<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><img height="108" width="175" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="0A2736B4-D031-46C8-81F4-9FEDE58B8446" src="cid:752A7130-9913-4A75-92F8-E117176E5D74@nexus.uwaterloo.ca"><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">University of Waterloo Fine Arts Presents</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">MFA THESIS 1</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">April 9–May 2, 2015</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Opening Reception: Thursday, April 9 from 5:00–8:00 pm</span></strong><br><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Gallery One</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sarah Kernohan</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sift</span></strong><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><em>Sift</em> is a drawing installation influenced by the artist’s experiences in nature, most recently a five-day hike along the Lagavegur Trail in Iceland. The drawings recall this walk through a landscape that was at times out-of-focus, while at others absolutely clear, providing the landscape with an evocative and ever-shifting identity. Each drawing represents a process of trying to understand and re-create the way that sediment settles and deposits on snowfields after a season of storms.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sarah Kernohan’s work focuses on landscape, large-scale natural physical events and memory. She is completing her MFA at the University of Waterloo and received a BFA from OCAD University. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, and is the recipient of several awards; including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship and grants from the Ontario Arts Council. She participated in the Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship and worked in London UK with the collaborative Peles Empire and painter Oliver Osbourne. She currently lives and works in Kitchener, ON.</span><br><a href="http://www.sarahkernohan.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">www.sarahkernohan.com</span></a><br><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Gallery Two</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Liz Little</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Small Worlds</span></strong><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><em>Small Worlds</em> is an installation of wall drawing that explores the possibilities of shape and colour through repetition and scale. Combining drawing materials with printmaking techniques, I use my hand and body to replace the printing press in the creation of uniquely reproduced shapes. Movement and rhythm are initiated by repetition, and through colour there is the opportunity to examine the relationship between the viewing experience and perception, cognition and sensation. I am interested in the subjective experience, and how both brain and body are involved in the relationship between artwork and audience.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Liz Little is a multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on repetition, colour, and abstraction. She is presently an MFA candidate at the University of Waterloo and received a BFA with Distinction from Concordia University in 2010. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Germany and is part of national and international private collections. As a recipient of the Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship in 2014, she assisted the artist Ciara Phillips in Glasgow, Scotland. She is the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including the Sylvia Knight Award in Fine Arts and the Bill Watson Memorial Award for Printmaking. She currently lives and works in Kitchener, ON.</span><div><a href="http://www.lizlittle.org/">www.lizlittle.org</a></div><div><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please join us in celebrating the thesis exhibitions by these promising emerging artists.</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Exhibitions are free and open to the public.</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#d81e00">UWAG</font></span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">East Campus Hall 1239</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gallery: 519.888.4567 ext. 33575</span><br><a href="http://uwag.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">uwag.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fine Arts: 519.888.4567 ext. 36923</span><br><a href="http://www.finearts.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">finearts.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Hours</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday to Saturday</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12:00-5:00 pm</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Or by appointment</span><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Contact</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">519.888.4567 ext. 36741</span><br><a href="mailto:ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Driving</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Located in East Campus Hall on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Plaza</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Use South entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6</span><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Parking</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Limited meter parking is available behind ECH</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6, E5 or Lot B after 3:45 pm</span><br><a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php</span></a><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">Mailing</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">200 University Avenue West</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1</span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Images (left to right): Sarah Kernohan, <em>Sift 50</em>, 2014, graphite, vinegar and water on Mylar. Liz Little, <em>Sway</em>, 2014, chalk pastel on wall. Images courtesy of the artists.</span></div></body></html>