Artword Gallery
Artword Gallery
15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton ON L8R 2G2
905-543-8512 or cell 905-912-9083
Gallery open during Artword Artbar hours
Curator: Judith Sandiford
Artword Gallery exhibits curated solo shows of artists in the Hamilton and Toronto region. The focus is on fully realized work carried out with commitment and passion, and a strong point of view. The exhibitions run for a calendar month (4 weeks approximately). On the second Friday of the month, the artists are present from 7 to 10 pm for the James North Art Crawl. For more information, call Judith Sandiford at 905-543-8512, or email artword at artword.net
Upcoming Exhibitions:
October 2-31: Andrew Glinski, “Covered”, paintings and drawings of “cocooned” landscaping in an industrial environment. Reception Sat Oct 2 from 4-7 pm.
Sept 1-30, 2010: Meiko Ando, “The Odradek Prints”, block prints, created as a collaboration with Odradek, a trio of multi-instrumentalists. Meiko Ando will be present during Art Crawl Friday September 10, and will perform improvised dance with Odradek trio as a post-crawl performance.
Current Exhibition:
August 5 to 29, 2010: Doug Carter, drawings and paintings, in conjunction with the launch of his memoir Cool Fool: Blues rockin’ in the Hammer. Artist present for Friday Aug 13 Art Crawl 7-10 pm, and Saturday August 14, 7:30 pm, book launch and performance.
Past Exhibitions:
July 2 to August 1, 2010: “Arcangles”, Holly Briesmaster and Janice Jackson a two-person collaborative exhibition of fans and constructions that explores the arc form.
Friday July 9, artists present 7-10 pm for Art Crawl
Sunday July 18, 2 to 5 pm, reception and poetry reading, artists present.
June 3-27, 2010: Main Gallery, Linda Joyce Ott “Auto Parts: Photo Art Portfolio and Exhibition” Celebrating a pedestrian’s vision of the abstract beauty of vintage cars.
Small Gallery: “Nautical Nursery Rhymes”, an installation by Karijn deJong (photo right)
Opening reception with the artists Friday June 11 from 7 to 10 pm
May 6-30: John Williams, “Stuff They Don’t Tell You”,
political cartoons with a labour and social justice viewpoint
by Toronto cartoonist and artist John Williams
from his ongoing history series “From Out of Our Past: Stuff They Don’t Tell You”.
Opening with the artist Friday May 14 from 7 to 10 pm.
Also cartoons by Hamilton’s iconic political cartoonist the late Roy Carless.
April 1 – May 2: Gilda Mekler: “Meditations and Landscapes”
an exhibition of paintings on paper
in watercolour, ink, and gouache by the late Gilda Mekler,
curated by James Deahl and Judith Sandiford
Opening with the curators Sunday April 11 from 2-5 pm
Mar 4-28: Tadek Sobierajski,
new paintings and drawings
Sat Mar 6, 2-5 pm: opening with the artist
Fri Mar 12, 7-10 pm: James North Art Crawl, artist present
Sat Mar 20, 3 pm: artist talk in the gallery
Jan 21-Feb 28: Kristian Nesbitt,
“Starting Over” an exhibition of layered monoprints,
Sat Jan 23, 2 -5 pm: opening with the artist
Fri Feb 12, 7-10 pm: James North Art Crawl, artist present
Sat Feb 20, 3 pm: artist talk in the gallery
2009: Dec 5-31: Ellen Irving,
“Travelling with Research Consultants” paintings (Part 1)
opening with the artist Sat Dec 5 from 2 to 5 pm
2010: Jan 8-17: Ellen Irving (Part 2)
Nov 5-30: Maureen Paxton,
paintings of the figure
opening with the artist, Nov 6 from 5 to 7 pm
2009: Oct 3-31: Steven McCabe, paintings,
“The Sandinista Series”
paintings and mixed media
Artword Gallery in Hamilton:
September 8, 2009: Curator Judith Sandiford is pleased to announce that Artword Gallery, formerly active in Toronto from 1993 to 2006, has resurfaced in Hamilton after a three-year hiatus. She and partner Ronald Weihs have recently purchased a neighbourhood bar in the James North arts district of Hamilton, at 15 Colbourne Street. They are reconfiguring the space into an arts hub, with live music and performance, art on the walls and a gallery in the lower level.
[photo Sept 11 Arts Crawl: Stephanie and David Romanello view Sandiford painting]
History of Artword Gallery
From 1993 to 2006, Judith Sandiford and Ronald Weihs operated an exhibition space for visual art in conjunction with their theatre facility, Artword Theatre, in downtown Toronto. During this period Artword Gallery mounted over 50 exhibitions of noted Canadian artists, including Andrew Glinski, Bruce Parsons, Claude Breeze (C. Herbert), Tim Noonan, Katja Jacobs, Eric Ladelpha, Debbie O’Rourke, Peter Harris and Judith Sandiford, as well as a number of group shows. Artword also presented six major exhibits of paintings and drawings by distinguished painter and author Barbara Caruso.
The previous incarnation of Artword Gallery (in Toronto): http://www.artword.net/website/Gallery/artword_gallery.htm
From 1989 to 1993 Sandiford and Weihs edited and published Artword Artist’s Forum, a quarterly magazine by and for artists, and also wrote a regular column “Gallery Walkabout”, mini-reviews of the current art shows in Toronto.
