English-Language Arts Network

Annie Briard presents Arborescence RED, an interdisciplinary show about our relationship to nature, and the irony of the 'green' phenomenon. NEXUS gallery will be transformed into a unique experience of strange fairytales and bizarre twists.

Arborescence RED includes amongst other works an animation installation about a lonely girl's love affair with her houseplant; paintings; fibre art and video.

Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 4pm - 7pm, Thursday 3pm - 6pm, Saturday 1pm - 4pm @ NEXUS gallery - 218 St-Paul W. (Place d'Armes metro)

Arborescence RED runs til May 15

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Annie Briard presents arborescence RED, an interdisciplinary show about our relationship to nature, and the irony of the 'green' phenomenon. NEXUS gallery will be transformed into a unique experience of strange fairytales and bizarre twists.

Arborescence RED includes amongst other works an animation installation about a lonely girl's love affair with her houseplant; paintings; fibre art and video.

Vernissage: April 24, 7pm to 11pm

Accès Asie was formed in 1995 to present all artistic disciplines in dance, comedy, theatre, video, film, visual arts, music, poetry, performance and new media. We feature artists with origins from over twenty countries.

In order to promote and celebrate Asian Heritage Month, Accès Asie would like to unveil its 13th May program edition, which is from May1st to 24th. The festivals in May will consist of a painting exposition, two interdisciplinary performances, an interactive multimedia installation, film projections, a dance show, two dance workshops and a Bollywood mega party.

Feel free to contact us at info@accesasie.com for any questions.

Lee and Watson's work have several things in common. The primary similarity lies in their approaches. They are both inspired by the nature near to them; forest for Sheila, lake for Susan. Environmental issues concern them deeply and reaching people with these concerns, while creating aesthetically pleasing work, is important to both.

Through their current creations Lee and Watson convey a sense of loss for the flora and fauna of their surroundings, while expressing their concerns for the fate of the environment, and their love and admiration of nature.

Official opening: May 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival returns for its 3rd year with a great line up of performances, including artists such as Rachel Barton Pine, Gary Graffman, Ranee Lee, Natalie Choquette, Ilya Kaler, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Oliver Jones, Ivo Janssen, Florence K, and Bell Orchestre.

Tickets can be purchased at 514-489-7444 or 514-489-3444.

Featured Artist: Iaian Greenson

Iaian's large canvases depict our interactions with trivial pop culture miscellany, television heroes, and everyday objects. Iaian avoids the kind of polite and passive intellectualism that bogs down some Canadian art. His work goes for the heart, the ass, and the eye. Like a musician, Iaian uses color as reverb, and his palette is Matisse's. His surface imagery is carefully randomized like Basquiat.

Vernissage: Friday April 18 at 7 pm
In “Undercurrents”, the first exhibition of the season at Galerie McKenzie Marcotte in Wakefield, Shawn McNevin presents lyrical, meditative paintings of the Gros Morne area of Newfoundland.The paintings, whether they are distant images of land forms lost in the vastness of the sky and sea, intimate observations of a particular tree or the sky at twilight, all reveal the undercurrent of an encounter with solitude, of transcendence and of awe.

Shawn McNevin's paintings in “Undercurrents”, whether they are distant images of land forms lost in the vastness of the sky and sea off the west coast of Newfoundland, intimate observations of a particular tree or the sky at twilight, all reveal this artist’s moods and perceptions. There is indeed the undercurrent of an encounter with solitude, of transcendence and of awe that Shawn has experienced in rural Newfoundland.