Artists talk, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Post Cod, oil on board, 24" x 24", Steven Rhude, part of Terroir, AGNS

At the End of the Day, Rug Hooking, Laura Kenney, part of Terroir, AGNS



Halifax  
Event
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
 https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/events-programs/terroir-talk-artists-laura-kenney-steven-rhude

 

Terroir Talk with artists Laura Kenney & Steven Rhude

Sunday, 2 October 2016 -
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Talks & Tours


Join Terroir: a Nova Scotia Survey artists Laura Kenney and Steven Rhude for an in-depth discussion of their work and their on-going joint project. This project explores the Nova Scotian communities, their world, and shared future as framed by a post cod world.

FREE with admission.

About the Artists

Laura Kenney was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan but her roots are in Nova Scotia and has resided in the province for the past 20 years. She has lived in many towns and cities across Canada as well as Germany and Japan, and it was in Japan where she met her husband, William Morgan. Laura began rug hooking when she moved to Truro, Nova Scotia in 1998. She took classes with the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova in Truro, which gave her a good basis in rug hooking. Her work has been represented by the Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival since 2009. It was at the festival, after talking with the artists and seeing the art, that she realized her humourous, colourful rugs were indeed folk art. Laura works from her studio in her small green house where she lives with her husband and two children, Jonah and Zoe.

Steven Rhude was born in Rouyn Noranda, Quebec in 1959. He attended Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto where he studied fine arts and graduated in 1983 with honors in drawing and painting. Steven also attended the college's off campus program in Florence, Italy for one year which included an intensive study of the Italian and Northern European renaissance. Rhude was featured in the exhibition Capture 2014, a survey of Nova Scotian realism. His work can be found in numerous private, public and corporate collections. Wolfville, Nova Scotia is where he currently resides with his family and Black Lab, Hagrid.

http://www.stevenrhudefineart.com/ 

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