Stuts Gallery Artist-in-Residence Scott Rogers

Monday, March 15th, 2010, midnight

Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre are pleased to welcome Calgary artist Scott Rogers as the next Open Studio Artist-in-Residence. Scott will work on a variety of projects within the gallery from March 15 through to April 17. The residency is supported by the New Brunswick Arts Board.

Scott will be initiating an experimental collaborative residency and exhibition project titled Instructions for a Members’ Show. Stemming from current forms of social art practice and the legacy of Conceptual Art, Scott’s residency investigates the structures and systems of artist-run culture, and the possibilities for collaboration and critique that develop out of these systems. As part of the project Scott has solicited instructions for artworks from members of Struts Gallery that he will then produce through consultation with each artist over the course of the residency. These artworks need not be traditional works of art in any sense, and can encompass any form of creative activity no matter how ephemeral. In this way Scott becomes a mediator for other artists’ projects (somewhere between a curator and a fabricator), while simultaneously participating directly with the Sackville community.

Scott will present an introductory artist talk at the gallery on Wednesday March 17, at 5 pm. Alongside the artworks that Scott is developing, he will also be facilitating film screenings, studio visits, a workshop, and a reading group that will run throughout the course of the residency. Each of these events are intended to foster further dialogue around collaborative art, and help encourage an exchange of ideas regarding professional and personal development for artists. The entire project will culminate in a brief Members Exhibition taking place at Struts during the middle of April.

For more information on Struts visit: www.strutsgallery.ca. You can contact the gallery at 536 1211 or email: info@strutsgallery.ca.