Art Event
Celebrating Ten Years of The Plaskett Award in Vancouver in May
An exhibition of 10 former Plaskett Award Recipients, and a Symposium called Painting/Position/Place are to be held in Vancouver on May 9 and 10, 2014.
The exhibition, titled Plaskett Award Ten Years, includes paintings by all former recipients: Julie Trudel (2013), Phil Delisle (2012), Jessica Groome (2011), Megan Hepburn (2010), Vitaly Medvedovsky (2009), Nam Duc Nguyen (2008), Todd Tremeer (2007), Ehryn Torrell (2006), Jennifer Lefort (2005), and Mark Neufeld (2004).
Collin Johanson will be awarded the eleventh $25,000 Joseph Plaskett Award during a special presentation to celebrate ten years of the Plaskett Award. The presentation, exhibition opening and reception will be held at the Equinox Gallery in Vancouver on Friday, May 9, 2014 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. The art community is invited.
The Joseph Plaskett Foundation is grateful to the Equinox Gallery for providing this outstanding exhibition venue in the heart of Vancouver.
Equinox Gallery, 525 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC. Exhibition runs from May 9 to May 17, 2014. www.equinoxgallery.com/
Painting/Position/Place; A Symposium will be held the next day, on Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Granville Island (Room NB 245).
The symposium brings together eight artists and two writer-curators to examine the effect of place on artistic practices and positions, specifically in painting. Speakers include Ben Reeves, J'rgen Partenheimer, Landon Mackenzie. Five former Plaskett Award Recipients will also show work and discuss their relationship to their art and a sense of place. The symposium is held in conjunction with Emily Carr University's 2014 Graduation Exhibition.
Both events are free and open to the public.
An exhibition of 10 former Plaskett Award Recipients, and a Symposium called Painting/Position/Place are to be held in Vancouver on May 9 and 10, 2014.
The exhibition, titled Plaskett Award Ten Years, includes paintings by all former recipients: Julie Trudel (2013), Phil Delisle (2012), Jessica Groome (2011), Megan Hepburn (2010), Vitaly Medvedovsky (2009), Nam Duc Nguyen (2008), Todd Tremeer (2007), Ehryn Torrell (2006), Jennifer Lefort (2005), and Mark Neufeld (2004).
Collin Johanson will be awarded the eleventh $25,000 Joseph Plaskett Award during a special presentation to celebrate ten years of the Plaskett Award. The presentation, exhibition opening and reception will be held at the Equinox Gallery in Vancouver on Friday, May 9, 2014 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. The art community is invited.
The Joseph Plaskett Foundation is grateful to the Equinox Gallery for providing this outstanding exhibition venue in the heart of Vancouver.
Equinox Gallery, 525 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC. Exhibition runs from May 9 to May 17, 2014. www.equinoxgallery.com/
Painting/Position/Place; A Symposium will be held the next day, on Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Granville Island (Room NB 245).
The symposium brings together eight artists and two writer-curators to examine the effect of place on artistic practices and positions, specifically in painting. Speakers include Ben Reeves, J'rgen Partenheimer, Landon Mackenzie. Five former Plaskett Award Recipients will also show work and discuss their relationship to their art and a sense of place. The symposium is held in conjunction with Emily Carr University's 2014 Graduation Exhibition.
Both events are free and open to the public.
The Canadian-born artist Joseph Plaskett (1918- ), established the Joseph Plaskett Foundation in 2004 to support a mature Canadian student to travel and/or study art in Europe for one year.
Nominated by Lawren Harris, Joseph Plaskett won the first Emily Carr Scholarship in 1946. The award changed his life, enabling him to study, first at the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco and then with Hans Hofmann in New York and Provincetown. At the end of the year, recommended by both Lawren Harris and A.Y.Jackson, he accepted the post as Director of the Winnipeg School of Art, where he taught for two years, by which time the lure of Europe became irresistible. In 1949, after visiting London, he found in Paris the ideal setting for his artistic development. After twice returning to Canada to teach, it was in 1957 that he was able to make Paris his home for the next half century. Since 2001, he has lived in Suffolk, England.
