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New art show gathers 'Momentum'

The Abbotsford Arts Council will host the display Momentum, which showcases artwork by students graduating from the UFV
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Artist Xiao Liu’s piece Suffocate is one of many on display at Kariton Gallery.

There’s a new show coming to Kariton Gallery.

The Abbotsford Arts Council will host the display  Momentum, which will showcase artwork by students graduating from the University of the Fraser Valley with a diploma in visual arts.

The exhibition highlights the different disciplines used by students during the completion of the two-year diploma.

Seven artists will be featured in the exhibition, including:

q Jenni Boldt, presenting a collection of acrylic paintings on canvas titled An Intimate Sorrow.

q Kinsey Knights, showing sculpture pieces that are everyday objects with a new twisted fate.

q Xiao Liu, exhibiting photographs that portray people rejected by society.

q Ashleigh Miller, whose work focuses on portraiture and works with a variety of painting materials and sizes.

q Jeff Rasmussen, an interdisciplinary artist showing “Visions of the Future,” a collection of work that incorporates sculpture, video and digital ink media.

q Carolin deChamplain, revealing the process of printmaking by showing the printing plate along with the mirrored print it produces.

q Laurie Cazander, making use of the gallery walls with her installation project.

The show runs March 8 to April 2 at Kariton Art Gallery,  2387 Ware St. The gallery’s hours are Tuesday to Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday to Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The artists will be present at an opening reception on March 10, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

For more details, visit  abbotsfordartscouncil.org.



Kevin Mills

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