Hello all, and welcome to booster!

This blog was founded by Angela Beck and I as a starting-point for critical discourse and review of the visual arts locally (in Regina, Saskatchewan) and elsewhere. Primarily, we'll be posting reviews of art exhibitions and performances, although we will also be covering work we come across in other disciplines and you may find the odd article on wider issues in the visual arts.

Feel free to post your comments in response to the reviews, though for this we hope that respondents will refrain from posting anonymously--we’re posting with an assumption of professionalism and openness, and we hope you will, too. If you’re interested, please also look below for our code of ethics and the reasons we've decided to build this site.

Enjoy,
Lee Henderson





Code of Ethics:

- We will not accept any remuneration for any review posted here.

- We will not review the work of close friends or of each other. While we believe that we can be entirely professional, there is always the potential that extensive, intimate knowledge of an artist could colour our reading of the work in question, or that such a colouration could be perceived. In the case of group shows, we will use our discretion.

- All reviews will be cleared by both Angela and Lee prior to publication on the site. Note that this does not mean we have to agree with the views expressed in each other’s reviews...

- Lee will not review the work of his students while they are his students. Other student work may be reviewed at our discretion, although this will likely require the work to be shown in a professional/off-campus venue.


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Mandate:

- To provide and foster local criticality in the visual arts.

- To encourage “collegial competition” that is honest, open, and helpful.

- To provide context and cohesion for art production in the city.

- To create an online presence for and increase the coverage of local work.

- To provide positive feedback where warranted and alternate readings of work where helpful.