The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to partner with the Sled Island Music and Arts Festival to present Sled Island Art, a series of visual-art exhibitions, performances and events featuring ACAD students and alumni at venues throughout this annual week-long music festival. Each June, we invite you to join ACAD students, faculty and alumni for an exciting series of opening receptions, installations, panel discussions and art performances at the Sled Island Music and Arts Festival as we celebrate the innovative power of art and music right here in Calgary.
ACAD is proud to partner with Sled Island in 2011 and to join the festival in working closely with ACAD students and recent alumni to share some of Calgary's most cutting edge and diverse artists and designers with festival-goers. As ACAD’s Curator in Residence, and Sled Island Curator Josh McNorton describes: "The result is over 20 artists creating site-specific pieces at four venues throughout the festival. In some cases, the work is inspired by and interacts with the music. In other instances, the work exists in an independent creative (and sometimes physical) space that combines with the music to create a rich, multi-faceted sensory experience in the venue."
Art at Sled Island Opening Reception
The #1 Legion, 116 7 Avenue SE (upstairs), Wednesday, June 22, 5-7pm
This is the premiere of the "magic/CAVE" installation, curated by Caitlind Brown and featuring 6 ACAD students/alumni taking over the upstairs billiards room at the Legion.
Art at Sled Island Panel Discussion
The Glenbow Museum, 130 9th Avenue SE, Saturday, June 25, 12pm
This public forum/panel will feature all 5 curators and I discussing the origin of this project, examining various artists' processes through photo and video documentation and the impact of the work on Sled Island audiences. Moderated by ACAD’s Illingworth Kerr’s Wayne Baerwaldt.
And don’t miss these installations throughout the festival:
The #1 Legion, 116 7 Avenue SE (upstairs), June 22-25
Curated by Caitlind r.c. Brown & featuring installation work by Caitlind r.c. Brown, Keith Murray, Lowell Smith, Ryan Von Hagen, Sarah Smalik, Stephanie Murray and Wayne Garrett
The HiFi Club, 219 10 Avenue SW, June 22-25
Curated by Karilynn Thompson & featuring animations by Ashley Ohman, Joleen Toner, Stuart Hughes, Kiarra Albina, Leslie Bell and Brandon Blommaert
Republik, 306 17 Avenue SW, June 22 & 23
Curated by Jennie Vallis and Greg Debicki & featuring an interactive stage installation created by Jennie Vallis, Greg Debicki, Nicolas Gonzalez and Derek Damassi
Emmedia, 203 11 Ave SW, June 23 & 25
Curated by Leslie Bell & featuring video and animation work by Leslie Bell and Teresa Tam