As part of the Prairie Webinar Series, CARFAC Alberta, CARFAC Saskatchewan and CARFAC Manitoba are pleased to present:
THE Artist’s Life: Preventing Burnout
with Brendan O’Callaghan & Laureen Marchand
The Prairie Webinar Series is proud to prioritize the expertise of artists working in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, promoting discussion with our provincial neighbours on various topics while sharing investment in prairie perspectives. The formula is simple: look forward to two 25-minute presentations from two artists speaking to their practice and their experience with a given discussion topic, followed by a 30-minute Q&A period.
LAUREEN MARCHAND lives in Val Marie, Sask, just north of the Montana border at the gateway to Grasslands National Park. Inspired by this region’s subtlety and remoteness, her paintings reflect on our ideas and perception of beauty. These artworks invite us to see not just the painted object, but ourselves in it.
Laureen Marchand has exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally in more than 30 solo and two-person exhibitions as well as over 50 group shows, in Canada and internationally. Her paintings have been recognized by the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Canada Council, are held in many public and private collections, and have been represented in exhibition catalogues and reviewed in newspapers and magazines. Laureen Marchand has been artist in residence at the Leighton Colony/Banff Centre for the Arts, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, and the Ragdale Foundation in Illinois, among others. She has lived and painted in Canada and Ireland.
BRENDAN O’CALLAGHAN is an emerging artist located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in media arts from the Alberta University of the Arts. Also, he received his diploma in video production from Yorkville University through Toronto film school online. Brendan is creating original artwork of storm landscapes that explore themes of mystery, tension, unease and the uncanny.
MODERATORS
Tara Vahab: Interim Executive Director at CARFAC Alberta
Jera MacPherson: Program & Outreach Director at CARFAC SASK
Webinars are free for CARFAC members across Canada and suggested $25.00 for non-members.