Annual Report 2015

1 2 Bryce Kraeker 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015 / President

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A few words come to mind when I think about the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

Leadership: Our vision is to be Collaboration: As a key partner in the Commitment: Of course the Gallery can recognized as a vital cultural presence development and enhancement of the do nothing without the support of our in the community. We understand the Civic District, some foundational steps many members, donors and sponsors, importance of the arts as an economic were taken in 2015 and we look forward as well as our government funders — the driver that attracts and retains creative to continuing our collaboration with the City of Kitchener, the City of Waterloo, workers. As the oldest and largest City of Kitchener, Centre In The Square, Canada Council for the Arts and the public art museum in the region, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Arts Council. A heartfelt thank the Gallery plays a leadership role in the Kitchener Public Library and many you for your commitment to the arts in fostering a vibrant cultural landscape others in making our shared setting a our region. in the Waterloo region. Through the captivating cultural destination. Permanent Collection of over 4,000 While 2015 was a most impressive year works of art that has been recognized Passion: To a person, every one of for the Gallery, I am even more excited as a “significant national resource,” we the Gallery’s professional staff and for our future. With our leadership, enhance access to, and enjoyment of, volunteers exhibits an infectious passion momentum, collaboration, passion the visual arts and enrich the quality for the work of the Gallery. They love and commitment — it only gets better! of life for all residents right here where what they do and we thank them for they work, live and play. their exceptional contributions. In 2015, we also welcomed Alexandra Hardy as a Momentum: The Gallery hit the new member to the Board of Directors, ground running this year with a newly a group of art-loving community minted Strategic Plan that focuses on members who all deserve recognition a number of key priorities including, and thanks for their time and their among others: Artistic Excellence; wisdom and guidance in furthering the Community Engagement; and Financial mission of the Gallery. Sustainability. On every front, the Gallery continues to outperform. Management and staff delivered an outstanding year of exhibitions and public programs which received well-deserved accolades, and engaged and inspired new audiences. Administratively, we achieved our third surplus in as many years.

Cover (front & back): Eleanor Bond, South Side, The Frontier of the New Europe and the Sunny South (detail), 1995, oil on unstretched canvas. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Collection. Donated by the artist, 2014. © Eleanor Bond. Photo: Robert McNair. Left: Installation view of Brendan Fernandes’ The Foot Made, 2015. © 2015 Brendan Fernandes. Photo: Robert McNair. Shirley Madill 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT 2015 / Executive Director

in that we exceeded expectations in we welcomed new sponsors including \ outreach initiatives within our broad Sorbara Law, Momentum Developments and diverse community. This was only and Equitable Life; and renewed possible through our partnerships: we partnerships with Christie Digital, partnered with the Coalition of Muslim SunLife Financial, TD Bank, RBC and Women on a pilot project for artists RBC Wealth Management, Manulife, At the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, and cultural workers in the Muslim Scotiabank, and Musagetes Fund at we live our mission to connect people community; we continued to partner the Kitchener-Waterloo Community and ideas through art with a focus on with Schlegel Villages, Winston Park on Foundation. the best of contemporary culture, and a Seniors in the Studio program; and take pride in creating opportunities we maintained our partnership with We are pleased to report that we for people to be inspired and engaged the Department of Family Medicine, balanced the budget at the end of 2015 in the art experience. As a team, we McMaster University, Hamilton with with a surplus put toward decreasing believe that art can make a difference The Art of Seeing, a professional our accumulated deficit. in people’s lives. This Annual Report development program for resident captures the many ways we achieved doctors in Kitchener-Waterloo. our goals in 2015, and it is with pleasure that I note a few of the highlights of this KWAG invited Museum Hack from New past year. York for a presentation to a sold-out crowd of cultural workers from the We opened 2015 with an exhibition Waterloo Region and the GTA. Other of sculptures by -based speakers included Marc Mayer, Director artist, An Te Liu (In Absentia) and a of the National Gallery of Canada and video installation by Shirin Neshat Robin Anthony, Curator, Royal Bank of (Soliloquy). In the spring and summer, Canada collection, Toronto. we showcased new work by two young Canadian artists, Brendan We launched a new program titled Fernandes and Sarah Cale. The Gallery’s Feast for the Senses, in which local chefs Community Curator projects continued were introduced to the winter and fall with In the Guise of Geometry, curated exhibitions, then challenged to produce by Jennifer Bullock, KWAG’s Assistant a menu, including wine pairings, inspired Curator & Registrar and Linda Perez, by four or five works of art of their KWAG’s Curatorial Assistant; and choosing. School programs, Family Encounters with Music guest curated by Sundays, and DIY Workshops – not Emily Berg, a singer who resides in the to mention March Break, PD Day and Waterloo region. Of particular note was Summer Camps – continue to be a core an exceptional exhibition that premiered component of what we do. in the fall titled Imitation of Life, curated by Crystal Mowry, and featuring work by In the same way that we are committed Canadian and international artists. to enriching the art experience Aligned with our Strategic Plan’s first through exhibitions and programming priority centering on Community activities, we also work diligently Engagement, KWAG’s public programs toward the goal of increasing our level were highly successful this past year of self-generated revenues. In 2015,

Kota Ezawa, Lennon Sontag Beuys, 2004, three-channel video projection with sound, 2:10 minutes, loop. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt. © 2004 Kota Ezawa. Photo: Robert McNair. Crystal Mowry 5 CURATORIAL REPORT 2015 / Senior Curator

visitors. Massive in scale and cinematic \ in scope, Bond’s work introduced modernity – with its political tensions, Modernity is the transient, Our 2015 exhibitions sought to highlight its climate change, its speculation, and the fleeting, the contingent; the effects of modernity on our bodies, its gentrification – into a canon that it is one half of art, the our identities and our understanding of has been largely shaped through the other being the eternal how things exist in the world. In Shirin influence of the Group of Seven. A very and the immovable. Neshat’s mesmerizing video installation different viewing experience could be Charles Baudelaire, Soliloquy, an experience of exile is had concurrently in Under Glass. In The Painter of Modern Life (1859) manifest through a series of dualities. this exhibition, visitors encountered We became hyper-aware of how twenty-eight works, among them April gender, nationality, ethnicity and culture Hickox’s photographic series entitled contribute to our sense of displacement. Glance (2001). While the design of the Channelling the aesthetics of ancient exhibition mirrored a looping path, and early 20th century objects, visitors were encouraged to adopt an As a poet and darling of many of his An Te Liu’s work compelled us to intuitive understanding of order and peers, Charles Baudelaire captured consider how value and function may reflect on how pattern and classification the rapid cultural changes that were be altered with the passage of time. shape how we see the world around us. underway in Paris. His observations on Similarly engaged in a reassessment beauty and perpetual distractions that of modern abstraction, Sarah Cale’s In recent years we have prioritized can be found in a crowded city paved unconventional paintings revealed a publishing within the scope of our the way for subsequent generations of process of constant renewal whereby departmental activity. In doing artists. Apt, and alarmingly prescient, brushstrokes and fragments of canvases so, we have been able to cultivate Baudelaire’s way of thinking resonates are collaged together to make new new partnerships with our peer with many of today’s artists. The works. Trained in both ballet and organizations across the country and question of how one sees their efforts modern dance, Brendan Fernandes create meaningful opportunities to the within a historical trajectory is still explored the idealism that pervades scholarship that we commission. In being asked today, however through classical dance and brutalist architecture 2015, we completed Gather…Arrange… exciting and unexpected means. We through new performance for video Maintain, a monograph on local artist still, as a species, crave connection and and installation. The existential limits and Professor belonging, whether that is in virtual of modern life served as the catalyst Emerita, Jane Buyers. Co-published forums or RL (real life). for our fall exhibition programming. by Museum London on the occasion Imitation of Life brought together nine of Buyers’ touring survey exhibition, artists based throughout Canada and the book’s design echoes the artist’s the US, each using various strategies to interests in vernacular materials and explore what it means to “come alive.” craftsmanship, with foil-stamped raw cardboard book-board covers, rounded From year to year, we aim to find corners and a ribbon bookmark. We are ways in which works from the past delighted to be able to share Buyers’ can provide insight for contemporary work, and the thoughtful interpretations viewers. In 2015 our exhibition provided by guest writers Nancy programming included the KWAG Campbell and John Armstrong in this premier of recent acquisitions by stunning book. Eleanor Bond and April Hickox. South Side, The Frontier of the New Europe and the Sunny South (1995), the first in Bond’s Cosmoville series, provided an epic landscape for our summer

