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Beyond Words
A travelling exhibition of hand made "books" - Beyond Words, is the work of nineteen celebrated regional artists: Jim Boyd, Linda Brine, Darren Byers, Brigitte Clavette, George Fry, Toby Graser, Fred Harrison, Susan Vida Judah, Suzanne Hill, Kathy Hooper, Sue Hooper, Elma McKay, Andrea Meeson, Brian Meeson, Alison Murphy, John Murphy, Peter Powning, Karen Shackleton, Peter Thomas, which will travel to Fredericton, Moncton and Halifax over the next few months.
The exhibition Beyond words is a challenge to conventionality. Verbal language has powerful links to our conscious and subconscious selves, and as such may function as a means of manipulation and constraint, imposed on us by others, or springing from ourselves as a means of self-justification. Too often words inhibit the primal response, the genuine impulses we experience before we crush our feelings into constructed language. Thom Gunn refers to “the dark before of truth”. Love, instinctive kindness, deep fears are not created because we articulate them, but rather arise in a current of emotional honesty. All the works in this exhibit explore the concept of ‘book’ from that deep current which exists within us and which defies the constraints of ‘word’.
Our deepest and truest response is not linguistic, it is sentient, direct; it is, ultimately, wordless.
Pip Murphy
Invisible Worlds - Toby Graser, Suzanne Hill, Kathy Hooper, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
April 18, 2010 - June 13, 2010
Kathy is part of a group show with Toby Graser and Suzanne Hill entitled "Invisible worlds" which will open at the Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton on the 17th April 2010 Terry Graff the curator of the show writes of Kathy's work... "In the three distinct groups of recent work presented here" - "Landscapes Restored," "Icon Series," and "Iconic Beings" - the artist evokes recognition that our ordinary human existence is encompassed by a previously unacknowledged plane of being where the unseen is the ground of the seen. She states, "We don't 'see' what is really there." Her focus is not on representing the external landscape but on bringing to the surface hidden structures and forgotten images buried deep within the self that have not been erased, only covered up.
Hooper Studios Gallery Opening, Milagros
Saturday, May 15th
On May Sat 15th between 2pm and 5pm Sue and Kathy will have an opening of thier show "Milagros" which explores the beauty, fun and colours of the Yucatan, where they have spent time this year. Please join us on Saturday, for a bit of a Mexican Fiesta! The show runs until June 10th.
MILAGROS or MIRACLES
an exhibition of work by Kathy and Sue Hooper.
The culture of Mexico is imbued with 'Milagros', and the belief of the Maya in the miracle of colour, that colour is a direct link to their Gods, has been the inspiration for much of the work you will find in this exhibition
Kathy has continued to work with the idea of 'icons', which are part of her present exhibition at the Beaverbrook Gallery in Fredericton. The 'icons' in this show are small and intense, and have as their inspiration the ancient imagery of the Maya, together with her own feelings about the place she loves so much, the fishing town of Progreso, in the Yucatan.
Sue too, has spent time in Progreso and some of her colourful pieces are inspired by the decorative imagery of birds and plants seen in the embroidery, weaving and pottery of the area. Others reflect on the more spiritual aspects of Mayan culture. Interpretations of protective Madonna's and angels, set in altars on the patinaed walls of houses and churches of the town.
The Gallery opens for the season May 15th. Regular Gallery hours will be Thursday and Friday 2pm to 5pm and Saturday 12pm to 4pm. Also we are open by chance or appointment. 506-650-3333
Invisible Worlds - Toby Graser, Suzanne Hill, Kathy Hooper
April 18, 2010 - June 13, 2010
Kings County Studio Tour 2010
Take in the 10th Annual Kings County Studio Tour.
To find out more visit: www.studiotour-nb.com
2010, June 12 & 13
Saturday 10 - 6
Sunday 11 - 5
Hooper Studios Gallery, Studio Tour , June 2010
The gallery at Hooper Studios will be showing the work of a number of local artists at the annual Kings County Studio Tour. This year Sue and Kathy Hooper will show paintings , drawings and sculptures, along with the works of fellow artists; Philip Savage, Deborah Payne and Fred Harrison. Please join us as part of your days outing!
Fred Harrison fairly recently moved to New Brunswick from Ontario, but he has taken no time in becoming part of the art scene. He has done a number of the murals on buildings in Sussex and in the fall of last year, the John Peters Humphrey Foundation commissioned him to work with kids at the high school to produce a very fine mural commemorating human rights. Fred will have delightful paintings for show and sale.
Deborah Payne's "stitcheries" are her latest work as she continues to explore colour and texture through a variety of textiles and fibres. These contemporary embroidery pieces and miniature hooked rugs are one-of-a-kind paintings -- at times textured translations of previous work Deborah has done, at times inspired by pure colour, for colour's sake. These dynamic stitched and hooked paintings entice the viewer, drawing you in closer to really look, to touch, and to feel.
Philip Savage’s wood carvings are inspired by his fascination with the organic forms of seed pods and sea shells- vessels designed for protection and nurture. These shell forms also suggest living, animated motion like that of whales or birds, and it this character that Philip chooses to enhance. Another characteristic of this small collection is the removal of excess, concave material, resulting in forms that are airy and light and that still possess the durability and beauty of wood.
Kathy Hooper has been working both in Mexico and here for a show now up at the Beaverbrook Gallery. She will have a few of the pieces she did for this show but what you will mostly see are pen and ink drawings which she hardly ever shows. These pieces are often very personal and most of the tell a story.
Inspired by her daily landscape of the Kennebecasis River Valley, Sue Hooper will be showing her new painting/drawings of trees. Other works shown will be studies of the human form with colors of summer. Sue will also exhibit a selection of Mexico inspired pieces from the recent show Milagros.
Fredericton Edventures Creativity weekend
July 24 & 25
9am - 12pm & 1pm - 4pm
Exploring Creativity through Drawing & Painting
Everyone is Creative! with Sue Hooper
Uncover your creativity! Take time to play and have fun. If you've always wanted to take up art, this is your chance. You will explore through the process of "seeing". Look at things, see them, and become excited by ordinary, everyday items. Draw from these images and make colourful, expressive paintings.
Offered By: Fredericton Tourism
Location: NBCCD
Workshop Fee: $140 + HST
Materials Fee: $15
For further info : www.edventures.ca
Hooper Studios Gallery Opening: Toby Graser
Small works
Saturday, September 11th, 2 - 5. Show runs until September 30th
Lorenzo Art Series Opening
University of New Brunswick, Saint John
with Sue Hooper, Sunday, September 19th
2 - 4
Hooper Studios Gallery Opening: Jim Boyd
New works in stone & wood
Sunday, October 3rd, 2 - 5. Show runs until October 30th.
Hooper Studios Gallery Gifts show Opening
November 7th, 2 - 5. Show runs until November 28th.
