AG's annual report 2009 - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

SITE OF
EXCHANGE
Annual Report 2009

MISSION
CONNECTING PEOPLE AND
VISION
THE KITCHENER-WATERLO
WHERE ART IS THE CATAL
EXPERIENCE, DIALOGUE A
ROOTS IN THE COMMUNIT

IDEAS THROUGH ART.
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PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
President’s Report
Site of exchange is a theme that reflects this
year’s activities and one that is fundamental to
the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery’s mission of
Connecting people and ideas through art.
In 2009, we engaged a diverse range of stakeholders
in the development of the Gallery’s 2010 – 2014
Strategic Plan. Forty Gallery staff, board members,
volunteers, artists, partners and supporters
participated in a 3-day planning workshop in the
spring and a further day in the fall of 2009. We are
very grateful for this group’s insight and commitment
to the planning process. Their inspired discussion
about the Gallery’s future truly revealed KW|AG to
be a site of exchange.
As part of our planning process, we also evaluated our
facilities in Centre In The Square in light of our current
and future program needs. Facility improvement
planning will involve significant exchange of ideas
about our site as we look at how we can serve the
community in the most dynamic and exciting ways
through our programs and collaboration with Centre
In The Square and in the Civic District in which we
are situated.
KW|AG benefits from the contributions of many
outstanding people and organizations. Skilled
expertise and innovative ideas characterize the work
of the Gallery’s staff led by Alf Bogusky and senior
staff members Crystal Mowry, Caroline Oliver, Shelly
Mitchell and Agnieszka Chalas. Dedicated volunteers
contribute to the Gallery’s Board of Directors,
committees and programs. KW|AG receives
generous support from the Cities of Kitchener and
Waterloo, the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council,
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation,
the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the Canadian
Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program. Their
support, combined with the generosity of members,
donors, and corporate sponsors makes KW|AG’s
programming possible. We are very grateful for
the enthusiasm, confidence and resources invested
in KW|AG by so many entities. My sincere thanks,
to each of you, for your role in making KW|AG an
exciting site of exchange.
Judith Stephens-Wells
President

DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery is a resource
enabling people to build empathy, intellectual and
social capital through the exchange of ideas and experience.
We do this in a stimulating environment characterized
by openness, curiosity, respect, trust, tolerance
and supportive accommodation. At KW|AG, we
aim to connect people and ideas through art.
In 2009, we made every effort to be a site of
exchange, producing and showcasing 12 exhibitions
which featured 25 artists (14 from the KW region)
while touring Will Gorlitz’s nowhere if not here exhibition
nationally. Serving approximately 32 000 visitors
annually, it’s clear that this aim of the Gallery is
being well met.
Community partners of the past year include the
Visual Arts Alliance (Get Off on Art); CAFKA (Janice
Kerbel exhibition); Open Ears and the Art Gallery
of Ontario (Janet Cardiff installation); Macdonald
Stewart Art Centre (publication of Gorlitz project);
Perimeter Institute (Shirin Neshat and Janine
Antoni lectures); Goethe Institut and the Institut
für Auslandsbeziehungen (Building Berlin); the
Prosperity Council Task Force on Creative Enterprise;
Civic District Masterplan Committee; and the Alliance
for a Grand Community.
Other 2009 highlights include the appointment of a
new Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Crystal
Mowry, whose personal mission and style are conso-
nant with these ideas. Her wealth of curatorial experience,
aligned with her passion as an artist, mean we
have a lot to look forward to in coming years. We also
launched a new web site whose design and content
were built around this theme of ideas exchange.
Two strategic planning sessions involved exchanging
ideas with invited key community members,
KW|AG’s staff, and Board of Directors to inform and
inspire KW|AG’s future direction.
I would like to express my gratitude to each member
of the Board, especially to Board President Judith
Stephens-Wells, who has provided excellent leadership
and guidance through our planning phase.
Thank you to KW|AG staff for their passion and innovative
exchange of ideas which keeps the Gallery’s
programming fresh and vibrant. Thank you also
to our donors, sponsors and Director’s Circle and
Curator’s Circle members, whose generous support
is essential to our success.
Alf Bogusky
Director General
Director’s Report
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CURATORIAL
REPORT

KW|AG’s curatorial programming always begins as a
conversation or exchange of ideas. These conversations
begin just about anywhere (the gallery spaces,
outside, virtually) and with just about anyone (our
colleagues, artists, families, visitors). The most
rewarding conversations are the ones that evolve
from serendipitous beginnings into projects that
inspire engagement from a wider audience.
Exchange is a sequence: In May 2009, KW|AG’s
Curatorial and Collections Consultant of 7 years,
Allan MacKay, left the Gallery to pursue his own
artistic processes. I was fortunate to have assisted
Allan for four years before assuming the position of
Curator of Collections and Exhibitions. As a mentor,
Allan taught me to leave room for the unexpected;
in essence, to leave room for someone or something
else to contribute to our conversations. Under his
direction, curatorial activity championed the idea of
stories that unfold over time. In 2009, artists Susan
Coolen and Andrew Wright contributed the 6th and
7th instalments of our Parochial Views series of
commissions. These works join the Gallery’s permanent
collection for future generations to contemplate
and enjoy.
Exchange is a dialogue: 2009 was particularly rich for
exhibitions that shone a light on how a shared locale
informs our sense of identity, collective memory and
sense of agency. New projects under the aegis of our
River Grand Chronicles series explored communication
within our regional landscape. Whether assuming
the role of collector and interpreter of individual
narratives (Phil Irish) or crafting a taxonomy
equivalent to an alphabet (Susan Coolen), a desire
to connect and communicate is always a part of the
artist’s role. Part of our role as curatorial staff is to
cultivate and highlight the kind of dialogue that can
happen between individual artworks. Our 2009 exhibition
program included several group exhibitions
that addressed site as its curatorial thesis. Some Kind
of Wonderful: The 4th KW|AG Biennial, guest curated
by Nancy Campbell, assembled work by 11 regional
artists transforming our main gallery into a site of
wonder. ANTHEM: Perspectives on Home and Native
Land, circulated by Carleton University Art Gallery,
Ottawa explored diverse forms of nationhood that
make the concept of national accord complex.
Exchange is an action: 2009 was an exceptional year
for bringing the world to our region. Bringing together
11 Berlin-based artists from around the world,
Building Berlin focused on individual artists who
have helped cultivate the German capital’s dynamic
art scene. Our Art Talks, presented in partnership
with the Perimeter Institute, continued to bring
international artists to the region, with Janine Antoni
and Shirin Neshat presenting their work followed by
interviews with Robert Enright in Border Crossings.
2009 also marked a shift in how we involved the
community in meaningful conversations via art.
KW|AG partnered with Wilfrid Laurier University’s
Community Service Learning students for an interactive
project engaging the public in conversation
about the Gallery’s exhibitions. Look for more information
on how this partnership unfolded in next
year’s Annual Report. Other conversations with
exhibiting artists were captured in interviews posted
on our web site and in our exhibition catalogues.
Exchange is putting one thing in the place of another:
To be a site of exchange is to recognize that partnerships
amplify and extend the boundaries of our artistic
programming. nowhere if not here, a survey exhibition
of work by Guelph-based artist Will Gorlitz,
opened in fall 2008 and travelled to the Art Gallery
of Nova Scotia and Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
(Guelph). The importance of Will’s work resonates in
the comprehensive exhibition catalogue, published
in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
KW|AG’s partnerships with arts organizations such as
CAFKA and Open Ears were celebrated in exhibitions
of work by Janice Kerbel and Janet Cardiff (on loan
from the Art Gallery of Ontario), each programmed
in conversation with the themes of these biennial
events.
Crystal Mowry
Curator of Exhibitions
and Collections
Curatorial Report
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2009
EXHIBITIONS

