Nuit Blanche!

The birds are singing and the ice is melting and I am moving and shaking once more after a cold and dark little hiatus and I am not the only one….

What is up, you ask?

Well, this weekend Montreal celebrates the 9th edition of the extremely sucessful grande finale event of the Montreal en Lumiere festival Nuit blanche à Montréal!

This year, I will be participating in a show at Montreal’s historic Belgo Building at Studio427. All 5 floors of this building will be jam packed with more art than you can shake a stick at! The building is celebrating until 3am so come on out!

I am debuting a piece from my ongoing Sequins of Events series titled DOOM! in a show called “What Keeps You Up At Night?”

Studio mate and Articule member Edwin Janzen will be joining me with a presentation of his own ominous video work.

Come on out and tell me what keeps YOU up at night. Unlike many others, THIS night is going to be one hell of an awesome sleepless night!

Thank yous!

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to post a quick thank-you to all the fabulous people who came out and supported me these past few weeks. There really would be no art show or expo if it wasn’t for you people! I am deeply grateful to have such motivated/mobilized friends and fans.

Pictures of this crazy month coming soon!

xoxoox

JAUNE

Hey everyone! Today Diagonale is holding their annual fundraiser!

Support local artists and local galleries and come out and make a bid on some art! There is lots of stuff to chose from including 3 of my new pieces! 12-3pm at 5455 avenue de Gaspé, suite 203, Montreal, QC
Here is a link to the photos of the art up for grabs!

TONIGHT TONIGHT! #yesartexpo

Hey there! You are all invited!

yes art expo

Tonight from 7pm – 9pm and tomorrow from 10am – 4pm I am participating in the YES ART EXPO at Marché Bonsecours

Come on out and support me and my fellow young visual artists, crafts persons, dancers, musicians, make-up artists, graphic designers, illustrators and writers as we present our trades and sell our wares! Great time to look for that perfect Christmas gift! Support handmade! Buy local!

Also, I’ll be raffling off some art so don’t miss out on a chance to get in on that!

Entrance to this event is FREE!

For more information on the Expo check out the facebook event ->here<-

November News!

Lots of moving and shaking this month! Don’t worry, if this is all too much to take in at once I will be reminding you regularly as to what’s going on and when ;)

First up on my events calendar is this:

aurore handbill

From November 17th – December 1st I will be exhibiting 2 pieces in a group show at Maison d’Aurore in the Plateau as part of their 35th anniversary celebrations. This show is full of talented artists who live in the hippest borough in Montreal.

The show is open to the public during the centers regular opening hours as well as in the evening (5-8pm) on November 24th and December 1st.

Entrance to this event is FREE!

For more information check out the facebook event ->here<-

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Next up:

expozine

On November 26th and 27th Au Deuxième, the studio I am part of, will be holding a booth at Montreal’s Expozine2011! We will be selling zines, printed accessories and artisanal snacks!!!

Entrance to this event is FREE!

For more information on Expozine check out the facebook event ->here<-

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Then comes this:

yes art expo

For the days of December 1st and 2nd YES Montreal will be filling Marché Bonsecours with young visual artists, crafts persons, dancers, musicians, make-up artists, graphic designers, illustrators and writers presenting their trades, myself among them! Come on out and pick up some locally made presents for your loved ones and see the creative movers and shakers in action!

Entrance to this event is FREE!

For more information on the Expo check out the facebook event ->here<-

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And last but not least:

Jaune

JAUNE! On December 3rd Diagonale is hosting the vernissage for their annual fundraiser event. I will be selling 3 brand new pieces in this show. This year the theme of all the work is Jaune (yellow) and biding starts at $100.

Entrance to this event is FREE!

For more information check out the facebook event ->here<-

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Fewph! And after all THAT, I am going to do my best to sit very still and sip hot chocolate while knitting in my province of origin until the new year :)

CART! GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE!!!

This month CART at Current Space gallery in Baltimore is wrapping up. You might remember me posting about it before. Anyway, it was a ton of fun and I am super proud to have been part of something so rad.
If you haven’t already you should get down there because they are having a HUGE SALE!!! This is your chance to buy some totally exciting art at a fraction of the cost! In fact, the Baltimore City Paper awarded the gallery with “BEST PLACE TO BUY ART” in their Best of Baltimore issue! Wow!

(This is a snapshot of my goods on the shelf at the opening reception. And hey look! An article about what when down right here.)

Here is the facebook event page about the closing event and sale!

Also, have a look at the stellar list of artists at the bottom! They are all selling work in this show! YOU can own their awesome stuff!

