Happy St. Nicholas Day at Artspa

there are never too many cooks at Artspa.....yummmmm!

Grittibaenz by Jaqueline!

Today was our last session until the new year and we always end it with a fabulous potluck! Here are a few photos. See you all on January 17th. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Festival of Trees - Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

http://www.mentalhealthns.ca/en/home/events/festivaloftrees/trees/12daysofchristmas.aspx

Art Sales & Rentals Juried Group Show

Art Sales & Rental Gallery- The Annual Group Show
Opening reception Thursday, November 17th

The Annual Group Show is a salon-style juried exhibition with over two hundred artists invited to participate from across Atlantic Canada. This is a rare opportunity to view the talent of emerging and established Nova Scotia artists in one venue. The show is exhibited from November 10th-30th, 2011 and all works are currently available for sale, though they must remain on view in the gallery until the end of the month.

Please join us at the opening reception on Thursday, November 17th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m..

Monika Wright Exhibit

Please Join Us for the Opening Reception of

"Transformations & Colour"

Paintings and Digital Media by

Monika Wright

Opening Reception

Sunday, November 27th from 7 - 9 pm

6085 Coburg Rd, Halifax

Exhibition runs from November 22 to January 31st

www.monikawright.com

Doyle Street Art Fair

Hi Friends of the Arts,

It is with great pleasure to invite you to the Opening Reception of Doyle Street Art Fair. Six artists come together in a vacant room for a show and sale of their art works. We will be able to showcase paintings and sculptures over a period of five and a half weeks.

It would be wonderful to see you at the opening on

Wednesday, November 16 from 5 - 8 p.m.

The artists are:

Jeremy Akerman

Mary Ann Archibald

Sarah Jane Conklin

Brian Heighton

Jacqueline Steudler

J. Vincent Walsh

The Doyle Street Art Fair runs from November 15th through December 21st. Hope to see you there.

5413 Doyle Street, Halifax, NS (off Spring Garden Road, next door to Port of Wines)

Hours of operation:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday: noon to 4 p.m.

Monday: Closed (or by appointment)

If you like to know more about the other artists you can find biographies on our blog.

http://doylestreet.blogspot.com

I’m looking forward to seeing you at the opening or on another day at the Doyle Street Art Fair.

All the best,

Jacqueline

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CBC information Morning/Share the View 2012 Calendar

One of our members, Sarah Jane Conklin, is featured in this beautiful calendar to raise money for Feed Nova Scotia (food banks).

http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningns/feature/sharing-the-view-2012/

Every Thing Has Its Time - Andrea Pottyondy - Saint John Arts Centre

August 19th - October 22nd, 2011

This exhibit features mostly abandoned homes in rural and city settings in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. They are not just dilapidated empty structures but receptacles that contain history of place, and narratives of family that we can only imagine.

Subconsciously I was provoked into painting this series during the time that my parents had to sell and move from their home of over fifty years (my childhood home). At the same time our daughters were leaving our home to attend university so I was experiencing “empty nest” syndrome!

Through this artwork I hope to convey a sense of nostalgia and passage of time. The song that Pete Seeger adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1-18;NRSV is the mantra of this series:

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)

There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)

And a time for every purpose, under Heaven