Heather Cline: Quiet Stories

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Over the past ten years, Heather Cline has been gathering stories from residents of communities across Canada, collecting personal and regional histories Through a series of artist residency projects and public engagements, Cline interviewed people including farmers on combines in rural Manitoba, fruit growers in Vernon, British Columbia, and school children in Ardrossan, Alberta. The interviews inspired Cline to paint different geographical locations, connecting with the subject matter through others’ experience of place. Audio excerpts from the artist’s collection of interviews are interspersed amongst the paintings to create a rich and intimate audience experience.

Heather Cline is a painter and mixed media artist based  in Regina, Saskatchewan. She holds an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan. Cline has exhibited and participated in residencies across Canada. Her work can be found in the the Colart Collection and the collections of the Mendel Art Gallery and the Saskatchewan Legislature Building. In 2014 Cline received the Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award: Arts & Learning. Cline is an instructor at the University of Regina. She is represented by Slate Fine Art Gallery in Regina and The Gallery/Art Placement in Saskatoon.

Slate Fine Art Gallery is pleased to host a reception for Cline’s solo exhibition, Quiet Stories on Thursday, January 11, from 5:00-8:00 pm, at 2078 Halifax St. All are welcome to attend.

Heather Cline, Quiet Stories (Installation View), 2018. Photo by Don Hall.