Annual Report 2011 - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

Evolving 

Annual Report 2011

IMAGE: Installation view of works by 

David Spriggs as part of The Limits, 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. 

Photo: Robert McNair. 

Mission: 

Connecting 

people & ideas 

through art 

Where art is the catalyst 

for shared experience, 

dialogue & imagination. 

Roots in the community, 

eyes on the world.

IMAGE: Jon Sasaki, I Want to be Welcome 

Everywhere, Always (detail), 2008-ongoing. 

Courtesy the artist. Photo: Robert McNair. 

Part of Jon Sasaki: Good Intentions. 

President’s 

Report

Vibrant, successful organizations that actively engage and serve their 

communities are continually evolving – shaping their programs and activities 

to respond to the changing composition, needs and interests of their 

communities. In order for an organization’s evolution to be responsive to its 

community, creative and thoughtful planning is needed. 

The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery’s continuing evolution is guided by 

“New Dimensions in Art,” the Gallery’s strategic plan for 2010-2014, developed 

through a collaborative process involving Gallery staff, board and a core of 

key community stakeholders. Stakeholder involvement in the strategic plan 

is central to ensuring that the Gallery’s evolution - its long-term vision and 

goals - is responsive to the current needs and interests of our community. 

Implementation of our strategic plan is guided by our annual business plan 

which sets out operational objectives, action plans and the budget for all of the 

Gallery’s activities, along with the framework for measuring progress. 

While strategic and business plans drive KW|AG’s evolution, it is people – 

staff, volunteers and supporters – who enable and drive its policies and the 

planning and delivery of KW|AG’s actual exhibitions, programs and services 

and the growth of its collection. KW|AG relies on an amazing team of staff and 

volunteers. Wonderful staff leadership comes from Shirley Madill, KW|AG’s 

Executive Director, and a skillful management group comprised of Crystal 

Mowry, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections; Nicole Neufeld, Director of 

Public Programs; Shelly Mitchell, Director of Finance and Administration; and 

Caroline Oliver, Director of Development and Marketing. Talented volunteers 

support KW|AG through active engagement in the Gallery’s board and 

committees, and assistance with delivery of programs and events. Making 

every aspect of KW|AG’s operations possible through their support is an 

absolutely critical group of funders, donors and sponsors including the cities 

of Kitchener and Waterloo, the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and 

the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. We also can’t forget the 

Gallery’s generous individual donors at the Member, Partner Club, Curator’s 

Circle and Director’s Circle levels as well as those who donate works to our 

collection, and our outstanding corporate donors and sponsors. 

On behalf of KW|AG’s Board, I sincerely thank the many talented people 

and generous supporters whose engagement, hard work and generous 

contributions enable KW|AG ‘s continued evolution, serving and meeting 

the needs of our community. 

Judith Stephens-Wells 

President 

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Colwyn Griffith, Burrard Inlet Burnaby BC 2006, 2006, 

photograph, 41 x 53 cm. Image courtesy of the artist. 

Part of Colwyn Griffith: Something About Time. 

Executive 

Director’s 


In 2011, KW|AG embraced change and future planning. 

The constant challenge for public art galleries is to remain relevant in society, 

which calls for an ongoing process of assessment. The process is both external 

and internal. The external environment and contemporary issues, and the 

Gallery’s capabilities and available resources are all considered in determining 

what role the Gallery should assume or what services we can offer that will 

satisfy the community needs in a competitive marketplace. It is also complex in 

that a range of elements influence what is relevant for the Gallery. The evolving 

interests and needs of the public and immediate community; the organization’s 

history of undertaking change; our mission - past, present and future - and the 

gallery’s role in its immediate community are just a few. The interplay of these 

elements in part determines our vitality and our relevance. 

Upon my arrival in May 2011, we engaged in a process of assessment based on 

our Strategic Plan. This led to the completion of a Business Plan for 2012 and 

the future, with a focus on programming that meets identified needs of our 

audiences, and financial sustainability for the Gallery. 

One of the key strengths of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery has been its 

ability to link local issues with universal themes. This focus is tuned in with the 

forward thinking characteristics that define Waterloo Region. 

A highlight of 2011 was the exhibition The Limits: Tracing Time and Seeing 

Space, curated by Crystal Mowry, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections. 

This stunning and provocative exhibition presented ideas about time and 

space as seen through the eyes of seven leading Canadian and international 

contemporary artists. It presented a diverse mix of artistic disciplines. 

The exhibition and related programming was cross-disciplinary thereby 

encouraging collaborative discussions that evoked and encouraged new 

relations with the community. We intend to pursue such major projects in the 

future that reflect evolving contemporary issues that are relevant to all of us. 

As this Annual Report’s theme of Evolving suggests, 2011 was about embracing 

change, adapting and strengthening the relationship between our Gallery and 

the public and making it a place for all of us. 

Shirley Madill 

Executive Director 

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IMAGE: Maura Doyle, Collapse (detail), 2011, unglazed 

porcelain. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Robert McNair. 

Part of The 5th KW|AG Biennial: The Black and the White. 

Curatorial & 

Collections 


Exhibitions 

Time, in all its complexity, was a theme that 

shaped our 2011 exhibition program. From 

January to March our exhibitions were 

connected by abstract references to geological 

time (Michelle Allard and Robert Linsley) as 

well as how time might be captured differently 

in domestic and public spaces (Colwyn Griffith). 

In preparation for Michelle Allard’s exhibition 

gallery visitors were invited to spend time with 

Allard and assist in the slow, but meditative 

process of crafting the numerous paper tubes 

which would become a stalagmite-inspired 

topography. In the fall, we returned to thoughts 

on time, with two unique group exhibitions. 

We All Fall Down, an exhibition of works from 

the Permanent Collection curated by Curatorial 

Assistant / Registrar Cindy Wayvon and 

Curatorial Assistant Barbara Hobot, explored 

mortality and ruin through a thoughtful selection 

of works in a variety of media. Mining time with 

a particular emphasis on the slippery nature by 

which we experience, trace, and make tangible 

its existence, The Limits brought together the 

works of seven Canadian and international 

artists. Featuring a diverse selection of media 

and complemented by a rich series of public 

programs, The Limits was technically ambitious 

and thought-provoking. One of the most 

surprising consequences of working on this 

exhibition was encountering visitors who were 

driven to return repeatedly, visitors who felt 

compelled to disclose how they were moved by 

what they were seeing, and most importantly, 

how their experience of the project had provoked 

them to think of their lives differently. 

Shifting how others think through art might 

seem like a lofty goal, but it is one that influences 

our decisions on a day-to-day basis. Exhibitions 

have a short lifespan and with that in mind we 

strive to create documents of the cerebral and 

physical efforts that they represent. In 2011 

KW|AG published online catalogues that focused 

on Robert Linsley, Colwyn Griffith, and works 

from our Permanent Collection. Partnerships 

and collaborations are essential to our ability 

to publish and print catalogues. For the Jon 

Sasaki: Good Intentions publication and touring 

exhibition we partnered with Doris McCarthy 

Gallery, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Southern 

Alberta Art Gallery, MacLaren Art Centre, Prairie 

Art Gallery, and the Dunlop Art Gallery. 

Highlighting the artistic excellence of our region 

and extending its reach continued to be a priority 

in our 2011 programming. Our solo exhibition 

of paintings by Kitchener-based Robert Linsley 

marked one of the largest exhibitions of his 

work to date. The 5th KW|AG Biennial: The Black 

and the White, guest curated by Robert Enright, 

combined elegance and austerity though a 

selection of works with a shared, yet restrained, 

palette. Our major survey exhibition of work by 

Elora-based painter John Kissick continued its 

tour across Canada. Organized and launched at 

KW|AG in summer 2010, John Kissick: A Nervous 

Decade traveled to Kelowna, B.C. and Grande 

Prairie, Alberta, receiving a warm reception from 

the media and public alike in both cities. 

Our Parochial Views commissions also allow for 

us to address our regional environs through the 

lens of artists. In 2011 we premiered Parochial 

Views No. 8 Arabesque Cafe Victoria St. N 

Kitchener ON by Colwyn Griffith in the context 

of his solo exhibition Something About Time. 

In the Parochial Views commission as well as 

the other works included in his exhibition, 

Griffith invited us to consider the evolution and 

adaptation of some of our most ubiquitous forms 

of architecture. What might a possible future 

for our region entail Can the most effective 

transformations be incremental in nature Who 

actually guides how our cities evolve 

In 2011 media attention for KW|AG’s exhibition 

programming came in the form of a steady 

stream of reviews in The Waterloo Region Record, 

local student newspapers, and increased 

coverage in online and print peer magazines 

such as Canadian Art, and Akimbo. Peer 

recognition is one of the means by which we can 

assess whether we are on the right track with 

our programming and attracting visitors from 

further afield. In 2011, KW|AG was honoured to 

receive an Ontario Association of Art Galleries 

Exhibition Award for Ernest Daetwyler: Reality 

in Reverse [barn raising]. A milestone for 

KW|AG, this award recognized one of our most 

technically ambitious and regionally relevant 

projects to date; a project which highlighted the 

ability for the past and the present to collaborate 

in exciting ways. 

