Voices of Refugees Installation launched by Immigration and Citizenship’s Minister Jason Kenney, June 2009. The Voices of Refugees Multimedia Installation was officially launched by Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Jason Kenney on June 16 2009. SEE www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/photos/2009/ Minister Kenney Launches “Voices of Refugees” OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 16, 2009) – In recognition of World Refugee…
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CBC All In A Day, Alan Neal Forced Migrations
CBC’s All In A Day covers Tompalski’s Forced Migrations: Portraits of Refugees from Africa, Central America and Central Asia at La Petite Mort Gallery. Alan Neal of CBC Ottawa Radio’s All In A Day program interviewed Sherry Tompalski regarding her show Forced Migrations: Portraits of Refugees from Africa, Central America and Central Asia at La…
Podgorica Indie Film Festival, Talking Portraits
Talking Portraits video exhibited at Podgorica Independent Film Festival, Montenegro, Nov 5-10, 2008. The “Talking Portraits” video by Sherry Tompalski (painter) and Graham Thompson (videographer) was exhibited at the Podgorica Independent Film Festival in Podgorica Montenegro. The Nov 5-10, 2008 program was curated by Nena Toth. The Talking Portrait Video The Talking Portrait Video provides…
Museum of Civilization, Trudeau’s Talking Portrait
Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibits Face to Face: Pierre Trudeau’s Talking Portrait Canada Day in Quebec, 2008. The Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibited Sherry Tompalski’s and Graham Thompson’s multimedia installation Face to Face: Pierre Trudeau’s Talking Portrait in Gatineau Quebec on July 1, 2008. The installation was part of a ongoing virtual exhibition entitled Face…
Oxford University England Afghan Voices Video
Voices from Afghanistan video posted on Forced Migration BLOG of University of Oxford, January 2008. The Voices from Afghanistan video, part of the Voices of Refugees Installation, was posted in the Forced Migration BLOG of Online Refugee Studies Centre of the University of Oxford England’s Department of International Development (QEH) in January 2008. University of…
Open Space Victoria, Welcome Back Ye Annunaki
Noxious Sector Collective exhibits Wet Nurses at Welcome Back Ye Annunaki show at Open Space Victoria, 2012 The Noxious Sector Collective features Sherry Tompalski’s “Wet Nurses” at the Welcome Back Ye Annunaki show at Open Space Gallery in Victoria, British Columbia in November 2012 The Noxious Sector Collective – Welcome Back Ye Annunaki Show –…
National Gallery of Canada, Global Voices 2012
Global Voices 2012 at National Gallery of Canada, 37 paintings, 23 videos and 18 artists of Central Asia, Africa, the Americas, Cree and Mohawk Nations. The Global Voices 2012 event at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa Canada featured 37 paintings, 23 videos and 18 artists of Central Asia, Africa, the Americas, Cree and…
Library Archives Canada, Refugee Voices
Voices of Refugees Installation – Central Asia, Central America and Africa at Library and Archives of Canada 2010. The Voices of Refugees Installation was exhibited during Ottawa’s World Refugee Week Celbrations at Library and Archives of Canada in June 2010. The 5-day event featured 65 works of art, 25 artists, 23 videos, 19 activists and…
Vortex Paintings in Jerome Arizona
Vortex Paintings exhibited with Jerome Artists Collective in Jerome Arizona 2010. Sherry Tompalski’s Vortex Paintings exhibited in Jerome Arizona with the Jerome Artists Collective in 2010. A Vortex is a place in nature where the earth is exceptionally alive with energy. The term Vortex in Sedona refers to a place where the earth energy swirls…
Global Voices 2012 Catalogue Launch
Global Voices 2012 Catalogue launched at Research In Art, 2013. The Global Voices 2012 Catalogue was launched at the Research In Art Artist Project Room May 11, 2013. During the event, Sherry Tompalski spoke about her paintings from the Global Voices Project during the period 2008 – 2012. Artists Graham Thompson (media) and Sherry Tompalski…