An Te Liu, White Dwarf, 2012, Various materials, 213.36 cm in diameter. Courtesy of the artist and Division Gallery. © 2012 An Te Liu. Photo: Robert McNair. 6 Partnerships make it possible to do what with an extended list of co-publishers. professionals on research pertaining Jennifer Bullock 7 might otherwise seem impossible. In We are also grateful to our peers at to the Permanent Collection and COLLECTIONS REPORT 2015 / Assistant Curator & Registrar 2015, we partnered with the Southern the Musée d’art contemporain de publication preparation. The Centre In Alberta Art Gallery, as well as the Art Montréal whose Momentum series The Square’s upgrade to the lighting and Gallery of Grande Prairie on the tour and made it possible for us to experience electrical within our Eastman Gallery One of those artworks is our one and Off-site, an additional seventy-three restructuring of An Te Liu’s In Absentia Shirin Neshat’s work in Kitchener. Our — perhaps the most exciting outcome \ only painting by iconic Canadian artist works from the Collection were on view exhibition and forthcoming publication. ongoing partnership with the University of a long-standing partnership – made Tom Thompson. This untitled work, through loans of Permanent Collection Our exhibitions with Brendan Fernandes of Waterloo’s Fine Art Arts Department it possible to present Daniel Barrow’s painted ca. 1910, was in a condition too artworks to fellow cultural institutions 2015 began with the realization of the and Sarah Cale will also be complemented meant that we were able to work installation (featured in Imitation of Life) fragile to be exhibited and so our public as well as through considered previous year’s plans and preparation by major forthcoming monographs closely with a new generation of arts in all its immersive glory. has not seen it for some years. We placement of artworks in alternative for upgrading art storage. In January, applied to the Canadian Conservation venues within the community. We twelve new art racks and two new units Institute to request specialised were pleased to participate in two of flat storage were installed in the conservation treatment for the work and new exhibitions: Beyond the Pines: Rotary Vault. Our new acquisitions were in late 2015 the painting was delivered Homer Watson and the Contemporary immediately moved into the expanded to their expert care. We are looking Canadian Landscape, organized by the storage. The new equipment also forward to returning the painting to our Art Gallery of , and Parallel enabled us to reorganise and thereby regular exhibition programming. Destinies – Homer Watson and Carl increase accessibility to some of our Ahrens, organized by Dundas Museum older acquisitions. Over the course of the year, more than & Archives. We continued our long eighty artworks from the Permanent standing relationships with community In complement to the improvements Collection were on view through our partners such as Miller Thompson, to physical accessibility in art storage, regular exhibition and educational the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical in 2015 we sought to upgrade our programming. In March and through Physics and the Region of Waterloo collection management database. August, the eighth installment of our Administrative Headquarters and were The database upgrade is a part of an Community Curator series explored pleased to develop a new partnership overall plan to improve intellectual the arts across disciplines with an with the Centre for International access to the Collection. To this end, examination of musical expression Governance Innovation. we applied for support to the Ontario through visual art. Encounters with Music Arts Foundation’s (OAF) Elizabeth L. was curated by Emily Berg (MA, MFA) We continue to explore new Gordon Art Program and through the whose own research has focused on opportunities for animating the Collections Management component of the gestural language and depictions of Permanent Collection and increasing the Museum Assistance Program (MAP). musical activities in 17th Century Dutch public awareness and enjoyment of Both applications were successful. art. Two more exhibitions drawn entirely this invaluable resource. from the Permanent Collection were One anticipated benefit from the Under Glass, curated by Senior Curator database upgrade is the ability to make Crystal Mowry, and In the Guise of the Permanent Collection available Geometry, jointly curated by Assistant online. A major aspect of that initiative Curator & Registrar Jennifer Bullock and is ensuring that KWAG respects the Curatorial Assistant Linda Perez. artists’ copyrights. Accordingly, with the help of Interns from the University In the Lower Corridor, KWAG’s of Waterloo’s work placement program, Education Department curated we have prioritised efforts to research a selection of eleven works that and confirm the current and correct demonstrate the principals of design: contact information for the over balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, 800 artists represented within the repetition, proportion, rhythm, variety Collection. Our ultimate goal is to and unity. The works were regularly enable the public to search through our incorporated and referenced within the entire holdings of over 4,000 artworks. many workshops and classes offered to the public.

Installation view of Sarah Cale’s into shards, crude stars, 2015. Photo: Robert McNair. EXHIBITIONS 2015 / 9

16 January — 15 March 2015 SOLILOQUY Shirin Neshat

Organized and circulated by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal as part of its Momentum series The national tour of the Momentum series was made possible through the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, through its Museums Assistance Program

For the past two decades, Shirin Neshat’s work has focused on issues related to the division of social roles between men and women in Islamic society. Working mainly in photography and film, Neshat delves into the themes of freedom and confinement, exile and belonging. In the search for her own identity, she gives voice to universal desires through images that powerfully express what it means to be human. Soliloquy (1999) questions the boundaries of gender, nationality, ethnicity, and culture. In this dual projection, the viewer follows a veiled Neshat as she wanders the streets of a vacant modernist cityscape (filmed in Albany, New York) on one screen. On the other, Neshat navigates the alleys and courtyards of a traditional Eastern cityscape (filmed in Mardin, Turkey). The images on the opposing screens set in motion a meditation on the contrasts between Western and Eastern worlds, contemporary and traditional identities, exilic and Indigenous experiences. The dualities are provisionally reconciled at the end of the video through a blending of choral music and chanted prayer.

Shirin Neshat, Soliloquy, 1999, Installation views, Collection Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, © Shirin Neshat, Photo: Richard-Max Tremblay. 16 January — 20 March 2015 11 IN ABSENTIA An Te Liu

Curated by Crystal Mowry Co-produced by the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

Often working in bronze, ceramic and concrete, Liu mines the idioms of ancient and modern sculpture to challenge how we perceive value and time in physical form.

In an expansive series of works begun in 2013, Liu has crafted an evolving assembly of objects that suggest the fossilized remnants of present-day material production. Styrofoam packaging, intended to protect goods in transit, provides a point of departure for sculptures that are reminiscent of artifacts found in anthropology museums. Unique to KWAG’s presentation of In Absentia was the inclusion of several related works that address the nuances of memory within contemporary culture. In Agenda, a decade’s worth of the artist’s calendar inscriptions are made cryptic, the specifics of the past made unrecognizable within the present. In a similar trade of specificity for anonymity, White Dwarf consists of a monochromatic mass of obsolete electronics and appliances. Suspended from the gallery ceiling, White Dwarf might be seen as an interstellar precedent — or finality — for the myriad objects which share its company within the exhibition.

Liu complicates perceptions around culture — as both a system and product — while revealing the fine line which separates an artifact from an object which has simply outlived its importance. As an ensemble, these works compel us to consider how ways of seeing and knowing shape our relationship to objects, across cultures and time.

Installation views of An Te Liu’s In Absentia, 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Division Gallery. Photo: Robert McNair. 12 15 March — 23 August 2015 28 March — 18 May 2015 13 ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC EXPRESSIONS 40 — OUR STORIES AND IN|SIGHT Works from the Permanent Collection with works from the Permanent Collection

Zbigniew Blazeje, Marc Chagall, Joseph Drapell, Georges Duhamel, Johann Feught, Michel Fortier, Artworks by over 200 students from Public, Catholic, and independent schools, including a collaborative Erich Heckel, Mohsein Hussein, John Kerr, William G. Kinnis, Stanley Lewis, Ron Martin, Henri Masson, installation by local Secondary School students and artist, Stephen Lavigne; works from KWAG’s Permanent Daphne Odjig, William Ronald, Artist Unknown, Joyce Wieland Collection including Alex Cameron, Alex Janvier, Pitseolak Ashoona, Tristram Lansdowne, Aba Bayefsky, Shelley Niro Curated by Emily Berg (Community Curator) Organized by Nicole Neufeld and Annabelle Girard How do artists represent the visual experience of voice and music? The connection between visual art and music has a lengthy history. Community curator Emily Berg has cultivated an interest in how an individual’s emotional experiences with one art form can intensify the sensory experience of another art form. For this exhibition, she identified a variety of both abstract and visual narrative paintings that relate to music, voice, performance and/or sound. We, as viewers, have both a projected and perceived understanding of what we listen to and what we see based on our own primary experiences. This selection of works served as a framework to engage both emotions and memories, actual and perceived.

