Work by Darrell Markewitz has
been represented in the following
Gallery & Museum Exhibits
Museum Exhibits
As Contributor
A major international exhibit describing the expansion of
Norse culture from its roots in Scandinavia, westward to
Iceland, Greenland to Vinland. Based from the Smithsonian's
Museum of Natural History, this international effort
opened spring of 2000 in Washington, then travelling to a
number of large Canadian and American museums over the next
two years.
I had a small consulting role in the original
discussions, and created about a dozen 'hands on'
reproduction pieces for the related educational programs.)
I then worked on various aspects of the educational
programming at the Smithsonian in Washington, the Denver
Museum of Science and Nature, and the Canadian Museum of
Civilization in Hull.
Full Circle : First Contact
"Led by the Newfoundland and Labrador Museum,
this 2800 sq ft exhibit will tell the story of the Vikings
at L' Anse aux Meadows and contact with aboriginal
peoples, including the rejoining of the human race from
its movement out of Africa one hundred thousand years
earlier. The exhibit will be touring nationally and
internationally late 2000 and 2001."
Again, I had a small role in this exhibit via the creation
of about a half dozen objects for the related educational
program.
The first two stops for the tour were St John's and
Corner Brooke, Newfoundland (to about Oct 1). The
exhibit then travelled to Ontario, opening at the Woodstock
Museum on November 4, 2000 - to March 15,
2001. I worked with curator Shiela Johnson to implement
the educational programming here. I also designed a
promotional display to accompany 'Full Circle' at the
Woodstock Museum leg of the tour.
The text I wrote, along with the images used on the
display panels, can be seen : Here
As Curator
the
Norse Encampment
1994 / 1995 : Orangeville Ontario
1996 / 1997 : L'Anse aux Meadows Newfoundland
The Norse Encampment was a series of increasingly complex
living history programs illustrating daily life in the
Viking Age - specifically the Norse occupation of Vinland c
1000 AD.
The original pilot presentations were mounted inside the
Orangeville Medieval Festival.
In 1996, a 10 day test program was delivered at the actual
L'Anse aux Meadows site, funded by the Viking Trails Tourism
Association.
Starting in 1997, Parks Canada commissioned the creation of
a full scale regular interpretive program for L'Anse aux
Meadows NHSC. This included the creation of hundreds of
replica objects and training of staff. This award winning
program continues to this day.
" DARC seeks to create an environment that stresses
historic re-creation of the Viking Age through the use of
strict interpretation at a 'role playing' level and
authenticity guidelines regulated by peer review. The
primary activity of our events is centred on the 'camp',
and as such we stress reproducing lifestyle and artifact
use. The Company intends to provide a resource of skilled
and experienced historic interpreters and physical
demonstrators to museums and educational programs."
I started DARC in 2000 in response to a request by the
management of Norstead to provide a team from Canada to
take part in their 'Viking Millennium' special event
series.
With DARC, presentations supporting various
travelling exhibits continues. The group has
increasingly been focussed on serious experimenal
archaeology research over the last decade.
The World of the
Norse was a major project undertaken from
April to October 2003. This 1000 square foot exhibit was
commissioned by the Cranbrook Institute of Science
in Bloomfield Hills MI. It consisted of three realistic
room settings containing about 175 individual replica
objects that portray daily life in the Viking Age. It was
installed to accompany the presentation there of Full
Circle - First Contact, to better put the artifacts
into living context.
Artistic Exhibitions
As Participating Artist
Celtic
Renaissance - Contemporary Celtic Art in Ontario
& Brittany
Guelph Civic Museum, Guelph Ontario
Jan - Feb 1999
International
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Convention
Toronto Ontario
April 2001
An Droichead / the Bridge : Group Exhibit
An Droichead / The Bridge group
show :
" 'Tradition and Innovation', both go hand in hand. It
is rare to create something absolutely new, never seen
before. As artists we are constantly looking at the world
around us, drawing inspiration from many sources, both overt
and subtle. ... When an artist makes a conscious decision to
draw on traditional sources, it is inevitable that we bring
our own unique ‘take’ to the matter at hand. ... The
challenge is to take what has gone before and put it into a
contemporary context. In doing so, the end result is
stronger and more alive."
" The Elora Sculpture Project is an outdoor exhibition
that runs from May through October each year.The
sculptures are installed at sites throughout the downtown
core of the beautiful village of Elora and its
neighbouring town, historic Fergus in Ontario, Canada."
The ESP is a jurried public art competition. Individual
artists create and loan sculptures, which are mounted on
fixed bases.
A separte section describes the
individual submissions over the last years : HERE
Into the 4th Millennium
Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology, Hamilton
Ontario
April 1 - May 29, 2016
I was one of a select group of Ontario Artisan
Blacksmiths contributing to this exhibit. Some more
details on the exhibit and my contributions on the
blog.
As Curator
Woodstock Museum, Woodstock Ontario
2002
" A juried exhibit of
contemporary objects, contributed primarily by
artisans who, through their past work, have shown an
interest in themes and / or techniques drawn from
the Early Middle Ages. ... The objects on display
are a combination of new original designs inspired
by the 'World of the Conquest', plus reproductions
of the physical objects from the age. "
For more details go HERE
Woodstock Museum, Woodstock Ontario
September 9 - October 29, 2005
" In the beginning there were
the four elements ; Earth and Air, FIRE and Water.
Of all of these, Fire was the most mysterious to our
ancestors. It was the ability to harness Fire that
would lead us on the long technological road that
would bring us to our modern world. Of all the basic
elements, Fire is the agent of transformation. Fire
allows the conversion of rock to metal, of sand to
glass, of mud to ceramic.
Even to the modern artisan, fire retains its
mystery...
For more details go
HERE
Woodstock Museum, Woodstock Ontario
September 6 - November 1, 2008
" In Ancient times, providing
for the needs of the dead into the after life often
exhibited the best work of artist and craftsman. ...
How future ages may view our current era is sure to
be coloured partially by what objects we use to mark
our own passing.
Be it whimsical or serious, conceptual or
traditional - GRAVE GOODS seeks to explore how the
current generation of artisans view all aspects of
burial customs. "
For more details go HERE
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