CARL WHITE

Congratulations to Carl White for his most recent commission that was painted for a private collector. Commission work can be set up at the gallery by contacting donna@artfirm.ca.

DALE KIRSCHENMAN

We are pleased to announce the recent purchase of /The Road /by Dale Kirschenman to the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation. Congratulations Dale! The Calgary Allied Arts Foundation (CAAF) has a long and distinguished history in the Calgary Arts community. In partnership with the City of Calgary, CAAF's vision is to promote Calgary as a leading visual arts centre.

DAVID FOXCROFT

We are so pleased to announce the recent purchase of /Encroachment with Tinker Toy /to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts in December 2009. The AFA's public collection is a vibrant art collection for the people of Alberta. Congratulations David!

BRYCE MEYER

Congratulations Bryce! We are thrilled to announce that the Alberta Foundation for the Arts has acquired four pieces by Bryce Meyer for their December 2009 Art Acquisition. This is Bryce's second year for purchase by the AFA.

DAVID FOXCROFT

Congratulations to David Foxcroft for his recent purchase to the Canada Council Art Bank Collection. David's piece titled, /Chandelier with Stereo /was one of 61 pieces purchased from over 1900 submissions nation wide. This is David's first piece in the Canada Council Art Bank Collection which is home to the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art. To read more, please visit www.artbank.ca.

DALE KIRSCHENMAN

Congratulations Dale! We are pleased to announce that Dale Kirschenman has just completed a new commissioned piece, painted for a private collector.
Commission work by Dale Kirschenman can be set up at the gallery by contacting donna@artfirm.ca.

KIM BRUCE

Congratulations on your interview, Kim!!
Artfirm Gallery is pleased to provide a link to the interview with artist, Kim Bruce by Mike Landry, editor of Things of Desire blogzine. Thingsofdesire.ca

CARL WHITE

Artfirm Gallery is pleased to announce another commissioned work by Carl White. The piece, titled Jupiter and Lo was commissioned by a private collector.
Please note, commissioned work by Carl can be set up by the gallery by contacting donna@artfirm.ca

CARL WHITE

Artfirm Gallery is proud to announce that Carl White is the Grand Prize Winner of the Heritage Property Corporation 3rd Annual Art Competition. Mr. White's $10,000 commissioned painting for the Lougheed Building will be part of the Heritage Property Corporation's permanent art collection.

LAURIE STEEN

Congratulations to Laurie Steen. We are pleased to announce that Laurie has been awarded participation in the 157th Autumn Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy. This is Laurie's second year in a row to receive such recognition. The RWEA is a long-standing, registered charity supporting the arts. HM Queen Elizabeth II is a noted patron.

DEAN TURNER

Artfirm Gallery is proud to announce the representation of Calgary artist, Dean Turner.

KIM BRUCE

Congratulations to Kim Bruce as she exhibits her DIVERSITY 2009 at the Visual Arts Alberta, The Works Festival: June 18 - July 18, 2009.

CALVIN YARUSH

Artfirm Gallery is proud to announce the representation of Winnipeg artist Calvin Yarush.

SoDo Block Party: The Poshest Party on the Block!

On Saturday, May 9th from 11am-5pm, the design district on 11th Avenue SW is proud to announce our First Annual Block Party. The event will take place between 5th Street and 8th Street SW; there will be refreshments, wine tastings, bbqs, sidewalk sales, music and new art exhibitions. This is a Block Party you don't want to miss!

Artfirm Gallery we will be featuring an exhibition in Gallery One: Poles Apart by Tim Schouten, Andrew McPhail, Dionne Simpson, and Verona Sorensen. In Gallery Two: Paper Work by Heather Corbett and Robert Pierce

Please join us to meet some of the Calgary artists represented by Artfirm (between 1-3pm), discuss our Client Services or get answers to your gallery related questions

Be sure to enter the raffle for an original John Boletta paper piece framed by Jarvis Hall Fine Frames

Light Bites will be served

VERONA SORENSEN

Congratulations to Verona Sorensen for being awarded participation in "Nomade, la Collection Loto-Quebec en movement". Verona's piece entitled, Lush will hang in the current month long exhibition before it leaves in March for a year long tour of Museums and Art Centres across the province of Quebec. Lush was chosen from over 4000 pieces in the Loto-Quebec collection to be a part of this group show and catalogue consisting of 50 works of art.

