UN/making Waste and the Archive!

To begin, I would like to congratulate my dear friends Amy Bagshaw and Jeanette Luchese for being nominated for the 2024 Barrie Art Awards! Their creative contributions and achievements should be considered noteworthy even beyond our small community.

On a more personal note, this summer and fall have been a rollercoaster of mixed emotions while shifting from academic obligations to creative aspirations. Luckily, I have continued to meet and surround myself with wonderful people who have made this transition a little easier. As usual, I must give a shout-out to Frances Thomas who continues to initiate so many wonderful evenings and collaborations out of Studio 8 in addition to all of the amazing work she is doing at the Royal Victoria Hospital to build their contemporary art collection! For those of you who like to thrift, shop local, and collect art, be sure to catch our collaborative Art Emporium at the Spare Room Gallery starting Friday, November 29th at 5 pm to check out all of the interesting things and art we have accumulated and traded for over the years. Follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/ptartcolab to see updates about items for sale.

Yes, we know it is Black Friday, but this "everything old is new again" two-week event stands in resistance to the accelerated rate of online shopping and global industrial capitalism that disconnects us from one another and wreaks havoc on the planet. Can't make our listed hours above? Give me a call at 705-229-5211 to book your private shopping experience by yourself, with a friend, amongst office cohorts, or even alongside the whole family.

Other interesting developments are in the works for the Wht-trSH project as a result of a recent photography residency on Toronto Island with the amazing artist April Hickox. Using the week to play, I began to experiment with cyanotypes by using collected clear plastic wraps and bags to create dark watery patterns on reclaimed papers. Sometimes producing a dark blue like the deep waters of the ocean, and sometimes arriving at lighter with swirling areas of white, I am currently working towards an installation for the MacLaren Art Centre inspired by the depth and shape of Kempenfelt Bay. With plans to run a free cyanotype activity during Kempenfest next summer, I am also in the midst of designing rinsing contraptions that will allow the public to rinse their cyanotypes safely in the bay; a strategy which helps to drastically reduce the amount of running water normally used during this process. As I have just received an exhibition assistance grant from the Ontario Art Council for this upcoming project, I would like to extend my thanks to Interim Director, Tyler Durbano for his support in moving this project forward in the MacLaren's exhibition timeline.

Three other amazing events I am currently involved with include Modern Fuels' annual members exhibition entitled Re-Member, the MacLaren Art Centre's annual Off-the-Hook Art Auction, and Westland Gallery's Square-foot exhibition. Important revenue generators for their affiliated institutions, be sure to show support by adding one of the many wonderful works on display to your collection. To check out which reconfigured collages and assemblages I have made available for these exhibitions, click the images below.

I am also grateful to a lovely young curator named Maya Allison studying with the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities at Western University who included me in an exhibition entitled Cluttered Delicacy at the Satellite Project Space. Inspired by her grandmother's maximalist aesthetic, it was fun to pull out elements from previous installations to honour the materials and objects that fill our lives with joy and hold memories.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Art Emporium starting next Friday. Jill

Jill Price Studios and the UN/making Network respectfully acknowledge that they reside on Treaty 16 and Treaty 18 Lands, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe peoples, including the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.