“Lose the January Blues” at the James North Art Collective, January 13 – February 5
Join us at the opening of our January exhibition featuring new work by collective members or drop by the James North Studio during Gallery hours.
The main floor galleries feature visual art and designer crafts and in the downstairs gallery photography is featured. A visit is a great way to fight the winter blahs.

Jean Crankshaw, "Cruciform Bollard 02 Pier 8, Hamilton", photograph, Jean is featured in the Photography Gallery
Opening reception for “Lose the January Blues” is Friday, January 13 from 7:30 pm during the January James North Art Crawl. Everyone welcome!
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm.
Of Heavenly Bodies & Earthly Things, Regina Haggo, The Hamilton Spectator, December 9, 2011
The sculpture feels airborne and earthbound at the same time. Two feathery wings rise from the shoulders in an arch, making the dress look as though it might take flight at any moment. But the rings and chains by which the angel hangs on the wall are clearly visible, suggesting that takeoff might be difficult. Veri uses some very ordinary household objects to create a pair of smaller angels without sacrificing the objects’ original shape, creating a tension between the real object and the fanciful being it represents. The angels’ wiry legs morph into arms or wings made from wooden clothes hangers, one pointing downward like a functional hanger, the other inverted. Clothespins clamped on red beads stand in for the heads. Not since American sculptor Alexander Calder used a clothespin to fashion a barking dog in the 1930s has the lowly utensil been so wittily repurposed.
John Kinsella is, by contrast, more down to earth. His striking oils depict southern Ontario landscapes and lakes and are accompanied by poems written by him. “These paintings and poems are personal meditations on the beauty and restorative power found in the natural settings of my home province,” he explains. “Their images linger in my mind’s eye and have become intertwined with who I am.” In Winter Light, Haliburton, a series of lines lead us back and up. Kinsella paints the snowy foreground with undulating verticals, alternating unevenly between dappled white and blue spaces built up with dabs of colour. These receding lines balance the more vertical trunks of the trees, which reach beyond the pictorial space. An inspired flash of white — the low, starlike sun — interrupts the rhythm of the lines, drawing the eye off centre and into the distance.
Sandee Ewasiuk takes us indoors with her small paintings of rooms and stairs enlivened with her trademark rich colours. And Sherelle Wilsack’s small reliquary-type creations and big fridge magnets make for great stocking stuffers. So do many other pieces in this show, which includes work by Barbara Sachs, Gise Trauttmansdorff, Frances Ward, Renate Min-oo, David McLaughlin and others.
Regina Haggo, dhaggo@thespec.com, Fri Dec 09 2011.
Regina Haggo, art historian, public speaker, curator and former professor at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, teaches at the Dundas Valley School of Art
New Exhibition: “Glad Tidings”, a Salon and Sale of Fine Art, Craft & Objects d’Art, November 11 – December 23

The James North Art Collective invites you to join us for the opening of our
Christmas group exhibition”Glad Tidings”, Friday, November 11
during the November James North Art Crawl or visit the James North Studio,
328 James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada during gallery hours,
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm.
CHRISTMAS HOURS:
CLOSED DEC. 24 TO JAN. 12
OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 13
during the JANUARY JAMES NORTH ART CRAWL
Download a printable 4 x 6″ Glad Tidings invitation from the box.net widget in the right hand side bar.
Best wished for the holiday season!
Regina Haggo Reviews Sachs & Trauttsmandorff’s Bare Bones Exhibition
Less is more – Bare Bones by Barb Sachs & Gise Trauttmansdorff
Saying more and more with less and less — that’s the goal of two Hamilton ceramic artists. Recent clay sculptures by Barb Sachs and Gise Trauttmansdorff are on show in Bare Bones, an exquisite installation at James North Studio Gallery. You can say more with less. Read the rest of the Wednesday, September 21 Hamilton Spectator article by Regina Haggo and view a slide show of their work at the James North Studio by clicking the following link.
http://www.thespec.com/whatson/article/597849–less-is-more
- Regina Haggo
- Wed Sep 21 2011
2 New Exhibitons: Bare Bones, recent work by Barb Sachs & Gise Trauttmansdorff & Jean Crankshaw, Canadians At War, photos
In the main Gallery
In The Photography (Basement) Gallery
Canadians at War. Guest artist Jean Crankshaw will be exhibiting photographs of
the Canadian Battlefields of World War I.
for more information about Jean and her photographs click Guest Artist Jean Crankshaw
September 9 – October 9, 2011
Opening Receptions:
September 9, 7 – 11 pm during the September Artcrawl
September 10, 1pm – 12 am (midnight) during the September Supercrawll
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Saturday 1 – 5 pm, Sunday 12 -4 pm