September 19, 2008 – September 11, 2009
Wild Things: A Bestiary Assembled From KW|AG’s Permanent Collection
Curated by Crystal Mowry and Cindy Wayvon (KW|AG)
Through domestication, scientific study, and even anthropomorphic efforts, we feel we understand
animals; yet, the unique reality of the animal experience still remains outside of our knowledge. Selected
works used hybrid animal/human imagery, explorations of animal physiognomy and absence to suggest
the unknown that permeates our relationship with all living creatures.
Gordon Rayner, Where Have We Been? Where are We Going?, 1988, acrylic on canvas and wood. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery,
Gift of Mr. Irving Zucker, 1993.
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Clockwise from top left: KC Adams, Cyborg Hybrid Candice (curator) “SCALPING IS IN MY BLOOD” and Cyborg Hybrid David
(actor) “SAVAGE”, 2005, digital prints. Eric Robertson, Untitled (detail), 2007, aluminium, cable, paint, Collection of the
artist. Shirley Moorhouse, The Brass Ring, 2004, black stroud, fur, beads, hide, metal, found materials, silk, rayon, wool,
nylon. Collection of the artist. Robertson and Moorhouse photos: David Barbour. All images courtesy of the artist and
Carleton University Art Gallery. Opposite page: Installation view of Expressions 34. Photo: Robert McNair.

January 15, 2009 – March 22, 2009
ANTHEM: Perspectives on Home and Native Land
Cynthia Girard, Alisdair MacRae, FASTWÜRMS, Shirley Moorhouse, Dana Inkster, KC Adams,
and Eric Robertson. Curated by Ryan Rice, Organized by Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
ANTHEM: Perspectives on Home and Native Land featured the work of artists from across Canada who
identified varying forms of nationhood that serve or detract from the concept of a national accord. Artists
from various backgrounds – Aboriginal, Métis, White (Anglophone and Francophone), and African-
Canadian – consult their personal and communal selves to address forms of sovereignty that they express
responsively as their anthem.
March 28, 2009 – May 3, 2009
Expressions 34 and Re-mix
Please see the Education and Public Programs Report for exhibition details.
April 2, 2009 – May 3, 2009
Janet Cardiff: Whispering Room
Co-presented by the Open Ears Festival, Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Ontario
As part of the 2009 Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound, KW|AG was pleased to host an installation
by Janet Cardiff. Whispering Room was a multimedia installation featuring sixteen speakers, each playing
dialogue by a female describing a particular event from various viewpoints. As listeners moved through
the gallery space, the story they heard changed. Each segment gently pulled the listener in a different
direction, shuffling them between the past and the future and implicating the psychology of different
modes of communication. The hushed voices were interrupted by a brief film projection of a girl tap
dancing in the forest. This seemingly random interruption was both mysterious and familiar, a fitting
analogy for the haunting voice that moved throughout a forest of speakers in the Gallery space.
2009 Exhibitions
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May 15, 2009 – July 5, 2009
Phil Irish: Watershed River Grand Chronicles #6
Elora based Phil Irish premiered a new series of paintings which explored turning points in people’s lives in relation
to their experiences along the Grand River. Irish incorporated hand-drawn maps created by a diverse group
of people, and visited and documented the physical sites described by the maps. During this process, he sometimes
noticed a discrepancy between his experience and the hand-drawn maps of his collaborators. These differing
points of view were manifest in a collision between representation and abstraction within a single work.
Susan Coolen: Grand Shadows River Grand Chronicles #7
This multimedia installation combined photographic light works, image projections and video works incorporating
imagery drawn from Coolen’s on-going expeditions to the Grand River during the four seasons. Much of
Coolen’s work begins with the act of collecting (and sometimes mummifying) specimens, found objects, flotsam
and other detritus of daily life. As an initial means of responding to these items, Coolen turned to her interests in
natural history, the museum and astronomy, and their links to the history of photography.
Catherine Paleczny: Sumus Quod Sumus
Though her practice is rooted in ceramics, Paleczny’s work often suggests the archeological remnants of past
civilizations, swarms and flocks of organisms. Using traditional hand-building techniques, Paleczny crafted each
object as an individual form before integrating them into a collective. The swarms in Sumus Quod Sumus spoke of
movement, repetition, spatial tension, and our constant search for order and belonging in the world around us.
Above image: Phil Irish, Contain and Release, 2009, oil on panel. Opposite from top: Catherine Paleczny, Untitled (detail), 2008, stoneware.
Susan Coolen, Grand Shadows Series No. 1, 2009, DVD projection. All images courtesy of the artist.

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Clockwise from top left: Janet Morton, installation view of Ionic
with Zippers (detail), 2009, hand knit with zippers and buttons.
Photo: Robert McNair. Ehryn Torrell, Apartment, 2009, acrylic on
canvas. Shane Krepakevich, San Giorgio’s Floor Remembered in
Plywood, 2009, plywood. Scott Everingham, Continual Down, 2008,
oil on canvas. All Images courtesy of the artist. Opposite: Claude
Tousignant, Cercle Latin, 1969, acrylic on canvas. Kitchener-Waterloo
Art Gallery, Gift of Mr. Gerhardt Kastner, 1992. Image courtesy of
the artist and KW|AG.

July 15, 2009 – September 11, 2009
Some Kind of Wonderful: The 4th KW|AG Biennial
David Blatherwick, Josh Cleminson, Patricia Deadman, Susan Dobson, Scott Everingham,
Ann Marie Hadcock, Shane Krepakavich, Gareth Lichty, Eileen MacArthur, Janet Morton,
and Ehryn Torrell. Curated by Nancy Campbell. Presented in co-operation with the Kitchener-
Waterloo Society of Artists
This celebration of our region’s artists alluded to the idea that there can be many kinds of wonderful.
Wonder can refer to a sublime, awe-inspiring quality of beauty, and it can refer to an active inquiry. From
woven garden hose, to fibre bonfires, to a recreation of a chapel floor from memory, the works in this
exhibition challenged pre-conceived notions of materiality and presentation, while asking us to reinvent
what and how we see.
Claude Tousignant: In Perpetuity
This intimately scaled exhibition featured four works by Tousignant from KW|AG’s own collection.
Identifiable for his strategic use of hard edge processes and minimalist elegance, Tousignant’s experiments
with colour and shape eschew spontaneity in favour of geometric precision. His recognizable
“target” or “gong” paintings of concentric rings on circular canvases, later followed by his monochromes,
are among the most dynamic and persistent images in modern Canadian art.
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2009 Exhibitions
September 18, 2009 – January 23, 2010
Building Berlin
Nevin Aladag, Daniela Brahm, Rui Calçada Bastos, Jesko Fezer and Axel Wieder,
Pia Fuchs (German ID of Patricia Reed), Ingo Gerken, Thom Kubli, Lars Ramberg,
Karin Sander, and Daniel Seiple. Curated by Germaine Koh.
Building Berlin merged KW|AG’s interest in local and global activity in contemporary art. The exhibition
featured the work of artists, all based in Berlin, who were chosen to participate in the exhibition because
of their involvement in shaping the city’s current art scene. The exhibition featured painting, new media,
sculpture, and installation. The exhibition also included Tear Down This Fence, a participatory project,
conceived by Daniel Seiple, which brought together the border residents of Kitchener and Waterloo.
Janice Kerbel
Singularly Significant series in concert with CAFKA, Contemporary Art Forum | Kitchener & Area
As a complement to CAFKA’s 2009 theme of Veracity, KW|AG was pleased to present the work of UK-based
Canadian artist Janice Kerbel. Kerbel’s exhibition included Remarkable, a series of prints reminiscent
of fairground posters that announced the spectacular feats of improbable beings. Also included was
Underwood, a series of four fictional love letters, one for each season, rendered in a typeface designed
to mimic a faulty typewriter.

