BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211004T2050Z-1633380632.6186-EO-20276-37@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260915T224832Z CREATED:20160627T202653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T191932Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040531 SUMMARY: Clare E. Rojas: Will Poor Will\; curated by CCST candidate Liz Bru chet DESCRIPTION: Opening Reception:  Friday 7 May 2004   8 – 10 pm. Show runs M ay 8 to May 30 2004. Musical Performance by the artist as Peggy Honeywell a t 8:30 pm Will Poor Will is the first exhibition of Clare E. Rojas’s work i n Canada. The San Francisco-based artist playfully draws from American craf t traditions\, country-western aesthetics and classic […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Opening Reception:  Friday 7 May 2004   8 – 10 pm. Show runs May 8 to May 30 2004.
Musical Performance by the a rtist as Peggy Honeywell at 8:30 pm

Will Poor Will is the f irst exhibition of Clare E. Rojas's work in Canada. The San Francisco-based artist playfully draws from American craft traditions\, country-western ae sthetics and classic European fables to create worlds reminiscent of folk s tories and fairytales.

Rojas's work investigates physical\, psycholog ical and social landscapes. In her murals and gouache paintings recurring c haracters journey through uncertain environments encountering birds\, sloth s\, bears and other grimacing creatures. On a handmade stage created for th e installation\, the artist will give a live musical performance under the persona Peggy Honeywell – a central character in her work. Borrowing primar ily from folk and country-western music\, Honeywell’s songs accompany the v isual narratives with tales of exploration\, angst\, redemption and love. T he exhibition also includes a collaborative film by Rojas and Andrew Jeffre y Wright entitled\, Ich bin ein manipulator\, a follow-up to their award-wi nning animated short\, The Manipulators.

Clare E. Rojas holds a BFA i n printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent solo exhibitions include "Doing my Day" at the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago and "Walk Like Man" at Ne w Image Art\, Los Angeles. She has also participated in group exhibitions a t Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, San Francisco\, the Institute of Contem porary Art\, Philadelphia and Deitch Projects\, New York.

Curated by Liz Bruchet. This exhibition is the fourth in a series cur ated by Master of Arts candidates in the Critical Curatorial Studies Progra m at the University of British Columbia. We gratefully acknowledge the supp ort of The Alvin Balkind Fund for Student Curatorial Initiatives and the De partment of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory\, University of British Col umbia.

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