Melanie Colosimo

Eastern Edge Gallery

Melanie Colosimo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:56:16 +0000

Eastern Edge Gallery. January 14th – February 25th

Opening reception and talk – Jan 14th, 3 – 5pm

Eastern Edge Gallery: Jan 14 – Feb 25

Melanie Colosimo — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:22:22 +0000

One more month and I’ll be at Eastern Edge Gallery in Newfoundland installing a variation of my series of drawings from Stay as you were when you had left. My friend, roommate and carpenter extraordinaire Shaun Raymakers built me gorgeous new frames for these works so I can’t wait to get them up. This is also the first time I’ve ever been to St. John’s which is also very exciting.

There will be an essay to go along with this exhibition that I’ll post shortly by Mike Landry, arts editor of the Telegraph Journal in New Brunswick.

See you in the New Year St. John’s!

A Declaration of Principles

Melanie Colosimo — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:57:49 +0000

From my friends at Broken City Lab - http://www.brokencitylab.org

Tonight Only

Melanie Colosimo — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:20:26 +0000

So I curated this show for my friend Amanda. I hope you can come by for the performances this evening!

CANADIAN POETRY, DAPOPO-STYLE

DaPoPo Theatre invites the public to join them for the launch of two new books: Groundwork: poems (by Amanda Jernigan, with wood engravings by John Haney) and The Essential Richard Outram (poems by Richard Outram, selected by Amanda Jernigan; with wood engravings by Barbara Howard). The launch will take place Monday, October 17th at 8:30 p.m., at the TNS Living Room (2353 Agricola Street, Halifax, NS). Admission is free or by donation to DaPoPo theatre. (Proceeds from book sales will likewise be donated to DaPoPo, to support their ongoing work.)

Jernigan is a long-time friend of DaPoPo, having co-created and performed in their first production, Four Actors in Search of A Nation (2004). Groundwork, her first book, is at once mythological and deeply personal. Its three sections take us from an archaeological dig in modern-day Tunisia, to an unorthodox Garden of Eden, to the seascapes of a re-envisioned Odyssey, in which traveller and maker converse across the distances of sea and tapestry. For fellow-poet George Murray, Jernigan’s poems are distinguished by ‘preternatural craft, heart, and mind’: ‘With Groundwork, Jernigan arrives not as a wide-eyed first-timer, but as a wide-eyed master,’ he writes.

In The Essential Richard Outram, Jernigan collects work by her poetic predecessor alongside wood engravings by Outram’s wife, the artist Barbara Howard, in an elegant selection designed to introduce Outram’s work to a new readership, and at the same time to present long-time Outram-followers with a fuller sense of the arc of this poet’s career than has heretofore been visible. Outram’s poems will be brought to life, at the launch, in readings by veteran DaPoPo actors Kim Parkhill and Hugo Dann. Listeners will have a chance to see some of the poems in their original publications, as well, in an on-site exhibition of Outram’s and Howard’s collaborative work, curated by Melanie Colosimo.

This event is part of DaPoPo’s Live-in Festival. It is being master-minded by DaPoPo Artistic Director GaRRy Williams, and is co-sponsored by DaPoPo Theatre, Biblioasis, Porcupine’s Quill, and the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. For more information about the book launch and about the festival at large, please see DaPoPo’s web site: http://dapopolivein2011.blogspot.com/

It’s growing!

Melanie Colosimo — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:44:38 +0000

New Digs and Updates too

Melanie Colosimo — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:09:29 +0000

The summer has been ram jammed with activity since I’ve been back in Halifax. Amongst many things I moved into a new studio in August and recently into a new apartment. I was invited to join the Manual Training Collective Artist Studios so I jumped on the chance immediately. The space is gorgeous. An old school-house, or maybe a town hall… I’m not 100% sure. But what I do know is that I’ve got high ceilings and huge windows. I’ve just finished moving in, save a few items, and already getting down to business. I received a grant this summer for my Eastern Edge show in NFLD so I’m working on some presentation methods.