On the 40th anniversary of Expressions, the annual exhibition of student artwork from the Waterloo Region, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery celebrated four decades of abundant creativity and fresh perspectives of the next generation. Included in the exhibition were over 200 artworks by students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 from the Public, Catholic, and independent schools exhibited alongside artworks from the Permanent Collection.

Our Stories was the theme of Expressions 40, which was a response to this year’s feature artwork, Child Labour, a stop motion video by Poorna Patange and Quinton Barnes. The theme invited students to explore the many stories that shape our lives and our community. These stories ranged from very personal and close to home, to tales of times past, hopes for the future, and of distant people and places, recognizing that all these stories impact our individual lives.

In|sight is an artist residency program delivered in partnership with the Waterloo Region District School Board and the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. The program is a unique opportunity for students to work closely with a professional artist to develop a project from beginning to end for Expressions. In 2015, local artist Stephen Lavigne worked with students to present artworks in a wide variety of media that explore the many possibilities the tradition of self-portraiture has to offer. He worked with Ms. Liebregts’ class from Preston High School and a group of Specialist High Skills Major students from the WCDSB Secondary Schools from across the region.

Installation view of Encounters with Music, 2015. Photo: Robert McNair. Installation view of Expressions 40, 2015. Photo: Robert McNair. 14 5 June — 6 September 2015 15 INTO SHARDS, CRUDE STARS Sarah Cale

Curated by Crystal Mowry

Over the last five years, Sarah Cale has honed a reputation for meticulous compositions made with the application of what she describes as “second-hand brushstrokes.” In this process, Cale applies paint to temporary plastic surfaces, collecting an inventory of dried brushstrokes which are then transferred to linen or panel supports. Pictorial conventions that tend to be associated with representational painting — namely the illusionary depiction of space — are revisited and problematized by Cale’s process. If multiple strokes of paint are treated like planes which never truly intersect, do they still constitute a painting? Can a painting which seeks to represent only the process by which it’s made also speak to intangibility?

In this exhibition of work made in the last two years, Cale foregrounded the influence of collage within her painting practice. Canvases, once painted, were cut apart by the artist to annotate or propagate other works. This process illuminates the search for something other than reconstitution or equilibrium. In Cale’s work, the gestural mark or brushstroke is always fugitive. It becomes a shifty, unreliable thing that allows us to see an aperture as a void and a portal as a question.

20 March — 14 June 2015 THE FOOT MADE Brendan Fernandes

Curated by Crystal Mowry

Though non-textual, dance is a language that narrates the memory of the body. In this exhibition of new works, New York-based Brendan Fernandes explores how stillness and static movements can be powerful tools of resistance.

Central to KWAG’s exhibition was Standing Leg, a document of an endurance solo originally created and performed by Fernandes. This work references the artist’s past research on power dynamics as seen through the histories of post-colonial violence and struggle. Trained in both ballet and modern dance, Fernandes revisited the hierarchical order of ballet and the historical use of stretching devices to manipulate the body towards a vision of the ideal. The stretcher served as a point of departure for Mastered Form, a series of cast glass objects shown on brutalist-inspired pedestals. To imagine the body in the service of these devices is to imagine it as an abstraction whereby materiality becomes a metaphor for disruption and force. Above: Installation view of Sarah Cale’s into shards, crude stars, 2015. Photo: Robert McNair. Left: Brendan Fernandes, Standing Leg (still), 2015, video, 11:41 minutes. © 2015 Brendan Fernandes. Photo: Felix Chan. 16 5 June — 6 September 2015 UNDER GLASS Works from the Permanent Collection

Jenna Alderton, Pat Badt, Jean Bridge, Rita Cowley, Imogen Cunningham, Kathleen Daly Pepper, Pat Fleisher, Danita Geltner, April Hickox, Basia Irland, Wanda Koop, Lois Lawson, Carol Marino, Marilyn Milburn, Bobbie Oliver, Suzanne Pasquin, Joceyln Taylor, Ruth Tulving, Phyllis Waugh

Curated by Crystal Mowry

19 June — 16 August 2015 NEW ACQUISITION: SOUTH SIDE, THE FRONTIER OF THE NEW EUROPE AND THE SUNNY SOUTH Eleanor Bond

Eleanor Bond is a respected Canadian artist whose monumental works influenced a generation of younger artists. Her works have been curated into numerous exhibitions, often with a focus on the tension between natural and built environments.

The inspiration for this exhibition can be traced back to Basia Irland’s Solomon Grundy – a palm-sized stack of rolled papers, South Side, The Frontier of the New Europe and the Sunny South (1995) is the first in Bond’s Cosmoville series of paintings pencil nubs and twine. This small mound of material prompts us to consider how the salvaged bits that can be found in an and the only work by Bond in KWAG’s Permanent Collection. Its massive scale fills the viewer’s field of vision much like a artist’s studio may serve as the source for an unlikely course of experimentation. It evokes the ways in which objects and painted backdrop used to create the illusion of an otherworldly locale before the advent of computer-generated imagery. narratives are given new meanings through a shift in context. The composition consists of an axonometric view of a densely urbanized port city. Though Bond used an aerial photograph of Rotterdam as a resource in the making of this work, her combination of perspective and distortion places the subject in The twenty-eight works in Under Glass selected from KWAG’s collection of more than 4,000 objects. Some of these the realm of the imaginary. Bond’s decisive palette and abstract tendencies allow us to see the landscape as if it was a form objects are fragile, many are rarely on view. Their makers range from the relatively obscure to the internationally renowned. of anatomy wherein our cities can function as organic forms that are constantly in flux. Though the design of the exhibition mirrored a looping path, the relationships that bound its contents were neither fixed nor prescriptive. Visitors were encouraged to adopt an intuitive understanding of order and reflect on how pattern and Bond’s work reflects a radical shift in how we viewed landscapes in Canadian art. With this work Bond introduced modernity — classification shape our understanding of the world around us. with its political tensions, its climate change, its speculation, and its gentrification — into a canon that had been largely shaped through the influence of the Group of Seven. South Side, The Frontier of the New Europe and the Sunny South speaks to the accelerated cultural changes that have characterized life in the twentieth century, and invites us to consider the complicated relationship that we have with land.

Above: Installation view of Under Glass, 2015. Photo: Robert McNair. Right: Eleanor Bond, South Side, The Frontier of the New Europe and the Sunny South, 1995, oil on unstretched canvas. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Collection. Donated by the artist, 2014. © Eleanor Bond. Photo: Robert McNair. 25 September 2015 — 10 January 2016 19 IMITATION OF LIFE Lois Andison, Daniel Barrow, Kota Ezawa, Adad Hannah, Faith La Rocque, Lorna Mills, Jonathan Schipper, Allison Schulnik, Skawennati

Curated by Crystal Mowry

28 August 2015 — 6 March 2016 IN THE GUISE OF GEOMETRY Works from the Permanent Collection

Sylvain Bouthillette, Charlotte Brainerd, Karen Fletcher, Tom Forrestall, Stanley Lewis, Ray Mead, Kazuo Nakamura, Don Phillips, Gordon Rayner, Helen Sebelius, David Sorensen, Michael Thompson

Curated by Jennifer Bullock, Assistant Curator & Registrar and Linda Perez, Curatorial Assistant

The birth of ideas is led by the desire for knowledge; schools of philosophical and scientific thought provide frameworks that employ logic and mathematical theorums to understand infinity. The works in this exhibition illuminated investigation along these frameworks.

