New Brunswick Museum Announces
Special Summer Art Exhibition
05/24/2005 - New Brunswick Museum

The New Brunswick Museum announced plans to exhibit works of art inspired by the Museum collection throughout July and August.
The works were created by twenty four artists from Saint John especially for a unique weekend event called Art and Artifacts. Billed as "a studio tour with a twist", the art was exhibited throughout the Museum's three floors of galleries, with artists on hand to discuss their work.
For the summer exhibition, the twenty four major works of art will be displayed together in one gallery. Jane Fullerton, Director of the New Brunswick Museum, notes that "we most often think of Museum collections being used for research purposes. This project demonstrates not only the diversity of the Museum's collection, but the different ways it can be used by different people."
Artist Elma Johnston McKay created a wire sculpture inspired by a Chinese earthenware horse's head in the Museum's Decorative Arts Gallery. Kathy Hooper produced a journal relating to the same small horse. Colin Smith contributed a painting inspired by a quilt in the Museum collection; Barbara Tracey-Larocque's quilt is a collage made with foil candy wrappers.
The exhibition gives summer Museum visitors the opportunity to see and appreciate the work of many talented local artists under one roof. Suzanne Hill, an artist and one of the project organizers, says the artists "are very pleased to exhibit their work as part of a major group show at an institution with the stature of our provincial museum." Both established and emerging artists are represented, with work in various two and three dimensional media.
Funds raised through the two day Art and Artifacts event go to a fund established through the Greater Saint John Community Foundation to assist professional artists.
For further information contact Wendy Martindale, Manager, Interpretive Services, (506) 643-2338