TRAVERSING ABSTRACTION

Val Britton’s first solo exhibition at Gallery Wendi Norris features a site-specific sculptural installation alongside a collection of mixed media works on paper. Her abstract collages made from cut paper, ink, and watercolor are exquisitely orchestrated with an almost musical composition, balancing intricate linework with an organic, free-flowing use of pigment. Her installation made from cut paper…

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Letter from the Editor

Dear Readers, I want to start out by saying, Thank you. Today we celebrate 3 years as a  platform for emerging artists. All of us at Venison have enjoyed the community, the conversations, and the art that we’ve had the pleasure to engage with you here. So thank you for being part of this! Thank…

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Conrad Guevara

Conrad Guevara is a sculpture, performance, and installation artist based in San Francisco. He received his masters at the San Francisco Art Institute and has gone on to do interactive, abstract solo-work as well as collaborations with Bonanza Art Collective. He was happy to meet me over coffee to discuss accessorizing, parades, and dragging stuff off the…

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Amanda McCavour

Amanda McCavour is a Toronto-based artist who makes drawings, installations and embroideries. Amanda uses thread as a mechanism for creating delicate three-dimensional “drawings” that explore the connections between textiles and the body. In this article, Adriana investigates her enigmatic embroidery process, her transition in and our of academia, and how it effects her artistic process….

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Navigation at NDSM

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Venison Magazine, my friend and colleague, Amber Imrie-Situnayake spent the majority of this past October in a shipping container. As an artist-in-residence at NDSM Treehouse in Amsterdam, she designed and installed a series of thread installations that were site-specific to one of the art city’s many shipping containers nested in a shipbuilding yard….

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