U of S Student Receives Prestigious Award at Kenderdine Gallery
Posted August 06, 2003
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 6, 2003 2003-08-04-OTHER
U of S Student Receives Prestigious Award at Kenderdine Gallery
University of Saskatchewan art student Ray Lodoen will receive the C.D. Howe
Scholarship from the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts on Friday, August 8th,
at the official opening of the Royal Canadian Academy exhibition,
"Lodestar," at the Kenderdine Gallery. The event begins at 8 p.m.
Lodoen, an eclectic artist, has worked on a pilot project with the City of
Saskatoon teaching video to youth, mentored students at the Mendel Art
Gallery ("Raw Edge Workshops" 2003), and has 14 years experience in the sign
industry (graphic and manufacturing.) He has also been lead singer in a
musical group, "Cactus" (winner of "Band Wars" 1995).
This fall, Ray Lodoen enters his final year of a B.F.A. program at the U of
S. He is the creator of the Stolen Ashtray Project
(http://www.itjournalist.com/ashtray.htm), as well as a member of A.K.A.
Gallery and has had work exhibited in a variety of galleries in Saskatchewan
and Alberta.
Exhibition: July 14 - August 24, 2003
Public reception and awards presentation: Friday, August 8, 8pm
* Alison Hymas, President of the RCA will join us for the reception on
August 8th to present the C.D. Howe Scholarship to U of S Fine Arts student,
Ray Lodoen.
Location: Kenderdine Art Gallery, 2nd Floor Agriculture Building, U of S
Campus
Lodestar is a consideration of the influences of twelve senior Saskatchewan
artists, all members of the Royal Canadian Academy, upon next generation
artists. In this multi generational project, senior artists have selected
younger artists whose work is of personal interest to each. The "second
generation" artists have been impacted to varying degrees through the senior
artist's visibility and in some cases via direct mentoring influences. This
project has received support from the National Council of the Royal Canadian
Academy, with the cross generational and mentoring aspects of the project
being of particular interest to the R.C.A.
Artists: Douglas Bentham and Terry O'Flanagan, Bob Boyer and David Garneau,
Bob Christie and Jonathan Forrest, Victor Cicansky and Jefferson Little,
Michael Hosaluk and Tom Ray / Miranda Jones / Heather Cline / Jamie Russell
/ Trent Watts / Art Perlett / Doug Taylor / Amanda Immelman, Gregory Hardy
and Nancy Lowry, Dorothy Knowles and Catherine Perehudoff, Wynona Mulcaster
and Otto Rogers, Wilf Perreault and Jeff Nachtigall, William Perehudoff and
John McLean, Allen Sapp and Lyndon Tootoosis, David Thauberger and Rick
Gorenko.
All media are invited to attend the show opening and awards presentation.
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For more information, please contact:
Kent Archer
Kenderdine Art Gallery
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-4571
Email: kent.archer@usask.ca
Website: www.usask.ca/kenderdine