September 18, 2009 – August 29, 2010
Being Magnified: Heroes and Villains from KW|AG’s Permanent Collection
Curated by Cindy Wayvon, KW|AG
Featuring works from KW|AG’s permanent collection, Being Magnified took the visitor through a “Hero’s
Journey”, where each artwork explored a stage of self-exploration, growth, or triumph. Through select
paintings, prints and drawings, the exhibition delineated the path to heroism or self-actualization, magnifying
moments of curiosity, struggle, and strength all in pursuit of an empowered existence.
Opposite page, top to bottom: Daniela Brahm, installation view of Proclamation Wall and Proclamation Posters, 2009.
Karin Sander, German Women’s National Soccer Team 1:10, 2005, (Pool of players in 2005, World Champion 2003, European
champion 2005, World Champion 2007) 3D body scans of the living persons, FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), rapid prototyping,
ABS (Acryl-Butadien-Nitryl-Styrol), airbrush, 28 figures. Courtesy the artist. Brahm and Sander photos: Robert McNair.
Above: Janice Kerbel, Remarkable: The Temparmental Barometric Contortionist, 2007, silkscreen print on campaign poster paper.
Image courtesy the artist, Karin Guenther Gallery. Hamburg and greengrassi, London.
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ARTIST &
CURATOR TALKS
KW|AG Talks:
Ryan Rice
(Curator of ANTHEM)
FASTWÜRMS
Phil Irish
Nancy Campbell
(Curator the 4th KW|AG Biennial)
Germaine Koh
(Curator of Building Berlin)
Sun Life Financial Art Talks:
In 2005, KW|AG and the Perimeter Institute formed a
partnership to bring cutting edge visual art presentations
by distinguished artists and cultural figures to
Waterloo Region. The commitment to the world of
ideas shared by both institutions, and the desire to
see art as part of the constellation of contemporary
discussion was the basis for this new partnership.
Each presentation was hosted by Robert Enright in
a lecture and interview format. Enright has a distinguished
career as a writer, University of Guelph
Professor, and Senior Contributing Editor of Border
Crossings magazine.
Shirin Neshat, January 21
Shirin Neshat, the Iranian-born photographer and
filmmaker, shared her hypnotic visual allegories of
exile, power and violence before treating the audience
to a preview of scenes from her latest film titled
Women without Men.
Janine Antoni, May 13
Janine Antoni, the Barbados-born multimedia artist,
provided a generous tour through her practice focusing
largely on nurturing and sustenance, and what we
need to do as humans to stay alive, physically
and emotionally.
Images from top: Janine Antoni speaking at the Perimeter
Institute. Phil Irish speaking at KW|AG. Photos: Matt Dupuis

PUBLICATIONS &
COMMISSIONED TEXTS
Some Kind of Wonderful: The 4th KW|AG Biennial (online)
ISBN: 978-1-897543-05-4
Text by Nancy Campbell and the featured artists
Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not here (print)
ISBN: 978-1-55458-049-1 Co-published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press
and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
Texts by Bruce Ferguson, Peggy Gale, Jeffery Spalding, and David Urban
Catherine Paleczny: Sumus Quod Sumus (online)
ISBN: 978-1-897543-04-7
Text by Shelley Thomas
Building Berlin (online)
ISBN 978-1-897543-06-1
Texts by Germaine Koh, Markus Miessen and Magnus Nilsson
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Permanent Collection Report
PERMANENT
COLLECTION
REPORT
The permanent collection was a focal point for
exchange in 2009. The art storage vaults were
opened to Fine Arts students from the University of
Waterloo, allowing them to examine diverse techniques
and media, and gain a better understanding
of why artwork is collected. Quite different from a
curated exhibition, the purely coincidental placement
of artwork in the vaults results in random
juxtapositions and unexpected relationships among
the works. This randomness provides an opportunity
for students to engage in the artwork in a unique
context.
Animation of the collection was also taken in a
new direction through the initiative of local artists.
Mary Catherine Newcomb and Isabella Stefanescu
developed a whimsical project called ‘The KW|AG
Art Nuns’, a parody of BBC’s Sister Wendy Beckett.
Dressed as nuns, they created short videos providing
witty commentary and interpretation for various
historical works. Tarin Hughes, a recent graduate
of the UW’s Fine Arts program and KW|AG docent,
utilized the collection to develop an online exhibition
for the AGO’s Collection X website, a site designed
for encouraging exchange between community
members and arts organizations. Stay tuned for links
to the Art Nun videos and Tarin’s Collection X project
on our website in 2010.
The corridor exhibition, Being Magnified: Heroes
and Villains from KW|AG’s Permanent Collection,
was curated with narrative in mind, using artwork
to illustrate the fundamental structure of storytelling.
Local conservator Jesse-Alan MacDonald volunteered
his services to restore Walter Bachinski’s Fury
sculpture. Gallery visitors may have noted a steady
improvement to the condition of the sculpture as
Jesse’s treatments were completed. After consulting
the artist, rust was removed, plaster chips were
filled in, and paint loss was restored, returning the
sculpture to its original condition.
Two photographs were accessioned into the collection
this year, keeping with our intention of collecting
modestly until storage expansion is possible. Shelley
Niro’s River Spirit and Return to Life were created for
the frontispiece exhibition River Grand Chronicles in
2004. They were taken at the edge of the Six Nations
Reserve and reflect the artist’s relationship with the
river as a place of solitude and strength. After a five
year moratorium, these works along with 6 acquisitions
from late 2008, were on display during an open
house celebrating KW|AG’s return to collecting.
Cindy Wayvon
Registrar

Clockwise from top left: Shelley Niro, Return to Life, 2004, photograph. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Gift of the Artist, 2009.
Shelley Niro, River Spirit, 2004, photograph. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Gift of the Artist, 2009. ‘The KW|AG Art Nuns’ video
shoot. Photo: Cindy Wayvon.
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS &
EDUCATION REPORT
Public Programs & Education Report
The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery embraces lifelong
learning. We seek to connect to as broad an
audience as possible through first-class programs
designed to engage new and existing audiences with
contemporary art, ideas, and visual culture in relevant
and enriching ways.
In 2009, the Public Programs and Education
Department enhanced existing programs in significant
ways and laid the groundwork for a number of
new programming initiatives with particular emphasis
on community engagement and a commitment to
diversity.
School-Based Programs
Think Art
Think Art, our series of art appreciation workshops,
uses critical thinking activities to enrich students’
understanding of art and create connections to
other subject areas. Workshops prepare students for
a visit to the gallery and are available for grades K-2,
3-4, 5-6, and 7-8. Based on the popularity of Think
Art, we plan to launch three new workshops in early
2010 to reflect every grade at the elementary level.
Teacher Kit Workshops
and Evenings for Educators
Launched in 2007 and using artwork from KW|AG’s
permanent collection, these workshops offer information
on artists and artworks, discussion questions
for the classroom, and hands-on artmaking sessions
using simple materials available at all schools.
With resource links, extension ideas, and curriculum
connections, these workshops are a popular
program for local teachers. This year’s workshops
included introductory sessions on illustration and
pastel techniques.
Expressions 34: A Celebration of
Student Art from Waterloo Region
and Re-mix
Expressions 34 celebrated the artistic achievements
of young people in our community and considered
the themes of House + Home, Flora + Fauna, You + Me
and Bits + Bites, encouraging discussions about identity,
home, memories, society and the environment.
Student artwork was exhibited alongside professional
artists’ work from KW|AG’s permanent collection
to illustrate common interests and perspectives
within each theme. Interpretive activities further
engaged children in deepening their understandings
of the themes presented and encouraged them
to make connections to their own work and that of
their peers.
Re-mix 2009 featured artwork by students who
participated in Tour and Studio workshops during
the winter 2009 exhibition season. Responding to
the themes presented in ANTHEM: Perspectives on
Home and Native land, students created personalized
flags that explored cultural identity and the
complexities inherent in defining a nation.
Education Gallery
This year, we launched an education gallery in the
downstairs corridor outside the entrance of the
studio to serve as a teaching resource for artisteducators
during studio-based programs. The
gallery features 20 artworks from the permanent
collection selected to showcase exemplary skill in
drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture and
includes artists such as Stanley Lewis, Jane Buyers,
and Elizabeth Eastman.

