2025 Season
Link to catalogue: https://issuu.com/ahannig/docs/underconstructioncatalogue
pOP-uP Residency with Jennifer Shepit
Wednesday, September 3rd, and Thursday, September 4th, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Ranger Station Art Gallery
Wednesday, September 3rd, and Thursday, September 4th, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Ranger Station Art Gallery
Under Construction
featuring the artwork of Bree Castle, Stephanie Gagne,
Sylvan Hamburger, Avery Hannig, and Stephanie Wu
August 9th - September 1st
pOP-uP Residency with Olivia Harks
Tuesday, August 5 and Wednesday, August 6 10:00am – 4:00pm
Ranger Station Art Gallery
Tuesday, August 5 and Wednesday, August 6 10:00am – 4:00pm
Ranger Station Art Gallery
Olivia Harks is an oil painter based in Abbotsford, BC, with a lifelong love of making and being around art. Drop by the Gallery during this residency as Olivia continues her art practice. Interact with Olivia or bring your own work and create with her.
Always drawn to creative fields of work, Olivia graduated with a Masters in Architecture in New Zealand and worked in architectural, interior and graphic design for many years. When her daughter was born, she started painting and has not stopped. She used painting as an outlet to express dark and surreal elements of her emotion and experience. She often uses female figures in abstracted settings to express these emotions and dreamscapes. These abstracted elements come together, suspended for a moment, embodying deeper levels of human consciousness for the viewer to connect with.
Ember Munnin & Aaron Moran: Small Colourful Life
July 11th - August 3rd
Opening Reception, Friday, July 7th at 7:30pm
Opening Reception, Friday, July 7th at 7:30pm
"Mend" – the art installation by Sylvie Roussel-Janssens,
currently on the front of the Ranger Station Art Gallery
"Mend" – the art installation by
Sylvie Roussel-Janssens,
currently displayed on the front
of the Ranger Station Art Gallery
Sylvie Roussel-Janssens,
currently displayed on the front
of the Ranger Station Art Gallery
“If we can make small gestures of repair, perhaps we can have the courage to fix our broken world.”
My sustainable art practice in sculpture melds embroidery and environmental concerns.
In my recent work, I transferred my experience in textile work to plastic waste material. Some of the plastic debris used for all the wall pieces in this exhibition was gathered in the Fraser Valley during the pandemic. I would take long walks around Chilliwack Mountain, often picking up pieces of plastic along the road, taking them back to my studio to assemble and stitch them with masonry twine.
To this inventory I added a lot of recycled plastic plant pots.
Stitching is healing. If we can make small gestures of repair, perhaps we can have the courage to fix our broken world.
Mend was planned as a series of 28 embroidered recycled plastic circles. This number is a way for women to measure time. It symbolizes the phases of the moon and refers to the effect of plastic on the hormonal system.
Starting in 2020, the series has grown to more than 35 circles to date. Mend has been shown in two gallery exhibitions. I am very grateful to the Kent-Harrison Arts Council for the opportunity to present the series as a temporary outdoor installation.
We are surrounded by plastic, and it affects our body and our mind. Eco-anxiety is real. I find stitching to be soothing and meditative. It is a good way to process emotions and thoughts as I am facing difficult decisions regarding adapting to climate change.
My sustainable art practice in sculpture melds embroidery and environmental concerns.
In my recent work, I transferred my experience in textile work to plastic waste material. Some of the plastic debris used for all the wall pieces in this exhibition was gathered in the Fraser Valley during the pandemic. I would take long walks around Chilliwack Mountain, often picking up pieces of plastic along the road, taking them back to my studio to assemble and stitch them with masonry twine.
To this inventory I added a lot of recycled plastic plant pots.
Stitching is healing. If we can make small gestures of repair, perhaps we can have the courage to fix our broken world.
Mend was planned as a series of 28 embroidered recycled plastic circles. This number is a way for women to measure time. It symbolizes the phases of the moon and refers to the effect of plastic on the hormonal system.
Starting in 2020, the series has grown to more than 35 circles to date. Mend has been shown in two gallery exhibitions. I am very grateful to the Kent-Harrison Arts Council for the opportunity to present the series as a temporary outdoor installation.
We are surrounded by plastic, and it affects our body and our mind. Eco-anxiety is real. I find stitching to be soothing and meditative. It is a good way to process emotions and thoughts as I am facing difficult decisions regarding adapting to climate change.
about Sylvie
Born in Montreal, Sylvie Roussel-Janssens has lived in British Colombia since 1980. She graduated with honours from Emily Carr College of Art in 1984 and now lives in Chilliwack on the traditional and unceded territory of the Stó:lō people. Her work shows her interests in history and the environment. Sylvie’s approach to sculpture is sustainable and based in the joy of the building process. Her light sculptures are welded wire and fabric or plastic constructions made of recycled materials. Sylvie Roussel-Janssens is pursuing her creative journey, at the intersection of art, craft and design.
I’m a self-taught oil painter driven by a lifelong love of drawing and painting. My work is a visual exploration of emotions, mythology, and surrealism.
My paintings reflect the darker elements of human nature, blending abstracted settings with female figures to evoke emotion and dreamlike narratives. These elements come together, suspended for a moment, to embody deeper layers of human consciousness and inviting the viewer to connect with their own experience.
I’m a self-taught oil painter driven by a lifelong love of drawing and painting. My work is a visual exploration of emotions, mythology, and surrealism.
My paintings reflect the darker elements of human nature, blending abstracted settings with female figures to evoke emotion and dreamlike narratives. These elements come together, suspended for a moment, to embody deeper layers of human consciousness and inviting the viewer to connect with their own experience.
These hand-hooked rugs blend the worlds of art and science through 12 pieces that are visually striking and intellectually engaging. Patterns made to depict advanced scientific principles are juxtaposed with traditional construction techniques in tangible ways. Together, they reflect important ideas, ranging from the physics and movement of light to the complexities of geometry, chemistry, and artificial intelligence.
This collection juxtaposes old-fashioned craft while considering curiosity and invention. These rugs invite introspection into thought and concurrently let us feel the ideas that have shaped human thought with our fingers.
Jamie is a Vancouver-based artist who blends tradition and innovation in his handmade rugs. He collects, washes, cuts and dyes the materials. He makes the frames and even builds the hooks that he uses. Jamie adheres to a credo of zero waste in all of his art practice.
Workshop - Saturday, March 1 noon to 4:00pm.
Jamie presented a drop in, hands on workshop on hand hooking rugs
This collection juxtaposes old-fashioned craft while considering curiosity and invention. These rugs invite introspection into thought and concurrently let us feel the ideas that have shaped human thought with our fingers.
Jamie is a Vancouver-based artist who blends tradition and innovation in his handmade rugs. He collects, washes, cuts and dyes the materials. He makes the frames and even builds the hooks that he uses. Jamie adheres to a credo of zero waste in all of his art practice.
Workshop - Saturday, March 1 noon to 4:00pm.
Jamie presented a drop in, hands on workshop on hand hooking rugs