Our pursuit of the notion of infinity begins within the body. In Karen Fletcher’s Floating Dream Sequence: Phoenix Fish, the internal world of the mind recognizes no boundaries, constantly renewing expanses of possibility. Sylvain Bouthillette and Charlotte Brainerd make reference to Tibetan Buddhist, Tsongkhapa and Zen Buddhist, Huang Po, master religious With films such as Ex Machina and the trippy images of Google AI “dreaming,” both released last year, it would seem philosophers who set their minds to explore the infinite. Bouthillette’s work depicts a galaxy of stars, bees and a floating party that anxiety around sentience is definitely in the air. Seeing as we can build our own archives of images, broadcast our hat to reveal “emptiness” while Brainerd places quotations about nothingness on a blank page. Turning from the far reaches of experiences, earn income and even protest with a single device, it’s no wonder that to be flesh can seem quaint these days. the universe, Tom Forrestall’s Well Known Places: Big Pine, suggests this immensity through a branching pattern that continues in infinite repetition. Imitation of Life takes myriad definitions of “animate” as its point of departure. It may be used to describe actions as diverse as giving motion to still forms or the enthusiastic performance of a narrative. At its core is a meaning that is both complex The potential infinite is imagined in the hopes of finding the actual infinite. What might appear at first as an impasse eventually and inspiring: to make something come alive. The works in this exhibition employ a range of strategies and technologies that becomes permeable, immense and boundless. simulate living. From appropriated systems and software to existential cartoons, from still photos that carefully re-imagine locomotion to kinetic and intangible sculpture which prompts rumination on the nature of entropy in human life.

Installation view of In the Guise of Geometry, 2015. Photo: Robert McNair. Daniel Barrow, The Thief of Mirrors, 2013, mixed media installation, dimensions variable. © 2013 Daniel Barrow. Photo: Robert McNair. 20 In recent years, an understanding of what constitutes life has become increasingly nuanced. An emphasis on quality, authenticity, 21 and autonomy has demonstrated that the terms of life are far from a simplistic alive-or-dead binary. Cloning, artificial intelligence GALLERY TALKS 2015 / (AI), and services like Death Switch that offer post mortem communications make it possible to “participate” in the world after we die. A framework for living that was previously predicated on biology is being redefined and renegotiated by technology. 16 January 5 June The works in this exhibition invite us to think about alternative options for a contemporary existence. An Te Liu, Artist Sarah Cale, Artist In Absentia Artist Talk into shards, crude stars Artist Talk

29 January 11 June Marc Mayer, Director National Gallery of Canada Museum Hack Collector’s Series Special Guest Speaker — Thursdays, 5 26 February 25 September Crystal Mowry, Rick Haldenby, Daniel Barrow Dwight Storring, Amanda Boetzkes Imitation of Life Artist Talk Contemporary Art 101: Lunchtime Lecture Series Thursdays, 1 — 15 October 25 February Crystal Mowry, Matthew Schwager, Aimee Jeffreys Doug Kirton, Artist Contemporary Art 101: Lunchtime Lecture Series Under the Influence Series 28 October, 4 and 11 November 20 March Madji Bou-Matar, Rob Gorbet, Brendan Fernandes, Artist Philip Beesley, Shirley Madill The Foot Made Artist Talk Open Conversations 15 April 24 November Robin Anthony, RBC Curator In and Out of Real Life Collector’s Series Youth-led Panel Discussion 4 June 2 December Dave Dyment, Artist Sandra Annett, Skawennati Fragnito, Farah Yusuf Under the Influence Series In and Out of Real Life Panel Discussion for Imitation of Life, moderated by Crystal Mowry

PUBLICATIONS 2015 /

Jane Buyers Gather…Arrange…Maintain

Published by the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery in partnership with Museum London

Jane Buyers: Gather...Arrange...Maintain documents a survey exhibition of the work of contemporary Canadian artist Jane Buyers. Designed by Kathe Gray, this catalogue includes impeccable finishing details that speak to the varied modes of making that have formed the basis of Buyers’s career. Features texts by Nancy Campbell, Crystal Mowry and the artist in conversation with John Armstrong.

104 pp 48 colour pages and 2 foldouts, 10.5 x 7.5 in., hardcover

Left (top): Skawennati, TimeTraveller™, 2008-2013, machinima, 75:43 minutes. Produced by Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace with generous funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture, Hexagram Research Institute, Canada Council for the Arts, and Concordia University. Photo: © 2015 Scott Lee. Left (bottom): Faith La Rocque, Imitation of Life (Mimosa pudica), 2015, installation with ongoing care by curatorial staff, Mimosa pudica plant, LED grow light, maple plywood plinth. Photo: © 2015 Scott Lee. 22 Nicole Neufeld PUBLIC PROGRAMS REPORT 2015 / Director of Public Programs

KWAG School Programs were delivered Mainstay programs, such as our Artist \ at the Gallery and in classrooms to 6,638 Talks, Gallery and Vault Tours, and In 2015, the focus for the Pubic Programs students, highlighting the significance Contemporary Art 101: Lunchtime department was to create welcoming of our partnerships with the WRDSB, Lecture Series, continued to be well opportunities for people of every walk WCDSB and independent schools. The attended and the annual panel discussion of life to participate in programming KWAG Youth Council continued to be explored the impact of digital media on initiatives, expanding the Gallery’s reach active in developing and delivering questions of identity. New in 2015, the across the community by collaborating programs for their peers. Members of the Open Conversations series explored with new and established partners, Youth Council were invited to participate the notion of “The Creative Truth” and deepening the engagement with in Teens Convening, a conference held at with cultural producers and thinkers in our existing participants – all to the Art Gallery of Ontario in partnership the Waterloo Region, sparking lively highlight the role of the Gallery as a with the Institute of Contemporary discussion with all who participated community resource. Art (Boston). The Youth Council also while exploring the many ways creativity organized youth led tours of the fall applies to their life and work. As part of the Gallery’s community exhibition, Imitation of Life, and an online outreach initiatives, KWAG Artist Youth panel discussion called In and Out In its third year, the Draw-a-thon Educators worked with artists and of Real Life. continued to be a destination for instructors from the Coalition of Muslim many, from professional artists to Women for a yearlong skills development Art Camp programs saw a notable casual doodlers, many of whom program. This partnership proved 14% increase in participation. The PD participated in drawing workshops with invaluable to both organizations and Day Camps took off and the interest local artists. Guest speakers, such as paved the way for other programming in Summer Art Camps rose steadily Marc Mayer, Director of the National collaborations. The Gallery also hosted from our successes in previous years. Gallery of Canada, and Nick Gray and concerts presented by NUMUS and KWAG maintained its commitment to Ethan Angelica from Museum Hack, worked with MT Space on a full day of accessibility by offering a scholarship highlighted the dynamic role museums programs for IMPACT 15. program for Summer Art Camp. play in shaping our community’s cultural Delivering quality arts education and identity. These events were well attended The Seniors in the Studio program, which fun, creative projects every day, Art by colleagues and community members delivers art education programming to Camp programs continue to receive rave alike, who were keen on hearing about seniors living in long-term care facilities, reviews from the kids who come year the many innovative ways cultural expanded in 2015. Artist Stephen Lavigne after year. institutions can engage with their publics worked on a full year project with to shake things up. participants at Schlegel Villages’ Winston Throughout 2015, KWAG Family Park facility to explore methodologies of Programs welcomed children and their As our community grows and changes abstraction. The Research Institute for families to the Gallery for free or low shape, so does the nature of the ways Aging contributed a tailored evaluation cost intergenerational hands-on art in which the Gallery connects with its and analysis processes for the program. making activities. For those looking publics. This would not be possible to deepen their experience with art without our many collaborations and all As a cornerstone of the Public Programs making, KWAG offered a full schedule the people who participate throughout offerings, Expressions celebrated 40 of skill development workshops for the year, and in doing so, bring our years of showcasing student artwork both children and adults. In the summer programs to life. It is through this and creativity from the Waterloo Region months, KWAG hit the streets and met participation and engagement that the and boasted participation from almost with our community out and about at Gallery continues to be a vital resource in 250 students. The exhibition included summer festivals, including STEAM Heat, the community. an installation by participants in our Tea and Tales festival, the Multicultural artist in residency program, In|sight, and Festival, Canada Day, Discovery Square, the KWAG Youth Council. Community and Kidspark. In the fall, KWAG offered members responded by sharing stories programs during Night/Shift, Culture of how Expressions shaped their lives and Days, and the DIY festival. impacted the community.

