…Exhibition by Sukaina Kubba
Sukaina Kubba is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is strongly rooted in material and cultural research, storytelling, and drawing connections. The artist works with industrial and packaging materials, and explores travelling objects, and textile. All this gives her pieces a very textural feel.
…thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting Pull Up a Seat https://xingfumama.blog/2024/05/31/pull-up-a-seat-photo-challenge-2024-week-22/
…probably one of my favourite shows
On Wednesday I spent four hours helping with the installation for the Black and White Show at Women’s Art. I love camaraderie when working with this talented group of women. It’s a beautiful show and I hope those of you who live close by will come downtown to check it out.
…an eclectic collection
More shots from the mall, a trio of swans and trios of artwork at WAAC.
If you have any trios to share I’d love to see them. Just copy my link and paste it into your post. I’ll be sure to check it out and leave a comment.
It seems that I have been very inconsistent with my blog in the last month. For that I apologize to my regular followers. I hope to do better in 2024. Here is a quick review of my highlights in 2023.
January to March 2023
To be continued…..
…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/12/16/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-single/
A stand alone piece of art at the Small Gems Show at WAAC in Toronto by Susan Farquhar.
…trios from a pub and two different art galleries from the East Coast
….in the historic district of Fredericton
There are only 60 000 people in Fredericton but it is the capital of New Brunswick and it had a very vibrant arts community. Our daughter recommended that we visit the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and we weren’t disappointed. On the outside of the gallery and across the street there were numerous sculptures.
…thanks to Kevin for finding the pain medication that I needed for my sciatica
Sunday morning Kevin walked to the closest Shopper’s Drug Mart and with help from the Pharmacist found the Naproxen that I needed. While he was gone I researched what exercises I could do to ease my pain. I found some great YouTube videos and between the pills and the exercises I started to feel much better.
Later in the day I decided that I could handle the short walk to the art gallery. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is the largest art museum in Atlantic Canada and currently houses over 18 000 works of art.
The work of Maud Lewis and her iconic house that she lived in for 30 years are on permanent display here. The house is small but Maud painted every inch of wall space and every piece of furniture and every accessory with her famous folk art style.
Other Exhibits include GENERATIONS: THE SOBEY FAMILY AND CANADIAN ART and
DEANNE FITZPATRICK: THE VERY MENTION OF HOME
Here are a few of the paintings we particularly enjoyed.
We didn’t take in all the exhibits. The collection is housed in two buildings and taking in three of the shows was all I could handle.
….from Cornwall to Sherbrooke
On Saturday morning we woke up to light rain. After a good breakfast we packed up the car and headed out for Sherbrooke in Quebec.
As you can see by the photos the rain was pretty steady but when we arrived in Sherbrooke the rain had stopped and we were able to get out of the car and navigate the very steep streets of the downtown.
We found a great art gallery, Beaux des Arts, and explored two floors of art from the 30’s and 40’s by four Montreal artists who introduced abstract art to the Quebec people.
After a short break we climbed up the steep streets and made our way to a quaint bar where we ordered some refreshments and a plate of classic poutine. Sherbrooke is a very French community and you will always be greeted in French first but most people also speak English.
Mama Cormier 