Bart Gazzola
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- School: University of Saskatchewan
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- Department: Fine Arts
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Saskatoon, SK - Dates at University of Saskatchewan: May 2004 - June 2011
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Biography
University of Saskatchewan - Fine Arts
Arts Writer / Cultural Worker / Assistant Editor at The SoundSTC
Media Production
Bart
Gazzola
Ontario, Canada
Bart Gazzola has published with Canadian Art, Galleries West, FUSE, Hamilton Arts & Letters, BlackFlash, ti<, Long Exposure, PrairieSeen and Magenta. Past curatorial projects include REGION (Contemporary Saskatchewan Painting) and Personal Geographies (an overview of The Photographers Gallery collection). His artwork has been shown at the Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Platform (Winnipeg), Alternator (Kelowna) and he is the only graduate of the University of Saskatchewan MFA program to exhibit in Gallery 44's Annual PROOF exhibition. His most recent gallery exhibition was The Performative Lens in 2013. His ongoing Post Industrial Landscape series, which dates from his arrival in Ontario in 2015, can be seen on Instagram.
Gazzola was Editorial Chair of BlackFlash Magazine (3 years), and the visual arts critic for Planet S Magazine for more than a decade. He's a regular contributor to The Sound, with an ongoing Niagara Artists Feature, but also topics such as the Garden City Food Co Op.
He was host / producer of the A Word (CFCR 90.5 FM / cfcr.ca) for 7 years.
Past gallery positions have included Outreach (arcite), Programming Coordinator (aka, Video Verite), and Gallery Assistant / Collections (Kenderdine). As Gallery Coordinator at aka artist run, he raised the media profile substantially, and set new fundraising standards .
Gazzola developed / taught ART 336.6 (Digital Imagery) for 12 years at the University of Saskatchewan, as well as Drawing, and Contemporary Issues in Digital Video. He's facilitated community focused workshops (a Digital Drop In with EGADZ Youth Centre in Saskatoon, and the 5 X 2 Image Maker Conversation series in Niagara).
Past board membership includes CFCR, arcite, aka, Video Vérité and TPG, and he was a founding board member of PAVED arts. He is a regular volunteer for Niagara Artist Centre and though only recently marking two years in Niagara, has deep roots in the cultural community here.
Experience
CFBU 103.7 Brock Radio
News Content Coordinator
Creating local content, assisting in development of training material for reporters,producers and news announcers; creation and production of an ongoing news program (Niagara: Views & Voices).
TRIBE
Administrative Assistant, Digitization Consultant
Digitization of archival materials, media releases and image preparation for various media / publication ventures.
Rodman Hall Art Centre
Coordinator / Facilitator for 5 X 2 Image Maker Visual Conversations
Presented at Mahtay Café, 241 St. Paul St., St. Catharines on the second Tuesday of the month, this is an informal discussion about art and visual culture. Based on the PechaKucha model, artists, architects, designers and other image-makers are invited to contribute to the conversation by sharing 5 images and speaking about each for 2 minutes. I facilitated this in a volunteer capacity over the Summer, and am now employed to help foster this ongoing community oriented project.
The Sound: Niagara's Art & Culture Newspaper
Arts & Culture Writer
Since my return to Niagara in August of 2015, I have published in every issue of The Sound: Niagara's Arts & Culture Newspaper. These have included exhibition reviews, a year long (and ongoing) local artist feature and an ongoing series exploring the controversial changes to Brock University's relationship with Rodman Hall Arts & Culture Centre. As well, I have published pieces about the Garden City Food Co Op and several other news stories in the Niagara community.
Venture Niagara
Primary Writer (Connecting Niagara Through Public Art)
Over a six week period, I wrote (and did some research to facilitate) approximately fifty briefs about public art in the Niagara Region, as well as several longer pieces (the average brief was 400 - 500 words) about areas such as Lundy's Lane, various cenotaphs from NOTL to Grimbsy, and overviews of significant collections (such as the Teutloff, located at Brock University) or artists such as Rod Dowling.
This was both a time sensitive and labour intensive project, that required significant collaboration in both online and physical spaces. The project will go online in the Fall of 2017.
Education
University of Windsor
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), BA Art History (Hons.)
Traditional Lithography, Art History
University of Saskatchewan
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Digital Imagery