Photo (bottom right): © 2015 Scott Lee. 24 Shirley Madill CAROLINE OLIVER 25 DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015 / Executive Director The Gallery was saddened in 2015 by the passing of long time Director of Marketing & Development, Caroline Oliver. In her obituary, Caroline’s family noted that she was a We were very fortunate to host member evenings were a huge success and we woman who made the most of every day, continuing to do so for more than a year after \ events with Marc Mayer, Director of look forward to more of these unique learning that she had a brain tumor. She was 61 when she died at home on 16 September the National Gallery of Canada, and events in the years to come! The past year has seen many changes 2015, with her family by her side. Robin Anthony, Art Curator for the RBC to Development at the Gallery. We were Our signature event, the Black and Corporate Collection. Prior to their talks, Caroline was born in Windsor, England in 1953 and came to Canada with her parents as deeply saddened to lose our friend, Gold Gala was held on 21 October, members had the chance to speak one- a young girl, first to St. John’s, then to the Montreal area. She attended high school in colleague and long-time Director of co-hosted by CBC KW 89.1 morning on-one with these renowned arts leaders. Rosemere, Quebec and CEGEP studies at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia) Development and Marketing, host Craig Norris and local food writer in Montreal before earning a Bachelor of Journalism Degree at Carleton University in Caroline Oliver. During her life she made In February, Partner Club members and advocate, Andrew Coppolino. RBC . She moved to Kitchener in January 1979, where she helped organize the gala a huge contribution to the arts and attended an exclusive vault tour to view Wealth Management Private Banking opening of the Centre In The Square in 1980 before taking a marketing position with culture in this community – an enduring new acquisitions to the Permanent and RBC PH&N Investment Counsel the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, where she later served as General Manager. After legacy that we are honoured to continue. Collection, including works from the returned as premiere event sponsors. earning a Master of Business Administration Degree at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1989, Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Collection The event featured the much loved 2015 was a busy year for Development of International Naïve Art donated by silent and live auctions, the not-to-be- Caroline was responsible for marketing with a breadth of local organizations, including the with new member and fundraising their son, Alan Tanenbaum, and a large missed art activities and a selection of City of Kitchener’s Parks and Recreation Department, the School of Business at Laurier, events, planning for the current selection of photographs by Edward works from artists in the Region and Cambridge Memorial Hospital, and finally the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, where she 60th anniversary year and continued Burtynsky, donated by the artist. across Canada. New this year was a served for more than ten years. cultivation of our generous and varied Through a partnership with Art Toronto, wildly successful 50/50 draw and the donors, sponsors and funders. Curator Circle and Director Circle use of an online auction for a portion Caroline was an active member of the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce and served as a Director of the Child Witness Centre as well as the local chapter of the Members members were offered VIP passes to the of the art sale. Overall, Black and Gold modern and contemporary art fair that raised over $55 000 for programs and Canadian Association of Gift Planners. Our base of supporters continues to takes place each year in the fall. exhibitions at the Gallery. grow. KWAG receives generous support An avid tennis player, an opera and jazz devotee, a book lover, a world traveler and a from a broad range of members, both Events Partnerships serious gardener, she is greatly missed by her family and friends, and by the Gallery. individuals and businesses. As a way To liven up the dark of winter, we hosted The Gallery continued to foster our to introduce our members to each #ColdNightsCoolArt, a networking community connections by partnering other and to the broader public, we evening offering young professionals with several local businesses, introduced Member Profiles which the chance to connect with colleagues organizations and events, including: are featured on the website, in our in a unique venue. Attended by over Princess Cinemas; Night/Shift; Culture newsletter and community flyer and in 35 people, the evening offered a wine Days; and the Kitchener-Waterloo social media. It’s a way for us to show tasting with Chateau des Charmes, and Symphony afterpARTies. gratitude but also for our members to tours of the Gallery. explain why the arts and philanthropy As the Gallery moves into its seventh matter to them. One of the highlights of the year was decade, we wish to thank the many the introduction of a new event, Feast Members have access to a variety of people who attended an event, program for the Senses, sponsored by Gowlings “perks” including sneak previews of or exhibition at the Gallery! We look WLG. Feast pairs a local chef with exhibitions before they open to the forward to seeing you again soon. a current art exhibition at KWAG, public as well as opportunities to get challenging them to draw inspiration up close and personal with a variety from five works of art, then to create of artists and speakers. This past a tapas-style, tasting menu, complete year, members were invited to Sneak with wine pairings that is served over Previews for An Te Liu: In Absentia the course of the evening. Our first and Shirin Neshat: Soliloquy; Brendan Feast in February 2015 brought together Fernandes: The Foot Made; Sarah Cale: Entertaining Elements with An Te Liu: In into shards, crude stars; and multi artist Absentia; the second in November 2015 exhibitions, Under Glass and Imitation paired Chef Nick Benninger and Natalie of Life, both curated by KWAG Senior Benninger with Imitation of Life. Both Curator, Crystal Mowry. Reetu Kambo 27 TREASURER’S REPORT 2015 / VP, Finance & Treasurer

The remainder of funding is provided We are very grateful to all of the donors \ by public support from individuals, and partners who support the wide foundations and corporations. In 2015, variety of programming and activities In 2015, KWAG continued with its this totaled more than $500,000 or of KWAG. As we look forward to 2016 deficit reduction plan. As in 2014, with approximately 50% of total revenue. and the Gallery’s 60th anniversary, this significant efforts, we continued to support becomes more critical than ever maintain core levels of funding and On the expenditure side, in 2015 we as we strive to achieve more than just expenditures and ended the year with a were able to increase our spending deficit reduction and look to move the surplus of $18,024. by $41,810 over 2014 and focus on gallery to the next level; positioning it delivering the world class exhibitions for the next 60 years. In 2015, 32% of our total revenue and programming that the community came from the cities of Kitchener and deserves. Without this continued and significant Waterloo, who provide core annual community support, the variety and funding that is fundamental to the The KWAG endowment fund is a critical high calibre activities of the Gallery Gallery’s operations. part of our long-term financial plan would not be possible. for secure and consistent funding of Provincial and national arts funding operations. As of 31 December 2015, the organizations such as the Ontario Arts market value of our locally managed Council, the Canada Council for the Arts endowment fund was $417,112 while the and the Arts Investment Fund represent value of the Allan MacKay Curatorial our other key partners, contributing Fund was $142,548. During 2015, $15,138 $214,500 to KWAG’s operations and of the Allan MacKay Curatorial Fund, programming during the year. established by the Musagetes Arts and Culture Fund, was used to support the Imitation of Life exhibition.

Lorna Mills, Peaceable Kingdom, 2012, multi monitor video installation, dimensions variable. Commissioned by the Toronto Animated Image Society. Courtesy of the artist and Transfer Gallery. Photo: © 2015 Scott Lee 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES GALLERY STAFF, EDUCATORS AND DOCENTS 40 President Executive Committee Nominations Committee Executive Director Development Officer Gallery Attendants Studio Assistants 41 Bryce Kraeker Bryce Kraeker, Chair Bryce Kraeker, Chair Shirley Madill Jennifer Laurie Nell Crook Grace Bedwell (from May) Mike Aiken Judith Stephens-Wells (from November) Sarah Farquhar Rita Ross Reetu Kambo Senior Curator Assistant Curator & Registrar Samantha Howarth Alice Lu (until May) (from May) Board Members Crystal Mowry Jennifer Bullock (until September) Bryce Kraeker Shehnaz Banduk Kaitlyn Webb Patience Exhibition Installation Crew VP, Finance & Treasurer Shelly Mitchell Brian Bourke Director of Finance Curatorial Assistant (until October) Robert Achtemichuk Reetu Kambo Judith Stephens-Wells Murray Gamble & Administration Linda Perez Terrina Reitzel Mike Ambedian (from May) Jim Stinson Alex Hardy Shelly Mitchell Laurien Seifried Jennifer Bullock Jim Stinson (until May) Doug Kirton Preparator Kate Carder-Thompson (until May) Sarah Marsh Director of Public Programs vacant Contract Artist Educators Patrick Cull Finance Committee Rohinton Medora Nicole Neufeld Robert Achtemichuk Sarah Hamelin VP, Development Reetu Kambo, Chair Kris Schumacher (maternity leave from Public Programs Coordinator Mindy Alexander Barb Hobot Mike Aiken Jeff Howald Thomas Scott February 2015) Alexandra Krueger Sarah Badran Samantha Howarth Shelly Mitchell John Wolfe Christine Ball Sarah Kernohan VP, Internal Bryce Kraeker Manager of Public Programs School Programs Coordinator Julie Burdett Konrad MohringI –Interim Judith Stephens-Wells (from May) Shirley Madill, Executive Director Kate Carder Thomson Jordan Comely Kaitlyn Webb Patience Annabelle Girard (from May) Rita Ross is Ex-Officio on all committees (from August) Angela Grasse Josh Peressotti (from February 2015) Bryce Kraeker (until May) Mindy Alexander Samantha Howarth Linda Perez (until May) Judith Stephens-Wells (until August) Jon Johnson David Popplow Director of Marketing FRONT: Kris Schumacher, & Communications Kathie Jordan Design Phil Scott Judith Stephens-Wells, Sarah Marsh Permanent Collection Committee Endowment Fund Management Karen Rickers Visitors Services Karolina Korsak MIDDLE: Shehnaz Banduk, & Volunteer Coordinator Doug Kirton, Chair John Wolfe, Chair Reetu Kambo, Doug Kirton (from December) Sarah Kernohan Contract Photographers Lois Andison Jeff Howald BACK: Thomas Scott, Julie Burdet Nicole Krueger Scott Lee Bryce Kraeker, Murray Gamble, Shelly Mitchell (from September) Jennifer Bullock Mike Aiken, John Wolfe Communications Coordinator Stephen Lavigne Robert McNair Becky Moore Murray Gamble Bryce Kraeker Priti Kohli Matter of Taste (until July) Tom Motz David Paleczny (until November) Kaitlyn Webb Patience Crystal Mowry Thomas Scott Nicolas Rees FRONT: Josh Peressotti, Crystal Mowry, Alex Krueger, Isabella Stefanescu Rick Vandermey Graphic Designer Elena Selivanova Julie Burdette BACK: Karen Rickers, Judith Stephens-Wells Sheridan Nurseries Jennifer Laurie, Shelly Mitchell, Liz Morant Shirley Madill, Nicole Neufeld, Arlene Thomas Jennifer Bullock, Kate Carder-Thompson Karoline Varin Absent: Liz Morant, Linda Perez 42 PROGRAMMING PARTNERS 2015 / SPONSORS AND DONORS 2015 / 43

