The Root Cellar Gallery programming will be on hold until after the Sled Island Festival. Future submission and exhibition dates will be announced at a later date.
For any queries, please do not hesitate to email us at: therootcellargallery@gmail.com
In the mean time, check out documentation of past exhibitions.
Never Events: The Future of The Past is an exhibit of communicative artifacts from futures that never were.
Recommended experience: Identify a historic point of deviation and imagine an alternate history that explains each piece. Reflect on the past and the present.
Our First Solo Show by Karly Mortimer & Jeremy Pavka
Opening Reception (Members Only): March 29, 7-9, 2012
Gallery Hours: Friday March 30 & Saturday March 31, 12-6pm
The next exhibition is: MARCH 29-31, 2012
OUR FIRST SOLO SHOW by Karly Mortimer & Jeremy Pavka
Opening Reception (Members), March 29, 7pm-9pm
Gallery Hours: Friday, March 30th & Saturday March 31st, 12pm-6pm
OPENING: MARCH 15 2012, 7 pm – 9 pm
By Ashley Ohman | Jesse Stilwell | Tasha Alphonse
Jashey Shatasseel: So, Shall we Phone Tillman?showcases a collaborative installation that both acts antagonistically and harmoniously with the Root Cellar’s unique architectural space. The installation itself utilizes abstraction, colour, and formalism through video and other materials which make up a site specific installation that contrasts the rough nature of the gallery. Even though on paper Ashley Ohman, Jesse Stilwell, and Tasha Alphonse seem visually and stylistically different, the three artists merge their similarities to act as one artist (Jashey Shatasseel) to create an immersive environment that reflects the sensibilities of the very best of contemporary installation.
Fuck Yeah, I’m a Feminist (FYIAF) is an exhibition that surveys and showcases feminist art from the Alberta College of Art +Design. Ten artists from across the college are contributing work to the three day show that coincides with International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012. The exhibition means to broaden the dialogue that includes not only art practices, but also ideas of social justice and political action under the umbrella of feminism.
Opening Reception (Members): March 8, 7pm-9pm
Gallery Hours:
Friday, March 9, 12pm-5pm
Saturday, March 10 11am-5pm with Artist Talk at 2pm
Invisible Wall is an exploration of the limits of landscape and context. Where
does the environment end? Where does the individual begin? Traversing both
physical and digital vistas, the artists are boundless in their search for love
and truth.
Gallery Hours: Saturday March 3, 11am-5pm
The Stage Gallery in partnership The Alberta College of Art and Design’s Media Art and Digital Technology Department present STAGE FESTIVAL. A student run festival exhibiting Interactive, performance, and Installation based art by ACAD students as well as a special guest artist Caltin Brown, an ACAD Alumni.
Artists Featured at The Root Cellar Gallery Project:
Christina Mayder presents 5 Hour Bath, performance beginning at 5pm.
Laura Hill, Rachael Chaisson present installations.
This Festival was made possible by:
The ACAD MADT department, Sled Island, Ce3C, The Root Cellar Gallery Project, The Banff Centre, The New Gallery, ACADSA, The IllingWorth Kerr Gallery ,The New Gallery, The John Snow House, The Contemporary Art Gallery of Calgary, and The Lossless Gallery and ACAD Artists
Root Cellar Gallery Hours: Friday, Feb 17, 1-6pm and Friday, Feb 18, 1-6pm
Reception: Thursday, February 16, 7-9pm
Out of Wound is a series of 4’x4’ paintings revealing the inner turmoil that is residual from past experiences. Making autobiographical work dealing with domestic violence doesn’t mean it needs to be literal or carry extreme abjection. Sometimes violence is subtle and silent, at least to the outside world. It is a very internal wound even if the physical wounds and scares are still present.
Gallery Hours: Fri, February 10, 12-4pm & Sat, February 11, 12-4pm