Also news-worthy, I was offered an exhibition at AKA Gallery in Saskatoon in 2012 . Dates are yet to be confirmed. In addition to all this busy work, I’ve started a new job at NSCAD university at the Anna Leonowens Gallery as Exhibitions Coordinator. I am very excited to be there, working alongside the Anna Gallery Gals.

Other news: I’ve started doing some freelance work for a new Bank in the USA; banksimple.com. I contribute to their blog section on a regular basis. Thanks to Katie Beaton for the link on her site that led them to me!

I’ve also started a new scaffolding series. More on that next time…

A Sisyphean Return

Melanie Colosimo — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:13:03 +0000

I just spent the last two days in Sackville, NB experimenting with taking the drawings from Stay as you were when you had left into 3D space, at Struts Gallery. There’s an after work beer and popsicle reception at Struts next Friday, July 8th. If you’re around, I hope to see you there! (Click on the photo on the left to see more images…)

In other news: I’m very happy to say I’ve found a studio in Halifax at the old Cunard St. school-house. I’ll be moving in August.

Living is Easy

Melanie Colosimo — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:28:46 +0000

Animation w/Love was a fun and fantastic event. Sold out show and a lot of clever and gorgeous animations from all over North America!

Next I’ll be heading to Struts Gallery to participate in the Living is Easy members exhibition series. I think this is the 4th year that I’ve took advantage this two-week show at Struts to test new work and installation ideas. This year I’ll be there June 27- 30th to use the gallery as a studio for a few days to create a new animation and installation. The show is up from June 26th- July 9th.

Animation w/Love, Home Sweet Home PR

Melanie Colosimo — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:24:33 +0000

Animation with Love, Home Sweet Home

The Centre for Art Tapes is pleased to present Animation with Love, Home Sweet Home, a one night only screening of contemporary animation shorts, Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 7:00p.m. at the Carbon Arc Cinema in the Khyber Arts building (1588 Barrington St.).

Each year the Centre for Art Tapes organizes a screening dedicated solely to the art of animation. Siloën Daley and Dylan Edwards curated this year’s screening and chose the theme of Animation with Love, Home Sweet Home.

Speaking on her motivations when curating this screening Siloën says “My favorite part about short films, and short animated films in particular, is experiencing beautiful and creative worlds along with the artist’s personal stories.” Dylan shares his thoughts on the artform: “Animation is unique in its potential to bring a creator’s inner world to life, showing us places that are impossible, yet perfectly understandable.”

Animation with Love, Home Sweet Home includes animations by local, national and international animators. Artists included in the screening are Andrea Dorfman, Odessa Shuquaya, Tara Wells, Jyelle Vogel, Madi Piller, Neely Goniodsky, Dorota Forfa, Nick Fox-Geig, Kandis Friesen, Allison Comrie, Eva Madden-Hagen, Ilse Kramer, Leslie Supnet, Michelle Latimer and Terril Calder, Nancy Jean Tucker, Steve Wiseman, Melanie Colosimo, Elizabeth Belliveau, and Jess MacCormack.

Join us Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 7:00p.m. (doors at 6:30p.m.) at the Carbon Arc Cinema in the Khyber Arts building (1588 Barrington St.). This event is always a sold-out affair. Come early to ensure your seat.

The Centre for Art Tapes is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, and Culture and Heritage. CFAT gratefully acknowledges moving sponsor Premiere Van Lines for their generous support.

For more information contact CFAT Communications Coordinator Brendan Dunlop at cfat.communication@ns.sympatico.ca or 902-420-4002.

Hello ocean, hello Halifax

Melanie Colosimo — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:50:03 +0000

I finally arrived in Halifax this week, and to my surprise, my business cards were waiting for me! Thanks moo.com!

In other news:

Stay as you were when you had left will be at Eastern Edge Gallery in St. John’s, Newfoundland in Jan-Feb 2012.

Alone Now, With All of My Friends will be screened at Centre for Art Tapes‘ Animation w/Love: Home Sweet Home on May 26th.

More info on these shows to come…