The Gallery is pleased to acknowledge and thank our program partners for their work with us in 2015. By working together in Funding Organizations & Foundations Project Partners & Sponsors collaboration and sharing our ideas and resources, we jointly enhance the artistic life of our community. Canada Council for the Arts Christie Digital Canadian Heritage Crowne Plaza Kitchener-Waterloo City of Kitchener NUMUS City of Kitchener Equitable Life of Canada › Family art activities for Discovery Square (Tuesdays in July), › Concert series City of Waterloo Gamble Family Kidspark (August 16) › Kitchener Youth Action Council Awards (May 6) The Registry Theatre Government of Canada, Summer Career Placements Initiative Good Foundation Inc. › Ambush the Arts, National Youth Arts Week event (May 8) › Pre-show family art activities at The Registry Theatre Allan MacKay Curatorial Endowment Fund, established by Gowlings WLG The Musagetes Arts and Culture Fund Manulife Coalition for Muslim Women Research Institute for Aging Ontario Arts Council Momentum Developments Program partner for professional development opportunities Research partner for Seniors in the Studio › › Ontario Arts Foundation Region of Waterloo Arts Fund › Tea & Tales with Muslim Women Festival (June 7) RBC Foundation OAC Arts Education Projects › Calligraphy workshop at the Draw-a-thon (October 17) Schlegel Villages › Program partner for Seniors in the Studio The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation: Scotiabank The Family Centre - Community Fund Sorbara Law › Program partner for Family Art Hangout program Shadow Puppet Theatre - The Musagetes Fund Sun Life Financial › Drama activities and puppet workshops at Family Sundays - The John A. Pollock Family Fund TD IMPACT 15 The Waterloo Region Record – Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Waterloo Catholic District School Board › Conference partner University of Waterloo Kids to Camp Fund Waterloo Region District School Board › Canada Day festival (July 1) Young Canada Works Waterloo Region Record Kitchener Pubic Library › Department of Fine Arts interns through the Experiential › Contemporary Art 101: Lunchtime Lecture Series Learning program artsVest™ Ontario is operated by Business for the Arts with the › Programming in conjunction with Family Sundays › Partner for visiting artists talks support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the › KPL Film Series › Open Conversations program Government of Ontario › Program partner for Discovery Square art activities › Do-it-Yourself Festival (October 24) Waterloo Catholic District School Board › Providing curriculum connected School Programs Community Access Space Capital Campaign Sponsors Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre for students of all ages In 2013 KWAG celebrated the opening of the renovated COMMUNITY ACCESS SPACE (CAS), now available to the community for arts › Multicultural Festival (June 20 & 21) › Expressions 40 and In|sight program › Educator professional development workshops programming, lectures, seminars, corporate events and social gatherings. Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony › Co-op student placements Thank you to CAS Capital Campaign Sponsors: › Family art activities for the Family Pre-Concert Experience › AfterpARTies following Signature Series Concerts Waterloo Region District School Board Federal Development Agency for Middlebrook Corporation Program partner at summer outreach festivals Providing curriculum connected School Programs › › Southern Ontario Rotary Club of Kitchener for students of all ages Good Foundation Inc. Rotary Club of Kitchener-Westmount McMaster University › Expressions 40 and In|sight program › Art of Seeing program partner › Educator professional development workshops Jackman Foundation Stantec › Co-op student placements J.P. Bickell Foundation MT Space › Open Conversations program › STEAM Heat festival (June 6) Neruda Arts › Pan Am-Para Pan Am Music Festival: Workshop (July 10)

