Wow, January has been a busy month to say the least. I had the good fortune of being in the right place at the right time and well taking down a display case of work from the youth I have been teaching, the library asked if I would like to show my work in their gallery room for the monthof January…it worked out great! It is a big, bright lovely room in the Ajax Public Library withenough wall space to fit 30 decent sized paintings. A friend (Sue) and myself spent a snowy day loading, unloading, unwrapping, hanging, levelling, tagging, etc. a great looking show! I was able to include my daughter and a few students in the show AND we get to have a day long closing reception including doing demos of silk painting, batik, and free motion embroidery on painted cotton…the very next day I had to do it all over again with the help of my daughter and a friend from school who needed community hours. So we installed a 30 pc. show at Ontario Shores called Transformation & Change and Next Generation…and the opening reception is on January 16th, 2010 from 1:30-3:00 pm. We had a lot more space than we did when the show was in Clarington Town Hall, so we were able to add a few more pieces that did not fit into the other show. I sold a painting while setting up – so that was a good sign. We have had an article published in the paper about the show, and an art magazine for PRAC is also doing a write up about us when the show moves to Ajax on March 22nd, 2010 into the McLean Community Centre until April 26th. I do not think that show installation is my favourite part of the art business, but getting all of those paintings out of my house all at the same time is making my husband and oldest daughter VERY happy…even if it is only for a month. I would love to move the batiks somewhere else in February to, just to keep them out of the house for a while…it would even be better if they moved permanently into other people’s houses ;0) Anyway…it is all part of being an artist, and our excitement builds as we get much positive feedback and encouragement from others. I will tell you how the receptions and shows went soon!
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