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KMcArthur_Three Crosses from Hamilton Arts Council Artist Residency, 2019

Hamilton Arts Council/ Cotton Factory Residency Show and Talk

February 28, 2019 – March 7, 2019

The Cotton Factory Storehouse gathering space

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This work was the result of my HAC/ Cotton Factory three month artist residency that began in December 2018 and ended on February 28. I’d stepped into Hamilton from a very different world of small-town familiarity, community music and a completely natural space at my cabin. Naturally, I became fascinated with urban pathways and the demarkation of ‘owned space’ via the use of gates and locks, doors, passages and crossings.

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    Residency Artist Talk and Show, February 28, 2019

  • KMcArthur_Chain from HAC Artist Residency 2019

    Chain_Final

    The first of five pieces on paper I presented at the artists' talk for the 2018-19 Cotton Factory Residency. Pavement 1: door and chain. A response to my month-long stay in a student apartment at Barton and Emerald Streets in Hamilton. Pretty disempowered neighbourhood - I found myself walking there with eyes down, was warned not to go out at night.

    acrylic wash, vine charcoal and oil pastel on paper

  • KMcArthur_ Gate, from Hamilton Arts Council Cotton Factory Residency, 2019

    final_Gate

    Pavement II: Gate. oil pastel, acrylic and vine charcoal on paper. Machine sewn bottom edge. Improvisation meets structure, and a narrative emerges.

  • KMcArthur_ Stairs from Hamilton Arts Council Cotton Factory Residency, 2019

    Stairs_Final

    Pavement III: Stairs 2019, conte, oil pastel, acrylic and vine charcoal on paper. Machine sewn edge.

    improvisation meets structure, creates narrative. 100 years of factory workers have used these stairs to get to and leave their work. I was fascinated by the living energy of this.

  • KMcArthur_Fence from Hamilton Arts Council Residency 2019

    Fence_Final

    Pavement IV: Fence 2019 acrylic, oil pastel and vine charcoal on paper. Machine sewn lower edge.

    improvised gestural drawing meets structural drawing; a narrative emerges.

  • KMcArthur_Three Crosses from Hamilton Arts Council Artist Residency, 2019

    3Crosses_Final

    Pavement V: Three Crosses, 2019 conte, acrylic and vine charcoal on paper, machine sewn lowest edge.

    gesture drawing under structural drawing. This piece is actually about Hamilton's Churches, each of which is named for a country other than Canada.

IMG_2244

Residency Artist Talk and Show, February 28, 2019

KMcArthur_Chain from HAC Artist Residency 2019

Chain_Final

The first of five pieces on paper I presented at the artists' talk for the 2018-19 Cotton Factory Residency. Pavement 1: door and chain. A response to my month-long stay in a student apartment at Barton and Emerald Streets in Hamilton. Pretty disempowered neighbourhood - I found myself walking there with eyes down, was warned not to go out at night.

acrylic wash, vine charcoal and oil pastel on paper

KMcArthur_ Gate, from Hamilton Arts Council Cotton Factory Residency, 2019

final_Gate

Pavement II: Gate. oil pastel, acrylic and vine charcoal on paper. Machine sewn bottom edge. Improvisation meets structure, and a narrative emerges.

KMcArthur_ Stairs from Hamilton Arts Council Cotton Factory Residency, 2019

Stairs_Final

Pavement III: Stairs 2019, conte, oil pastel, acrylic and vine charcoal on paper. Machine sewn edge.

improvisation meets structure, creates narrative. 100 years of factory workers have used these stairs to get to and leave their work. I was fascinated by the living energy of this.

KMcArthur_Fence from Hamilton Arts Council Residency 2019

Fence_Final

Pavement IV: Fence 2019 acrylic, oil pastel and vine charcoal on paper. Machine sewn lower edge.

improvised gestural drawing meets structural drawing; a narrative emerges.

KMcArthur_Three Crosses from Hamilton Arts Council Artist Residency, 2019

3Crosses_Final

Pavement V: Three Crosses, 2019 conte, acrylic and vine charcoal on paper, machine sewn lowest edge.

gesture drawing under structural drawing. This piece is actually about Hamilton's Churches, each of which is named for a country other than Canada.

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