Public Programs
Adult Workshops
Launched in 2008, Adult Workshops are ideal for
those interested in trying new techniques and media.
These 3 hour sessions are taught by leading regional
artists and include art supplies. Workshops this year
included Oil Painting, Glass Fusing, Electro-Etching,
Papermaking, Encaustic Painting, and Letters Text
and Type. Based on their success, we plan to double
the number of adult workshops we are offering in
2010.
KWS Partnership and afterpARTy
This year we partnered with the Kitchener-Waterloo
Symphony to provide programming events related
to both the Signature and Family Concert series.
Pre-registered KWS Family Concert attendees were
invited to drop in to the Gallery to participate in
artmaking activities related to concert themes.
KWS Signature concert goers were invited to join
Conductor Edwin Outwater and KWS musicians for
two afterpARTy events at KW|AG where they enjoyed
a tour and reception following the concert.
Future Direction
Going forward, we will endeavour to raise the
profile and activities of the Education Department
by increasing our use of technology to engage visitors
and promoting effective educational collaborations
and partnerships both within and beyond the
Gallery.
Agnieszka Chalas
Interim Director of
Public Programs & Education
Images from top: Artist Catherine Paleczny talks to her students
from St. John’s-Kilmarnock School about her exhibition Sumus
Quod Sumus during a class visit to the Gallery. Photo: Adrian
Hoad - Reddick. Steph Caskenette, As Corrosion Sets Into the
Base of My Mind, 2007, Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Grade 12
in 2007/08, wood burning and watercolour. Photo: K J Bedford.
One of many outdoor activities part of KW|AG’s Summer Art
Program. Photo: Matt Dupuis.
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DEVELOPMENT &
MARKETING REPORT
Development & Marketing Report
A key milestone in 2009 was the launch of a new
Gallery website with greater functionality and a
dramatic new design focusing on KW|AG as a site of
exchange for ideas. New content and videos provide
insight into our exhibitions. Feedback forms and
surveys create opportunities for the further exchange
of ideas. Several extranet sites also provide forums
for sharing information with Board members, staff,
key donors and volunteers.
Online registrations are now handled very efficiently,
and an online donations module links directly
to a new database, making it easier for patrons to
support their local Gallery. At the same time, the
system helps streamline the Gallery’s administrative
processes.
A long-time goal of improving visitor amenities
at KW|AG was realized in 2009 with the development
of the HUB, our new community lounge. The
HUB includes comfortable seating, a flat screen
video monitor, reading materials and two computers
that provide access to the permanent collection
database. The collection is a treasured community
resource and KW|AG is pleased to share it with the
community. The Gallery is especially grateful to The
Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation’s
Community Fund, The Erb & Good Family Funeral
Home Community Fund held at The Kitchener and
Waterloo Community Foundation, the Rotary Club of
Kitchener-Conestoga, the Rotary Club of Waterloo,
the Rotary Club of Kitchener, the Lion’s Club of
Kitchener, and the J.P. Bickell Foundation for making
the HUB project possible.
This year’s Black & Gold Gala, held on October 22 at
the Holiday Inn in Kitchener, was expertly chaired by
volunteer extraordinaire Sharon Morton. This signature
event has become a site of exchange and a lively
social event. Proceeds in 2009 exceeded budget
and expectations by netting $60,045 in support of
Gallery programming and operations.
A new partnership with Beechwood Travel and Cruise
led to the renewal of a once-thriving KW|AG activity:
art tours. In July, an enthusiastic group of art lovers
traveled to Chicago to visit celebrated art treasures.
The success of this fundraising venture has led to
planning for additional tours in the future. Special
thanks to Tony Lewis are extended for his leadership
on this project.
Curator’s Circle and Director’s Circle members are
offered enriched opportunities for exchanging
ideas through special events. In 2009, they had an
opportunity to hear Allan Harding MacKay, (March
12); exhibiting artists Susan Coolen, Phil Irish and
Catherine Paleczny (May 27); and Germaine Koh
(September 16). The year concluded with a discussion
by filmmaker Gail Singer (November 25).
Development staff worked with the Offord Group to
develop a planned gifts program in preparation for
the launch of a new campaign. New Dimensions in
Art outlines the Gallery’s aspirations for the future,
driven by a vision of KW|AG as a source for ideas and
creativity at the individual, group and community
level.
Making art accessible is one of our operating principles,
so it was with particular pleasure that we
welcomed Sun Life Financial as the Gallery’s Free
Admissions Sponsor for the 2009-2010 season.
Thanks to their support, there are no financial
impediments that might prevent members of our
community from making art a part of their lives.
Caroline Oliver
Director of Development
and Marketing

Clockwise from top left: Guests update their silent auction bidding sheets at the 2009 Black and Gold Gala. Allan MacKay, Curatorial &
Collections Consultant, shares his creative process with members of the Director’s and Curator’s Circle groups. KW|AG’s Art Lovers trip to
Chicago included a visit to Anish Kapoor’s iconic Cloud Gate sculpture. The HUB resource lounge offers videos, reading materials and access to
the permanent collection. Photo by Robert McNair. KW|AG Sponsors wall. Black and Gold Gala 2009 RBC cheque presentation, from left to right:
John Wolfe, Elaine Kors, Rick Weiss with Judith Stephens-Wells and Alf Bogusky. Photo: Matt Dupuis.
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TREASURER’S
REPORT

Many partners support the significant and varied
activities of KW|AG. The cities of Kitchener and
Waterloo provide the core funding so necessary for
the Gallery’s operations. In 2009, approximately 26%
of revenue came from these two municipalities. Arts
organizations, such as the Ontario Arts Council and
the Canada Council for the Arts, also provide significant
funding so necessary to our operations.
KW|AG also relies heavily on support from the local
community. Like many individuals and organizations
in our community, the Gallery has been impacted
by the economic downturn. In 2009, we received
over $380,000 of funding from individuals, foundations
and corporations. This amount is less than was
received in previous years resulting in the Gallery
incurring a deficit, before accounting for bequests of
$54,728.
In 2009, KW|AG received a significant bequest from
the Estate of Paul Valentine Schnarr. This gift was
a vital contribution to the Gallery at a time when
the funding was most needed. The community
will benefit from this bequest for years to come.
The bequest strengthened our balance sheet at
December 31, 2009 as our unrestricted deficit was
reduced to $101,700. The cash on hand of $169,560
at December 31, 2009 is comprised primarily of
program funding received in advance.
The KW|AG Endowment Fund is an important part
of the long-term financial plan of the organization
and our goal of secure and consistent funding of
operations. Our locally managed endowment fund
provides significant memorial and remembrance
tributes, and we also participate in the Ontario Arts
Foundation matching grants program.
In 2009, the market value of our locally managed
endowment fund increased by more than $50,000
to $430,543.
KW|AG is committed to ensuring a financially secure
future, but it must receive strong financial support
from all of its partners, the cities of Kitchener and
Waterloo, arts agencies, individuals, corporations
and foundations. Each funding source is critical for
KW|AG to continue its exciting work which is so
important to our community.
Jim Stinson
Treasurer / Secretary
Shelly Mitchell
Manager of Finance &
Administration
Treasurer’s Report
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p: 519.623.1870 f: 519.623.9490
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS &
COMMITTEES

