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Sweet Sixteen - UAS's sixteenth birthday exhibition!
Angela InglisCory Hopfner
Derek Waite
Opening reception: June 4th, 2010, 7 - 10pm Join us June 4th for the launch of Sweet Sixteen, and for a special screening of Untitled Art Video featuring interviews with UAS founders by local artist Patrica Dawkins. In addition to the work displayed in the Main Gallery, beginning MAY 28, 2010 there will be a Sweet Sixteen web gallery open for the duration of the show, designed by Milo Dlouhy. This site will feature the founders of UAS and their 1994 work, and an essay by Karen Attwell at www.untitledartsociety.com. "No one ever knows the future when something new comes into being. If you are lucky there is someone to cradle it, all slimy and warm, and to wonder what those dewy, trusting eyes will see. And sixteen years on for Untitled here it is. Still focused, critical, and aware." -- Karen Attwell, "Coming of Age." Sweet Sixteen exhibition essay. In 1994 Untitled Art Society was founded by a fresh batch of graduates from the ACAD painting and photography departments.They had no idea where their initiative to register as a society and source studio space would take them, but they hoped they would keep their student energy alive. Sixteen years later, while the founding members have moved on, the society continues. In honour of its 16th anniversary, UAS has engaged these founding members to see where their practice has evolved since graduation, and encouraged them to engage with current and recent ACAD students in Sweet Sixteen. Exhibition runs: June 4 to 26, 2010 Opening reception & screening: June 4, 2010 from 7 to 10 PM Featuring: Angela Inglis, Cory Hopfner, Derek Waite, Brad Uphill, Greg Marshall, Jan Kabatoff, Lorna Bright, Mark Holliday, Milo Dlouhy, Neil Freeman, Shawn Hillis And their invited guests, recent and current ACAD students: Jahan Monast, Camille Betts, Brittany Perry, Heidi Holt, Michelle Trudgeon, Aaron Sidorenko, Frank Spudic
June 4 - June 26
Untitled Arts Society
, 4th floor, 319 - 10 Avenue SW (back entrance)
Untitled Art Society is a thriving, not-for-profit artist-run studio cooperative of Calgary artists. It was founded in 1993 by graduating students of the Alberta College of Art & Design. Untitled's membership represents the full spectrum of the visual arts, from students through to emerging and established artists.
Our Mandate
Untitled Art Society supports the artistic practices of a community of local artists by providing and maintaining access to studios, a darkroom, and exhibition venues, as well as facilitating interaction and discourse both within the local arts community and the community-at-large.
History
Untitled Art Society (UAS) is a thriving, not-for-profit artist-run studio collective that was founded in 1993 by graduating students of the Alberta College of Art & Design. Since that time, UAS membership has grown considerably and now includes nearly a hundred artists of diverse disciplines in all stages of their careers, from students through emerging to established artists. Many have exhibited their work on local, national, and international levels.
UAS has been forced to relocate three times since we first opened, but as a self-supporting community of artists we have continued to survive Calgary's turbulent rental climate. In the summer of 1998, UAS moved to its current location, and with the assistance of Alberta Job Corps, we were able to renovate the space into sixteen studios, a gallery, office, and a fully-equipped darkroom.
UAS is now well established in our new space, and we are able to focus our energies on the further support and promotion of local artists. We have programmed exhibitions in the main space, as well as bi-monthly exhibitions in the Untitled Art Society +15 window. Every year we hold fundraising events, such as open houses and silent auctions, and actively seek corporate sponsorship to fund UAS activities. We have participated in the annual Artcity (formerly Artwalk/Artweek) festival every September, opening our doors to hundreds of visitors per year. Untitled Art Society continues to seek new ways to support our artists, from providing ever-increasing exhibition opportunities to the acquisition of professional quality graphics software, computer, and photo equipment.
We will continue to grow and thrive as a collective of artists, thanks to our dedicated groups of volunteers over the years, our members, and the generous support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development, and private and corporate sponsors.
2009-10 Board