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Local Art Show

December 14, 2022 by Shurniak

Local Art Show!

Shurniak Art Gallery plays an important role in supporting artists in southern Saskatchewan. Please join us as we celebrate our local artists!

See the works of:

Rita St. Amant

Beth Stobbs

Crystal Thorburn

Darlene Kowalchuk

Wanda Knoss

Paula Jolly

David Munro

Kathy Verbeke

Alison Lewis

Lillian Ford

Debbie Scheltgen

Sandra Knoss

Sandra Lamontagne

Jenny Buyaki

Yvette Wojcik

Viv Kell

Sherry Saxton Richards

Sceta Kosti

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The Flower May Not Look Like the Roots

May 20, 2022 by Shurniak

June 1 – 23

The Flower May Not Look Like the Roots

“With attitudes ranging from the microscopic to the cartographic, the seven artists of The Flower may not Look like the Roots1 cultivate contemporary relationships to landscape, ecology2, and regional identity that respond to local communities past, present and future. “

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Filed Under: Gallery Visiting Artist

Shurniak Collection

November 30, 2021 by Shurniak

Showcasing from the Shurniak Collection…


Small Works Show

Small Works Show


30 smaller paintings together for the first time

From the Water’s Edge


Water unifies this landscape exhibit, all but two.

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Scissor Cuts | Scherenschnitte

October 6, 2021 by Shurniak

October 1 To October 23, 2021

Jessica Richter and Waltraude Stehwien

A special partnership with the Saskatchewan German Council. Toured through OSAC’s Arts on the Move program.

Scissor Cuts | Scherenschnitte

Scherenschnitte (scissor cuts) is an art form where silhouettes are cut from one piece of special black paper with scissors or knives with no ‘hangers’- unattached pieces. Scissor cutting has a long history in German folk art; immigrants brought Scherenschnitte to North America in the 17th Century. Reflecting the Canadian artists in Scissor Cuts/ Scherenschnitte, this collection of works ranges from traditional German Scherenschnitte represented by Waltraude Stehwien, a German immigrant, to papercut evolved into sculpture by Jess Richter- second generation born in Canada.

Dates

Friday, October 1, 2021 to Saturday, October 23, 2021

Venue

Shurniak Art Gallery

Waltraude Stehwien, Rumpelstilzken on the Marionette Stage, scissor cut, 1991

Employing creativity to express a landscape, scene and image with cut paper requires precision in drawing as well as dexterity of cutting. Stehwien prefers scissors as they ‘bite’ the paper; designing her pieces by drawing out her complete design, reworking it on the back of the traditional black paper before making any cuts. While Stehwien enjoys the challenging restrictions of traditional Scherenschnitte, Richter explores all that paper can do. Richter, preferring the Exacto knife, works more organically, creating pieces for her sculptures as she goes. Neither artist likes using computers in their art. In Stehwien’s opinion “Computers are remote. Art is sensual.” Richter reluctantly learned computer drafting for her MFA degree from the UofR but prefers the ‘tactileness’ of pencil (or knife) to paper.

Filed Under: Gallery Visiting Artist, Uncategorized

Angels Among Us

September 13, 2021 by Shurniak

September 15 to November 10, 2021

Shannon Bigknife

Presently residing in Regina Saskatchewan, Shannon Bigknife is an emerging presence in the Canadian art world. Being self-taught and using intuition as her guide, her pieces have a raw
openness about them. She displays a distinct point of view which expresses the beauty of the
human spirit in its most vulnerable and magical forms.

Filed Under: Gallery Visiting Artist

PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE VAULT

August 11, 2021 by Shurniak

Featured Until September  29

Shurniak Gallery’s stunning photography collection

View works by Larry Adamache, Wanda Knoss, Wayne Boland and Ken Dalgarno, some “out of the vault” for the first time. 

Enjoy florals, landscapes, and Badlands images printed on stretched canvas, paper, and aluminum.


WATERCOLOURS BY DAVID PASKETT

English watercolourist David Paskett lived in Hong Kong from 1986 to 1990.  Shurniak Art Gallery is pleased to present this assortment of paintings collected by Bill Shurniak during his time in Hong Kong.  Images of traditional Chinese life make compelling subjects, complete with astonishingly vivid details.

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      • Sunday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (April to Dec).
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  • 122 – 3rd Avenue West
    PO Box 1178
    Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada
Shurniak Art Gallery is located one hour south of Moose Jaw.

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