President
Judith Stephens-Wells (from May 26)
Peggy Jarvie (to May 26)
VP, Finance & Treasurer
Jim Stinson
VP, Development
Michael Doughty
Past President
Peggy Jarvie (from May 26)
Tom Mennill (to May 26)
Board Members
Carmen Austin (to Jan 20)
Jane Buyers
Joseph Fung (from May 26)
J. Jamieson K. Martin
Ian McLean
Dwayne Priestman
Baldev Raj
Rita Ross (from May 26)
Rick Weiss
Christina Weylie
Executive Committee
Judith Stephens-Wells - Chair (from May 26)
Peggy Jarvie - Chair (to May 26)
Michael Doughty
Thomas E. Mennill (May 26)
Jim Stinson
Finance Committee
Jim Stinson -Chair
Peggy Jarvie (to May 26)
Baldev Raj
Judith Stephens-Wells
Christina Weylie
Development Committee
Dwayne Priestman - Chair (from Oct 20)
Michael Doughty - Chair (to Oct 20)
Carmen Austin (to Jan 20)
Joseph Fung (from May 26)
Peggy Jarvie (to May 26)
Eleanor Mueller
Caroline Oliver
Judith Stephens-Wells (from May 26)
Rita Ross (from May 26)
Endowment Fund Management
Jim Stinson - Chair (from Oct 20)
Michael Doughty - Chair (to Oct 20)
Peggy Jarvie
J. Jamieson K. Martin
Shelly Mitchell
David Paleczny
Ken Rae
Baldev Raj
Permanent Collection Committee
Jane Buyers - Chair
J. Michael Carty
Oonagh Fitzpatrick
Saul Herzog
Allan MacKay (to April)
Crystal Mowry (from April)
Mendel Somer
Isabella Stefanescu
Cindy Wayvon
Facilities Task Force
Judith Stephens-Wells - Chair
Jane Buyers
Roger Farwell
Caroline Oliver
Cindy Wayvon
Rick Weiss
Nominations Committee
Peggy Jarvie - Chair
Alf Bogusky
Caroline Oliver
Judith Stephens-Wells
Rick Weiss
* Director General, Alf Bogusky,
is Ex-Officio on all committees
From left to right: Alf Bogusky (Director
General), Rick Weiss, Ian McLean, Christina
Weylie, Judith Stephens-Wells, Rita Ross,
Jane Buyers, Dwayne Priestman,
Peggy Jarvie, Jim Stinson, Baldev Raj.
Unavailable for photo: Michael Doughty,
Joseph Fung, J. Jamieson K. Martin
Photo: Matt Dupuis.
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GALLERY STAFF
EDUCATORS &
DOCENTS

Director General
Alfred M. Bogusky
Curatorial & Collections Consultant
Allan MacKay (to May)
Curator of Exhibitions and Collections
Crystal Mowry (from May)
Director of Public Programs & Education
Tasha Ethelston (on leave Sept 2009 to
Sept 2010)
Interim Director of Public Programs
& Education
Agnieszka Chalas (Sept 2009 to Sept 2010)
Director of Development & Marketing
Caroline Oliver
Manager Finance & Administration
Shelly Mitchell
Development Associate
Eleanor Mueller
Marketing Coordinator
Katrina Jennifer Bedford (to Jan)
Communications Coordinator
Tracy Smith
Graphic Design Coordinator
Matt Dupuis (from Feb)
Development & Marketing Assistant
Stephen Radbourn
Assistant Curator
Crystal Mowry (to May)
Curatorial Assistant/Registrar
Cindy Wayvon
Curatorial Assistant
Barb Hobot (from Sept)
Preparator
Amy Roger
Public Programs Coordinator
Jill Klepacki (to Aug)
Alexandra Krueger (from Aug)
School Programs Coordinator
Katherine Sunday (to Feb)
Cristin Osborne (from Feb)
Community Artist Facilitators
Mosa Neshamá McNeilly (to Mar)
Visitors Services Assistant
Crystal Ellis (from Dec)
Meghan Schnarr (to Oct)
Gallery Attendants
Mindy Alexander (to May)
Ketri S. Grise
Sarah Kernohan
Terrina Reitzel
Contract Artists/Educators
Mindy Alexander
Tarin Hughes
Stephen Lavigne
Mosa Neshamá McNeilly
Cristin Osborne
Amy Roger
Sheila Macdonald Roberts
Meghan Schnarr
Katherine Sunday
Arlene Thomas
Karoline Varin-Jarkowski
Studio Assistants
Holly A. Giroux
Ketri S. Grise
Jocelyn Grubb
Docents
Mindy Alexander
Christine Ball
Barbara Campbell
Maria Chong
Marg Feldgajer
Tarin Hughes
Sarah Kernohan
Stephen Lavigne
Pat Lockyer
Jane St. Amour Raymond
Adrienne Richter
Amy Roger
Katherine Sunday
Exhibition Installation Crew
Mindy Alexander
Christine Ball
Tim Barker
Joe Becker
Matt Blaskiovits
Maria Chong
Lauren Hall
Sarah Kernohan
Gareth Lichty
Eileen MacArthur
Nicole Mitchell
Ian Newton
James Olley
Mark Resmer
Amy Roger
Lee Roger
Cindy Wayvon
Contract Designers
Darren Dugan
Scott Lee
Contract Photographer
Robert McNair
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2009
GALLERY
SPONSORS &
DONORS

