Gallery
Interactions, Amy Friend.
Left to right: Water samples collected by Laurie Morrison: Welland Canal, 12 Mile Creek. Home is Earth and Water, Amy Friend & Laurie Morrison (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah martin, Diptych, 30 x40 " each panel, Pigment Print from scanned lumen print, 2022. Water sample collected by Laurie Morrison: Lake Gibson, Flatwater Welland, Martindale Pond. Moving Slow and silent - where does the mind go? Amy Friend & Laurie Morrison (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah martin, 30 x40 ", Pigment Print from scanned lumen print, 2022. We move together - remember that, Amy Friend & Laurie Morrison (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah martin, 30 x40 ", Pigment Print from scanned lumen print, 2022. Sound recording taken by Qiushuang Xia, Location: Martindale Pond, St. Catharines at the water's edge, July 18, 2022, approximately 3:00 pm (EDT).
Left to right: Water samples collected by Laurie Morrison: Lake Ontario, Lake Side Park, 12 Mile Creek, Niagara River, Welland River. Kayak and Bubbling Life, Amy Friend & Laurie Morrison (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah Martin, 30 x 40”, pigment Print from scanned lumen print, 2022. Topography and Molecule - Shoreline, life, home…, Amy Friend & Laurie Morrison (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah Martin, 50 x 40” , Pigment Print from scanned lumen print, 2022. Water sample collected by Laurie Morrison: Jordan Harbour.
Painted Tutles, Donna Szoke.
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Didactic Panel(s) reading: Southern Ontario has the greatest diversity of turtles in Canada, and they can be found in a variety of habitats including lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, and bogs. All the eight local turtle species are federally designated as a species at risk. How do we engage with the need for these species’ protection, and not trigger a public already over-saturated with grief at environmental degradation and species loss? How do we look hopefully towards a challenging future? How can we inspire our community to engage with these turtles at risk? This project forges and fosters a connection between the 2022 Canada Games, local community, and local turtle conservancy. The research project seeks to understand what affective processes inspire a legacy of the Games through embodying ecological activism, “one turtle at a time.”
Grade 1 and 2 children at Jeanne Sauvé French Immersion School (DSBN) enjoy a virtual field trip to the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre. Learning about the important work of the OTCC, the children visited the hospital, visiting recovering and resident turtles, as well as eggs and hatchlings in the nursery! They then colour turtle images, and these images are scanned and animated by Visual Art student at Brock University. The animation is gifted back to the community, including the children, animators, OTCC, and the Canada Games. Through research-creation processes and community engagement, we use drawing, colouring, and animation culminating in an art exhibition to build meaningful connections between turtle conservation and the local community.
Painted Turtles, Donna Szoke, animation, 2022.
Credit panel: Project Lead: Donna Szoke, Artists: Grade 1 & 2 Students of Jeanne Sauvé French Immersion School (DSBN), Animators: Julie Luth & Emily MacDonald, Funded by the Brock Canada Games Grant and motivated by the Games’ mascot Shelly. Thank you to the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre for your inspiring conservation work! Thank you to the Jeanne Sauvé DSBN teachers involved who helped coordinate this experience for their students: Mlle. Valerie Anderson, Mr. Paul Contini, Mme. Lesley Cirasuolo, Mlle. Briane Cirilli, Mme. Ashley Falk, Mme. Kimberlee Ritchie.
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Animation website: https://donnaszoke.com/projects/painted-turtles/
Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre: https://ontarioturtle.ca/
Left to right: Will we ever see what they see?, Amy Friend & Laurie Morrison (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah Martin, 50 x 40”, Pigment Print from scanned lumen print, 2022. With the water, within the water, Amy Friend & Qiushuang Xia (Collaboration), Printed by Sarah Martin, Pigment print, Variable scale, 2022.
Left to right: Water samples collected by Laurie Morrison: Gord Harry Quarry, Port Colborne, Lake Erie, Waverly Beach.