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Collections 

Collecting is the means by which museums 

tell the marginal, but no less true, stories 

of humanity; our behaviours, our beliefs, 

our fears, our futures and our past – all are 

encapsulated in a collection. At one point in 

history museums were the primary location 

of our “collective” approach to collecting. With 

the advent of various forms of technology, 

all of that is changing. We collect and share 

data and images constantly, and sometimes 

unknowingly, in our everyday lives. Collecting 

meaning, however, is what drives museums 

such as KW|AG. 

Museum collections rely on the efforts and 

contributions of many individuals to remain 

vital. Without generosity of time and financial 

support that activity could grind to a halt and 

risk irrelevance. In 2011 KW|AG introduced 

three new acquisitions to the Permanent 

Collection: City Tree by Susanna Heller, On the 

Bay of Biscay by Paul Peel, and Parochial Views 

No. 8 Arabesque Cafe Victoria St. N Kitchener 

ON by Colwyn Griffith. We are grateful to the 

individual donors, Sandra Forbes and Stephen 

Grant (Heller) and Stephen J. Menich (Peel) for 

choosing KW|AG as the public home for these 

important works. We also acknowledge the 

support of the The Gamble Family, the Royal 

Canadian Academy of Arts and the Canada 

Council for the Arts for generously enabling us 

to commission and purchase work of relevance 

to our region and beyond. 

In 2011 we made strides in how the Permanent 

Collection can itself collect meaning through 

the various perspectives that exist in our local 

community. Early in the year we worked with 

Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr to arrive at new 

selections to update the work that is currently 

on view in the Mayoral office. This selection of 

work, which included a photograph by Edward 

Burtynsky, was developed around the notion of 

local perspective and definitions of place. 

Our volunteer Community Curator program 

continued with two projects that took different 

approaches to finding the human condition 

in art. The first project was an exhibition in 

our corridor gallery, guest curated by retired 

Waterloo Regional School Board teacher Jane 

Alison Breithaupt. In Perspective; Perception: 

What Matters Most, Breithaupt sought out works 

in which a sense of dignity, compassion, and 

community might be found. Inspired by the 

2008 Charter for Compassion, written by Karen 

Armstrong, this exhibition contributed to a 

cross-generational conversation on studenthood 

and meaning. It was shaped by the concurrent 

presentation of our annual student exhibiton 

Expressions and a work made by noted 

Canadian artist Althea Thauberger during her 

student years. Mining similar territory, but with 

a focus on transformation, recent Wilfrid Laurier 

University graduate Amanda Roy considered a 

concise grouping of works through a Buddhist 

lens. Roy’s online essay project developed 

alongside two other exhibitions, The Limits 

and We All Fall Down, which helped reinforce 

the relevance of our collection as a teaching 

tool, while fostering an expansive conversation 

which unfolds in various projects. 

As interest in the Community Curator program 

increases, so too does the interest in behindthe-scenes 

views on collections activity. In 

2011 we conducted vault tours for the public, 

University of Waterloo students and for the 

Associates of the Royal Canadian Academy 

(RCA), in concert with Kitchener’s hosting of 

their AGM. RCA members enthusiastically 

searched our collection racks as though they 

were becoming reacquainted with friends 

from their past. This was just one of the 

many opportunities for us, as staff, to have 

our collection animated in new ways by the 

wisdom and memory of others. 

Crystal Mowry 

Curator of Exhibitions & Collections 

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2011 Acquisitions 

Susanna Heller (b. 1956) 

City Tree, 1993 

Oil on paper and linen, 

54 cm x 85 cm 

Collection of the 

Kitchener-Waterloo 

Art Gallery 

Gift of Sandra Forbes 

and Stephen Grant, 2011 

When we think of the genre 

of landscape painting, 

we tend to think the 

horizon – a compositional 

device which suggests an 

extension of a landscape 

beyond our view. Heller’s 

horizons collapse into the 

foreground, converging 

multiple perspectives 

and vantage points into 

almost-exclusively vertical 

compositions. Heller’s 

practice is influenced 

by daily walks through 

the margins of her New 

York neighbourhood. Her 

style is characterized by 

abstract mark-making; 

dark lines, often long and 

uninterrupted, reinforce the 

hybrid drawing-painting 

nature of her work. As 

if looking upward, the 

compositions appear like 

sketches woven into patchy 

sky-like backgrounds. 

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Colwyn Griffith, 

(b. 1971) Parochial Views 

#8: Arabesque Café 

Victoria St. N Kitchener 

ON, 1/1, 2010, C-print, 

99 x 66 cm. Gallery 

purchase with the support 

of the Gamble Family, the 

Royal Canadian Academy 

of Arts and the Canada 

Council for the Arts, 2011. 

Colwyn Griffith was commissioned to create the 8th installment in our 

Parochial Views series. Parochial Views is comprised of commissioned works 

by selected Canadian artists, with the purpose of reflecting Waterloo Region’s 

urban and rural environs. Arabesque Café Victoria St. N Kitchener ON continues 

the tradition of capturing the transformative and transitional points in our 

region’s history established by previous Parochial Views commissions. Griffith’s 

work is of particular relevance as conversations about the repurposing of 

architecture and management of sprawl become topical. Like a harbinger for 

the abandoned automotive dealerships that can be found throughout Ontario, 

Griffith’s work reminds us of the necessity for resourcefulness and change in 

the near future. 

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Paul Peel (1860 –1892) 

On the Bay of Biscay, 

1883. Oil on canvas, 

103 x 151 cm 

Collection of the 

Kitchener-Waterloo 

Art Gallery 

Gift of Stephen J. 

Menich, 2011 

During his tragically short lifetime, Paul Peel crafted images of the life and leisure he 

encountered in the landscapes where he spent most of his time: Southwest Ontario, 

Paris (France) and France’s coastal areas. On the Bay of Biscay depicts agrarian life 

on the coastal region of France. Peel’s rendering of light and shadow in this painting 

contrasts with the brooding landscapes that populate the works of one his Southwest 

Ontario contemporaries, Homer Watson. A closer look at Peel’s compositions reveal an 

overall warmth and emphasis on landscape as setting, rather than a solitary subject 

against which domestic stories unfold. Despite these differences, Peel and Watson 

shared the honour of being among the first Canadian artists to experience international 

recognition during their lifetime. 

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IMAGE: Jani Ruscica, Microcosm (Paula) 

(detail), 2008, C-print mounted on dibond 

aluminum, 40 x 40 cm. Courtesy the artist 

and Otto Zoo, Milan. Part of The Limits. 

2011 

Exhibitions

January 14 – March 20, 2011 

Robert Linsley: 

A Geomorphic 

Fantasy 

IMAGES: (clockwise from top) Robert Linsley, 

Sixth Aeon, 2002 - 2007, Enamel on canvas, 

183 x 152 cm. Evening Channels, 2007, 

Enamel and alkyd on canvas, 198 x 167 cm. 

Install of A Geomorphic Fantasy at KW|AG. 

Photos by Robert McNair. 

Robert Linsley has devoted the last decade of his practice to exploring 

the intersection of abstraction and the limits of representation. Inspired 

in part by the trajectory of thinking practiced by theoretical physicists, 

Linsley creates pictures that invite us to be flexible in our thinking, to 

break our own rules of what and who makes a painting, and whether 

or not we can place limits on a painting’s subjectivity. 

This exhibition featured a selection of Linsley’s large “poured island” 

paintings and a more recent selection of small watercolours. Though 

Linsley’s attention is largely focused on abstraction, these paintings 

also spur us to revisit the allegorical potential of islands and Pangea 

– the prehistoric single continent that broke apart to give us the 

continents we recognize today. 

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January 14 – March 20, 2011 

IMAGES: (left to right) Couches de Bébé montée St 

Hubert St Hubert QC, 2005, 66 x 94 cm; Hwy 212 

Saugerties NY, 2008, 41 x 51 cm; Ridge Rd Lackawanna 

NY, 2006, 41 x 51 cm; Kunker Avenue Latham NY, 2008, 

41 x 51 cm; De Chambly Rd Longueuil QC #1, 2006, 

41 x 51 cm; Goyeau St Windsor ON, 2008, 41 x 51 cm; 

Laurentian Blvd Montreal #2 QC, 2009, 41 x 51 cm; 

Montreal Rd Ottawa ON, 2006, 41 x 51 cm; Danforth 

Avenue Toronto ON, 2006 41 x 51 cm; Oscar’s Victoria 

St. North Kitchener ON, 2010, 66 x 88 cm; Tom Wahl’s 

Fairport Rd Fairport NY, 2006, 66 x 88 cm. All works are 

C-prints and courtesy of the Artist. 