Night/Shift › Festival partner MEMBERS AND DONORS 2015 / 44 David J. Westfall Theron and Joy Kramer Alicia Pokluda Janet Fear 45 Ted and Andrea Witzel Jennifer Laurie Chelsea Poole Jean and Richard Haalboom Carl Zehr and Sandy Chris Sonia and Tony Lewis Anonymous Jeanne, Kenney and Garr Dunn 1 Anonymous Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz Jeffrey Fear Andrew Lugg Other Donations Jeffrey Kenney Voting Members Glen and Claire Machan Estate of Caroline Oliver John Lord and ($50+) Don and Esther MacKay Sears Family Peggy Hutchison Michel and Lynda Allard Jessica Maziarz 1 Anonymous John Yolkowski Ian and Ruth Atkinson Ian McLean John, Jayne and Hayden Lucas Robert Blake Juanita Metzger and Service Club Donations Jonathan English Max and Lynn Blouw Trent Bauman Kitchener Pioneer Karen and Bradley Morris Bruce and Mary Boucher Bruce and Shelly Mitchell Lions Club Inc. Katherine Hubley Michael and Michele Boucher Dr. Jan and Jean Narveson Rotary Club of Kristine and Mark Schumacher Alex Boussetta Frank and Marie Nowak Kitchener-Westmount Lisa Short Barbara Campbell and George and Dora Pepall The Optimist Club Lynne Paquette John Tennant Mirko Petricevic of Lakeshore Village, Maggie Heeney and Dr. Michael S. Casey Roy Pletch Waterloo Ron Filsinger Scot Dalton Geoffrey and Ann Power Marina Barnstijn David McCammon Roland and J. Elaine Rees Gifts in Memory Marion Burtenshaw Photography Tom Reitz of Caroline Oliver Mary Thompson-Oliver Major Gifts Manfred and Penny Conrad Paul and Rita Ross Dr. Richard D. Christy Elizabeth Dell Frank and Kathy Rogers Andrea Parks Maureen Sawa Michael Barnstijn and Ron Craigen and Margaret Karen Redman Dr. Shah and Donnita Deen Margaret Dickson Eric Rumble Barb and Adriaan Kempe Michael and Sylvia Dienst Louise MacCallum McCreery Rob Schlegel Dee Anne and Eric Dirksen John and Marilyn Dippell Malcolm B. Shantz Barbara and David Thomas Michael Barnstijn Edward Burtynsky Sandra and Graham Dare Mark and Kris Schumacher Dan and Bev Glenn-Graham Laura Dixon Alison A. Smith Ben and Norma Fear Michael Kelly Randall Howard and Ron and Betsy Eydt Tim Seegmiller and Beverly Eric and Maria Hentschel Frank Etherington and Albert and Marion Smith Berry Vrbanovic Mirko Petricevic Judy McMullan Roger and Cathy Farwell Harris Jane G. Hill Sue Coulter Elinor Smith Beverly Hershey Nancy Knight Gary Luftspring Dr. Arnold and Mary Ann Jim and Valerie Stinson Ivan and Carol Hurlbut Shana Feldman and Mendel and Judith Somer Bill Stoody Natalia Kochetova-Kozloski Brian Magee Fleming Tim and Carol Sullivan Dr. Roderick and Alberta Jack Christian Gaudette Edward and Mary Sopko Brian Forbes Colgate Pat Arsenault Nicholas Metevier Joseph and Xiaopu Fung Ross Wells and Judith Jacob and Grace Jutzi Ben and Norma Fear Fred Standeven Carl Zehr Patricia Siemens and Bill Redelmeier Lori and Peter Gove Stephens-Wells Reetu and Dalvir Kambo Jerry and Margaret Finnen Dwight and Kathryn Storring Carol Jankowski Chuck Erian Alan Tanenbaum Elizabeth Heald and Warren Dr. Ian and Terry Wilson Martin and Charlotte Levene Douglas Fraser Marilyn G. Truemner Carole Beland Paul and Rita Ross Anonymous Galilee John and Michelle Wolfe Sonia and Tony Lewis Lois A. Fricker Paul Van de Kamer Cathy Miehm Peter Benninger Alex Hardy 1 anonymous Joyce MacCallum Fatima Garzan Barbara and Ransom Vrooman Christine Michaud Richard and Annemarie Weiss Director’s Circle Peggy Jarvie Jamie and Renée Martin Dr. William and Jim Wilken and City of Kitchener Rob Deyman ($5000+) Doug and Lynne Kirton Corporate Circle/Donors Keith Martin and Mrs. Ann Gawman Marlene Kennedy Colin and Elizabeth Gabriel Robert Bourdeau Bob and Judy Astley Bryce and Kelly Kraeker ($750+) Jackie Hatherly-Martin Marcella Granick John D. Whitefoot Craig Stevenson Ross Wells and Judith Michael Barnstijn and Dr. Desta Leavine Manulife Financial Harald A. Mattson Brandon Gries Herbert and Barbara Whitney Dee Anne and Eric Dirksen Stephens-Wells Louise MacCallum Rex Lingwood and Wendy Rae & Lipskie Investment Rohinton P. Medhora Richard and Jean Haalboom Cameron E. K. Yule Diane Laitar Sally Hannon Pamela Bierstock Mitchinson Counsel Inc. Thomas and Jocelyn Mennill Iris Haussler 2 Anonymous Dwight and Kathryn Storring Sarah Gunz Murray and Terry Ann Gamble Shirley Madill SunLife Financial William and J. Doreen Motz F. Gary Hale and Anne Childs Eleanor and Robert Mueller Sharon McMorran Randall Howard and Dr. Fred and Susan Mather Waterloo Manufacturing Eleanor and Robert Mueller Marilyn Harder Donors Frances Barrick Stephen Jacobson Judy McMullan The Menich Family Company Limited John and Janet Panabaker Chris Harold ($25+) Frank Etherington and Steve and Evelyn Crossman Larry Williamson Tom and Elizabeth Motz 1 Anonymous Joy Roberts and Barb and Jim Heldmann Bruce Brubacher Sue Coulter Theron and Joy Kramer Peter Nosalik Douglas McMullen Sarah and Darren Hemingway Irene Campling Gale Cameron Thomas Mennill Curator’s Circle Jon Fear Partner Club Senta Ross Kenneth and Mara Hollands David Crate and George and Sandy Barlen Tracy Smith ($1000+) Members ($250+) Edwin Outwater Paul and Paula Rostrup Fatima Husein and Stewart Cuppage Gerald and Marie Weiler William Bean Mike Aiken Carmeta Abbott David Paleczny and Mary Anthony Salomone Rafael Sorkin Brian and Margaret Hendley Gina Holstead and Anonymous Carmen and James Austin Thomas and Roswita Ball Reynolds Marcia Schofield Dr. Roderick and Alberta Jack John and Elizabeth Kerr Graham Howe Dr. Kerr and Shehnaz Banduk Sandra Bartman David and Joan Petras Thomas W. Scott and Deborah Jeffery Alan Kirker Greg and Masako MacMillan In-Kind Gifts Marina Barnstijn Fred and Dora Mae Blayney John and Joyce Pollock Karen McCardle J. Neil and Marilyn Jones Terence Kroetsch Greta and Family DeLonghi Coastal Coffee Doug and Aggie Beynon Bill Poole and Louise Dzuryk Edward and Mary Brough Harold and Violet Seegmiller Victoria Kent David Livingstone Hulene Montgomery Alf Bogusky and Ann Pappert Ken and Norah Rae Jane Buyers and Don Druick Peter Sims Robynne and Rob Kingswood Mary Pappert Ivan Elliot Anne Brydon BLACK & GOLD 2015 / 46 47

Premiere Event Sponsor In-Kind Sponsors Silent Auction Donors CN Tower/La Tour CN Jewelry Secrets Puck’s Plenty Foraging Tours The Frugal Decorator Artist Donors RBC Wealth Management Artline Salon 570 News Cora’s Breakfast and Johnny Rocco’s Puslinch Lake Golf Course The Huether Hotel Allan Harding MacKay | RBC Phillips, Hager & North Central Ontario Orchid Society A Matter of Taste Coffee Bar Lunch Waterloo JP’s Hair & Aesthetics Queen Street Commons The Inn at Huff Estates Allyson Schmidt-Reeves Investment Counsel Direction Printing Airways Transit Cowboys & Angels KW Sewing Machines Ltd. Queen Street Yoga The Poultry Place Amy Ferrari Art Studio Edible Arrangements Allan Ryan, Butterfly Crowne Plaza Hotel KW Telescope Queen’s Landing Guest House The Registry Theatre Anne Filiatrault Supporting Sponsors Evergreen Transfer Studio Inc. Drayton Entertainment Kate Carder-Thompson Red X Wine Club The Waterlot Bill Schwarz Miller Thomson LLP Factory Shoe, Kitchener Anita’s Beauty Spa E. Dyck Opticians Keg Restaurants Ltd. Rejuvenate Medical The Waters - An Urban Bojana Videkanic Fine Feathers Arman’s Jewellers LTD Edwin Outwater Kiss Kiss Shoes Spa/Spa Surgica Spa Retreat Cathy Farwell Sponsors Holiday Inn, Artline Salon Erban Corner Kitchener Golf Relish Cooking Studio The Welly Loft Don MacKay Allan Bush, Kitchener Waterloo Hotel Baby Charlotte European Vision of Fashion Kitchener Rangers Rheo Thompson Candies The Works (Waterloo) Doug Kirton First Vice-President, & Conference Centre BATL | Backyard Axe Factory Shoe Hockey Club Roylco Limited The Yeti Café Eileen MacArthur Investment Advisor, Julia Flowers Throwing League Fifth Avenue Collection Kitchener-Waterloo Rumners Wobble Tim Hortons Fatima Garzan CIBC Wood Gundy Martin’s Family Fruit Farm Belgian Nurseries Jewellery (Karen Simoneau) Symphony Schreiters Towne Bowl Jane Buyers Château des Charmes Wines Nestlé Waters Canada Best Western PLUS Fine Feathers La Cucina Seasons Fine Clothing Urban Body Health Spa Jean Marshall Crosby Volkswagon Audi Inc. Nom Nom Treats Orangeville Inn and Suites Forest Hill Bed & Breakfast Langdon Hall Country Solé Restaurant & Wine Bar VIA Rail Canada Jean Stevenson Fleischauer Brothers Picard’s Peanuts Beverly Hills Weight Four Points by Sheraton House Hotel & Spa State of the Art Supplies Victoria Antiques Jim Tubb Landscaping Limited Sharon Morton Management Waterloo Kitchener Hotel Les Diplomates B&B Steam Whistle Brewing and Heirlooms Judith Stephens-Wells Giffen, LLP The Bay, Conestoga Mall Black Arrow Cycle and Suites Living Lighting Stratford Chefs School Victoria Star Motors Karen Cummings Henry Walser Funeral Total Skin & Body Boston Pizza Fred Astaire Dance Studio Lost & Found Theatre Stratford Summer Music Vincenzo’s Laurel Pedersen Home Limited Anti-Aging Spa Kitchener-Waterloo Friends of Maycourt Shop M&M Meat Shops Ltd. Stratford Tourism Alliance Voila Institute of Hair Design Linda Martinello KPMG Bowring Sunrise in Belmont Village Manori Sweet Dreams Tea Company Waterloo Inn Michael Flomen Programmed Insurance Bradshaw’s Gem Spa Mary Anne Neville Symposium Cafe Restaurant Waterloo Region Record Milutin Gubash Brokers Inc. BreadBaron Gerald Bissett Mel’s Diner and Lounge Waterloo Xiaopu Photography Nicholas Rees Steed & Evans Ltd. Cambridge Butterfly Grand River Film Festival Moksha Yoga Waterloo The Adventurers Guild RBC Foundation Toyota Motor Manufacturing Conservatory Grand River Glassworks My Thai Board Game Café & Tavern Robert Achtemichuk Canada Inc. Cameron’s Flower Shop Great Lakes Helicopter Norris Bakery The Apollo Cinema Robert Linsley Canadian Opera Company Hauser Company Store Pamela C. Mordecai The Canadian Clay & Robert McNair Channer’s Men’s Apparel Heer’s Paint and Décor Paul Puncher Men’s Clothier Glass Gallery Ron Shuebrook Château des Charmes Heffner Lexus PDR Pictures & Framing The Charcoal Group Sandra Martin Chocolate Barr’s Candies Herrle’s Country Farm Market Perth Pepper and Pestle of Restaurants Tara Cooper Chris Hadfield Hybrid Hair and Detox Spa Petsche’s Shoes The Culinary Studio City Café Bakery IDEA|EXCHANGE Princess Cinema The Devitt Union Photos: © 2015 Scott Lee. VOLUNTEERS 2015 / 48 AKNOWLEDGEMENTS / 49

