Publications and Talks

Publications

Click on cover image or title to download the .pdf* or follow to website hosting the material.

black and white photograph of bernice vincent taken by her husband don vincent in the early 70s. she is wearing a loose wool sweater and is tipping her hat with her right hand. in her left hand is a cigarette. she is smiling coyly off to the right of the frame.

Biography on Centred.ca (2020)
The Personal and the Universal: Bernice Vincent by Rebecca Dawdy

image of the painting The White Sheet by Bernice Vincent. a large white sheet hangs suspended on a line that spans the frame. behind is a tall hedge that fills the frame. it is spring and the hedge had only the beginnings of buds and the grass underneath is just growing in.

Biographical Website from Macintosh Gallery.
A Driving Force: Women of the London, Ontario, Visual Arts Community 1867-2017

image of article: Bernice Vincent: Time and Travels Museum London, as it appeared in C magazine.

Bernice Vincent: Time and Travels
Museum London, Review

C Magazine, Exhibition Review, Winter 2014

image of The Beat Summer 2013 cover

The Beat Article, Summer 2013 – Vincent and Ondaatje: A retrospective intersect, By Beth Stewart

image of The Beat Aug 2011 cover

The Beat Article, August 2011 – Land ho: Sighting Land at Museum London, By Beth Stewart

image of city woman article july aug 2010

City Woman Article, Summer 2010

image of artscape Dec 2008 cover

Artscape Article and Cover, December 2008

image of the cover of Beyond Mythmaking (Re)viewing the Work of Bernice Vincent. The cover shows a close up of "From the Roadside" painting by Vincent. The painting is a highly textured landscape showing a clouded blue and white sky over a golden wheat field with a line of scrub trees in the background and roadside grasses in the foreground. At the bottom of the image is a rust-brown horizontal panel containing the title of the book in white sans serif type.

Beyond Mythmaking
Catalogue excerpt with Curatorial Statement by Janice Andreae
The London Regional Art and Historical Museum, 1994

Scan of an article titled "Making art from the ordinary" from the London Free Press, September 22, 1994 by Joe Matyas. Bernice Vincent has applied her formidable talent to the everyday items in her home, garden and city.

Making Art From the Ordinary
by Joe Matyas
London Free Press, Sept 22, 1994
Review of Beyond Mythmaking at The London Regional Art and Historical Museum

All Around Me… All Around You
University of Manitoba Exhibition Catalogue

image of dayton portraits front cover

Alan Dayton Portraits Catalogue Excerpt (1986)

image of vanguard summer 1986 article

Vanguard Article, Summer 1986

L to R Bernice Vincent, Sheila Curnoe (standing), unknown artist kneeling w. striped shirt, Greg Curnoe (rear), Owen Curnoe in stroller, Charles Vincent sitting on floor. Collection Don Vincent

Christopher Régimbal: Institutions of Regionalism: Artist Collectivism in London, Ontario, 1960–1990

image of the cover of "Changes" exhibition catalogue showing the painting "Picnic" which depicts a white picnic blanket with picnic basket, apples and dishware. at the bottom of the image, the blanket rests on grass. at the top of the image, the blanket becomes snow that recedes into a winter landcape of hills and bare trees.

Changes, Bernice Vincent / Robert McKaskell at Toronto Reference Library

Image of original article: Artist records existence as a wife and mother.

Artist records existence as a wife and mother
by Janice Andreae, London Free Press, 1977 (pdf)

Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada, edited by J. Keri Cronin, Kirsty Robertson
(Google Book search)

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Audio and Video (Talks)

Bernice Vincent also gave a number of talks throughout her life about art making and the artistic community of London.
This is not a comprehensive collection. More will be added as it’s available.

Reflections on London Regionalism (Video) – Museum London

Video plays here.

Penn Kemp Interview with Bernice Vincent (Audio)

image of the painting "14 Women" by Bernice Vincent, a mixed media painting on a textured background of gessoed roadside grasses. the painting shows 14 female figures like a filmstrip. the women are each holding a different engineering tool. the painting is mostly in greens so the women almost look like they're emerging from the earth.

“Memory Keepers” (23 Nov, 2009)

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Audio courtesy community radioExchange – The National Campus and Community Radio Association

FCG Founding Members (Video)

Video of a panel about the Founding Members of the Forest City Gallery. The audio is a bit spotty. You may have to turn up your speakers to hear some of the conversation. [Video provided by Mark Favro]

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