Author Archives: DCAG Staff
Carmen Haakstad and the Domino
By Haley Bassett, November 25th 2020 Last week, I took a trip to the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie to take in Carmen Haakstad’s Domino VI and anne drew potter’s Age of Innocence, two unique shows that I highly recommend experiencing. I was given a tour of Haakstad’s exhibition by the artist himself, where he […]
Burrard Art Foundation: In Conversation with Haley Bassett
Hello dear reader, one of the perks of having an arts column is the ability to occasionally share the news about your own work. Recently, I created an installation out of blackberry cane titled Snare for the Burrard Art Foundation in Vancouver. What follows is the interview I did with BAF about my work. By […]
Better Know Your Artist: Ken HouseGo
By Haley Bassett, November 13th 2020 Tucked away in the eastern stairwell of the Dawson Creek Art Gallery, past the Alaska Highway exhibition, lies a little-known gem: the gallery’s permanent collection. The collection boasts important works by our region’s pre-eminent artists, including Jenn Bowes, Mary Parslow, Edna McPhail, Peter von Tiesenhausen and Ken HouseGo, among […]
The Semiotics of a Picket Fence III: Time, Place and a Fence Between
This week, I was fortunate enough to speak with Demmitt artist Peter von Tiesenhausen to discuss what he calls his “most profound work”, Lifeline. For those who did not catch my previous article, Lifeline is an ongoing project that began 31 years ago with an eight-foot section of white picket fence that the artist adds […]
The Semiotics of a Picket Fence II: Reading ‘Lifeline’
By Haley Bassett, October 16th 2020 For this article, I will draw on the principles of semiotics as well as my personal experience with Demmitt artist Peter von Tiesenhausen’s artwork Lifeline. For a primer on semiotics, check out part one of this series. Tiesenhausen’s Lifeline is a continuing project that began in 1990. Each […]
The Semiotics of a Picket Fence I: Show Me the Meaning
By Haley Bassett, October 8th 2020 Dear reader, don’t let the title scare you off. This week I decided to share a helpful nugget I learned about in art school that has had a major impact on my artistic process and outlook on life: semiotics. This article will serve as a very brief introduction […]
Reframing Our Relationship to the Land with kit fast
“Winter was well fed this year. She licked the sky dry to store its energy in crystalline layers, like a bear stripping cranberries from branches.”
—kit fast, standing waves: the making of each moment