Colwyn 

Griffith: 

Something 

About Time 

The passing of time in both public and private sites was the focus of Torontobased 

photographer Colwyn Griffith’s exhibition. Among the works included 

was Reclamation, an ongoing series which captures the abandonment and 

occasional adaptation of the architecture inhabited by the multinational 

fast-food industry. Once the scene of ubiquitous production, these reclaimed 

sites are transformed by diverse business practices and provisional design 

strategies into curious architectural mash-ups. 

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Michelle Allard: 

Materialscape 

IMAGES: (Clockwise) Michelle Allard 

in studio at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art 

Gallery; Installation view of Materialscape, 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2011; 

Materialscape, 2011, paper, cardboard, 

dimensions variable. Photo: Robert McNair 

Vancouver-based artist Michelle Allard was invited to be KW|AG’s 

artist-in-residence from January 5 – 20, 2011. During that time, Allard 

worked with a steady stream of volunteers who helped produce 

Materialscape, a new installation in her Office Paper series of works. 

Allard negotiates processes of accumulation and transition by 

employing mundane materials such as cardboard, plastics, packaging 

and paper in the creation of elaborate sculptures and installations. 

Allard’s works call to mind spectacular mineral formations and 

processes which require vast amounts of time to build. Like a form 

of baroque geology, Materialscape existed as a form of both practical 

abstraction and mass ornament. 

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March 27 – June 5, 2011 

Expressions 36 

and In|sight 

Installation views of 

Expressions 36 at KW|AG, 2011. 

Photo: Robert McNair 

The annual exhibition of student artwork from Waterloo Region 

highlighted the incredible talent of the area’s next generation of artists 

and creative thinkers. In 2011, students and teachers stretched their 

imaginations in artistic disciplines such as drawing, painting, mixedmedia, 

print-making, sculpture, photography, and even installation 

art. Student artwork was exhibited alongside permanent collection 

works by Canadian artist Kim Adams. 

New in 2011, In|sight featured the artwork of three grade six classes 

at Wilson Avenue Public School, created with the guidance of KW|AG 

School Programs Coordinator, Katherine Sunday. 

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Althea 

Thauberger: 

not afraid 

to die 

Co-presented by the 

Open Ears Festival of 

Music and Sound 

IMAGE: Althea Thauberger, 

not afraid to die, 2001, 16 mm to DVD, 

7 min, 20 sec. Courtesy of the artist. 

Vancouver-based artist Althea Thauberger has produced and exhibited 

work internationally which typically involves collaboration with a group or 

community. These collaborations often result in performances, videos and 

photographs. Thauberger gravitates towards groups of people who often 

exist in some form of social seclusion. As part of the Open Ears Festival, 

KW|AG presented Thauberger’s not afraid to die, an early video work which 

first introduced the tense relationship between sincerity and performance 

that is so palpable in her current work. Central to this piece is a young woman 

seated in front of the Northwest Rainforest Diorama at the Royal B.C. Museum 

in Victoria. She is dressed for adventure despite the static representation of 

nature behind her. The “silence” that we typically expect of museum spaces 

is replaced with a series of ambient sounds, birds chirping and planes flying 

overhead. The young woman remains silent, except for the sounds she makes 

while she consumes a snack. A haunting voice, the artist’s own, interrupts 

the near-silence with a coal-miners folk-song. A portrait of both a vital subject 

and the strange world that surrounds her, not afraid to die offers us a delicate 

balance between uncertainty and fearlessness. 

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March 27 – September 5, 2011 

IMAGE: (Clockwise) Marion Long, Young Soldier - Canadian 

Army, c 1942, oil on masonite, 60 x 51 cm. Kitchener-Waterloo 

Art Gallery. Gift of the Artist, 1962; Georges Rouault, 

La Miserere, Plate # 55, Sometimes the Blind Have Comforted 

Those Who See, 1926, etching, 58 x 44 cm. Kitchener-Waterloo 

Art Gallery. Anonymous Gift, 1980; Installation view of 

exhibition. Photo: Robert McNair. 

Perspective; 

Perception: 

What Matters 

Most 

Abraham Anghik, Edward Burtynsky 

Christian Deberdt, Elizabeth Eastman 

Michael Hajer, William Kurelek 

Stanley Lewis, Marion Long 

Norval Morriseau, Daphne Odjig 

Edourdo Paolozzi, Kathleen Daly Pepper 

Georges Rouault, Victor Vasarely 

Klaas Verboom, Homer Watson 

Guest curated by Jane Alison Breithaupt 

In the second of KW|AG’s Community Curator projects, 

retired schoolteacher Jane Alison Breithaupt approached 

the Permanent Collection with a focus on compassion. 

Paintings, sculpture, photography, prints and drawings were 

thoughtfully juxtaposed to suggest differing perspectives on 

family, dignity, community and environmental stewardship. 

In Breithaupt’s text to complement the exhibition she writes: 

“Humankind’s need for meaning, understanding and joy is 

universal and as ancient as historical artifact can determine. 

When one individual spoke to another through language and 

created pictures on caves to describe interests, needs and 

purpose, artistic and philosophical expression began. Such 

expression has permitted the artist and the philosopher to 

share common ground – to teach, to reveal, to elucidate and 

provoke humanity into grappling with larger issues of daily 

life and to muse upon the human experience and investigate 

the place that human society calls home.” 

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June 15 – September 5, 2011 

The 5th 

KW|AG Biennial 

The Black and the White: 

An Allegory of Colour 

Ashleigh Bartlett, Hyang Cho 

Susan Dobson, Maura Doyle 

Brad Emsley, Will Gorlitz 

Sarah Kernohan, Shane Krepakevich 

Jenn E Norton, Martin Pearce 

Ibrahim Rashid 

Guest curated by Robert Enright 

The Black and the White: An Allegory of Colour offered a focused 

look at what is happening in the region’s studios through the 

eyes of guest curator and Winnipeg-based critic Robert Enright. 

Of the work in the exhibition, Enright states: “Within what is a 

limited palette, they have been able to make myriad, and dramatic, 

meanings. Things are what they seem, and then they are 

much more.... Are porcelain bones about making or disappearing 

What do portraits of people who have their eyes closed 

tell us about them, and about us Who is looking the hardest; 

who understands the most What do dead animals in snow tell 

us about the world we live in, and the world we are leaving for 

others to live in What is a painting that is a photograph that is 

a drawing What happens when something never stops being 

replicated” 

IMAGES: (Clockwise) Installation view of works by 

Shane Kepakevich (foreground), Maura Doyle (middle), 

Ibrahim Rashid (back). Photo: Robert McNair; Martin 

Pearce, Electricity and Lead, 2011. Oil and grease pencil 

on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of 

work by Hyang Cho (foreground), Will Gorlitz (back); 

Brad Emsley, Greenbelt Triptych (detail), 2010, scratchboard, 

91.5 x 30.5 cm. Image courtesy of the artist. Susan 

Dobson, Untitled (Rememory), 2008. Giclée prints on 

Dibond, Gift of the Artist, 2010, Macdonald Stewart Art 

Centre Collection. 

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June 15 – September 5, 2011 

Jon Sasaki: 

Good Intentions 

Organized by the Doris McCarthy 

Gallery in partnership with 

the Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, 

Kenderdine Art Gallery, Southern 

Alberta Art Gallery, MacLaren Art 

Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery and 

Prairie Art Gallery 

IMAGE: Jon Sasaki, Ladder Climb, 2006, 

HDV, 1:50. Image courtesy of the artist. 

Good Intentions featured sculpture, installation, and several video 

works that took cynicism, futility and tragedy as their starting 

points. In A Wound-Down Watch Coaxed to Run a Bit Longer we see 

a fixed shot of a wristwatch that requires constant intervention 

to help it keep time or, in other words, retain its purpose. For just 

over three and a half minutes we see the watch being tapped 

on a table, the protagonist’s hand persisting in coaxing an extra 

ninety seconds out of it before its ultimate exhaustion. In another 

video work titled Cycle, Sasaki mines a similar relationship with 

inertia and attempts at perpetual motion. In this video we see 

Jon-as-protagonist pedalling vigorously on a busy urban street, 

yet moving at a glacial pace compared to everything else around 

him. Despite the absurdity of the venture before him, Sasaki 

persists like someone who doesn’t have much to lose. For Sasaki, 

the allure of the gamble is located less in the hitting of that 

elusive jackpot than in the tragicomic nature of good intentions. 

