrafer, Jill Nuckles & Dana Roman opening reception Friday April 20, 2012 7:00 pm Add Comment   negativeSPACE kim BRUCE an exhibition of selected works from the Off the Wall Series March 2 to April 15, 2012 DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB opening reception friday march 2, 2012 7:00pm Kim started the “Off the Wall” series to study form, colour and design in the purest sense. Kim's work has always been stronger when the individual pieces can relate to each other. Then when grouped the whole becomes the sum of its parts. Installing the pieces in a group with the negativeSPACE flowing through and around the objects reinforces the individuality of each piece. Rather than framing which would contain the pieces forcing them to be one; with installation and use of negativeSPACE each piece remains as individual while working as a whole.   4Cats Art Show at DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB featuring the art of the 4Cats Inglewood kids! February 24th - 29th, 2012 4Cats Art Opening Celebration: February 25th, 2012 3:00 - 6:00pm  ACAD grads photography @DaDeGallery february 14 to 19, 2012 reception february 16, 2012 7:00 pm  DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB group exhibition & sale all artworks are < (less than) $1000 november 17 - december 23, 2011 opening reception november 17 CHRISTMAS in INGLEWOOD CLICK HERE for CHRISTMAS in INGLEWOOD photo booth photos  the ART of FASHION an exclusive runway presentation, shopping event & fundraiser to end human-trafficking. launching a unique exhibition showcasing the works of New York-native designer Lauren Bagliore. PREVIEW & PURCHASE the new A/W 2011 Collection, now sold at DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB November 3rd, 2011 | 7:00 pm DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB    Kai Georg Scholefield, recent addition to the Bee Kingdom Art Collective who received Leftenant Governor award for emerging artists in 2010, is very excited to have a solo glass art show at Dade ART & DESIGN LAB, in Calgary titled Final Fantasy II. This exhibition will start on September 16 and run until October 30, 2011, and consist of fine art glass sculpture, paintings and mixed media sculpture, including wood, steel, and concrete. opening reception Friday September 16, 2011 | 7:00 pm Kai's work will be a variant of his first solo exhibition, titled Final Fantasy which was hosted by the New Glass and Photography gallery in Berlin, Germany in 2010. Kai Scholefield is also the President of the Calgary Glass Initiative foundation, which in th last several years has sponsored, curated, and funded public exhibitions of fine art glass at places such as the Triangle Gallery of the visual arts in Calgary, as well as traveling art exhibitions. CGI's current initiative is to open a publicly accessable glass studio in an effort to foster appreciation for glass art locally, nationally, and internationally. As well as being a founding board member of Berlin Glas e.V., a non profit glass studio in Berlin that builds relationships between Europian and Canadian artists and art institutions.  14 let there be no mistake, to reveal your life through art is a vulnerable step, one which is necessary in the process. 1 year 4 seasons 1 thumb 4 fingers 1 boy 4 sons 1 man 4 vices 1 voice 4 people  5 DAYS ONLY ... september 9 to 14 2011 (closed monday)  My most recent body of work involves bicycles. I chose to use these simple pieces of engineering because they are so universal in nature, and I have come to see them as a metaphor for humanity. Throughout the world, only our ability to walk is used more as a means of locomotion. The bicycle exists in every culture and the knowledge of the bicycle mechanic is universal. The skill to repair a bike is the same in Boston, Bangkok, Beirut, or Beijing, and language is not a prerequisite to solving the most complex bicycle problems. I am delighted that so many people find my work familiar and ask if they can ride my sculpture, or ask how I might ride those that I have clearly worked beyond rideability. The desire of the viewer to touch and climb upon my work has led me to see myself not only as a sculptor, but also as a toymaker. Using bicycles, I have found myself viewing them both as conceptual and as figurative objects. In our consumer society, we leave piles of bikes to rust as we rush to buy newer models. This aspect of the human condition is symptomatic of the strained relationship we have between technology and nature. We dismiss much of what we have done to our environment in the name of progress, while continuing to utilize finite resources. It is this relationship that fascinates me. Just as I have taken these old bikes and attempted to give them new life, I hope you will be reminded that we must do more with less and each of us must be prepared to rediscover older and more sustainable technologies for our lives. An ideal place to begin this process would be for all of us to participate in National Ride a Bike to School / Work Day. I ask you, the viewer, to look beyond the functional aspect of the bicycle and discover a new aesthetic within these familiar objects. If we can do this, perhaps we can look beyond our own emotional, mental or physical limitations and find an expanded understanding of the “normal.” - Robertus van der Wege THE SECRET LIFE OF BICYCLES July 22, 2011 - Septemember 4, 2011 opening reception Friday July 22, 2011 | 7:00pm artist talk Tuesay July 26, 2011 | 7:00pm DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB 1327 9 AVE SE Calgary AB  Danielle hopes to successfully portray The Café Royal’s charm; the impression it has left on her, and the dent she left on it as well. Her intentions are to embellish on Café Royal’s aesthetic by covering ten 48” x 60” canvasses with eye-pleasing and expressive color using oil paint and metallic powder which lend to the mood of each piece. She elaborated on the visuals by bombarding the canvas with bold imagery referencing more specific venue detail work … and lastly, she superimposed tourist symbols on the paintings to reference ‘herself’ within modern day imagery easily identifiable to cultural / historical seekers. Within these squares, each non-conventional symbol represents a commentary on culture and tradition based on what she had witnessed at The Café Royal. Visually, she intend to make the tourist signage clash in comparison to the rest of the painting, however letting the sistering bold , gestural shapes act as a visual tie-in to her transformation as a naïve tourist into a belonging citizen. She has always used tools such as journal entries and autobiographical multi-monitor pieces as main contributors to her work and carrying the theme of story-telling within these symbols. |
