exhibition: showcase 09

SHOWCASE.09
Cambridge Galleries Queen's Square + Preston

September 12 - October 25
Opening Reception: Saturday September 12, 2:00-5:00 pm
Opening comments at 2:30 pm at Queen's Square

Three exhibitions opening on one afternoon!
Showcase.09 (at both Queen's Square + Preston) shares an opening reception with Roula Partheniou: Circular Logic (in the Queen's Square Library), and The Art of Wallpaper (at Design at Riverside).

FREE ART BUSES DEPARTING TORONTO, WATERLOO + KITCHENER * (details below)

SHOWCASE.09 is the third installment of Cambridge Galleries' emerging artists biennial. Co-curators Sara Knelman, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and Cambridge Galleries Curator Ivan Jurakic looked at 138 submissions by artists from across Central, Southern and Southwestern Ontario. Their final selection features an exciting group of 13 up-and-coming artists working in a range of media ranging from photography, painting, video, fibre, bronze and mixed media.

This year's exhibition features recent works by: JULIA BELTRANO (London), KRISTIN BJORNERUD (Hamilton), FAUSTA FACCIPONTE (Mississauga), STEFANIE FIORE (Woodbridge), MARTIN GOLLAND (Toronto), LAUREN HALL (Kitchener), JEAN-PAUL KELLY (Toronto), DAVID R. HARPER (Toronto), ANDREW MACDONALD (London), DAVID MCDOUGALL (Toronto), SASHA PIERCE (Toronto), NATHALIE QUAGLIOTTO (Kitchener), and ALEKS WOSZCZYNA (Toronto). Showcase.09 will be on display concurrently at both the Queen's Square and Preston galleries.

Cambridge Galleries are supported by membership, the City of Cambridge, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

* FREE ART BUSES:
TORONTO: Departing from Ministry of the Interior (80 Ossington Ave.) at 1:00 pm.
WATERLOO REGION: Departing from the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (25 Caroline St. N.) at 1:00 pm, and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (101 Queen St. N.) at 1:20 pm.

Please note: First come first seated!

For info contact K. Jennifer Bedford at 519.621.0460 X119.

CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES QUEEN'S SQUARE
1 North Square
Cambridge, ON
N1S 2K6

Gallery Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 9:30 am - 8:30 pm,
Friday & Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm

CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES PRESTON
435 King Street East
Cambridge, Ontario N3H 3N1
T 519.653.3632

Gallery Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 12 noon - 8:30 pm,
Friday & Saturday: 12 noon - 5:30 pm, Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm

MEDIA CONTACT:
K. Jennifer Bedford
jbedford@cambridgegalleries.ca
519.621.0460 ext. 119
www.cambridgegalleries.ca

IMAGES (left to right): Fausta Facciponte, Walter for $5.00, 2009, digital print mounted on Plexiglas. Kristin Bjornerud, Nightmare Keeps Her Safe, 2008, watercolour and gouache on paper. David McDougall, Gasmask Guy, 2008, bronze.