TRUCK is proud to present local artist Cat Schick as she teams with This is My City to host an Artist Trading Card (ATC) workshop for members of Calgary’s homeless population. ATCs are miniature works of art, created on 2" x 3" inch card stock. There are no restrictions as to medium. One does not need to be a classically trained artist to make trading cards—only have an idea, and the will to express it.This is My City (TMC) was initiated by the City of Calgary's Arts & Culture Department to facilitate engagement of homeless citizens in art making, building the program through a team approach with local arts groups and artist-mentors. To date, TMC has begun the development of programs with the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre, The Mustard Seed, CUPS (Calgary Urban Project Society) and the Calgary Homeless Foundation.
For more information about This is My City: Artist Trading Card Workshops, please visit http://tmcatc.wordpress.com.
Cat Schick graduated from ACAD in 1987 with a diploma in Photographic Arts. After living and exhibiting in Calgary for a few years, she moved to Zürich, Switzerland in 1990. While there her practice expanded to include installation, assemblage, artists’ books, and artist trading cards. Schick’s photographic work included black and white, Polaroid, and digital. She had several exhibitions in Switzerland as well as Holland, the Czech Republic, and Canada. In 2006 she returned to Calgary.
Through the Artist Trading Card project Schick has co-organized several events and exhibitions, including her own project that invites women from all over the world to participate in a card exchange. Currently she is working as an artist/mentor for the City of Calgary’s homeless artist project called This Is My City, doing ATC workshops, trading sessions and exhibitions with the homeless population. She also sits on the board of EAR Elephant Artist Relief.
CAMPER is TRUCK's Contemporary Art Public Mobile Exhibition Rig -- a 1975 Dodge Empress 19.5 foot motor home, modified to become a portable public exhibition and project space. CAMPER’S mandate is to investigate the places where art, the road, education, and recreation all meet; and to explore these intersections in an inclusive, participation-oriented manner that fosters public education and appreciation of contemporary art practices.
| Date : | 10 juin 2009 |
| Heure : | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Lieu : | Olympic Plaza, as part of the City of Calgary's Brown Bag Lunch Series |
| Adresse : | 222 8th Ave SE |
| Ville : | Calgary, AB |
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