CURIOSITIES AND EXPERIENCES
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES: Creative Writing Course with Master Writing Coach,
Sarah Selecky
​​​I am so thrilled to be enrolled in this six week creative writing course. Her podcast, Sarah Selecky Audio: The Intuitive Writer inspires me every morning on my drive to studio.
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"My writing and teaching respects intellect, analysis, mystery and intuition."
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-Sarah Selecky-
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For more information on the various writing workshops she offers, click on her link:
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Image: Sarah Selecky Book
- published in 2025
LIFE IN PRINT: WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
AND PABLO PICASSO EXHIBITION
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WHERE: Art Gallery of Alberta(AGA), Edmonton, Alberta
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WHEN: May 3rd - October 5th 2025
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This past month I had the wonderful opportunity in visiting the Alberta Art Gallery in Edmonton. Designed by Randall Stout, the Gallery is located on Sir Winston Churchill Square in the heart of downtown. When I first entered, I immediately noticed the stunning windows against the wrap around "steel ribbon" that emitted so much daylight on a dark, rainy day. The bulding is inspired by the Saskatchewan River and the Aurora Borealis.
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Here are my favourite pieces from three exhibitions: Life In Print: William Kentridge and Pablo Picasso, Seeing and Being Seen and What We Leave and What we Take.
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Image: Art Gallery of Alberta
Image: Pable Picasso
SEEING AND BEING SEEN EXHIBITION
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WHERE: Art Gallery of Alberta(AGA), Edmonton, Alberta, 1st Floor Gallery
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WHEN: April 18th - September 14th, 2025
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Image: William Kentridge
Image: Violet Owen
Image: Violet Owen
WHAT WE LEAVE, WHAT WE TAKE EXHIBITION
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WHERE: Art Gallery of Alberta(AGA), Edmonton, Alberta
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WHEN: March 8th - August 24th, 2025
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Image: Taiessa - Variegata Installation
MOMENTS IN MODERNISM EXHIBITION
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WHERE: Art Gallery of Ontario(AGO), Toronto, LEVEL #4
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WHEN: June 14th 2024 - September 1st, 2025
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Moments in Modernism showcases AGO's growing collection of modern and contemporary art. Artistic movements within the exhibition include Pop Art, Abstraction, Realism and Minimalism.
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I have only seen these pieces on pages of a textbook in high school art history class.
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"I felt like a kid in a candy store - fascinated, enthralled and captivated."
Image: A "must see" exhibition
Image: Robert Rauschenberg
Image: Henry Moore
MY FAVOURITE PIECE
Mark Rothko. No.1 White and Red. 1962. Oil on canvas​
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"I am interested only in expressing basic human emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom and so on. If you...are moved only by their colour relationships, then you miss the point."
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-Mark Rothko-
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Image: Jack Bush
Image: Mark Rothko
Image: Detail, Jean - Paul Riopelle
WOVEN HISTORIES: TEXTILES AND MODERN ABSTRACTION
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WHERE: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Special Exhibitions Galleries LEVEL #1
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WHEN: November 8th, 2024 - March 2nd, 2025
(I know this exhibition has passed but the pieces are so wonderful to share)
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​​Unfortunately I could not attend this exhibition but my daughter attended and shared these inspiring photos with me. I will definitely enjoy each and every piece in the Exhibition Catalogue - "Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction" by Lynne Cooke.
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Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington in collaboration with The National Gallery of Canada, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this exhibition showcases 130 works by more then 45 artists. Some of the textile techniques that are shown include: weaving, knitting, felting, knotting and netting. This exhibition blurs the lines that separate fine art, textiles, applied arts and handicrafts.
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"Woven histories offers a fresh and authoritative look at textiles - particularly weaving - as a major force in the evolution of modern abstraction."
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-National Gallery of Art-
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Image: Lillian Elliott
Image: Photographs courtesy of
Hanna Shorthouse
Image: Exhibition Catalogue
Image: Ruth Asawa
Image: Ed Rossbach
Image: Ed Rossbach
Image: Ruth Asawa
Image: Marilou Schultz
Image: Anni Albers
KINTSUGI: HISTORY AND TECHNIQUES OF THE JAPANESE ART OF
CERAMIC REPAIR
​​​​I am fascinated by this process - the traditional Japanese craft of repairing ceramics using precious metals to symbolize the beauty of human fragility.
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Visit The Nikkei Centre website for more information on the many Arts and Cultural Programs they provide and Dojin Arts and Three Little Spruce for more information on upcoming Kintsugi workshops.
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Image: Learning the Art of Kintsugi
ANNUAL BUTTERFLY RELEASE
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WHERE: In the gardens of Krause Berry Farms, Langley
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WHEN: Every year during the second week of August
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Every year, 400 Painted Lady butterflies take flight and are released in the beautiful gardens at Krause Berry farms. You can purchase a butterfly before the event for $25.00 and all proceeds go to The Langley Lodge and The Langley Hospice Society.
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A wonderful fundraising event to celebrate loved ones and make wishes as you watch your butterfly take flight!
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