New Year, New Exhibitions

It's that time again - oh yes. New exhibition time! and it will be for the next few weeks as Harcourt House presents the work of two fantastic local artists.

Sherri Chaba: Life-Line
Cynthia Fuhrer: I Make My Own Friends
January 6 – February 12, 2011
Opening reception: Thursday, January 6 from 7-10 pm
Cynthia Fuhrer artist talk: Thursday, January 6 at 6 pm
Sherri Chaba artist talk: Friday, January 14th at 1:00 pm,
Room 203 at MacEwan Centre for the Arts and Communications, 10045-156 Street, Edmonton


In the Main Gallery, Sherri Chaba presents a sculptural installation sparked by first hand accounts of the impact of industry in northern Alberta. The reclamation and marriage of manufactured and natural materials compose the sculptures in this thought provoking exhibition. Guests are invited to walk through this work and explore the surreal point where nature and industry meet.




In the Front Room Gallery, Cynthia Fuhrer exhibits a new body of work of people who do not exist. This exhibition grew over an 18 month period when Furher compulsively drew faces, which have since evolved into clay busts.

Fuhrer’s portraits are created with no one in mind and no forethought as to what the faces will look like. These beautifully peculiar busts allow the rawness of the material to show through, yet provide something delicately “human” for viewers to identify with.



Join us for these intriguing shows -- and don't forget about the free artist talks.

Goodbye Neil, Hello David

Well, Neil's last show is up and he is teaching his last class as our Artist in Residence. We turn another page in Harcourt history. We all want to express our sincerest thanks and good hopes for the future to Neil. He has been a joy to have around. We will truly hate to see him go. I hope he does pop in now and then to let us know what he's up to and maybe keep his hand in and teach a class or something.

On the other hand it is time to welcome David Janzen. Last Thursday David mentioned that he felt he was following in some pretty big foot prints. I am sure he will be just as successful as Neil. David will make his own substantial marks in the Harcourt soil.

Unfortunately the Visual Arts Alberta Association has seen fit to not collaborate with Harcourt House in the Annual Art Auction and Gala. Therefore, we are rethinking our annual fund raiser out of necessity. At the moment we are thinking it will be in the spring some time. Stay tuned for more information about that.

Anyone who was thinking of making their usual annual donation will still be welcome and the donations will be matched by the Alberta Government's Community Spirit program. Of course tax receipts will be issued for all donations. Those who usually donate works of art can hold off for a little while. We have very limited storage space. We will be in touch with the usual people to let them know when the Harcourt fund raiser will take place.

In the meantime, everyone come out and see Neil's show as well as Duncan Johnson who's work also merits a close look.

I hope everyone has a great autumn and I hope you will be able to visit here a little more often.

Derek Brooks

Executive Director

Harcourt House Artists' Run Centre