Working primarily with natural materials gathered in and around their urban environment, three artists exhibit process-based art. The work incorporates elements of time, ritual, and ephemerality.

Often begun months before entering the studio, the gathering, or gleaning, of raw materials is a central aspect of each artist's practice. This may entail deliberate scouting out and wildcrafting, chance discovery, or intentional cultivation of materials; frequently it is seasonal. Colour, form, smell, tactile qualitites, the ways in which these materials change over time in response to their environments and with manipulation, are all considerations.

Fran Freeman's interest in urban agriculture provides both physical material and some of the inspiration for her work. When not in the studio, she is raising crops on a garden allotment in her local park and honeybees at a co-op apiary in the downtown core. She received Ontario Arts Council awards in 2005 and 2006 and is currently in a two-person exhibition at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant.

Ted Karkut has been the recipient of several awards including a purchase award from York University in 2005 and currently has work at Toronto Pearson International Airport as part of the In Flight exhibition. A favoured sculptural material is black locust stems. Karkut's ideal is to manipulate material beyond its original form, creating a new "ground" for contemplation, detachment and elegant thinking.

Stan Krzyzanowski is on the fulltime faculty of, and is an Associate Professor at, Ontario College of Art & Design. He makes sculptural/ installation pieces with pinecones and electronics. His time-based online video project "Interval" was featured in VtapeDigital and the Images Festival 2005 and "Pine Cone" was selected as the trailer for the One Minute Film and Video Festival 2006. His work in The International Flipbook Festival is currently touring galleries in B.C., New York and the U.K.

Fran Freeman - regenerate