April / May 2004 - Mentoring Artists for Women's Art

2 pm Saturday, April 17, aceartinc
2nd floor, 290 McDermot Ave.
Celia Rabinovitch discusses her art in the context of the development
of modern and contemporary art in Canada and the USA, Canadian
regionalism, and the major artists and thinkers she has known in
Canada and the USA. She will also discuss the aims of her writing on
culture, and her understanding of art within the broader context of
history of religions.
MAWA PRESENTS
Celia Rabinovitch
Good, Bad, or Indifferent:
Images and Anecdotes
From a Life in Art
CELIA RABINOVITCH is an artist and
writer. Born in Manitoba, and educated
in Fine Arts (B.F.A. hons.) and the
History of Religions (B.A.) at
theUniversity of Manitoba, her focus is
in painting and in art in relation to the
history of knowledge. Her paintings
have been shown in fourteen solo
exhibitions in Canada, Europe and the
U.S., most recently representing
Canada in Vienna, Austria, 2000 in a
four person international show, Quattro:
Internationale Gruppenaustellung, and
in the invited exhibition, Biennale
Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea,
in Florence, Italy, December 1999. She
has received awards from the Canada
Council for the Arts, the Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
of Canada, and the Edna St. Millay
Colony for the Arts. Forthcoming
exhibitions include SOMARTS Gallery,
San Francisco, November 2004 and
Gallery One One One , University of
Manitoba, 2005. Her recent book,
Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros,
and the Occult in Modern Art
(Westview Press, Boulder Colorado,
and Harper Collins-Canada, Icon
Editions 2002) is a groundbreaking work
in the history of art and the history of
religions. Other publications include
features for Artweek, (San Jose) C
Magazine, (Toronto), The Dictionary of
Art (London), American Ceramics, and
Metalsmith (New York). Her most
recent publication is a chapter in the
book Women, Art, Technology, ed. Judy
Malloy, (M.I.T. Press, Boston, 2003).
She earned a Ph.D. in art history and
the history of religions at McGill
University, Montreal, and her M.F.A. in
painting at the University of Wisconsin.
While teaching at the University of
Colorado at Denver, she worked with
associates of the Torres-Garcia, Latin
American constructivists. Rabinovitch
has also taught at McGill University,
Montreal, California College of Arts and
Crafts, Syracuse University, Cabrillo
College, and University of California
Berkeley. Currently, she is Director of
the School of Art, The University of
Manitoba.
PHOTO: DALE BARBOUR
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR APRIL 25
MAWA/WHC SPRING ART AUCTION
PLEASE CONTACT SARAH CRAWLEY AT 949-9490 or scrawley@mawa.ca
Sunday April 25
The Millennium Center, 389 Main Street
Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art and Women’s Health Clinic
invite you to attend a fundraising art auction featuring original works of art by some of
Manitoba’s most exciting and accomplished contemporary women artists including Reva Stone,
Diane Whitehouse, Diana Thorneycroft, Shirley Brown, Bev Pike, Eleanor Bond, Aganetha Dyck,
Lita Fontaine, Dominique Rey, Aliza Amihude.
There will also be works by outstanding national artists including
Arlene Stamp, Gail Bourgeois, Barbara Todd, Barb Hunt and many more
PREVIEW AND MEET THE ARTISTS 12 –1:30 pm
spring art
auction 2004
LIVE AUCTION 2:00 pm WITH AUCTIONEER TERRY WACHNIAK
CASH BAR CASH VISA MASTERCARD
A chance to win an exquisite photograph by DIANA THORNEYCROFT
RSVP BY APRIL 19 TO KAREN AT WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC 947-2422 EXT 126
Reva Stone, Imaginal Expression 6, Giclée print, 18” x 24” (detail)