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September 16, 2011 – January 8, 2012 

The Limits: 

Tracing Time and 

Seeing Space 

Kristan Horton, Spring Hurlbut 

Lani Maestro, Jani Ruscica, Alyson Shotz 

David Spriggs, Kerry Tribe 

Curated by Crystal Mowry, KW|AG 

The Limits presented ideas about time and space as 

seen through the eyes of seven leading Canadian and 

international contemporary artists. A limit, in its most 

rudimentary definition, is understood to be a boundary or 

constraint. This exhibition explored how art can help us 

understand the past, present and future. While redefining 

our sense of calculable space in new ways. Like a story of 

perceptual dissonance told through the familiar game of 

“broken telephone”, each work in this exhibition seems to 

whisper its perception of time to the next, with errors and 

intentional inconsistencies accumulating along the way. 

IMAGE: Kristan Horton, Drawing Of The History Of 

The First World War, 2008, graphite on paper, 

92 x 92 cm. Courtesy the artist and 

Jessica Bradley Art & Projects, Toronto. 

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September 10, 2011-- March 7, 2012 

We All 

Fall Down 

Charles Baxter, Edward Burtynsky 

Francis Frith, Paul Fournier 

George Hawken, Georges Jeanclos 

Gordon Rayner, William Ronald 

Dieter Roth, Michal Snow, 

Tony Urquhart, 

Curated by Barbara Hobot and 

Cindy Wayvon, KW|AG 

IMAGE: George Jeanclos, Stele, 1985, terra cotta. 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. 

Gift of Paul Duval, 1992. 

This exhibition of works from KW|AG’s permanent collection 

investigated the portrayal of destruction and decay and prompted 

the consideration of how and why artists choose to depict 

moments of frailty, deterioration, or death instead of potential or 

vitality. The permanent collection itself is an example of how we 

strive to preserve objects in their original state. In turn, outside 

the gallery walls, our personal appearances, fond memories, 

and national monuments, are all things that escape our pressing 

attempts to keep things as they are, or as we remember them to 

be. We All Fall Down can be seen as a gasp of air in an otherwise 

collective holding of our breath. Like the popular children’s song, 

“Ring around the Rosie,” from which the title of this exhibition is 

taken, the works pay tribute to the moments in life that we often 

turn away from, and serve as reminder that despite our best 

efforts, things do not stay the same. 

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Artist & Curator Talks 

Michelle Allard (Thurs, Jan 20) 

Artist, Materialscape 

Robert Linsley (Thurs, Jan 27) 

Artist, A Geomorphic Fantasy 

Jane Alison Breithaupt (Wed, May 11) 

Curator of Perspective; Perception: What Matters Most 

Robert Enright (Thurs, June 16) 

Curator of 5th KW|AG Biennial 

Jon Sasaki (Thurs, July 14) 

Artist, Good Intentions 

David Spriggs (Fri, Sept 23) 

Artist, The Limits 

Christopher Dewdney (Thurs, Oct 6) 

Author, book reading and signing 

Crystal Mowry (Thurs, Nov 10) 

Curator of The Limits 

Present Tense Panel Discussion (Thurs, Dec 1) 

Peter Hatch, Sheila Heti and Lee Smolin 

IMAGES: (clockwise) 

Michelle Allard, Robert Enright. 

Robert Linsley, David Spriggs. 

Publications 

Jon Sasaki: 

Good Intentions (print) 

ISBN: 978-0772754127 

Co-published by Doris 

McCarthy Gallery, 

Kenderdine Art Gallery, 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art 

Gallery, Southern Alberta 

Art Gallery, MacLaren Art 

Centre, Prairie Art Gallery, 

Dunlop Art Gallery. Texts 

by Ann Macdonald, Crystal 

Mowry, and Ben Portis 

Colwyn Griffith: 

Something About 

Time (online) 

ISBN: 978-1-897543-10-8 

Text by Emily Falvey 

Robert Linsley: 

A Geomorphic 

Fantasy (print/online) 

ISBN: 978-1-897543-09-2 

Published by Kitchener- 

Waterloo Art Gallery. 

Texts by Richard Shiff 

and an interview by 

Jan Verwoert 

A Boundless 

Moment (online) 

ISBN: 978-1-897543-12-2 

Text by Tarin Hughes 

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Public Programs 

Report 

The Public Programs Department is dedicated to 

activating opportunities that offer points of access 

for a deeper, more meaningful understanding of 

art, culture, and visual practices. Art, especially 

contemporary art, is fertile ground for exploring 

ideas and connecting with people, both in our 

immediate community and in the world around us. 

School Programs 

At the beginning of the school year, KW|AG 

launched KWAG 2 GO, a comprehensive three 

part curriculum-based program. The program 

consists of an exhibition tour and studio workshop 

at the gallery, with in-class pre-visit and post-visit 

lessons. Since its launch, we have seen a significant 

number of teachers opting for the KWAG 2 GO 

program. Further, in 2011 the Gallery’s School 

Programs offered connections with curriculum 

in the visual arts, as well as other disciplines, for 

every grade level. With lessons tied to subjects such 

as science and geography, teachers were offered 

new opportunities to connect art with curriculum 

requirements. 

Always a highlight of the school year, Expressions 

36, the annual exhibition of student artwork from 

the Waterloo Region, showcased the work of 111 

students from 40 schools. In|sight 2011, a feature 

program of Expressions 36, offered grade six 

students at Wilson Avenue Public School a chance 

to learn from a professional Artist Educator in their 

classroom, working together to create collaborative 

portraiture. 

For teachers in Waterloo Region, the Public 

Programs Department held evening Teacher Kit 

Workshops and a Professional Development Day 

workshop, presenting teachers with visual arts 

curriculum activities, information on artists and 

artworks, discussion questions for the classroom, 

and a chance to connect with colleagues in the 

area. These workshops are further supported 

by the education focused blog, propelart.com, 

resource links, extension ideas and interdiscilinary 

curriculum connections. 

Public Programs 

Using the model developed for KW|AG’s School 

Programs, the Public Programs department worked 

with the Alzheimer Society of Kitchener-Waterloo 

to offer art education opportunities for the Gather 

at the Gallery program. This gallery tour and studio 

workshop program is designed for both patients 

with early onset Alzheimers and their caregivers. 

KW|AG continues to offer regularly scheduled 

family programs, including a free Family Sunday 

program the first Sunday of every month, preconcert 

art activities for the KW Symphony Family 

Concert Series, on Family Day in February. In 2011, 

we also introduced pre-concert activities for the KW 

Symphony Kinderconcerts. Overall, family programs 

welcomed a significant increase in attendance, up 

over 64% from 2010. These programs complement 

the workshops and classes, offered to all age groups, 

and March Break and Summer Art Camps offered to 

youth ages 7-13. 

Community Outreach 

With funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, 

KW|AG and the Kitchener Public Library (KPL) 

launched a partnership to explore joint community 

programming opportunities to activate the Civic 

District in Kitchener – an area that is home to the 

Gallery and the main branch of KPL. This included 

hiring a contract Community Programmer position, 

held jointly between KW|AG and KPL, to develop 

and implement new community outreach programs. 

In 2011, the Public Programs Department joined Let’s 

Read! - a family literacy initiative in Waterloo Region. 

Partnering with libraries and literacy groups, 

KW|AG’s participation supported the department’s 

commitment to visual literacy and community 

engagement. Reaching out to our community, the 

Public Programs Department contributed to long 

standing festivals, including the Multicultural 

Festival, Kidspark and Word on the Street, as well 

as new initiatives such as Tooney Tuesdays in 

Kitchener, the University of Waterloo Canada Day 

Celebration, and Culture Days. 

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Arts Community 

The Public Programs Department continued 

to support programming that contributes to 

the conversations and discourse in the arts 

community through our commitment to artist 

and curator talks for every exhibition module. 

Walk the Talk, our regularly scheduled free 

exhibition tours led by trained tour guides 

and artist educators gave the public learning 

opportunities and access to exhibitions. In 2011, 

we also continued to explore interdisciplinary 

programs, including hosting an event for TEDx 

Waterloo, a Girl Geeks Dinner, and organizing 

Present Tense: A Panel Discussion about Time 

with composer Peter Hatch, author Sheila Heti, 

and physicist Lee Smolin. 

2011 represented an exciting year in the 

evolution of the Public Programs department, 

taking important steps towards building and 

enhancing a robust complement of programs, 

and offering audiences of all demographics 

opportunities to connect with the Kitchener- 

Waterloo Art Gallery. 

Nicole Neufeld 

Director of Public Programs 

IMAGES: (from top) Present Tense: Talking about Time panel discussion 

with composer Peter Hatch, author Sheila Heti and theoretical 

physicist Lee Smolin (Thurs, Dec 1). Expression 36 featured artwork 

Hilary Dow, Metamorphosis of an Ill Contained Mind, 2009. Mixedmedia. 

Summer Camp participants proudly showing off their creations.

Development 

& Marketing 

Report 

Development & Marketing staff assisted in the 

transition process as we bid a fond farewell to 

Director General Alf Bogusky at the end of 

March, and welcomed Executive Director 

Shirley Madill in May. Alf’s contributions to the 

Gallery were celebrated with a reception with 

guests coming from as far afield as 

Saskatchewan to mark the occasion. 

