Exhibition

25 Mar 2024 - 2 May 2024

VISAC Gallery in Trail, BC

Guest Workshop for Visual Exploration Club: April 11, 3:30 to 4:30 pm. 

Artist Talk during Business After Business: April 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

Artist Talk and Workshop: April 12, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. 

Energy Futures

20 Alberta printmakers and 20 Alberta writers created their vision on sustainable energy transition and climate change in Alberta.

The portfolio contains twenty hand-made fine art prints and twenty texts (poem, short story, essay) printed on 13 x 19” sheets of archival letterpress quality, forming a tangible vision of Alberta’s Energy Future. The portfolio edition is 25. It has also been published with expanded text as a book: Reimagining Fire. The Future of Energy.

Editor: Eveline Kolijn (BFA '18, Print Media) is a writer and printmaker living and working in Calgary. She uses the arts to promote energy literacy, awareness, and discussion about responsible energy transition for the world.

Authors are:

Emma Gammans, Rosemary Griebel, Maggie Hanna, Richard Harrison, Mark Hopkins, Barb Howard, Larry Kapustka, Shannon Kernaghan, Alexis Kienlen, Monica Kidd, Michael Leeb, Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, Alice Major, Kim Mannix, Natalie Meisner, Mar’ce Merrell, Peter Midgley, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Donna Williams.

Artists are:

Sylvia Arthur, Kate Baillies, Carole Bondaroff, Katie Bruce, Hannah Gelderman, Jamie-Lee Girodat, Jill Ho-You (Associate Professor, Print Media), Jacqueline Huskisson (BFA ’11, Print Media), Liz Ingram, Mary Kavanagh, Eveline Kolijn, Kasia Koralewska, Heather Leier, Tara Manyfingers, Nadia Perna, Stan Phelps, Jessica Semenoff, Jared Tailfeathers (BFA ’15, Painting), Alex R. M. Thompson and Heather Urness.