TIM SCHOUTEN

Congratulations to Tim Schouten for his public exhibition entitled AGRARIAN WORLDS opening at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon with Colette Balcaen on March 12 - April 18, 2009. Schouten will present a series of 100 encaustic paintings of horses titled In the Absence of Horses. The series is informed by Schouten's life with horses and by the writings of the late American philosopher, poet and animal trainer Vicki Hearne who speculated on the moral life of domestic animals, their lives in concert with humans and a profound belief that pets possess courage, wisdom and intellect.

BRYCE MEYER

Congratulations to Bryce Meyer. We are very pleased to announce that the Alberta Foundation for the Arts purchased Bryce's photograph entitled Treeline 2/5 for their recent Art Acquisition in December 2008. The AFA's public collection is a vibrant art collection for the people of Alberta. This was the first application submitted on Bryce's behalf and we are thrilled with the outcome.

TIM SCHOUTEN

Congratulations to Tim Schouten for his contribution of....H for Horse!
The magazine, Boarder Crossings commissioned twenty-six enchanting works of art from some of Winnipeg's most accomplished artists to create a book celebrating the magazine's 25th anniversary. The creatures featured in the alphabestiary collection demonstrate honesty and imagination in their rendering. From Wanda Koop's A for Ape to Shaun Morin's Z for Zebra, the animals that dwell in the pages of the alphabestiary challenge, conjure and inspire.

The Winnipeg Alphabestiary will be launched in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson Grant Park on Wednesday, November 26th and later in New York at McNally Jackson. The Winnipeg Alphabestiary was also launched during the Toronto International Art Fair (October 2-6, 2008) at David Mirvish Books.

DALE KIRSCHENMAN

We are pleased to announce that Dale Kirschenman has been invited to the Artists' Circle by the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts/Calgary Contemporary Arts Society.
Congratulations Dale!

LAURIE STEEN

Congratulations to Laurie Steen. We are pleased to announce that Laurie has been awarded participation in the 156th Autumn Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy. As a long-standing, registered charity supporting the arts, HM Queen Elizabeth II is a noted patron. Laurie's graceful agitations of landscape and the subtleties of identity she is known for are sure to fit well within the Academy's appreciation for "historical element[s] with a twist".

ROBERT PIERCE

We are pleased to announce that Robert Pierce has been invited to the Artists' Circle by the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts/Calgary Contemporary Arts Society.
Congratulations Bob!

CARL WHITE

We are pleased to announce that Carl White has been invited to the Artists' Circle by the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts/Calgary Contemporary Arts Society.
Congratulations Carl!

Carl will also have a series of original work on display at the Marriot Hotel in North Bethesda U.S.A., opening this winter and continues to work with Lifetime clothing in collaboration of a series of t-shirt designs, an ongoing artistic exploration via the medium of clothing.

DIONNE SIMPSON

We are pleased to announce that Dionne Simpson was one of forty selected artists in the group show, GenNext III at the Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata, West Bengal India – an exhibition whose mandate is to provide and catapult young artists onto the national and international artistic stage.
Congratulations Dionne!

TINA MARTEL

Congratulations to Tina Martel on her installation entitled, Tenuous, sponsored by the Prairie Art Gallery. The work was created from July 3 through July 20, 2008 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. During this time the artist worked with a team of staff and volunteers to reconstruct the iconic Alberta pick up truck in hand made paper creating a metaphor for our fragile environment and culture. The outside installation site encouraged people to visit, observe the process and talk about the ideas behind the piece. Following the installation the cast was dissolved and recycled into flat sheets of paper to be used in a future series of paintings. The only physical evidence of its existence will be in the video, audio and photographic documentation.

A catalogue of the exhibition, forward by Eric Cameron and essay by Sarah Alford, will be available through the Prairie Art Gallery, info@prairiegallery.com at the end of October 2008.

STUDIO ALBERTA

June 28 – July 13, 2008 Liverpool, England
August 21 – September 13, 2008 Calgary, Alberta

On June 28, Studio Alberta opened at 11 Wolstenholme Square in Liverpool, England and featured the collaborative efforts of Carl White, Laurie Steen, Keith Diamond, Michael Jones and Mark Holliday*. Studio Alberta was curated by Donna Chyz and was part of Liverpool 2008 - European Capital of Culture.
*(represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery)

Centering on the intimate relationship between art and life and the duality of homeland and memory, each artist explored their connections to England and Canada, whether by their birth or immigration of family. In mediums ranging from beeswax and digital imagery, oils, graphite over panel, to film or print, the body of work created a lively dialog of how remembrance of time and place evolve and deepen with experience and reflection of self.

Studio Alberta celebrated its second opening on August 21 as it returned to Calgary and opened along side several artists from Wolstenholme Projects in Liverpool, England.