Vessels, Gallery de Boer - Oct 27 to Jan 15 2007

Gallery de Boer show Vessels, with artist Heide Berger, Monika Aebischer (Swiss born) now of Toronto, and Cynthia Porter of Owen Sound.

Experience the interpretations of Vessels. Exploration of themes in the artist's own media. For artist bios and additional information click on the headline to link to the gallery site.

Bigger exhibition space and service areas at Gallery de Boer - Fine Art & Jazz.

Flesherton Flurries Sat Dec 2nd, 2006

Brave the Elements and Feed the Fire!
Visit the many art galleries and stores, and eat in the great restaurants. Open until 9 pm, with live music and refreshments. Dance at Donabies Restaurant until 1 am.
Fill your passport, and enter a draw for one of many great prizes.
Flesherton, Ontario
Contact e-mail for more information.

100 Squares - Tom Thomson Gallery, Dec 1-Jan 26

One hundred 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm squares Tom Thomson Gallery. The biggest little show in town. Miniature works in many different mediums. A portion of the proceeds go to support programming at Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery. Check it out. Until January 26.

Riversong's Christmas Show Nov 18 - Dec 10

First Annual Show and Sale featuring the work of local artists and artisans.
Opening Nov 18, 7-9 pm.
Riversong Gallery is hosting a Christmas Show and Sale of miniature pieces of artwork by artists of Grey and Bruce counties. Perfect as christmas gifts for art lovers.
536 Mill Street Neustadt, Ontario

Lynn Connel in Africa

This is an excerpt from Lynn Connell's blog on her trip to Africa. See the link to her blog in the Links section to the right. Lynn has been listed on the Art Map for the past two years.

Oct. 20 - February 14th...Valentines Day!

"I am going with ICA Canada (Canadian Institute of Cultural Affairs, www.icacan.ca - a registered charitable not-for-profit international organization, providing funding and support to 6 African nations with programs directly related to the HIV/AIDS crisis (volunteer testing, home based care, micro credit financing, employment skills training, youth education). "

OK the workshop this week. on art, the first one the ICA has given, i am a bit of an experiment it seems..20 participants some walking 2-3 hours to get there, some coming only for the mid morning snack of at least 6 slices of white bread and juice, lunch: chicken and rice...we eat with our right hand, the national dish Pap, or Pup, a combination of a wheat flour and water boiled and stirred..delicious like cous cous....no napkins, few trees, little paper...community centre, open windows blasting in hot air..the sweet sound of a class of 4 year olds next door singing xmas carols..we begin with an introduction, most absolute art beginners, nervous, quiet, sitting silently, then come the infamous spirit cards a la Douglas Walton..later one devout Christian confessed how worried he was when he saw this on my agenda, fearful of evilness coming into the workshop..but these were a huge hit, 25 cards for their children and grandchildren.....each one different, original, made by themselves, they were ecstatic, and we used them to imagine mountains, bushes, trees, creating landscapes: big land, little skies and the opposite for those who know these workshops...great..it was wonderful for me to watch them grow, the empowerment, the concentration, the sense of huge proudness when they discovered I CAN DO IT!! i am an artist..I can't wait to get home to teach this too my kids, my grandkids... I can use this in my batik...so exciting..wonderful.

Artist Lin Souliere

Bruce Peninsula artist, Lin Souliere,
is accepted in major national watercolour exhibition.

On Thursday, November 2nd, the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC) unveils Open Water 2006, its 81st annual open juried exhibition of select transparent watercolour paintings.

The John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto hosts this year’s major exhibition.
Visual artist Lin Souliere from Lion’s Head, Ontario, with a painting entitled Ancient Witness is one of the thirty-nine artists accepted into the prestigious Canadian Open Water 2006 event. Entries this year came from Canada, the USA, Malaysia and Singapore.
The exhibition was juried by Ron Hazell CSPWC, Bev Rodin CSPWC and Katerina Atanassova, Curator of the Varley Art Gallery in Markham, Ontario. This exciting 81st annual showcase presents the height of transparent watercolour achievement, with works ranging stylistically from high realism to loose abstraction.
The official opening and presentation of awards will take place Thursday November 2nd, from 6 to 8 pm.
The John B. Aird Gallery is located at 900 Bay St., at Wellesley, in Toronto, where the exhibition continues until November 24, 2006. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm.
Many of the art works are available for purchase. For collectors and enthusiasts, a full colour catalogue is available.
For further information, please visit the CSPWC website www.cspwc.com Or contact:
Laura Culic, Executive Director at info@cspwc.com, (416) 533-5100 or Lin Souliere at www.dragonflyridge.ca, soulart@bmts.com