Niewiadomski’s practice has focused mainly on large site-specific installations in public spaces; however she has also created more intimate, object based work. She combines embroidery and sewing together with building materials such as wood and fibreglass screening to create imagery and text based pieces from the Ultimate Home Repair Guide. Niewiadomski is interested in playing with the conventional roles of males and females in the home, and sees herself as both the handyman and the homemaker. She has a passion for making things with her hands- both in the workshop and in the kitchen. It is when these two paradigms shift that her work creates new places to be experienced. Niewiadomski's Brick Wall, (2007) uses hand embroidery on fibreglass screening to create an image of a brick wall with yarn. The facade was originally created as a site-specific installation on the front windows of a gallery in Toronto. The window is a liminal space—a threshold between inside and outside. It is neither here nor there but exists some place in between. The artist's attempt at preserving her idea of "home" is lost as the day turns to night, and the facade becomes transparent and permeable. One can never truly return "home". Agnes Niewiadomski graduated with distinction from the Sculpture/Installation program at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 2008. She was awarded the OCAD Medal for Sculpture/Installation, the program’s highest achievement. She currently works and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Cake Wall (2011) will be created to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Art Wall at Kwartzlab, Waterloo, Ontario. Niewiadomski will create her own aluminum cake pans and bake cake “bricks”. The entire cake will consist of thirty stacked bricks, assembled with buttercream “mortar” icing, and will yield approximately ninety servings. A slideshow of process images will be on display throughout the evening. Tea and coffee will also be served along with the cake. Friends and family are welcome to come out and enjoy the evening. Brick

The current artist displaying work at Kwartzlab, Roland Hofer (aka Caliban Strange) and Robert Gissing (aka Gus)were interviewed on Monday April 26, 2010 by Mary-Lou Schagenaed on her arts show at CKWR. Mary-Lou has been very supportive of the Kwartzlab artist initiative launched by Gus Gissing. Since 1996, Mary-Lou has produced and hosted the show, along with the distinctive personalities of community contributors. Together, they bring music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film, books, authors and festivals to the airwaves.

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Roland Hofer.
Richard Albrecht came to write a story about the Kwartzlab artist initiative. Richard published an exciting story about Kwartzlab in the March/April 2010 Exchange magazine.

Hanging out in the Green Room.

While waiting in the lounge we met up with local award winning playwright Gary Kirkham . He was on the show to support the production of his play, "Falling: A Wake", now playing at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener.

Gary Kirkham

I had the good fortune of running into an old friend, Rob Daniels , at the CKWR station. Rob and I worked on a Film titled "The Dead Water" by Peter Conrad back in 1993. Rob is the host of the radio show called Vision In Sound. "Each week Visions In Sound host Rob Daniels takes you on a journey through the music of Movies, TV and Video Games. Whether it's Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Howard Shore, Shirley Walker, Hans Zimmer or someone new you haven't heard before you'll find them here on Visions In Sound. However, it's not just the music as Rob also provides in depth interviews with the composers and special features on upcoming releases or celebrations of Film, TV and Video Game music of the past."

Rob Daniels at the Helm of Visions In Sound.