April has been extremely busy for everyone in the group. Pictured here is Lynden Cowan,Robert Chisholm and Charlene Nickels who have a small exhibition in Theatre Orangeville, and artworks will be on display until June 3rd. Address is 87 Broadway, Orangeville.
Artist Steve Wilson is involved in a show at the Carrier Gallery in Toronto at the Columbus Centre. Steve has also received the exciting news that he has been invited to participate in the 8th Portakal Cicegi International Plastic Arts Colony that takes place in Dogapark, Turkey in June. Only 48 artists were invited from a pool of 2000 applications and from 48 countries . An wonderful honour ! Each participating artist will donate one of the artworks that they create there during their stay to the museum. Art supplies are provided and are waiting for each artist from the list that the artist submits prior to their arrival of what they require to work. Dogapark is located near Sapanca Lake , a 2 hour distance from Istanbul, and is a special living area housing hundreds of different types of plants and trees, and over 70 different species of animals.
Lynn Schumacher has a piece involved in the supportive auction for Gilda's Place, an amazing charity.
Of course everyone is working daily on their art, whether it is traipsing through the woods subject hunting, spending long hours in the studio , usually alone , painting, setting up shows, or even doing the booking or paperwork needed for exhibition proposals , or in the case of Paulette, spinning and dyeing her own wool for fabric artwork. Long hours... a lot of work... and we love it !
Hope you have a chance to visit us in our studios or enjoy our exhibitions.