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C A R T

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H U G E S A L E !!

OCTOBER 21, 2011

7-10PM

Don’t miss this ONCE in a lifetime opportunity!
C A R T is going out of business and we’re slashing ALL prices!*
EVERYTHING MUST GO!
Our LOSS is your GAIN!

(FINE PRINT: Not really ALL, only some.)
PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:

BALTIMORE CITY PAPER AWARDED US WITH “BEST PLACE TO BUY ART” FOR THEIR BEST OF BALTIMORE ISSUE, CHECK IT OUT!

http://citypaper.com/bob/artsentertainment/best-place-to-buy-art-1.1205844

C A R T
The average American makes two trips to buy groceries each week, making supermarkets, mini-marts, and corner stores essential and incredibly influential parts of our everyday lives. All items are bought and sold at these stores using money. Money is earned through labor, and labor comes in countless different packages, much like our food. Through our labor we are inspired and we are exploited. We progress and we are repressed. We survive.

Art is created through labor, but unlike some of the more negative forms labor takes, art stimulates our minds, challenges our imaginations, and expands our vision for the world. Art is at the center of humanity’s continuous evolution, but it remains extraordinarily undervalued by mainstream American society, which is almost solely focused on the seemingly endless cycle of labor and consumption. This limited view of life is slowly eliminating our ability to imagine, dream, and think freely.

Through C A R T, Current Space is positing that art is not optional, but essential. It affects all of us internally, whether we are aware of it or not, and it should therefore be considered as fundamental to our daily lives as the products we purchase at grocery stores every week. Therefore, Current Space will be transformed into a fully functional mini-supermarket, complete with aisles, window displays, shopping baskets, and cash registers in an attempt to explore the exchange of artists’ labor for profit in a familiar, everyday setting.

Artists:
Jake Adams (Baltimore, MD)
Lorna Barrowclough (West Yorkshire, UK)
Colin Benjamin (Baltimore.MD)
Jordan Bernier (Baltimore, MD)
John Bohl (Baltimore, MD)
Hannah Brancato & Ellen Nielsen (Baltimore,MD)
Miranda Bushey (Baltimore, MD)
Manian E. Chettle (Langley Park, MD)
Thomas C. Chung (North Ryde, Australia)
Emily Comeau (Montreal, Canada)
Spencer Compton (Baltimore, MD)
Jennifer Coster (Baltimore, MD)
Seth Crawford (Baltimore, MD)
Wynnie Crews (Baltimore, MD)
Peter Cullen (Baltimore, MD)
Amanda D’Amico & Phuong Pham (Baltimore, MD)
Peter Dear & Martin Loomis (Baltimore, MD)
Marisa Dipaola (Vernon, Vermont)
Liz Donadio (Baltimore, MD)
Double A Projects/Athena Robles & Anna Stein (Brooklyn, NY)
Silvana D’Mikos (Miami, FL)
Liz Ensz (Baltimore, MD)
Eamon Espey (Baltimore, MD)
Marissa Fein (Stevenson Ranch, CA)
Futuro:Marx – Rosa Futuro & Tobias Marx (Berlin, Germany)
Annie Grey (Baltimore, MD)
Joe Griffith (Tampa, FL)
Joshua Haycraft (Baltimore, MD)
Holly Holly Hobby Hobby – Anni Altshler & Leah Mackin (Philadelphia)
Sarah Hope (Baltimore, MD)
Nora Howell (Baltimore, MD)
Annette Wilson Jones (Annapolis, MD)
John Jones (Baltimore, MD)
Gary Kachadourian (Baltimore, MD)
Jenna Kaminsky (Baltimore, MD)
Justin Kelly (Baltimore, MD)
Minku Kim (Baltimore, MD)
Kingsboro Press (NY, NY)
Lisa Krause (Baltimore, MD)
Keith Lea (Baltimore, MD)
Clayton Lee (Baltimore, MD)
Shrimp Boat Projects/Eric Leshinsky & Zach Moser (Houston, TX)
Sarah Machicado (Baltimore, MD)
Chloe Maratta (Baltimore, MD)
China Martens (Baltimore, MD)
Victoria Martinez (Baltimore, MD)
Kelley McNutt (Brooklyn, NY)
Chiara No. (Chicago, IL)
Mashup Collective – Ece Ciper & Jasmine Sarp (Baltimore, MD)
Maria Mendoza (Baltimore, MD)
Emmanuel Nicolaidis (Baltimore, MD)
Inger Van Noorthoorn K. (GD DE Bilt, The Netherlands)
Cara Ober (Baltimore, MD)
Melody Often (Baltimore, MD)
Robert Pasternak (Winnipeg, Canada)
Nick Peelor (Baltimore, MD)
Justyna Pennards (Amersfoort, The Netherlands)
Scott Pennington (Baltimore, MD)
Sonya Phillip (San Francisco, CA)
Nikholis R Planck (Baltimore, MD) Sarah Podles (San Francisco, CA)
Mark Rice (Spartanburg, SC)
Vincent Romaniello (Willow Grove, PA)
Marshall Roemen & Seth Chalmers (Los Angeles, CA)
Bonnie Brenda Scott (Philadelphia, PA)
Ginevra Shay (Baltimore, MD)
Alicia Sherman (Key West, FL)
Flannery Silva (Baltimore, MD)
Dain Suh (Baltimore, MD)
Dylan Thadani (Baltimore, MD)
David Ubias (Baltimore, MD)
Catalina Uribe (Sydney, Austrailia)
Josh Van Horne & Jessie Unterhalter (Baltimore, MD)
Adam Void (Baltimore, MD)
Megan Van Wagoner (Baltimore, MD)
Jessica Wang (Pasadena, CA)
Elke Wardlaw (Berlin, Germany)
Jeffu Warmouth (Fitchburg, MA)
Lindsey Wollard (Ft. Myers, FL)
Brandy Wolfe (Culver City, CA)
Sarah Wren (Toledo, Oh)
Tory Wright & Lydia Moyer (Charlottesville, VA)
Joseph Young (Baltimore, MD)

