Ice Follies 2010

Amy Switzer, Ice Heads, 2010

Amy Switzer is a well known sculptor and artist from the Barrie area who was a North Bay resident for many years. Amy will construct a series of ice sculptures on the lake. These large-scale “swimmers” will read as fins rising from the frozen waters as well as human swimmers frozen in mid-stroke. Her sculptural work will bring the world of ice and snow sculpture to the exhibition and allow the artist to create a performance around the making of the artwork.

Artist Bio:

Amy Switzer lives and works on the ancestral Mi’kmaq land in Sackville, New Brunswick. She holds a BFA from the University of Guelph and an MFA from the University of Waterloo. She is a recipient of the Patricia and Lou Odette Award from Sculptor’s Society of Canada, Odette Best Sculpture Award from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Protégé Honours Award from Arts Toronto Protégé Honours Program and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. She was also awarded the Keith and Win Shantz Internship Award from the University of Waterloo which enabled her to study with Nicola Hicks in England and Switzerland. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Whitewater Artist Run Center, and the MacLaren Art Centre. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Donovan Collection (University of Toronto), The Royal Victoria Hospital and The Redpath Collection. Her public commissions include sculptures for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority at Humber Bay Shores East Park, in Etobicoke and Milne Hollow Park, located in Don Mills, Toronto.