This list acknowledges contributions from
supporters whose financial contributions were received
and receipted by the Gallery during the fiscal year
January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
Funding Organizations and Foundations
Brush With Art
Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian Heritage
City of Kitchener
City of Waterloo
Government of Canada, Summer Career
Placements Initiative
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council Compass Grant
Ontario Arts Foundation, Arts Education
Partnership Initiative (supported by Ontario
Ministry of Education and Ontario Ministry
of Culture)
RBC Foundation
The Frank Cowan Foundation
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community
Foundation – Community Fund
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community
Foundation (The Waterloo Region Record
and Lyle S. Hallman Kids to Camp Fund)
The Manfred & Penny Conrad Family
Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Salamander Foundation
Young Canada Works
Project Partners and Sponsors
Delta Hotels Kitchener
eSolutions Group
Goethe-Institut Toronto
Gowlings LaFleur Henderson LLP
Graham Mathew | Parkwood Computer
Services Inc.
I f a Institut für Auslands-beziehungen e.V.
Manulife Financial
RBC Wealth Management | RBC Phillips, Hager
& North Investment Counsel
Spaenaur Inc.
Sun Life Financial
Waterloo Catholic District School Board
Waterloo Region District School Board
Waterloo Region RECORD
In-Kind Donors
Dare Foods Limited
Sobey’s, Highland Road, Kitchener
Director’s Circle Members
Alf Bogusky and Ann Pappert
Don Bourgeois and Susan Campbell
Michael and Lesley Doughty
Murray and Terry Ann Gamble
Bruce Gordon
Randall Howard and Judith McMullan
Paul and Audrey Rooney
Winifred Shantz
Larry and Maggie Williamson
Curator’s Circle Members
Carmeta Abbott
Sudhir and Surekha Arora
Bob and Judy Astley
Carmen and James Austin
Marina Barnstijn
Michael and Joan Beck
Hermann and Anna Becker
Jim and Lorna Blair
James and Jane Breithaupt
Richard and Margeaux Brunet
Alison and David Burkett
Jane Buyers and Don Druick
Manfred and Penny Conrad
Ron Craigen and Margaret McCreery
Carl M. Dare
Sandra and Graham Dare
Dr. Shah and Donnita Deen
Ron and Betsy Eydt
Roger and Catherine Farwell
J. Roy Firth and Elaine Casavant
Robert and Oonagh Fitzpatrick
Dr. Arnold and Mrs. Mary Ann Fleming
Joseph and Xiaopu Fung
David and Joyce Gould
Lori and Peter Gove
Peggy Jarvie
Dr. Dieter and Mrs. Rosalind Kays
Hartman and Brenda Krug
Dr. Desta Leavine
Ron and Shirley Levene
Jamie and Renée Martin
Fred and Susan Mather
Steve and Eve Menich
Thomas and Jocelyn Mennill
Thomas and Elizabeth Motz
Cynthia Nash and Dave Litwiller
Caroline Oliver and Jon Fear
Edwin Outwater
David Paleczny and Mary Reynolds
Dwayne Priestman and Jeannie Boyes
Kenneth and Norah Rae
Warren and Karen Redman
Dave and Sue Reibel
Paul and Rita Ross
Rob Schlegel
Mark and Kris Schumacher
Jim and Valerie Stinson
Tim and Carol Sullivan
Jim and Erika Tubb
Rick and Annemarie Weiss
Ross Wells and Judith Stephens-Wells
pARTner Club Members
Max and Lynn Blouw
Edward and Mary Brough
Cameron Davis
John English
Dr. William Gawman and Mrs. Ann
Gawman
Anne Gorrie and Bryan Bougher
Stan Harwood and Meg Beckel
Eric and Gail Hauser
Scott Hebert
Dr. Eric and Mrs. Maria Hentschel
Mrs. Jane Hill
Peter Hinchcliffe
Henry and Jayne Huber
Ivan and Carol Hurlbut
Howard and Pat Jasper
Jacob and Grace Jutzi
Doug and Lynne Kirton
Andrew Lapstra
Martin and Charlotte Levene
Lloyd and Delphine Martin
Greg and BJ McCauley
J.R. and Mary Lou McGill
Wendy Mitchinson and Rex Lingwood
Warren and Mary Ober
John and Janet Panabaker
Marcia Schofield
Tricia Siemens and Chuck Erion
Peter and Elizabeth Sims
Harold and Violet Seegmiller
David Westfall
Ross and Hajra Wilson
Carl Zehr and Sandy Chris
Voting Members
Ian and Ruth Atkinson
Pat Bailey
Thomas and Roswita Ball
David and Ruth Barkman
Elaine Barnes
Judith Barr
K. Jennifer Bedford
Peter Bernhardt
Robert and Noreen Blake
Fred and Dora Mae Blayney
Manfred and Hilde Blum
Lois Bobier
Bruce and Mary Boucher
Michael and Michele Boucher
Anne Brydon
Mrs. Irene C. Campling
Michael Casey
Dr. Richard Christy
Scot Dalton
Ms. Elizabeth Dell
Margaret Dickson
Eric and Dee Anne Dirksen
Ben and Norma Fear
Gerald and Margaret Finnen
Jack and Margaret Forbes
Austin and Lois Fricker
Ernst and Ruth Friedel
Fatima Garzan
Mr. Will Gorlitz and Lesley Hartley
Gordon and Margeurite Greavette
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Richard and Jean Haalboom
Juta Haas
Iris Hall
Anne Hammer
Jim and Barbara Heldmann
Saul and Joan Herzog
Kenneth and Mara Hollands
David Johnston
Bruce Johnstone
J. Neil and Marilyn Jones
Christiane and Hans Kahlen
Marcus and Susanne Kallweit
John and Elizabeth Kerr
Diane Kingsley
Klaur and Virna Koeppen
Theron and Joy Kramer
William J. Krohn
Melissa Krone
Elizabeth Ladich
David and Barbara Lawson
Brian and Shelley Lipskie
David Livingstone
Dorothy Lowry
Joyce MacCallum
Glen and Claire Machan
Don and Esther MacKay
Mr. Donald MacLeod
Leslie Macredie
Hannelore and Karen Maiterth
Ian McLean
Janet McNichol
Andreas and Charlotte Mikolaiczyk
Corinne Moffett
Sharon Morton and Alexander Home
William and J. Doreen Motz
Eleanor and Bob Mueller
Elizabeth Murray
Veronica Naas
Jan Narveson
Sonia Nemeth
Frank and Marie Nowak
Ken and Pat O’Driscoll
Dorothy Oliver
Miroslav and Marie Osmera
Mrs. Mary Pappert
George and Dora Pepall
William and Barnhild Pfenning
Roy Pletch
Cheryl Plummer
John and Joyce Pollock
Geoffrey Power
Ainslie Proctor
Eleanor Proctor
Dr. Baldev Raj and Mrs. Balbeer Raj
Dr. Charles G. Rand
Rob and Tara Ring
J. Elaine and Roland Rees
Ruth Rescorla
Virginia Rescorla
Willi and Magda Ristau
Frank and Kathy Rogers
St. John’s Kilmarnock School
(Catherine Paleczny’s Class)
Robert Rombough and Karen Saunders
Maureen Sawa
Mr. Fred Schaeffer
Ed and Brenda Schleimer
Katherine Seredynska
Lois Smedick
Albert and Marion Smith
Ms. Alison Smith
Elinor Smyth
Mendel and Judith Somer
Edward and Mary Sopko
Joerg and Renate Stieber
Dwight and Kathryn Storring
Henriette Stumper
Stephanie Tanner
John Tennant and Barbara Campbell
Robynne Tennant
Dr. John Thompson and Bertha Thompson
Julie Trip
Marilyn Truemner
Paul and Christal Tuerr
Paul and Barbara Van de Kamer
Carolyn Vanderschaaf
Gerd and Elke Verres
Ransom and Barbara Vrooman
Bernhard Wagenknecht
Dr. Peter Waind
Marga Weigel
Hans and Ursula Weiss
Councillor Christina Weylie
John D. Whitefoot
Herbert and Barbara Whitney
Jim Wilken and Marlene Kennedy
Gerda Zehr
Janice Zettel
Donors
Bruce Brubacher
Sergio Caetano
Ms. Sheila Christie
Brian and Margaret Hendley
Alan Kirker
Terence Kroetsch
Jack MacAulay
Deborah Wills
Corporate Donors
Rae & Lipskie Investment Counsel Inc
Sun Life Financial
Waterloo Manufacturing Company Limited
Art Angels
Alf Bogusky and Ann Pappert
Linda Brubacher
Ruthann Fisher
Don MacKay
Nancy Poole
Jim Tubb
In Memory of
Mrs. Marjorie Louise Weber,
gift from Dr. Shah and Mrs. Donnita Deen
Mrs. Marion Woeller,
gift from the Taylor Family
Legacy Gifts
Estate of Paul Valentine Schnarr
Black & Gold Gala 2009
Sponsors and Donors
Premiere Event Sponsors
RBC Wealth Management | RBC Phillips,
Hager & North Investment Counsel
Supporting Sponsor
Gowlings
Sponsors
Adelaide Custom Homes
AdvantEdge Mailing Solutions
J.P. Bell and Victor Grieco
Château des Charmes Wines
Cober Printing
Conestoga Rovers
Ian Cook Homes
Crosby Volkswagen Audi
Diefenbacher & Sieber Dental
Document Print Integrity
Frederick Mall Pharmacy
Gateman Milloy Inc.
Alexander Home
Laurel Pedersen – Strategic Creativity
Pioneer Craftsmen
Realex Properties Inc.
Henry Walser Funeral Home
Whale and Ale, Kitchener
Wyndham Art Supplies
In-Kind Sponsors
A Dutch Mill Flower Shop
Artline Salon, Kitchener
Christina C Fashion Accessories Ltd
Columbia Lake Health Club
Kitchener Collegiate Institute
Living Lighting
MAC Cosmetics at The Bay
Marble Slab – KW
Nestlé Waters Canada
Shiloh Bousquet - Avonladi
Teaopia
Tech Town Café
The Rude Native, Waterloo
TusCan International
World’s Finest Chocolate
Auction Donors
Airways Transit
Allan Harding MacKay
Andrew Wright
Aquariums By Design Inc.
Arman’s Jewellers Ltd.
Art Green
art|bar Creative Dining and Wines
Artline Salon
Bark & Fitz
Bears in Breeches
Belgian Nursery Ltd.

