CRAM 2006 - 2009 book published Winter 2010
Produced with assistance of The Ontario Arts Council - Visual & Media Arts Project Grant Program
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Cuba - Canada Exchange
CRAM's relationship with Taller Cultural in Santiago de Cuba began in 2008 following an exhibition of José Armando Medina at Niagara Artists' Centre in the Dennis Tourbin Members Gallery. Instigated by Susan Franklin, this contact led to the development of the Cuba - Canada Green Bridge (CCGB) exchange project and on-going collaborations between CRAM and Taller Cultural.
The first CCGB project was a series of children's workshops taught by José Armando Medina and an art exhibition organized by Greta Klaussen for the District School Board of Niagara. The children's exhibition travelled to Taller Cultural in Santiago de Cuba and the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, NY in 2008-09.
In April 2009 CRAM organized "Terra Incognita", a group exhibition of Cuban artists held at R@Gallery in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
"Dos Grupe de Siete (+1) / Two Groups of Seven(+1)" was an exchange group exhibition at Galeria Oriente in Santiago de Cuba and CRAM members Tobey C. Anderson, John Venditti, and Alan Flint were Artists-in-Residence at Taller Cultural in April-May 2009.
"La IIave (The Key)" was a group exhibition of small works by Taller Cultural artists held at CRAM September 18 - October 12, 2009. See exhibition panorama.
In December, 2009 Carolyn Wren, Tobey C. Anderson, and Alan Flint traveled to Santiago de Cuba for Encuentro Internacional de GRABADO, a formative international print event organized at Taller Cultural. For the month of January 2010 John Venditti was an international participant in Internos, the bi-annual international mural event.
Chavez takes José, Iliana, Lobaina, and José 2 for a ride complements of Niagara Helicopters during their CRAM Residency in October, 2009.
Orestes Larios Zaak, Tobey C. Anderson, Gregario Pérez Escobar
Galeria Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, May 2009.
John Venditti @ Galeria Oriente
CRAM Press
Cuban Print Master José Armando Medina supervises Canada's smallest print studio and coordinates small format intaglio, colograph, silkscreen, and relief print projects.
CRAM International Print Symposium - October 2009
Downtown Banners
CRAM artists created 20 images for banners of famous local celebrities that are installed throughtout the downtown core. Sponsored by the St. Catharines Downtown Association, the images will be added to on a bi-annual basis.
Steve Remus, Melanie MacDonald, Ernest Harris, Jr., Natasha Pedros, and Tobey C. Anderson.
