The Art Collective

Don't miss The Collective's second show which runs from Jan. 17 until Jan. 21, 2005, in the lobby of Concordia University's Visual Arts building in downtown Montreal. A selection of collaborative work done by The Collective is presented in this show.

You are invited to special interactive drawing sessions Tuesday and Thursday, noon to 3 p.m., and Friday, 9:30 to 3 p.m., when visitors can draw with members of the art collective or add to somebody else's drawing, then put it up on the wall.

Also on display are collaborative pieces produced by participants during the group's Interactive Wall Project No. 1, held at the university's VAV Gallery in November 2004, as part of its Greater than One show. As well, several of the fascinating collaborative art pieces produced by the audience during a panel discussion on art collaboration are included.

The show is dedicated to The Royal Art Lodge, a Winnipeg-based art collective whose collaborative art-making process was a major inspiration for our group and its way of creating art. The Royal Art Lodge, which has a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles until Feb. 14, has welcomed our dedication and sends its best wishes for our project and the exhibition. You can see The Royal Art Lodge's message on the main wall of the show at the Visual Arts building at the corner of René Lévesque Blvd. and Crescent St.

The exhibition was curated by collective members Jarmila Kavena, Stephanie Reynolds, Robert Turenne and Robert Winters.

The Collective operates in collaboration with Concordia's Studio Arts Department. We are co-sponsored by the Fine Arts Student Alliance.