In the Round at Graven Feather

My three circle panels for Graven Feather's annual group show, 'In the Round' which opened last night. This year, both Chris and I entered work, was fun to have a small project to work on between spending so much time at the store...more on that later.
Missed the opening but can't wait to go see the show. With 150 participating artists, the opening is pretty busy and though it is nice to meet the other artists I am looking forward to seeing all the work in a most leisurely manner.
Tonight we are off to Cambridge to see Jeff Christie's (a fellow BealArt alumni) new work in his solo exhibition 'Here Today' at Preston Gallery.
Lots of art shows and excitement around in Guelph lately and this weekend is the Guelph
Film Festival, which I am looking forward to. Always lots of thought provoking films to see.

It has been awhile since I have posted anything much but there are many posts started and saved to finish soon. Lots to tell you about the last few wonderful months.

Mary Misner

This is a photo of the lovely Mary Misner, announcing her upcoming retirement as director of Cambridge Galleries (now, Idea Exchange). She is standing in front of a work I made for a show titled, 'soft celebration' at the Preston branch of Cambridge Galleries in 2010. The work is a mixed print on many layers of washi with hand stitching titled, 'four season (Canadian) rug'.
Mary Misner was director of Cambridge Galleries for 27 years and had a huge impact on the arts community far beyond the city of Cambridge. The list of her achievements is many and are better described by a few of the following publications.
The Cambridge Times
The Record
Idea Exchange
Ontario Association of Architects
Mary will be presenting a talk about the gallery's permanent collection + contemporary textile art on October 15th at part of the Idea Exchange October lecture series.