Shirley was keen to hit the ground running, and 

Development staff arranged a full schedule to 

help connect her with the community and 

introduce her to donors, supporters, community 

leaders, peers and colleagues. Special thanks 

are extended to Peter Nosalik and Richard 

Armstrong for their outstanding hospitality, and 

to Gallery President Judith Stephens-Wells and 

Ross Wells for hosting a welcome reception for 

Director’s Circle members at their lovely home. 

In 2011, Curator’s Circle events included a 

presentation by Shirley Madill in May and an 

off-site event presented in partnership with the 

University of Waterloo Art Gallery. Behind the 

Curatorial Curtain, on October 5, offered a 

glimpse into the curatorial process with a panel 

discussion conducted by four area curators: 

Ivan Jurakic (UWAG), Sarah Kernohan (CAFKA), 

and KW|AG’s Shirley Madill and Crystal 

Mowry. On November 29 renowned Canadian 

artist Spring Hurlbut spoke to members about 

her luminescent photography and video 

featured in the group exhibition The Limits. 

pARTner Club members had an opportunity to 

learn more about the permanent collection with 

a talk by Jane Alison Breithaupt (guest curator 

of Perspective; Perception: What Matters Most) on 

May 11, and a vault tour and talk by Barbara 

Hobot and Cindy Wayvon (curators of We All 

Fall Down) on November 17. 

The Gallery experimented with new ways to 

connect with specialized audiences in 2011. For 

example, lunch-time tours for elected officials 

were introduced to provide an opportunity for 

this important audience to learn more about 

their Gallery. 

In 2011, the Gallery received support for a joint 

programming initiative with Kitchener Public 

Library. This $95,000 project, over 18 months, 

allowed for the recruitment of a Community 

Programmer, to develop joint projects which 

will advance both reading and visual literacy, 

connect KW|AG and KPL with new audiences, 

and lay the foundation for sustainable 

partnership programming once the Library’s 

Main Branch renovations are complete (2013). 

As part of the Gallery’s 2011 Business Plan, 

Development & Marketing priorities are to build 

greater awareness of the Gallery, increase 

revenue generation, and help to address facility 

and resource issues that reduce the Gallery’s 

visibility, and impede customer service and 

staff productivity. 

Consistent with this strategy, increased 

marketing resources were allocated in 2011 to 

help market the major fall exhibition, The 

Limits: Tracing Time and Seeing Space. 

Visitation to the Gallery showed an 18 percent 

increase in fall 2011, compared to the same 

period in 2010. 

To achieve revenue generation goals, the 

responsibilities of the Development Committee 

were delegated to lead volunteers, each with a 

particular area of focus. The Committee now 

meets as a whole annually to review results 

and share ideas and feedback. 

Re-development of the co|lab space is a key 

priority in overcoming immediate facility 

challenges. To that end, a $100,000 campaign to 

refurbish this key community programming 

space was developed in 2011. 

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Marketing and development efforts were greatly 

enhanced in 2011 with a consistently strong and 

effective social media and communications 

strategy. The Gallery’s lively blog, freeadmission.com, 

had more than 10,000 views by 

the end of 2011, KW|AG’s Facebook page had 

328 fans and Twitter had 2,097 followers. Videos 

were added as a regular promotional feature on 

the Gallery’s website, blog and on YouTube. 

The Black & Gold Gala, held on Thursday 

October 20, attended by 220 people, raised 

$63,000 net towards Gallery operations. Each 

year the Volunteer Committee strives to outdo 

their successes of the previous year – and in 

2011, that bench mark was once again achieved. 

Special mention must be made of the 

outstanding work done over the past three 

years by Committee Chair Sharon Morton. 

Sincere thanks to corporate partners, sponsors 

and foundations for their generous support as 

well as to members at all levels for their 

outstanding, ongoing support. 

Caroline Oliver 

Director of Development & Marketing 

IMAGES: (from top) Artist Spring Hurlbut discuss her work during a 

Curators Circle talk (Nov 29, 2011). A father and son work together 

to create beautiful artwork during one of our monthly free Family 

Sundays events. Curators Circle panel discussion at UW|AG entitled 

Behind the Curatorial Curtain (left to right) Judith Stephens-Wells 

(KW|AG President), Ivan Jurakic (UW|AG), Shirley Madill and 

Crystal Mowry (KW|AG) and Sarah Kernohan (CAFKA).

IMAGE: Installation view of The Limits, 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2011. 

Photo: Robert McNair. 

Treasurer’s 


Like many individuals and organizations in our community, KW|AG has been impacted by the 

economy and the general decrease in funding for the arts. Despite widespread praise of the 

Gallery’s activities and exhibitions, the reality of the economic downturn meant that project 

grants sharply decreased and that fewer donations were received from individuals. 

In response, KW|AG carefully controlled expenses in 2011 and ended the year with a deficiency 

in revenue over expenditures of $50,663. As predicted in our 2011 plan, this was a challenging 

year for KW|AG as we transitioned to our new Executive Director, Shirley Madill 

Annual grants from the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo provide KW|AG with core funding, so 

necessary for on-going operations. We are also grateful for $ 58,000 of sustainability funding 

received during the year from the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. In 2011, however, only 33% 

of total revenue came from these two municipalities. During the year public support from 

individuals, foundations and corporations, totaled more than $334,000, or approximately 31% of 

total revenue. Without this significant community support the extensive and varied activities of 

the Gallery could simply not be carried on. Arts agencies, such as the Ontario Arts Council and 

the Canada Council for the Arts, represent our third partner, contributing more than $218,000 to 

the Gallery in 2011, approximately 20% of total revenue. 

The fact that the Gallery is funded by such a varied group demonstrates recognition of its value 

to the community, and offers the opportunity for success in the future. Partners working together 

can achieve much. 

On the expenditure side, in 2011 we spent $8,000 more than we did in 2010. 

With regard to our balance sheet, at December 31, 2011 KW|AG had available cash of $94,552. 

The KW|AG Endowment Fund is a critical part of our long term financial plan for secure 

and consistent funding of operations. At December 31, 2011 the market value of a locally 

managed endowment fund was $438,861 while the value of the Allan MacKay Curatorial fund 

was $190,910. During 2011, $10,764 of the Allan MacKay Curatorial Fund, established by the 

Musagetes Arts and Culture Fund, was used to support The Limits exhibition. 

Looking ahead financially, 2012 will be a challenging year for KW|AG. As in 2011, it will be very 

important to receive strong financial support from all of our partners, including the cities of 

Kitchener and Waterloo, arts agencies, individuals, corporations and foundations. 

The Gallery is steadily building a strong financial base which will ensure a secure future. 

Through the continued financial support of our partners, the Gallery can thrive and continue its 

exciting work which contributes so much to our community. 

Jim Stinson 

VP, Finance & Treasurer 

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Board of Directors 

& Committees 

President 


VP, Finance & Treasurer 

Jim Stinson 

VP, Development 

Dwayne Priestman 

VP, Internal 

Joseph Fung (from May) 

Past President 

Peggy Jarvie (until May) 

Board Members 

Donna Carbell (from February) 

Melissa Durrell 

Frank Etherington 

Joseph Fung 

Murray Gamble 

Doug Kirton 

Bryce Kraeker 


Rita Ross 

Rick Weiss 

Executive Committee 

Judith Stephens-Wells - Chair 

Joseph Fung (from May) 

Peggy Jarvie (until May) 

Shelly Mitchell 


Jim Stinson 

Finance Committee 

Jim Stinson –Chair 



Development Committee 

Dwayne Priestman - Chair 

Joseph Fung 

Lori Gove (from Jan) 

Elizabeth Heald (from May) 

Eleanor Mueller 


Rita Ross 


Endowment Fund 

Management 

Jim Stinson - Chair 


David Paleczny 

Ken Rae 


Rick Weiss 

Permanent Collection 

Committee 

Doug Kirton – Chair 

J. Michael Carty 

Saul Herzog 

Crystal Mowry 

Mendel Somer 

Isabella Stefanescu 

Cindy Wayvon 

Nominations Committee 

Peggy Jarvie – Chair (to May) 

Joseph Fung – Chair (from May) 




*Director General, Alf Bogusky, 

is Ex-Officio on all committees 

(until March 2011) 

Shirley Madill, Exectuive Director 

is Ex-Officio on all committess 

(from May) 


Search Committee (Adhoc) 

Judith Stephens-Wells -Chair 

Susan Brown 

Joseph Fung 

Doug Kirton 

Brian Meehan 

Crystal Mowry 

IMAGES: Board Members (Front) Joseph Fung, Frank 

Etherington, Doug Kirton, Judith Stephens-Wells, 

Bryce Kraeker. (Back) Rick Weiss, Donna Carbell, 

James Stinson, Dwayne Priestman, Murray Gamble, 

Rita Ross. Staff Members (Front) Caroline Oliver, 

Becky Moore, Matt Dupuis, Emily Gove, Barbara 

Hobot. (Back) Crystal Mowry, Shirley Madill, Eleanor 

Mueller, Shelly Mitchell, Kate Carder-Thompson, 

Alexandra Krueger, Teresa Chiavaroli, Nicole Neufeld.