Crystal Mowry Lauren Seifried, and Karoline Varin, \ Much of our departmental work for sharing their passion for art and requires quick thinking and creative commitment to education with all Shirley Madill problem-solving. 2015 was filled with our participants. I would like to extend my gratitude ambitious projects that required to Bryce Kraeker, President, and the collaborative thinking. Each member Shelly Mitchell Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery’s Board of our team faced challenges with Thank you to our Visitor Services/ of Directors for their support and imagination and optimism, making 2015 Volunteer coordinators Julie Burdett and advice this past year. A special thank an exemplary year for chemistry within Becky Moore and their team of Gallery you to the Senior Management team: our department. Infinite gratitude goes attendants: Kaitlyn Webb Patience, Shelly Mitchell, Director of Finance and to Jennifer Bullock, Assistant Curator / Lauren Seifried, Nell Crook, Samantha Administration; Crystal Mowry, Senior Meerasa Abida Frank Heinrich Bruce Mitchell Logan Walsh Registrar for her wisdom and precision; Howarth, and Terrina Reitzel. These Curator; and Nicole Neufeld, Director of Mike Aiken Marilyn Heinrich Jeremy Mitchell Lori Watson Linda Perez, Curatorial Assistant for the dedicated staff members welcome Public Programs. A special thanks also Biana Armbruster Samantha Howarth Vanessa Moniz Chloe Wolfe thoughtfulness and care that she brings visitors, answer general inquiries about to Annabelle Girard who was Manager of Beatriz Asfora Tommy Hsiao Becky Moore John Wolfe to all our projects; and Josh Peressotti, exhibitions, classes and public talks and Public Programs during Nicole Neufeld’s Cameron Ball Neha Joshi Robyn Morgan Cindy Xu Preparator, for bringing out the best process registrations for programs. maternity leave and Karen Rickers, Shenaz Banduk Emma Joy Hayley Mouck-Gould Xiaolu Yang in artists and making magic happen in who joined us as Director of Marketing Hanna Barrett David Junca Crystal Mowry Sharon Yau our galleries. Thanks are also extended During 2015, KWAG was open 357 in mid-December last year. We miss Elizabeth Baxter Reetu Kambo Swagata Mukherjee Natalie Zapata to our volunteers, installation staff days (3,070 hours); more than 40,000 the presence of Caroline Oliver, former Jane Breithupt Ayaka Kawamata Laman Muradova Jing Jing Zhang and especially artists and visitors who visitors/participants were welcomed Director of Marketing and Development Julie Burdett Doug Kirton Sagal Muse Lily Zhang continue to demonstrate the value of by this wonderful team. at the Gallery who lost her battle Lindsay Burdett Milan Kozomora Mia Nan Regan Zink visual arts in everyday life. Liz Buzza Gayle Kritzer Nathan Nederpelt with cancer last year. I also thank our designer, Liz Morant, for all her creative Matea Ceric Bryce Kraeker Liz O’Reilly Black & Gold Nicole Neufeld work on materials associated with the Timmy Chandler Alex Krueger Salome Perez Organizing Committee The Public Programs team is only able Julie Couchman Jennifer Laurie Chelsea Poole Pat Arsenault Gallery and Jennifer Laurie, who was to deliver innovative and engaging KWAG.CA Julie Burdett promoted to Development Officer in Jaiming (Jeffery) Cui Sydney Laurie Amara Pope programs to connect with our public T 519.579.5860 Jennifer Laurie September for all things related to Rachel Dang Steve Lavigne Rachael Pratt because of the dedication and F 519.578.0740 Shelly Mitchell Development and Events and our Black Alexandra DeMarchi Brittany Law Judy Proctor commitment of the whole team. E [email protected] Patsy Demetriou Linda Leblanc Roxy Promhouse Sharon Morton and Gold gala. I applaud all KWAG staff My heartfelt thanks go to Alex Krueger, 101 Queen Street N Gail Wise for their collective efforts in making the Kevin Dias Lisa Leblanc Eric Roesler Public Programs Coordinator, for Kitchener, ON Canada Susan Wright year such a success. Zoey Ding Lillian Leung Senta Ross continuously delivering high quality N2H 6P7 Sheila Yendt Julie Driver Yan (Ella) Li Amanda Roy To artists, colleagues, community programs and always looking for Lexi (Shuhan) Li Sheida Sadeghi Tatjana Dudas partners, volunteers, audiences, new ways to engage our community; Ruby Eagle Jennie Li Zahra Saidhersi Interns and Work Study Students contributors, members, sponsors — our Mindy Alexander, School Programs Sophie Enderi Adan Lopez Olalekan (Ola) Salami Beatriz Asfora work is possible only because of you, Coordinator (until July), for the positive Maritza Estrada Donna Louks Chris Sargent Hannah Barrett and for that I express my deep and outlook and generous spirit she brings Fiki Falola Alice Lu Helen Schafer Rachel Dang sincere thanks. to her work; Kate Carder-Thompson, Gallery Hours Sarah Farquhar Meeka Lu Leticia Schuelter de Lima Monday the Gallery is closed Ruby Eagle (Kingsbury) School Programs Coordinator (since Carolyn Ferguson Timothy Luckhurst Kris Schumacher Special acknowledgement goes to our Tuesday to Wednesday Cristal Gomez August), for her commitment to access Justine Fraser Brendan Lynch Judith Stephens-Wells public funders – Canada Council for & Friday 9:30 am–5 pm Tommy Hsiao to the arts through education for all Thursday 9:30 am–9 pm Murray Gamble Shayla Macdonald Lauren Siefried the Arts; Ontario Arts Council; City of Donna Louks ages and stages; Annabelle Girard, Saturday 10 am–5 pm Crystal Gomez Courtney Magnus Annette Snowdon Kitchener; and City of Waterloo – for Brittany Law Manager of Public Programs (maternity Sunday 1–5 pm Lauren Grant Dale Mann Colin Summers without this support, we would not be Check kwag.ca for Shayla Macdonald leave replacement) for her fresh Angela Grasse Zoe Mayirou Reka Szepesvari able to accomplish what we do. extended hours Rebecca Martin perspectives and enthusiasm; and Jamie Groh Rebecca Martin Nancy Townes Sharon Yau all our Artist Educators, Christine Ball, Office Hours Colleen Haydl Irene McCormack Judy Turner Monday to Friday Junyuan (Violet) He Milena McCormack Brandon Van Dam Samantha Howarth, Steve Lavigne, 9 am–5 pm Jacob Heard Shaun McFee Cassandra van Heeswyk Photo (top left): © 2015 Scott Lee. 50