Masterworks update

  I just got the final version of the invite and the booklet..... Have a look... I am in really good company... wow..is all I can say cant wait to meet all the group. met Mary this morning , that was really nice. she was dropping off invites

http://www.craft.on.ca/OCC_News/Southwest_Update#Masterworks_Southwest

 GOOD COMPANY

Why You Should Buy Art by William Powhida

Bow Tie Bumper is in Masterworks Southwest an Ontario Crafts Council Touring Show

Congratulations once again on your acceptance into Masterworks Southwest!  Each submission was judged according to technique, craftsmanship, originality/creativity, innovation and excellence. The jurors were faced with a difficult task—selecting only 39 works out of a grand total of 101 entries that ranged from elegant and sophisticated to unexpected and quirky.  We are all absolutely thrilled with the final selection.

TOUR SCHEDULE: MASTERWORKS SOUTHWEST
 

Tour stop #1
Tom Thomson Art Gallery
March 28 – April 25
840 First Avenue West Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K4
Reception: Sunday, March 28, 2pm‐4pm
 

Tour stop #2
Burdette Gallery
May 15 – June 20Burdette Gallery 111212 11th Line Rural Route #2 Orton, ON L0N 1N0
Reception: Saturday, May 29, 6pm‐9pm
 

Tour stop #3
Art Gallery of Windsor
July 10 – September 5

401 Riverside Drive West
Windsor, ON N9A 7J1
Reception: Friday, August 20, 6pm‐9pm
 

Tour stop #4
Greenwood Quiltery & Gallery
September 17 – October 30

275 Woolwich Street Guelph, ON N1H 3V8
Reception: Saturday, October 16, 1pm‐4pm
 

Tour stop #5
Station Arts Centre
November 12 – December 17
41 Bridge. Street West Tillsonburg, ON N4G 5P2
Reception: Friday, November 12, 7pm‐9pm

Stumpy

Stumpy has made it in

LOOK 2010 at Gallery Lambton, Sarnia

LOOK 2010, Gallery Lambton's bi-annual juried art exhibition will be featured from March 5 to May 2, 2010 and will feature a wide range of work and media by artists from southwestern Ontario and southeastern Michigan.   Join us for the opening reception on First Friday, March 5, 2010 starting at 6:00 p.m. Many of the featured artists will be present.  An award presentation will be held on First Friday, April 9, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.  LOOK 2010 will close on Sunday, May 2 at 4:00p.m.

Works are selected by three jurors: Marla Botterill is a visual artist based in London, Ontario.  Botterill teaches painting and drawing at FanshaweCollege and has served four terms on the Board of Directors at Forest City Gallery; she currently holds the position of President.  Michael Waterman is a visual and audio artist whose work focuses on sound installation, improvisational performance, and radio art. Waterman's sound installations have been presented in galleries and festivals throughout Canada and in the United States. Mindy Bowls is currently the curatorial assistant at the Thames Art Gallery in Chatham Ontario. She has experience in exhibition programming, collections and conservation. Bowls has a B.A. in Art History from the University of Guelph.

Prize money, amounting to $1,500 will be awarded.  Once again this year, the public gets to vote and choose their favorite piece. The People’s Choice Award is presented to the artist whose work receives the most votes.

Gallery Lambton
Bayside Centre
150 N. Christina Street
Sarnia, Ontario N7T 7W5
Tel: 519 336-8127
Fax: 519 336-8128

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Artists Survey: The Greenbelt Exhibition.

I got the call yesterday..Phil Anderson told me my work had been selected for The Greenbelt Exhibition.

1313A Queen Street West Toronto Ontario M5K 1L8  416.536.6778  Hours: Wed-Sun 1-6pm

• Reception for the Gallery 1313 Exhibition will be on Feb. 18^th 6:30pm t- 8:30pm  for artists and guests,  8:30pm -10:00 pm for public .
  
• There will also be a panel discussion on Wed Feb. 24th with Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star and other panelists. It is free and you are invited to attend.
• Works will be at Gallery 1313 until Feb. 28th.
• The exhibition will be at the ROM March 3^rd for a gala luncheon and then travel to three other exhibition venues in the Greenbelt until March 28th.

Gallery 1313 is an artist run centre committed to the recognition of excellence in various cultural and artistic expressions. Gallery 1313’s embracing of equality, inclusion and celebration of diversity is affirmed through its broad representation of its membership, affiliations, programming and executive body. Gallery 1313 supports vital contemporary art practices by recognizing the work of emerging and established artists in a variety of mediums.

 

I have Monday to work in the shop

I have been working for a contractor for the past few weeks. It slows down what I have going in the studio but I think I have a few new ideas to explore..I get this Monday to focus on my stuff ,I miss the time in the studio.

I will post images of what's going on soon.