Gallery Staff, 

Educators & Docents 


Shirley Madill (from May) 

Director General 

Alfred M. Bogusky (until March) 

Curator of Exhibitions 

and Collections 

Crystal Mowry 


Nicole Neufeld (from September) 


and Education 

Agnieszka Chalas (until July) 

Director of Development 

and Marketing 


Director of Finance 

and Administration 


Development Associate 


Communications Coordinator 

Teresa Chiavaroli (from June) 

Kirstie Paterson Pedro (until April) 

Graphic Design Coordinator 

Matt Dupuis 

Development and 

Marketing Assistant 

Carolyn Ferguson 

Community Programmer, 

KW|AG and KPL 

Emily Gove (from November) 

Curatorial Assistant 

and Registrar 

Cindy Wayvon 

Curatorial Assistant 

Barbara Hobot 

Preparator 

Ian Newton 

Public Programs Coordinator 

Alexandra Krueger 

School Programs Coordinator 

Kate Carder-Thompson (from April) 

Katherine Sunday (until April) 

Visitors Services Assistant 

Heidi Schmeiser 

Gallery Attendants 

Ketri S. Grise (to July) 

Samantha Howarth (from May) 

Shaun McFee (to Feb) 

Jessica Montgomery 

Terrina Reitzel 

Contract Artists/Educators 

Christine Ball 

Kate Carder-Thompson 

Zoe Janzen 

Meaghan Johnson 

Karin Kliewer 

Stephen Lavigne 

Katherine Sunday 

Arlene Thomas 

Karoline Varin-Jarkowski 

Yvonne Zensner 

Studio Assistants 

Amanda Brenner 

Kelisha Junius-Clarke 

Docents 

Christine Ball 

Kate Carder-Thompson 

Maria Chong 

Marg Feldgajer 

Stephen Lavigne 

Reuben Looyenga 

Cassandra Piroutz 

Jane St. Amour Raymond 

Katherine Sunday 


Installation Crew 

Jeff Christie 

Jesse-Alan MacDonald 

John Gosselin 

Lauren Hall 

Corrie Kessler 

Shane Krepakevich 

Gareth Lichty 

Raffaella Navarretta 

Ian Newton 

James Olley 

Randy Pearce 

Mark Resmer 

Cindy Wayvon 

Contract Designers 

Simon Cooprer 

Contract Photographer 

Robert McNair

2011 GALLERY 

SPONSORS & 

DONORS 

IMAGE: Robert Linsley, A Geomorphic Fantasy: Third Aeon, 

2002 - 2007, Enamel on canvas, 183 x 152 cm. Courtesy of 

the artist. Part of Robert Linsley: A Geomorphic Fantasy.

This list recognizes financial contributions from supporters whose financial 

contributions were received and receipted by the Gallery during the fiscal year 

January 1 through December 31, 2011. 

Funding 

Organizations 

& Foundations: 

Canada Council for the Arts 

Canadian Heritage 

City of Kitchener 

City of Waterloo 

Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange 

Government of Canada – 

Summer Career Placements Initiative 

Ontario Arts Council 

RBC Foundation 

Region of Waterloo ARTS FUND 

The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation 

- Community Fund 

- The Jim and Sandy Beingessner and Family Fund 

- The John A Pollock Family Fund 

- Ontario Youth in Recreation Fund 

- The Waterloo Region Record, Lyle S. Hallman 

Foundation Kids to Camp Fund 

The Ontario Trillium Foundation 

Young Canada Works 

Project 

Partners & 

Sponsors: 

BMO Financial Group 

Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc. 

City of Kitchener 

eSolutions Group 

Gowlings LLP 

Kitchener-Waterloo Society of Artists 

Miller Thomson LLP 

Allan MacKay Curatorial Endowment Fund, 

established by the Musagetes Arts and Culture Fund 

Manulife Financial 

NDK Signs 

RBC Wealth Management 

RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel 

Region of Waterloo ARTS FUND 

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 

Spaenaur Inc. 