More info…

As promised, I am posting additional information about the upcoming show AND PICTURES!

CART opens at Current Space Gallery on July 9th with a reception from 7-10pm.
This show will ALSO be part of a 3 day festival known as Artscape happening in Baltimore from July 15 – 17th! If you miss the opening reception for CART you should definitely check out Artscape. It looks like a ton of fun!

News!

I have news! Good news!

Next month I will be exhibiting a piece in Baltimore, Maryland! To date, this is the furthest my art has travelled!!!

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The show is CART and it will be exhibited at Current Space Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. Here is an exert from the Current Space website about the show!

Art is created through labor, but unlike some of the more negative forms labor takes, art stimulates our minds, challenges our imaginations, and expands our vision for the world. Art is at the center of humanity’s continuous evolution, but it remains extraordinarily under valued by main stream American society, which is almost solely focused on the seemingly end less cycle of labor and consumption. This limited view of life is slowly eliminating our ability to imag­ine, dream, and think freely.
Through C A R T, Current Space is positing that art is not optional, but essen­tial. It affects all of us internally, whether we are aware of it or not, and it should there ore be considered as fundamental to our daily lives as the prod­ucts we purchase at grocery stores every week.

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For more information about this show and Current Space Gallery check out their website or check back here in a few days. I will be posting updates and pics as we get closer to the show opening.

I am so excited to be part of this event!

Galerie FRINGE Expo-Vernissage

This year the Montreal FRINGE Festival is launching a new event, Galerie FRINGE!

For ONE DAY ONLY, Thursday, June 2 · 6:00pm – 9:00pm at CTRLLAB Montreal Art House (3634 St. Laurent) you can come out and see and possibly even buy original art work from Montreal artists! Including myself!

The other artists featured at this event are listed below. I have added links to the artist’s pages when I could find them for your convenience and I really hope I didn’t get anyone mixed up. If you discover that I linked to the wrong website, or would like a link added, please let me know and I will fix it ASAP.

Check us out!

Lorraine Albert
Rémi Beaupré
Armando Cabba
Doug Capron
Mélanie Casey
Heather Cutts
Emily Comeau
Genty Fabien
Gabriela Gard Galiana
David Hoult
Sonia Khenfech
Cindy Lopez
Joanne Madeley
Pascal Normand
Liana Paré
Stéphanie Perrault
Jeremy Price
Roy
Greg Stone
Emilie Tremblay
Jacqueline Tremblay
Reine Vanille

Entrance to this event is FREE!

Facebook event listing!

Hope to see you there!

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MERCI MERCI

Thank you all so much for coming out to explore the 3rd edition of Ateliers Portes Ourverts in Mile-End this past weekend!

In total approximately 611 people and 1 dog came out to visit Diagonale where I was stationed along side Alanna Lynch, Lyne Girard, Nicole Panneton, Danièle Bergeron, Stéphanie L’Heureux.

INCREDIBLE! I hope you had fun! I did!

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