Best Western Orangeville Inn & Suites
Bill Higgins
Bill Schwartz
Bingemans
Blackshop Restaurant
Bluefrog Creations
Boa Nova Rodizio Grill House
Books & Company
Boston Pizza
Bowring
Braun’s… is Bicycles
Brian Kilrea
Bruce Minty/Wildcove Photography
Bruce Taylor
Cambridge Galleries
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
Cathy Daley
Cathy Farwell
Central Fresh Market
Centre In The Square
Channer’s Men’s Apparel
Charcoal Group of Restaurants
Château des Charmes Wines
Chocolate Barr’s Candies Inc.
Cora Cluett
Creation Africa
Currah’s Café and Catering
D&D Graniteworx
Dagmar Designer Jewellery
Dana Shortt Gourmet
Danielle Pilon
David Boyes Home Concepts
David’s Gourmet
Dawn Oman Art Studio
Designs by Christina C.
Destination Inn & Suites
Domani Hair
Don MacKay
Doug Kirton
Drayton Entertainment
E. Dyck Opticians
Edible Arrangements
Ehryn Torrell
Emerald Limousine
Entertaining Elements
Erban Corner
European Vision of Fashion
FAB Accessory Boutique
Finishing Touches by Linda
Frames Plus
Framing & Art Centre
Frederick Street Inn
Fudge’s Ladies Wear
Gallery on the Grand
Gibson Sound & Vision
Glash Wearable Glass Art
GolfNorth Properties
Golf’s Steak House
Goliger’s TravelPlus Waterloo
Great Lakes Helicopter
Gusto Catering Company
Hamilton Entertainment
Convention Facilities Inc.
Hancock Family
Harbinger Gallery
Hatashita Diamond Centre
Hauser Co. Stores
Heer’s Decorating and Design Centres
Heffner Lexus/Heffner Toyota
Herrle’s Country Farm Market
Holiday Inn Kitchener-Waterloo
Jane Buyers
Jean Stevenson
Jim Tubb
John and Michelle Wolfe and
Rick and Annemarie Weiss
John Morton
Judith Stephens-Wells
Judy Major-Girardin
Karma Accessories
Kitchener Rangers
KW Sewing Machines
La Crème Décor
Laurel Pedersen
Linda Brubacher
Living Lighting
Lloyd Walker Design
Lost and Found Theatre
M&M Meat Shops
MAC Cosmetics at The Bay
MacLeod’s Scottish Shop
Marble Slab
Marbles
Margaret Peter
Monica Tap
Monika Raciborski
Nancy Schwarz
Newtex Cleaners
Nicholas Rees
Ottawa 67’s Hockey Club
Paul Dignan
Paul Puncher Men’s Clothier
Paulo Villa Photography
PDR Picture Frames & Gallery
Peter Martin’s 20 King
Petsche’s Shoes
Phil Irish
Philosopher’s Wool
Photo Art by Sandra Roemer
Picard’s Peanuts
Pixercise This
POM Clay Creations
Pon Phonexay
Puslinch Lake Golf Course
Rebekah Price Designs
RMT Therapeutics
Robert Achtemichuk
Ron and Shirley Levene
Ron Shuebrook
Rona
Rosemarie Haas
Roylco
Rushes Restaurant
Sabletine Fine Pasteries Inc.
Sampson’s Clothing Outlet
Samsonite Canada Inc.
Sandra Martin
Sean Rogers – Royal LePage
Seasons
Serafina Saccomanno
Sharon Morton
Sharron Begg
Sheila MacDonald Roberts
Shiloh Bousquet – Avonladi
Shirl’s Place
Solé Restaurant & Wine Bar
Spanner
State of the Art Supplies
Susan Dobson
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
TA Appliance Inc.
Teaopia
Tech Town Café
The Art Studios
The Bon Bon Factory
The Children’s Museum
The Economical Insurance Group
The Goldsmith of Waterloo
The Inn at Huff Estates
The Inn at Manitou
The New Dundee Emporium
The Poultry Place
The Registry Theatre
The Rude Native Bistro
The Savoury
The Shaw Festival
The Waterlot Restaurant and Inn
The Waters Spa
Tim Louis
Tony Urquhart
Total Skin and Body
TusCan International
Venera Seta
Verses Restaurant
Vicanie’s The Bra Fitting Specialists
Vincenzo’s
Walper Terrace Hotel
WestJet
Whole Lot-a-Gelata
Will Gorlitz
Wilma Vanderleeuw
Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory
Wonders in Wood by Barry Daniels
Woodley Crafts
Yolanta Collection
Zehr’s Store #525
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43 2009
VOLUNTEERS
Eunsoo Ahn
Natalie Arsenault
Amanda Ashford
Nicolette Askew
Leigh Asselin-Grubb
Maya Atsiz
Janine Bakelaar
Catherine Bernard
Nikzar Bhavsar
Dmitry Blotsky
Audra Branigan
Dan Brazil
Grace Cai
Helena Cao
Donna Carter
Agnieszka Chalas
Matthew Chan
Nicole Chembre
Chiarltsia Sherry Chen
Victor Cheng
Vris Cheung
Maria Chong
Abisade Dare
Victoria Doidge
Matthew Dupuis
Thomas Fear
Marg Feldgajer
Dorothy Ferr
Ketri S Grise
Susan Grise
Jamie Groh
Jocelyn Grubb
Amanda Guderian
Yufei Guo
Laura Hardt
Nik Harron
Gail Hauser
Megan Hawkins
Marilyn Heimrich
Kathy Ho
Venus Ho
Ngan Hoang
Barbara Hobot
Xin Hong
Angela Huang
Edgar Huang
Yujing Huzing
David Jensenius
Jinyre Jiang
David Junca
Eric Kassab
Sarah Kernohan
Ahwon Kim
Ophelia Kong Chi Iao
Natasha Koo
Gayle Kreitzer
Alexandra Krueger
Tram Le
Stephanie Lee
Angelina Leung
Derek Li
Shan Lian
Jia Lu Lin
Zheren Liu
Timothy Luckhurst
Ruby Ma
Deborah MacAusland
Jesse-Alan MacDonald
Constance Maconaghie
Shelly Mitchell
Sharon Morton
Melody Mur
Nathan Nederpelt
Dinh Nguny
Lisa Nguyen
Adriel Orena
Liya Pan
Cam Parkin
Laurel Pedersen
Cory Pedersen
Matthew Pedersen
Judy Proctor
Jessie Qi
Jennifer Qiao
Nida Raja
Ranjani Ravichandran
Mansi Reddy
Alana Rigby
Ann Ross
Rita Ross
Helen Schafer
Marie-Luise Schega
Nicole Schembre
Kelseiey Schnarr
Henry Shew
Emma Shulist
Tracy Smith
Candace Spaling
Joan Stewart
Eric Stubley
Somaiyah Sultani
Zahra Sultani
Jenny Sureiprohnsilp
Delaney Swanson
Jiayi Tan
Bradley Voll
Rick Weiss
Susan Willmott
Lynne Wilson
Madison Woolley
Sharon Xiangning Xiao
Stephen Yi
Xu Zhang
Yvonne Zhang
Lu Zheng
Yunpian Zhong
Elaine Zhongxia
Dan Zybala
Black & Gold 2009
Organizing Committee
Sharon Morton, Chairperson
Shelly Mitchell
Eleanor Mueller
Caroline Oliver
Laurel Pedersen
Stephen Radbourn
Rick Weiss
Lynne Wilson
Strategic Planning
Participants
Phil Bast
Alf Bogusky
Jane Buyers
Agnieszka Chalas
Susan Coolen
Ron Craigen
Mike Doughty
Tasha Ethelston
Joan Euler
Cheryl Ewing
Mary Ann Fleming
Gordon Hatt
Peggy Jarvie
Jill Klepacki
Steve Lavigne
Shirley Levene
Sonia Lewis
Rex Lingwood
Allan MacKay
Leslie Macredie
Tom Mennill
Shelly Mitchell
Sharon Morton
Crystal Mowry
Eleanor Mueller
Mary Catherine Newcomb
Caroline Oliver
Cristin Osborne
Dwayne Priestman
Baldev Raj
Amy Roger
Rob Rombough
Ron Shuebrook
Tracy Smith
Isabella Stefanescu
Judith Stephens-Wells
Jim Stinson
Dwight Storring
Karen Voison
Cindy Wayvon
Rick Weiss
Christina Weylie