Scotiabank Group 

Sun Life Financial 

The Gamble Family 

The Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts 

Union Gas 

Walper Hotel 

Waterloo Catholic District School Board 

Waterloo Region District School Board 

Waterloo Region Record 

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Members 

& Donors 

Director's Circle Members 

Michael and Lesley Doughty 

Murray and Terry Ann Gamble 

Bruce Gordon 

Randall Howard and Judy McMullan 

the late Winifred Shantz 

Judith Stephens-Wells and Ross Wells 

Larry Williamson 

Curator's Circle Members 

Bob and Judy Astley 

Carmen and James Austin 

Marina Barnstijn 

Michael & Joan Beck 

Hermann and Anna Becker 

Aggie and Doug Beynon 

Jim and Lorna Blair 

Anne Brydon 

Manfred and Penny Conrad 

Ron Craigen & Margaret McCreery 

Carl M. Dare 

Sandra and Graham Dare 

Ron and Betsy Eydt 

Cathy and Roger Farwell 

Dr. Arnold and Mrs. Mary Ann Fleming 

Joseph and Xiaopu Fung 

Lori and Peter Gove 

Peggy Jarvie 

Doug and Lynne Kirton 

Bryce and Kelly Kraeker 

Hartman and Brenda Krug 

Dr. Desta Leavine 


Renée and Jamieson Martin 

Dr. Fred and Susan Mather 

Mr. Steve Menich 

Tom and Jocelyn Mennill 

Thomas and Elizabeth Motz 

Caroline Oliver and Jon Fear 

David Paleczny and Mary Reynolds 

John A. and Joyce Pollock 

Dwayne Priestman and Jeannie Boyes 

Ken and Norah Rae 

Dave and Sue Reibel 

Rita and Paul Ross 

Rob Schlegel 

Mark and Kris Schumacher 

Mr. Bill Seegmiller 

Jim and Val Stinson 

Tim and Carol Sullivan 

Jim and Erika Tubb 

Rick and Annemarie Weiss 

pARTner Club Members 

Carmeta Abbott 

Thomas and Roswita Ball 

Meg Beckel and Stan Harwood 

Fred and Dora Mae Blayney 

Max and Lynn Blouw 

Alf Bogusky and Ann Pappert 

Jane Alison Breithaupt 

Mary and Ted Brough 

Jane Buyers and Don Druick 

Donna Carbell 

Dr. Shah and Donnita Deen 

Dr. John English 

Dr. William and Ann Gawman 

Anne E. Gorrie 

Jean and Richard Haalboom 

Elizabeth Heald 

Scott Hebert 

Jane Hill 

Peter Hinchcliffe 

Jayne and Henry Huber 

Ivan and Carol Hurlbut 

Pat Jasper 

Jacob and Grace Jutzi 

Martin and Charlotte Levene 

Joyce MacCallum 

the late Mary Ann Martin 

Delphine and Lloyd Martin 

Greg and BJ McCauley 

Mary Lou and Ron McGill 

Wendy Mitchinson and Rex Lingwood 

William and J. Doreen Motz 

Mary and Warren Ober 

Janet and John Panabaker 

Bill Poole 

Paul and Paula Rostrup 

Harold and Violet Seegmiller 

Peter Sims 

David J. Westfall 

Ross and Hajra Wilson 

Astrid Woerner Kropp 

Carl Zehr and Sandy Chris 

Voting Members 

Patricia Bailey 

Shannon Baker 

G. Robert Blake 

Lois Bobier 

Bruce and Mary Boucher 

Michele and Michael Boucher 

Bruce and Mary Boucher 

Alexandre Boussetta 

Dr. Richard Christie 

Scot Dalton 

Elizabeth Dell 

Margaret Dickson 

John and Marilyn Dippell 

Dee Anne and Eric Dirksen 

Eleanor Dover 

Viona Duncan 

Melissa Durrell 

Frank Etherington and Sue Coulter 

Joan Euler 

Ben and Norma Fear 

Marg and Oleg Feldgajer 

Gerry Finnen 

Margaret Forbes 

Lois and Austin Fricker 

Fatima Garzan 

Will Gorlitz and Lesley Hartley 

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Marilyn Harder 

Gordon Hatt 

Eric and Gail Hauser 

Barbara and Jim Heldmann 

Dr. Eric and Maria Hentschell 

Terry and Mara Hollands 

Matthew Ichim 

Deborah Jeffery 

Bruce Johnstone and 

Jennifer Chivers-Wilson 

J. Neil and Marilyn Jones 

Rosemary Kay 

Theron and Joy Kramer 

Sonia Lewis 

Brian and Shelley Lipskie 

David Livingstone 

Claire and Glen Machan 

Allan MacKay 

Esther and Don MacKay 

Victoria Major 

Jean and Don Marshall 

Ian McLean 

Mary Misner 

Jan Narveson 

Marie and Frank Nowak 

Ken and Pat O’Driscoll 

Moulshree Opal 

Miroslav Osmera 

Mary Pappert 

George and Dora Pepall 

Roy Pletch 

William Poole and Louise Dzuryk 

Geoff Power 

Charles Rand 

Roland and J.Elaine Rees 

Paul and Collen Reitzel 

Frank and Kathy Rogers 

Robert Rombough and Karen Saunders 

Fred Schaeffer 

Ed and Brenda Schleimer 

Ken and Kathryn Seiling 

Tricia Siemens and Chuck Erion 

Albert and Marion Smith 

Alison A. Smith 

Michael Smith 

Elinor Smyth 

Mendel and Judith Somer 

Edward and Mary Sopko 

Dwight and Kathryn Storring 

Stephanie and Gord Tanner 

Barbara Campell and John Tennant 

Juliana Trip 

Marilyn Truemner 

Paul, and the late Barb Van de Kamer 

Carolyn Vanderschaaf 

Barbara and Ransom Vrooman 

Dr. Peter Waind 

Mark Walton 

Ainslie Watt 

Christina Weylie 

John D. Whitefoot 

Herbert and Barbara Whitney 

Jim Wilken and Marlene Kennedy 

Cameron Yule 

2 Anonymous 

Donors 

Bruce Brubacher 

Irene Campling 

Michael and Mary Casey 

Sheila Christie 

Brian and Margaret Hendley 

Katherine A. Hurd-Lithgow 

John and Elizabeth Kerr 

Alan Kirker 

Terence Kroetsch 

Donna Penrose 

Hilary Pritchard 

Loraine Rowan 

The Enrichment Centre at Suddaby 

Public School 

Denise Strong 

Fran and John Wright 

Anonymous 

Corporate Donors 

Rae & Lipskie Investment Counsel Inc. 

Scotiabank 

Spaenaur Inc. 

Stief Systems Group LTD 

Sun Life Financial 

Union Gas Limited 

Waterloo Manufacturing 

Company Limited 

In-Kind Donors 

Dare Foods Limited 

Sobeys, Bridgeport Road, Waterloo 

Service Clubs 

Kitchener Pioneer Lions Club Inc. 

Optimist Club of Lakeshore Village, 

Waterloo 

Optimist Club of Stanley Park, Kitchener 

Optimist Club of Waterloo North 

IMAGES: (left to right) Installation view of Colwyn Griffith: 

Something About Time. Director General Alf Bogusky 

speaks to guests during his farewell reception (Mar 4, 2011). 

Gallery patrons explore the permanent collection exhibition 

Perspective; Perception: What Matters Most, guest curated 

by Jane Alison Breithaupt as part of the Community Curator 

project. Brenda Halloran, Mayor, City of Waterloo speaking 

during the Expressions 36 opening. City of Kitchener Mayor, 

Carl Zehr listens to the opening remarks of The Limits: Tracing 

Time and Seeing Space. Photos: Matt Dupuis. 

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Premiere Event Sponsors 

RBC Wealth Management 

RBC Phillips, Hager & North 

Investment Counsel 

Supporting Sponsor 

Miller Thomson LLP 

Sponsors 

Alexander Home 

Château des Charmes Wines 

Crosby Volkswagen Audi Inc. 

Diefenbacher & Sieber Dental 

Erb & Good Family Funeral Home 

eSolutions Group Ltd. 

Fleischauer Brothers 

Landscaping Ltd. 

Henry Walser Funeral Home Ltd. 

Ian Cook Construction Ltd. 

Navis Pack & Ship 

Pioneer Craftsmen Ltd. 

Programmed Insurance Brokers Inc. 

Teledyne DALSA 

Toyota Motor Manufacturing 

Canada Inc. 

Victoria Star Motors Inc. 

Whale & Ale 

Wyndham Art Supplies 

In-Kind Sponsors 

A Dutch Mill Flower Shop 

Cake Beauty 

Central Ontario Orchid Society 

Clarins, Sears Canada 

Columbia Lake Health Club 

D’Lish 

Edible Arrangements 

Factory Shoe, Kitchener 

Holiday Inn, Kitchener-Waterloo 

Hotel & Conference Centre 

J&S Orchids 

King Crab Oyster Bar & Grill 

Laurel Pedersen 

Living Lighting 

M.A.C. Cosmetics at The Bay 

Nestlé Waters Canada 

Olivier Soaps 

Printed Inc. 

The Bay, Waterloo 

UPS, Victoria Street, Kitchener 

Waterloo Region Record 

Auction Donors 

Airways Transit 

AMPM Limousine Inc. 

Anonymous 

Arman’s Jewellers Ltd. 

Robert Achtemichuk 

Artline Salon 

Babelfish Bistro 

Ashleigh Bartlett 

Bears In Breeches 

Bearskin Airlines 

Best Western Orangville Inn & Suites 

Bingemans 

Black Prince Winery 

Black River Cheese 

Blackshop Restaurant 

David Blatherwick 

Bookshelf 

Boston Pizza 

Bill Boswell 

Braun’s Is Bicycles 

Jane Buyers 

Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory 

Cambridge Galleries 

Cameron’s Flower Shop 

Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery 

Canadian Opera Company 

Kate Carder-Thompson of 

The French Press Stationary Studio 

Centre In The Square 

Central Fresh Market 

C’est Moi Clothing Co. 

Channer’s Men’s Apparel 

Château des Charmes 

Chocolate Barr’s Candies 

Christa Louise 

Columbia Lake Health Club 

Tara Cooper 

Copper Kettle Chocolate Company 

Dana Shortt Gourmet 

Barry Daniels 

David’s Gourmet 

Dr. M.W. Elmaraghy 

Medicine Professional Corporation 

Drayton Entertainment 

E. Dyck Opticians 

Edible Arrangements 

Edissi Fine Arts 

Elora Festival and Singers 

Entertaining Elements 

Erban Corner 

Soheila Esfahani 

European Vision of Fashion 

Eve Chocolatier 

Eyelight Creative Marketing Services 

Factory Shoe 

Framing & Art Centre 

Frederick Street Inn 

From the Farm Cooking School 

& Susan Wallis, Melt Studios 

Gibson Sound & Vision 

Will Gorlitz 

Grand River Glassworks 

Grand River Troutfitters 

Great Lakes Helicopter 

Art Green 

Gusto Catering Company 

Harbinger Gallery Inc 

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Hatashita Diamond Centre 

Hauser 

Heer’s Paint & Décor 

Heffner Lexus/ Heffner Toyota 

Julie Heinrichs 

Herrle’s Country Farm Market 

Bill Higgins 

Holiday Inn, Kitchener-Waterloo 

Hotel & Conference Centre 

House of Angels Spa 

Huff Estates 

Hybrid Hair & Detox Spa 

Jewelry Secrets 

John Morton 

Karen Lee Simoneau, 

Fifth Avenue Collection Jewellery 

KEG RESTAURANTS LTD 

King Crab Oyster Bar 

King Street Trio 

Doug Kirton 

John Kissick 

KW Jazz Room 

K-W Sewing Machines Ltd. 

La Crème Décor 

La Cucina 

Kathy Lawrence 

Les Diplomates B&B 

Les Fleurs 

Shirley, Ron, Casey and Elli Levene 

Lions Den Cigars 

Living Lighting 

Lost & Found Theatre 

Eileen MacArthur 

Allan Harding MacKay 

Don MacKay 


Marbles 

Mark Nunes 

Jean Marshall 

Sandra Martin 

Mary Catherine’s 

John and Mary Lou Miller 

Minds Eye Studio Art 

Mistura Beauty Solutions 

Sharon Morton 

Mary Catherine Newcomb 

Newtex Limited 

Iris Nowell 

James Olley 

Originals by Andrea 

Paul Puncher Men’s Clothier 

PDR Picture Frames + Gallery 


Perth Pepper and Pestle 

Petsche’s Shoes 

Pon Phonexay 

Pino’s Salon & Medispa 

Pixercise This - Robin Webster 

Marlene Pomeroy 

Puslinch Lake Golf Course 

Red X’s Wine Club 

Research In Motion (RIM) 

RMT Therapeutics 

ROXX Jewellers 

Roylco 

Rumners Wobble 

Ryan Arts & Fine Crafts 

Samsonite 

Bill Schwarz 

Seasons 

Shirl’s Place 

Ron Shuebrook 

Solé Restaurant & Wine Bar 


Jean Stevenson 

Stratford Shakespeare Festival 

TA Appliance 

Bruce Taylor 

TechTown Café 

The Charcoal Group of Companies 

The Culinary Studio 

The Economical Insurance Group 

The Frugal Decorator 

The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony 

The Poultry Place 

The Registry Theatre 

The Rude Native 

The Savoury 

The Shelley Line 

The Walper Hotel 

The Waterloo Collection 

The Waterlot 

The Waters - An Urban Spa Retreat 

THEMUSEUM 

To Introduce U to Accessories 

(T.I.U.T.A) 

Trends For Men 

Total Skin & Body 

Jim Tubb 

Tony Urquhart 


Venera Seta Inc. 

