NICHE GALLERY

Monday, August 9, 2010

Call for Exhibition Proposals

Want to exhibit your work at the niche gallery this upcoming school year? All interested artists are encouraged to submit an exhibition proposal, as we're beginning to schedule shows throughout the fall and into next spring. Please include images of your work, an outline of the proposed exhibit and any other relevant info. All info can be sent to Tyler Stewart at t.stewart@uleth.ca

Thanks for your interest and we're looking forward to a great year of thought-provoking, interesting and challenging artwork!

Tyler Stewart
Director/Curator

Monday, April 19, 2010

Introducing the 2010-2011 gallery team

The niche gallery team for the 2010-2011 academic year will consist of members Tyler Stewart, David Smith and Kaari Landry. It'll be exciting to see how these new individuals contribute their own unique visions for the gallery.

Special thanks to Bonnie Patton and Brenna Crabtree for being the back-bone of the gallery this past Spring semester 2010. The exhibitions wouldn't have been possible without their organization and dedication to the gallery. The Faculty + Staff Exhibition was a great way to end the school year. Excellent work, girls!

I'd like to send best wishes for another successful year at niche gallery! I hope that the 2010-2011 gallery team will enjoy the experience of running the gallery as much as our team did this year.

-Lisa Spinelli, former director

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Faculty + Staff Exhibition

*photos courtesy of Bonnie Patton

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Brianne Ippolito and Naznin Daya

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Allie Kratz: From Bone to Bone

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Jasmine Mutch: Obsessed

Saturday, December 19, 2009

CALL FOR GALLERY VOLUNTEER STAFF

Niche gallery is searching for new volunteers for the 2010-2011 school year. As the current gallery team will be entering their fourth year in September, we felt it would be suitable to give younger students an opportunity to obtain a valuable learning experience. This experience could be helpful to both Art History and Art Studio majors.

If you or someone you know is interested in helping run niche gallery, please e-mail Bonnie Patton at bonnie.patton@uleth.ca, or Brenna Crabtree at b.crabtree@uleth.ca

It is our gallery team's sincere hope that a group of students - 3 to 5 students - will help next year so that the gallery will continue.

There aren't really any strict rules or qualifications needed to run niche gallery - just a sincere interest and enthusiasm, as well as reliability, will do just fine.

However...

...on that note we'd still like to make a recommendation that at least one gallery team member have a background in Museum Studies (i.e. - someone who has taken Intro. to Museum Studies and/or Critical Issues in Museum Studies). This way the whole 'behind-the-scenes' gallery procedures will be addressed, because it's easy to underestimate the amount of thought behind an exhibition when you're new to the exhibition process; there's really more to it than one might think.

With that said, here are some good reasons to volunteer to run niche gallery:

It's a great learning experience
It's fun and interesting to run a gallery
It will look awesome on your artist CV/Resume
You'll obtain a lot of knowledge and appreciation for gallery spaces

Positions needed t0 be filled for 2010-2011 are:

Director/Curator
Public Coordinator
Interviewer/Review Writer
Technician/Installation Assistant

We hope to receive some e-mails in the New Year - may the recruiting begin!

Sincerely,

the 2009-2010 niche gallery team

"The niche gallery is set within the institution yet works outside the institution"

"The niche gallery is a place for anyone to show their work, whether it is a student, faculty member, or someone outside of the institution. The plexi-glass door also allows the viewer into the space as well, a space that is normally private. With niche gallery, the text panels are placed outside of the interior space because the gallery itself is art. When the niche gallery is between exhibitions, the space is still open. Although the space is empty, it is full. When another artist places his/her work in the space, it creates collaboration between the space and the artwork, between the artists and the viewers. Each piece has its place and remains separate, but also works together. There is a difference between inside and outside, but they co-exist"

-naomi sato, from her manifesto
"White Cube, Plexi-Glass Door"

gallery supporters

The gallery team would like to extend a special thanks to Professor Michael Campbell and U of L Art Gallery Administrator Fred Greene for their continuous support of the niche gallery project. As well we'd like to thank Professor David Miller for suggesting that we document the exhibitions on a website.

Also, thank you to the 2008-2009 U of L Art Society Executive for their decision to include the niche gallery in the group's agenda.

We also appreciate the collective interest and support of the U of L Art Department for encouraging students to continue to develop the existence of the niche gallery.

As the niche gallery is not-for-profit and has very limited funding from the Students' Union, if you would like to make a donation to the gallery, please contact us.