This week I want to talk to you about a couple of art shows coming up. These are in addition to the current show at the Centre d’arts visuels de Magog, which runs until June 26. One of the upcoming shows is in July, which in my mind seems very far away, but really isn’t considering all that will be happening between now and then! This will be my first really big show, lasting the entire weekend of July 9 and 10, in Lyster, Quebec. It is a juried show, meaning that not everyone who applies gets in. I had been accepted for the 2020 show, which of course was cancelled, then for the 2021 show which almost took place, and now all signs point toward the event happening for real this year (although up to this date last year we all thought the 2021 edition would happen, so I haven’t started packing just yet!). It should be a wonderful experience, because it is an established show and people have missed it! The other show is happening next week (June 10-11), and is put on by members of the Lennoxville Art Group. This is the very first art group that I ever joined, so it has a special significance for me. It is with this group that I exhibited my work for the very first time in 2018 (photo above)! Usually they have a show every year at this time, coinciding with the “Friendship Day” celebration in the borough of Lennoxville, and hold another smaller show at Christmas time in the local library. But of course Covid put pretty much everything on pause for the past two years, so many members were eager to finally do a show again this year. It will be slightly different as not everyone is participating, and the usually well attended Friday night “vernissage” will be simpler this time, with no food being served because of current restrictions on gatherings. The traditional spread offered by the members was quite a draw, so we will learn this year how many “fans” came for the art versus the food! Another thing different this year will be the addition of a “Studio Sale” table. Many members used the Covid time for painting, and with few occasions available to display and sell their work over the past 2 years, many find themselves with a surplus of completed pieces that need to find “forever homes”. Some may be a bit older pieces, some may not be framed, but all will be offered at very reasonable prices (not to imply that our prices are not already reasonable!). Some things have not changed. Each participating member will have their dedicated wall space showing recent pieces, and we will also have our usual “minis” table, which has smaller works at, you guessed it, very reasonable prices! There will also be a raffle of a lovely professionally framed watercolor painted by member Muriel Fitzsimmons, with proceeds going to the Lennoxville Library who has been such a valuable partner of the art group over the past few years. I hope you can come to visit this show, as well as the one in Lyster. Details on times and locations are on my website.
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