Vicanie’s Fine Lingerie 

Victoria Antiques & Heirlooms 

Vincenzo’s 

Vivah Jewellery 

Vixin Accessories 

Walper Tobacco Shop 

Waterloo Inn 

Whole Lot-A Gelata 

Words Worth Books 

Zenobia International Inc. 

IMAGES: (left to right) Executive Director Shirley Madill 

(left) and President Judith Stephens-Wells (right) with Black 

& Gold Gala 2011 Premiere Event Sponsors, RBC Wealth 

Management, RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment 

Counsel. (left to right) John Wolfe, Rick Weiss, Dwayne 

Murray and Kevin Gardiner. MC Laurel Pedersen holds 

up two John Kissick paintings for Black & Gold guests to 

see during the live auction portion of the evening. Artist 

Karoline Varin-Jarkowski and Black & Gold committee 

member Pat Arsenault engage in a Gala art activity. 

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2011 Gallery Volunteers: 

Eunsoo Ahn 

Karla Acevedo 

Missy Anderson 

Natalie Arsenault 

Betty Avery 

Ryhaun Ahad 

Limo Azizi 

JoAnn Ball 

Sean Bennett 

Chelsea Blundon 

Lauren Bourdages 

Amanda Brenner 

April Braund 

Jordan Brennan 

Jane Alison Breithaupt 

Alex Britton 

Rhonda Brown 

Julie Burdett 

Kate Carder Thompson 

Donna Carter 

Agnieszka Chalas 

Terre Chartrand 

Teresa Chiavaroli 

Olivia Choi 

Karthy Chin 

Bradley Contais 

Jennifer Cowan 

Trevor Craig 

Judy Cumming 

Caitlin Cuthbert 

A.Y. Daring 

Audrey D’Astous 

Hilary Dow 

Deanna Dube 

Matthew Dupuis 

Alishia Ellis 

Crystal Ellis 

Cherie Fawcett 

Marg Feldgajer 


Rachel Fleming 

John Gosselin 

Jamie Groh 

Hans Guenther 

Aaron Hall 

Sarah Hamelin 

Frank Heinrich 

Marilyn Heinrichs 

Barbara Hobot 

Samantha Howarth 

Diana Hull Erb 

Sarah Kernohan 

Doug Kirton 

Gayle Kritzer 

Alex Krueger 

Minodora Lache 

Tim Luckhurst 

Karen Lees 

Lin Li 

Savannah Lin 

Jesse MacDonald 

Alex Majka 

Charankamal Mandur 

Zoe Mayirou 

Ameena Meerasa 

Robin McDonald 

Donalee McIntyre 

Jessica Montgomery 



Crystal Mowry 

Marcy Murawsky 

Raffaella Navarretta 

Nathan Nederpelt 

Erica Neves 

Joshua Notts 


Maureen O’Reilley 

Jessica Palada 

Tiffaney Patmore 

Marina Pimentel 

Cory Pedersen 

Matthew Pedersen 

Terri-Lynne 

Petahtegoose 

Joanne Respondek 

Judy Proctor 

Amanda Roy 

Kate Ryan 

William Salazar 

Gerson Salazar 

Pam Salisbury 

Olley Saleh 

Amesha Sanichara 

Emily Saurette 

Helen Schafer 

Lorna Schmalz 

Lauren Seifried 

Vicky Seng-Low 

Heidi Schmeiser 

Elyse Shemilt 

Emma Shulist 

Joy Smith 

Jennifer So 

Elena Stepanchuk 

Danna Sulaiman 

Sarah Stehler 

Sancia Tam 

Felicia Tam 

Jim Tigwell 

Priyanka Tolani 

Karoline Varin-Jarkwoski 

Joshua Voth 

Logan Walsh 

Sarah Wang 

Beth Warren 

Joshua Warren 

Melissa Warren 

Thiffany Wilmouth 

Jody Yungblut 

Allen Zahir 

Weixiao Zhang 

Black & Gold 

Organizing 

Committee: 

Sharon Morton, Chair 

Pat Arsenault 


Lise Anne Janis 




Rick Weiss 

Lynne Wilson 

Gail Wise 

Interns & 

Work-Study 

Students: 

Nora Bezsnei 

Erin Cleasby 

Marina Pimentel 

Tanya Saraiva 

Larissa Scholtis 

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Acknowledgements 


It is a great experience to work with such a stellar and committed Board of Directors, a dedicated, talented 

staff and group of volunteers, and a vibrant community. I want to thank them all for their expertise, 

advice and hard-work in 2011. I also am grateful for those in the community whose warm welcome 

and assistance has proved invaluable. To our donors, sponsors, government funders, city officials, and 

membership, we could not have done what we did without you and we are truly grateful 


Thank you to a wonderful team – together we achieve so much! 

Teresa Chiavaroli, Communications Coordinator, joined KW|AG in June 2011. She keeps the Gallery front 

and centre in the world of media, social media and on the web and also brings video and photography 

skills to her role. If you’ve heard about KW|AG – you probably heard it from Teresa; Matt Dupuis, Graphic 

Design Coordinator, gets the Gallery noticed, with a graphic style that is bold and imaginative. Special 

kudos go to Matt for the look of our Annual Report, which sets the Gallery apart; Carolyn Ferguson, 

Marketing and Development Assistant, keeps it all running smoothly, despite endless interruptions, and a 

‘to-do’ list that never ends. Carolyn always provides excellent customer service with a warm and friendly 

smile; Eleanor Mueller, Development Associate, makes friends and raises funds for KW|AG, and also 

ensures we deliver first-rate service to our sponsors. If Eleanor is looking after it, we know it’s done right. 


Attendance at KW|AG’s exhibitions, events and programs increased in 2011. The Gallery was open 362 

days (2,894 hours) with more than 39,000 visitors coming through our doors. It was a busy time for front 

desk staff. Thank you to Heidi Schmeiser, Visitor Services Assistant; and Gallery Attendants Ketri Grise, 

Shaun McFee, Jessica Montgomery and Terrina Reitzel for welcoming visitors so warmly, answering 

general inquires about exhibitions, classes and public talks. You have been the embodiment of the 

Gallery’s spirit in 2011. 

Nicole Neufeld 

2011 was a busy year for the Public Programs department and its success was due to the dedication and 

investment of staff and volunteers. Alex Kreuger, Public Programs Coordinator, whose generosity and 

creativity is truly inspiring; School Programs Coordinators, Katherine Sunday (until April 2011) and Kate 

Carder-Thompson (from April 2011), with their insights and infinite inspiration; Emily Gove, Community 

Programmer (KPL & KW|AG), for her innovative and ambitious programs; Christine Ball, Steve Lavigne, 

and Karoline Varin-Jarkowski, Artist Educators, for endlessly fostering creativity; the Gallery Attendants 

and Volunteers whose contributions make our programs possible; and finally, Agnieska Chalas, Director of 

Public Programs and Education until July 2011, for all of her hard work. 

Crystal Mowry 

A capacity for creative thinking, a willingness to rise to challenges and ability to transform the most 

rudimentary plans into tangible forms – this is what each member of our curatorial team contributes 

to our operations. Much gratitude is extended to Curatorial Assistant / Registrar Cindy Wayvon for 

clearing a path for our public to become better acquainted with our permanent collection and overseeing 

its well-being for the future. Curatorial Assistant Barb Hobot has brought a thoughtful approach to her 

administrative support for the department and a dedication to creating a sense of value in all of the 

artists with whom we work. Preparator Ian Newton brings confidence and calm during some of the most 

ambitious installations we have encountered to date. Thanks also to our KW|AG colleagues, volunteers, 

students, casual staff, and especially artists and gallery visitors who continue to promote the value of 

visual arts to our region. 

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IMAGES: (Cover) Colwyn Griffith, Dust with Mugs, 

2010, C-print, 107 x 85 cm. Courtesy the artist. 

(back) Installation view of Colwyn Griffith’s Dust 

with Mugs, 2010 as part of Something About Time, 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2011. 

101 Queen Street North 

Located in Centre In The Square 

Kitchener, ON, N2H 6P7 

Free admission 

T: 519.579.5860 

E: mail@kwag.on.ca 

www.kwag.ca 

Everyone welcome

Annual Report 2011 - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

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