“As Director General, it is my privilege to lead this organization.
I wish to acknowledge KW|AG’s Management
Team, who report to me directly, and who in turn, will
acknowledge the great work of their teams.
Shelly Mitchell, Manager of Finance and Administration,
is called upon to handle multiple, often unanticipated,
diverse projects and she does so with such dedication.
She oversaw the renovation and settling of an estate
gift involving a number of willing staff, volunteers and
contractors resulting in cost savings. Her efforts, while
always amazing, went into new realms this past year.
I wish to thank Crystal Mowry who assumed leadership
of our Curatorial and Collections program and Allan
MacKay, past Curatorial and Collections Consultant, who
is now pursuing his art full-time. Thank you for a rich
and vibrant exhibition program that has attracted attention
and support. I look forward to its continuance with
Crystal at the helm.
Tasha Ethelston, Director of Public Programs and
Education, furthered her education toward a Masters
Degree in Communications Studies at Laurier. KW|AG
will be even richer as a result of her enhanced knowledge
when she returns. We have been very fortunate to have
Agnieszka Chalas join us in the interim. Agnieszka has
provided exemplary leadership to her dedicated team.
We are so fortunate to have Caroline Oliver to lead our
Marketing and Development initiatives. Her vision and
leadership have contributed to the Gallery’s public image
and profile, enabling us to tell our stories to varied audiences,
resulting in increased involvement and support.
I am amazed at the breadth of her knowledge and the
depth of her energy and commitment.
Thank you all! – Alf Bogusky
“In the Curatorial department, conversation is essential
to how we work together, and in many cases, why we
work together. I am so fortunate to have colleagues who
bring curiosity, intelligence, individuality and dedication
to their roles. These essential ingredients, along with a
measure of good humour, are why we look for challenges
and thrive on risk. Curatorial and Collections Consultant,
Allan MacKay, has been a subtle and powerful influence
on our team and the KW community. His unassuming
wisdom and generosity set a high standard to follow
when it comes to how we treat each other and the artists
with which we work. I am so thankful for the opportunity
to have worked with him over the past few years.
Special thanks go to Curatorial Assistant / Registrar Cindy
Wayvon for her efficient grant writing, administrative and
technical support, her thoughtful approach to providing
a context for our collection in contemporary exhibitions;
Curatorial Assistant Barb Hobot for her insight, research
skills, and enthusiasm for expanding our arsenal of collaborators;
Preparator Amy Roger for her skill, good nature,
and selflessness when it is most needed; and the many
volunteers and casual staff whose generosity we greatly
appreciate. Thanks also to our KW|AG colleagues who,
through their myriad ways, promote the value of visual
arts to our region. Finally, special thanks to the collaborating
artists and gallery visitors who have kept the
conversation about ideas on-going.” – Crystal Mowry
“An ambitious program schedule, such as ours, requires
a great deal of collaboration to plan and deliver. I
would particularly like to thank Alex Krueger, Public
Programs Coordinator; Cristin Osborne School Programs
Coordinator; Steve Lavigne, Mindy Alexander, Tarin
Hughes and Karoline Varin-Jarkowsky, Artist Educators;
in addition to our team of dedicated Docents for their
contributions to the success of KW|AG’s educational
programming in 2009.” – Agnieszka Chalas
“The Development and Marketing team is a dynamic
group of wonderfully dedicated professionals who
garner support for and interest in the Gallery by building
a relationship with and engaging the community.
Thank you to these team members, each of whom does
fabulous work, provides wonderful service, and is a
delightful peer to be associated with:
Matt Dupuis, who works at a blistering pace to create
dynamic new print materials and videos, and take great
pictures to help tell the Gallery story; Eleanor Mueller,
who nurtures strong connections with donors and sponsors,
and keeps the cycle of events and activities flowing
smoothly; Stephen Radbourn, who keeps our data up-todate,
our communications current and greets our guests
with a warm enthusiasm; and Tracy Smith, who has boldly
moved the Gallery into exciting new directions with an
outstanding website, and inventive e-communications
and social media initiatives.
Thanks are also extended to the Canadian Arts and
Heritage Sustainability Program and to eSolutionsGroup,
KW|AG’s online marketing and business solutions provider,
for their support of the website project. A special note
of thanks (and gold stars) goes to Karen Mayfield and the
terrific team at eSolutionsGroup.
I would also like to express my appreciation to Robin
Fowler from the Offord Group for her wisdom, insight
and advice on the Gallery’s Major Gifts/Planned Giving
program. – Caroline Oliver
"KW|AG was open 362 days in 2009 with 31,085 visitors/participants
who were greeted by our front desk
staff. KW|AG's Visitor Services Assistant and Gallery
Attendants are the first faces that Gallery visitors see.
I want to thank each member of the front desk team
for your dedication in representing KW|AG on the front
lines. Thank you to Meghan Schnarr, Crystal Ellis, Visitor
Services Assistants; and Mindy Alexander, Ketri Grise,
Sarah Kernohan, and Terrina Reitzel, for welcoming visitors
so warmly, answering general inquires and handling
our registrations." – Shelly Mitchell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Karin Sander, German Women’s National Soccer Team 1:10, 2005, (Pool of players in 2005,
World Champion 2003, European champion 2005, World Champion 2007) 3D body scans
of the living persons, FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), rapid prototyping, ABS (Acryl-
Butadien-Nitryl-Styrol), airbrush, 28 figures. Courtesy the artist. Photo : Robert McNair.
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