Despite living abroad for almost seventy years, he is staunchly Canadian. Almost annually he has returned to his homeland and held exhibitions across the country. A legendary host and supporter of Canadian artists working in Europe, he was considered an unofficial Ambassador in Paris. In June 2011, Joseph Plaskett was bestowed the honour of Doctor of Fine Arts (Honoris Causa) by Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC.
When the formation of the foundation was announced in 2004, Mr. Plaskett said, "I created this award in emulation of what Emily Carr did for me in 1946. I would like young Canadian artists to enjoy the privileges I experienced more than a half century ago. Europe and, above all, France, have left me richer in knowledge and experience. Although things have changed a great deal since I first travelled and studied abroad, the lesson of Europe and it's past is always waiting for those ready to learn."
Joseph Plaskett was born in 1918 in New Westminster. His works are in public art gallery collections from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001 for his excellence in the field of visual art. His autobiography A Speaking Likeness (Ronsdale Press) was published in 1999. The Plaskett Gallery, at New Westminster's Massey Theatre, is named in his honour.
In 2009, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) partnered with the Joseph Plaskett Foundation to support and administer the Award process at the national level and to continue to spread the Award's good reputation.
The Board of Trustees of The Joseph Plaskett Foundation include John Vogel and Landon Mackenzie of Vancouver, Stephen Jarislowsky, Pierre Lapointe and Marie Senecal Tremblay of Montreal, and Timothy Urquhart of Zurich. We are grateful to all trustees for their volunteer effort, governance, care and consideration of this important Canadian prize.
Nominated by Lawren Harris, Joseph Plaskett won the first Emily Carr Scholarship in 1946. The award changed his life, enabling him to study, first at the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco and then with Hans Hofmann in New York and Provincetown. At the end of the year, recommended by both Lawren Harris and A.Y.Jackson, he accepted the post as Director of the Winnipeg School of Art, where he taught for two years, by which time the lure of Europe became irresistible. In 1949, after visiting London, he found in Paris the ideal setting for his artistic development. After twice returning to Canada to teach, it was in 1957 that he was able to make Paris his home for the next half century. Since 2001, he has lived in Suffolk, England.
Despite living abroad for almost seventy years, he is staunchly Canadian. Almost annually he has returned to his homeland and held exhibitions across the country. A legendary host and supporter of Canadian artists working in Europe, he was considered an unofficial Ambassador in Paris. In June 2011, Joseph Plaskett was bestowed the honour of Doctor of Fine Arts (Honoris Causa) by Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC.
When the formation of the foundation was announced in 2004, Mr. Plaskett said, "I created this award in emulation of what Emily Carr did for me in 1946. I would like young Canadian artists to enjoy the privileges I experienced more than a half century ago. Europe and, above all, France, have left me richer in knowledge and experience. Although things have changed a great deal since I first travelled and studied abroad, the lesson of Europe and it's past is always waiting for those ready to learn."
Joseph Plaskett was born in 1918 in New Westminster. His works are in public art gallery collections from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001 for his excellence in the field of visual art. His autobiography A Speaking Likeness (Ronsdale Press) was published in 1999. The Plaskett Gallery, at New Westminster's Massey Theatre, is named in his honour.
In 2009, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) partnered with the Joseph Plaskett Foundation to support and administer the Award process at the national level and to continue to spread the Award's good reputation.
The Board of Trustees of The Joseph Plaskett Foundation include John Vogel and Landon Mackenzie of Vancouver, Stephen Jarislowsky, Pierre Lapointe and Marie Senecal Tremblay of Montreal, and Timothy Urquhart of Zurich. We are grateful to all trustees for their volunteer effort, governance, care and consideration of this important Canadian prize.
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