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www.esplanade.caLyndal Osborne: OrnamentaESPLANADE ART GALLERY, MEDICINE HAT AB – Aug 21-Oct 10, 2010 Ornamenta is a national touringexhibition featuring two major works by Alberta artist Lyndal Osborne: Garden (2005) and Archipelago(2008). Organized by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery,Oshawa and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo,the show has toured from Oshawa and Waterloo toPenticton, Edmonton, Moose Jaw and now Medicine Hat.Osborne’s intricately crafted pieces have been extensivelyexhibited in major group and solo exhibitions around theworld. They resemble such complex eco-systems as a garden,a shoreline or the winding North Saskatchewan River, andconjure a sense of timelessness or regeneration.Their installation has been no easy feat. The massive siteworksencompass hundreds of pieces of organic matter,including seed pods, petals, roots, corn cobs, grapefruit skinsand sunflower stems that have been painted, dyed, Chinecolléed,papier-mâchéd and otherwise altered.Born in New South Wales, Australia, Lyndal Osborneearned her MFA at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in1971. She has been a printmaking instructor at the Universityof Alberta for 30 years and is an active member of theEdmonton arts community. Ornamenta is accompanied by apublication with texts by curators Linda Jansma and VirginiaEichhorn. Mia JohnsonLyndal Osborne, Archipelago (2008), mixed mediainstallation [Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine HatAB, Aug 21-Oct 10]Martin Batchelor Gallery712 Cormorant St ✆250-385-7919mon-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Sep 23 VirginiaErrick, Jackie Miller, ML Ogilvie,Anne Vaasjo and Karen Wild, “Scanningsof Strange Times”; Sep 18 2-4pm“Poetry Reading” by Lorna Crozier, BarbaraPelman, Grace Cockburn, PamelaPorter and Yvonne Blomer and “Artists’Talks” by Virginia Errick, Jackie Miller,ML Ogilvie, Anne Vaasjo and KarenWild; Opening Sep 25 Artwork on theTheme of Dance, to coincide with theRomp! Festival.Mercurio Gallery602 Courtney St ✆250-388-5158www.mercurio.catues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm, sun &evenings by chance, mon by appt.Thru Sep 11 Spirit Hunters, CanadianInuit sculpture and prints; Thru SepBeautiful Things: the Mercurio HouseCollection; Oct 1-30 Molly Privett, InaUtoff, Myfanwy Pavelic and Nita Forrest,“Emily’s Revenge”.Morris Gallery428 Burnside Rd E (on Alpha St)✆250-388-6652www.morrisgallery.catues-sun 10am-5:30pm. Sep 10-30Fall Group Show, featuring galleryartists; Oct Gallery artists.★ Open SpaceArts Society510 Fort St ✆250-383-8833www.openspace.ca/web/tues-sat 12-5pm. Sep 18-27 SineadO’Donnell, Pauline Cummins, SandraJohnson and Lori Wiedenhammer& Anakana Schofield, “Chaos”,an exchange between artists in NorthernIreland and Western Canada, featuringperformances, discussions,interviews and lectures, Sep 24-25Main performances; Sep 30-Oct 9Stuart Dempster, “Sound MassageParlor”, transforms Open Space into ahealing centre with the power of contemporarymusic, including groupsessions and focused individual healings;Oct 27-Nov 29 Suzanne Franks,Troi Donnelly and Kevin Yates,“Wunder Worry”, examining fear,doubt and precaution in contemporaryculture by approaching worryfrom a place of wonderment andcuriosity.Polychrome Fine Arts1113 Fort St ✆250-382-2787www.polychromefinearts.comwed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-6pm. ThruSep 16 Charles Campbell, “ActorBoy”, shown internationally, Campbell’spolitical paintings fuse ideas andimagery from his African heritage, hisenvironmental activism and his yogicpractices; Sep 19-Oct 7 Victor Y. Arcega,Tony Bounsall, Steven Dickerson,Danielle Hogan, Joyce Kline, PaulPeregal, Jenn Robins, Lesley Turner,Carole Thompson, Joanne Thomson,David Hunwick and Andy Wooldridge,“Fully Engaged”, Victoria College of ArtFaculty Exhibition; Oct 17-Nov 4 JennyHyslop, “Secret Ingredients”, NSCADgrad exhibits abstract mixed-mediaworks on canvas.Royal BC Museum675 Belleville St✆250-356-7226 888-447-7977www.royalbcmuseum.bc.cadaily 10am-5pm, until Sep 25 fri & sat10am-10pm. Admission: $14.29adults, $9.06 seniors, students andyouths, free for children 5 and under,$37.63 families (2 adults & 2 youths).66 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS