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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog RSS</title><link>lousheppard.com/news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:44:52 +0000</pubDate><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn Chorus/Evensong at the Toronto Sculpture Garden, as part of the Toronto Biennial]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/dawn-chorus-evensong-at-the-toronto-sculpture-garden-as-part-of-the-toronto-biennial/</link><description><![CDATA[Excited to share that I'll be reworking my project, Dawn Chorus/Evensong at the Toronto Sculpture Garden this September, as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art. 

https://canadianart.ca/news/33-more-artists-announced-for-toronto-biennial/]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Fears of Tomorrow Are Melting Away, Access Gallery, Vancouver]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/my-fears-of-tomorrow-are-melting-away-access-gallery-vancouver/</link><description><![CDATA[Presenting new work, curated by Katie Belcher at Access Gallery. Opening June 28, at 7pm with a talk on June 29. If you're in Vancouver please come by!

https://accessgallery.ca/]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struts and Faucet Residency, Sackville New Brunswick]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/struts-and-faucet-residency-sackville-new-brunswick/</link><description><![CDATA[I'm so excited to be at Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts Centre for the next five weeks (May 13-June 15) for their International Residency Program. I'll be creating some new work, including a choral project of translated birdsongs. If you are in Sackville this summer you can see my project, Song of the Great Auk, Song of the Labrador Duck and Song of the Passenger Pigeon displayed on vinyl banners hanging on Lorne Street.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birdsongs of North America at AGYU listening bench]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/birdsongs-of-north-america-at-agyu-listening-bench/</link><description><![CDATA[You can listen to my work Birdsongs of North America (Dawn Chorus and Evensong, Fool's Paradise: Anishinabek Territory (Scarbororough, Ontario) June-July, 2018) at the Art Gallery of York University Audio Listening Bench at York University this season. (Sept-Dec, 2018) This work was created while I was artist in residence at the Doris McCarthy Artist in Residence Centre,  at Fool's Paradise. You can read the AGYU newsletter here.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reframing Doris McCarthy: A Symposium]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/reframing-doris-mccarthy-a-symposium/</link><description><![CDATA[Looking forward to presenting "Tracing Old Signs: Finding Doris McCarthy in her Home." at the Reframing Doris McCarthy Symposium at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, U of T Scarborough Campus on November 16th.  (image: Doris McCarthy: Georgian Bay from the Air, 1966)]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool's Paradise]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/fool-s-paradise/</link><description><![CDATA[Fool's Paradise

June1- July 31, 2018

I'm currently artist in residence at the Doris McCarthy Artist in Residence Centre, working on a series of compositions and choreographies called Birdsongs of North America. I'm also working on a series of land installations called Landmarks. Doris McCarthy decided her home, Fool's Paradise,  should be a retreat for artists after witnessing the restorative powers it had on a friend of hers who stayed here when she was poor of health and down in spirit. I am]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Strong Desire - Publication]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/a-strong-desire-publication/</link><description><![CDATA[A Strong Desire
Publication with Arielle Twist, Nolan Natasha Pike, Leelee Eko Toyosi Davis and Lou Sheppard
June 14, 2018

Our publication is ready to be purchased from khyber.ca for $20.00! Contact the khyber to order a copy. <3]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[P.Lantz AiR at McGill University, Montreal]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/p-lantz-air-at-mcgill-university-montreal/</link><description><![CDATA[P.Lantz AiR at McGill University, Montreal

September 2018 - April 2019


I'm excited to head to Montreal in September to be artist in residence with the faculty of education. I'll be working on a few new projects throughout the year including a choral translation of hurricane data. If you're in Montreal please get in touch.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doris McCarthy AiR at Fool's Paradise]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/doris-mccarthy-air-at-fool-s-paradise/</link><description><![CDATA[I'll be heading to the Doris McCarthy AiR at Fool's Paradise in Toronto for June and July to work on a project called Birdsongs of North America. If you're in Toronto come say hi!]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Strong Desire at Khyber Centre for the Arts]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/a-strong-desire-at-khyber-centre-for-the-arts/</link><description><![CDATA[Lou Sheppard: A Strong Desire
Choreography with Leelee Eko Toyosi Davis
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There is a concept in translation theory called the lacuna. The lacuna is a lexical gap, where a direct equivalent between two languages doesn’t exist, creating a loss of meaning between an original and its translation. The word translate shares an etymological root with the word traitor, suggesting that all translations betray their originals, and that in translation new or other meaning can be found. The lacuna is a]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emerging Atlantic Artist Award- Speaking Tour]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/emerging-atlantic-artist-award-speaking-tour/</link><description><![CDATA[I'm coming home to Halifax from Paris on Feb 28th, but will be leaving again two weeks later to go on a cross Canada speaking tour as part of the Emerging Atlantic Artist Award. Friends in Ottawa/Gatineau, Banff, Vancouver and Victoria- hope to see you there! 
  
 March 21 – Axeneo7, Gatineau Quebec
  
 March 23 – Banff Centre, Alberta 
  
 March 27 – Access Gallery, Vancouver
  
 March 29 – Open Space, Victoria]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[my fears of tomorrow are melting away]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/my-fears-of-tomorrow-are-melting-away/</link><description><![CDATA[My fears of tomorrow are melting away
new work by Sibyl Montague + Lou Sheppard

feb 17th, 2018 from 17:30-19:30

at Cité Internationale des Arts, 18 rue de l'Hotel de Ville, 75004 Paris
(On the arcade)

Visual artists Sibyl Montague and Lou Sheppard present a collaborative project ‘my fears of tomorrow are melting away’  which has emerged through conversations, discussions and walks taken in Paris (Autumn/Winter 2017/18) during their residencies at Cité International des Arts. This]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Art In the studio video]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/canadian-art-in-the-studio-video/</link><description><![CDATA[Canadian Art made a video about me!  You can watch it here.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antarctic Biennale Vision Club at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/antarctic-biennale-vision-club-at-the-pushkin-museum-in-moscow/</link><description><![CDATA[Looking forward to my first trip to Moscow to speak with the Antarctic Biennale Vision Club. 

The Antarctic Biennale Vision Club is a platform for conversation and discussion to stimulate critical thinking and discourse of contemporary urging issues of shared spaces, interdependence and biospheric changes.

Participants:
Juliana Cerqueira Leite, artist, Antarctic Biennale participant
Lou Sheppard, artist, Antarctic Biennale participant
Alexander Sekatsky, philosopher, Antarctic Biennale]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Sheppard: A work in process]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/lou-sheppard-a-work-in-process/</link><description><![CDATA[Lisa Cochrane at the Chroicle Herald wrote about my work and stuff in an article that you can see here.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 months at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/3-months-at-cit%C3%A9-internationale-des-arts-in-paris/</link><description><![CDATA[This winter I am at Cité des Arts in Paris, where I will be developing a new work related to text and choreography. Oh, and eating croissants.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction to Creative Processes Workshop at Ross Creek]]></title><link>lousheppard.com/news/6-top-tips-for-a-tip-top-blog/</link><description><![CDATA[Introduction to Creative Processes - Workshop and Artist Talk at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts

When we think about art, we often think about an art work: a finished product in a gallery or on our walls. These products however, are often the result of artistic processes: creative ways of considering and engaging with the world.
Join artist interdisciplinary artist Lou Sheppard (whose work is currently on exhibit in the Ross Creek Gallery) as they present a talk about their work and artistic]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
