ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Art doesn't just happen. It's a process of experimentation, development, intuition, research, doodling, dreaming, creating. And a lot of this process is documented in the artist's sketchbook, where creative ideas are worked out. These visual diaries are wonderfully revealing, telling us about the way an artist thinks and works. The Reveal! Inside the Artist's Mind exhibition shines a light on the preparatory work of four artists working in different visual arts media: the Weather Diary sketches of Bettina Forget, the rough-cut movie stills of Taien Ng-Chan, the automatic word drawings of Richard Rossetto, and the concept sketches for theatre costumes of Samantha Scafidi.

Exhibition Dates:
November 26 - December 19, 2009
Vernissage:
Saturday, November 28, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:30 P.m.

The artist participating in this exhibition are members of www.artandculture.com

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Bettina Forget is a visual artist living and working in Montreal, Quebec. Born in Germany, she has studied art at Central St-Martins School of Art in London, England and at Curtin University in Perth, Australia and Singapore.

Taien Ng-Chan's background is in writing and filmmaking. She has written drama for the radio, the stage and screen, and her short films have been shown internationally. Her first book, Maps of Our Bodies & the Borders We Have Agreed Upon, was released in 2005 by Cumulus Press, and included a CD of a 13 song collaboration with musician Scott W. Gray. Taien writes a regular movie column for Matrix Magazine.

Richard Rossetto is the godfather of Automatic Word Drawing, a process which involves writing word upon word in order to create, a subconcious image. He has been involved in the in the arts for over twenty years and concentrated on visual arts for the past fifteen. He has lived and studied art all over Canada. His work is held in collections by artists, journalist, lawyers, curators and art lovers.

Samantha Scafidi is a Montreal based artist and a graduate from Concordia University's Theatre Design program.