Category: Exhibitions

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MOSAIC: Art, Culture and Development A charity art auction event.

A Bright Future
A Bright Future by Ann-Marie Cheung

I’m donating this artwork in support of Engineers Without Borders’ development work in Africa: “A Bright Future” 1997, 24″ x 18″ , acrylic on canvas, Copyright © Ann-Marie Cheung

Please join Western University’s faculty and staff, and members of the London community,  for a gala evening in support of Engineers Without Borders’ development work in Africa.  A special guest will be speaking at the event and art from local London artists will be featured a silent auction.  By harnessing the skills and creativity of the Canadian engineering sector, Engineers Without Borders works to find practical solutions to one of the world’s most urgent problems – extreme poverty.
Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
Time: 6:00 p.m.
There will be a guest speaker at 9:00
Venue: The Windermere Manor, 200 Collip Cir, London, Ontario, N6G 4X8
Ticket Cost: $60
Tickets include a $25 tax receipt and appetizers
Buy your tickets here

Attire is business casual and we are able to accept cash, cheque and credit card for purchases and donations.

The Windermere Manor is also offering a discounted stay of $130+ tax for a standard room with one king bed, or a suite with two queen beds for $146 + tax.
Just mention that you are coming for the Engineers Without Borders Art Auction for the discounted rate. To make a reservation click here

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Memories In Wool – Rug Hooking Show & Sale

Memories In Wool
Rug Hooking Show & Sale

May 3 & 4, 2014 • 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
ALGOMA UNIVERSITY, St. Thomas, Ontario
(corner of Wellington Street & Elgin Street)
FREE ADMISSION and Ample Parking

Rug Hooking Show & SaleFEATURING:
• Hooked Rugs, Books and Art by Gail McNaughton
• Hooked Rugs from our most senior member Dorothy Bray, professional wool rug dyer and long time rug hooker
• Over 60 Hooked Rugs for floor and wall and Punch Needle Art
• Old Hooked Rugs on display collected by members
• Rugs will be featured from the members of the St. Thomas Rug Hooking group, Memories In Wool
• Wool, supplies and art to purchase
• Demonstrations of Rug Hooking and Punch Needle
• Rug Hooking wheels & scissors sharpening by Norm Bray

We welcome donations for Serenity House Hospice (St.Thomas)
A SPECIAL ART CARD FOR PURCHASE: Raggedy Anne In The Serenity Garden Of Hope, Rug Hooking wall design by Gail McNaughton
Proceeds from this special card sale will go to Serenity House Hospice (St. Thomas)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail McNaughton gail@gailmcnaughton.com or 519.637.3777

Come out and help make this a Special Event!

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Doors Open London and London Culture Days

After last year’s success, After last year’s success, Doors Open London and London Culture Days are partnering together once again to allow Londoners and visitors experience the history and culture of the city.

This unique two-day event will feature free, hands-on and interactive activities that allow Londoners to take a “behind-the-scenes” look at our cities cultural and historic gems.

Over 50 sites will be open for exploration free of charge. Visit just a couple of sites in your community or visit them all!

View this year’s participating sites: http://goo.gl/fGJw6c
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Make sure to checkout Paula Mould‘s (Terrifying Space Monkeys and Art) art work at the Art Gallery of Lambeth this weekend!

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Fall art festivals

Artists such as Jerry Whitehead open their studios at Vancouver’s Eastside Culture Crawl. (Photo: Michael Scales)

Harvesting the talent in Toronto, Halifax, Montréal and Vancouver

To really connect with any big city, to fully explore its appeal, you need to know what moves the locals. You have to pin down whatever touches hearts, tickles minds and shakes hips. This is no easy task, and yet sniffing out a cultural scene’s most absorbing events can sometimes be as simple as being in the right place at the right time. In at least four great Canadian cities, autumn festivities are about as compelling as it gets. In Toronto, a massive all-night art installation turns the centre of the universe into another planet. Halifax assembles a pile of tremendous talent and kicks out the jams for five days. Galleries in Montréal become periscopes, transformed by the world’s best photography. And Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside reveals its true colours, which turn out be that city’s most dynamic and vibrant. All you have to do is show up and blend in…

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