UWAG open for Day With(out) Art / World AIDS Day , December 1

[Arts Communications]

Day With(out) Art / World AIDS Day 2025

University of Waterloo Art Gallery
Monday, December 1, 12-5 pm
Meet artist Andrew McPhail, 12-2 pm

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UWAG is opening our doors on Monday, December 1 from 12 - 5 pm in honour of Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day 2025. Artist Andrew McPhail will be on site from 12 - 2 pm. His current exhibition TEXTiles, This is not an AIDS Quilt is a survey of works made between 2019-2025, featuring 59 hand-sequinned bedsheets, pillowcases, and quilts. A Day With(out) Art is an international day-of-action and mourning in response to the lingering AIDS crisis. Both of our current exhibitions, including Underlay by Brenda Mabel Reid, close Saturday December 6, making this a perfect opportunity to visit the gallery and honour AIDS survivors.


Andrew McPhail is a visual artist who received his MFA from York University in 1987. In his accumulative, craft-oriented practice he uses ephemeral, disposable materials such as Band Aids, Kleenex, and Post-its to create monumental yet ephemeral sculptures, installations, and performances. Over the last decade he has been hand-stitching sequins to spell out text on pillowcases, bed sheets, and quilts. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He was the recipient of the Canada Council International Studio Residency in Paris in 2013 and the Nordic Artist Residency in 2023. He is the cofounder, with Stephen Altena, of the Hundred Dollar Gallery, and a founding member of The Assembly in Hamilton, Ontario. Artist Website<http://www.andrewmcphail.com>



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Wednesday to Saturday 12 – 5 pm
Or by appointment



Mobility
Ground floor entry
Automated doors available at west entrance to Fine Arts (ECH)
Wide pathways
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Image Credits: Andrew McPhail, TEXTiles, This is not an AIDS Quilt (installation detail), 2019-2025, mixed media. Photo: Scott Lee. Description: A single person is looking at an installation of quilts, bedsheets, and stacks of pillows covered in hand-stitched slogans made of brightly coloured sequins.

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