The Art Map

Right now I am busy putting together the next version of The Art Map printed map. The Art Map promotes artists in Grey, Bruce and Manitoulin Island by displaying samples of their work, listing contact information and location.

If you are an artist and would like to be part of The Art Map printed map and web site for 2009 please contact me and I will send you some information and rate sheet.

Visit The Art Map web site

Vessels Call For Entry

Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts has issued a call for entry.

Artists are invited to freely interpret the show title in 2D and/or 3D format, in any medium. A showcase of fine craft vessels will form a special presentation of the show. Showcase artists will have specially designated space and marketing opportunities in our beautifully restored, main street gallery space.

Please RSVP with an intent to show to admin@bmfa.on.ca with “Vessels” in the subject line by February 21,2009.

Submission date is February 28, 2009 from 11 a.m.-5p.m. at the Arts Centre, 163 Hurontario St, Collingwood, Ontario.

Opening reception on March 7, 2009 from 3-5 p.m. featuring violinist Susan Connolly of the Huronia Symphony Orchestra.

For more information please see the BMFA's call to artists page

Distinquished Artist La Cloche Art Show 2009

The La Cloche Art Show committee is pleased to announce that the Distinguished Artist for 2009 will be Judy Martin.

Judy maintains a working studio in downtown Little Current that looks out on the North Channel and the historic swing bridge. Her wide range of art media includes drawings and paintings on paper and canvas, fabric and paper collage, experimental work with wax and hand stitched large wall quilts.

Judy grew up on a farm in the Fort Frances area of Northwestern Ontario and moved to Manitoulin Island in 1993. Although she already has a fine arts degree from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Judy embarked on a second one by distance from Middlesex University in the UK three years ago. Studying art at the university level informs her practice with art history and theory and gives her work a certain technical discipline.

Last summer the Gore Bay museum mounted ‘Red Thread’, Judy’s twenty-first solo exhibition. She has also participated in over sixty group exhibitions across Canada and the USA and her work is in several public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank.

Check out her web site and blog at www.judithmartin.info