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Ajax's Tina Horn connects the skies of two worlds

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Added by Allan OMarra on July 29, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

The World's Biggest Drawing

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Added by Mike Butler on July 22, 2010 at 11:11am — No Comments

Dave Zak, motion designer and entrepreneur

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Added by Allan OMarra on July 12, 2010 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Art Stores in and around Toronto

For a very good revue of all the art stores Toronto has to offer, go to...(http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_art_supply_stores_in_toronto/). Gives a complete rundown on service and pricing. Continue

Added by Don Hightower on July 5, 2010 at 4:17pm — 2 Comments

Performance "die Deutschen Banken danken"

In Flensburg im KKi Laboratorium, Eckernförde im Rathaus und in Büdelsdorf auf der Nordart haben PeKa und BRiGiTAL zu den Kürzungen und Einsparungen im Kunst- und Kulturbereich eine Kunstaktion gezeigt.

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Added by brigitta k. on June 19, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

cloisonnage - 30 Jahre TEiLE bewegen : Brigitta Krause und PeKa

Der Inselfriese und die Schweizerin steht in einem Pressetext zur Ausstellung im Kultur- und Bürgerhaus in Marne.
Zu sehen sind Cloisonnage HolzBildObjekte aus 30 Jahren im Grossen Saal.
Cloisonnage ist eine Malerei auf Holzteile und wird von beiden Künstlern gemeinsam erarbeitet und signiert.
Jedoch entwerfen beide Künstler auch ihre eigenen Werke, die von Darstellend bis Abstrakt in ihrer bekannten Farbigkeit auf Holz besticht.

In den anderen Räumen kann man Mooreiche Bild… Continue

Added by brigitta k. on June 19, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

experimentelles BUCH - Kiel

Sieben Künstlerinnen und Künstler haben sich zusammengefunden und ein Ausstellungsprojekt verwirklicht.#Kern der Ausstellung sind Künstlerbücher, die von den Künstlern seit März gemeinsam erarbeitet wurden.
Hierbei handelt es sich um ein künstlerisches Experiment. Die Künstlerbücher wurden regelmässig zwischen den Künstlern getauscht. Alle Künstler haben allen anderen ollegen erlaubt ihr eigenes Werk nach freien künstlerischen Ermessen weiterzuführen, zu entfernen oder zu ergänzen. Entstande… Continue

Added by brigitta k. on June 19, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Geordie Lishman: the only constant is variety

(My May 2010 column in the Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser)

Although he was born into an iconic f… Continue

Added by Allan OMarra on June 17, 2010 at 5:10pm — 1 Comment

Meet Albert Slark, renowned illustrator and portrait painter

(My April 2010 column in the Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser)

You may be surprised to know that we have an internationally acclaimed illustrator living in ou… Continue

Added by Allan OMarra on June 17, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Plein Air Painting - Summer, 2010

Artist Judith A. Jewer, is arranging a series of Plein Air paintng outings. For times and information on locations, go to,(www.facebook.com/) .Enter,"Ajax/PickeringPleinAir Painters", in the search box. There are about eight entries. Continue

Added by Don Hightower on June 15, 2010 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Ten day trip to west coast of U.S.A.

To view the professionaly photographed pictures of the trip I took with Mississauga photgrapher Michael A. Parkes, go to, (http://www.pbase.com/mikeparkes/) . Note... All photos are copywrite, and property of the photographer. Continue

Added by Don Hightower on June 12, 2010 at 3:32pm — No Comments

'World Tree'

STORY

It was a glorious fall day. The sun was shining, crisp and clear. The colours were at their height, magnified in the sunshine. The sky was impossibly beautifully blue; only gets that clear and intense in the fall when it's magnified with all the ambient orange foliage. It was… Continue

Added by Judith Jewer on May 20, 2010 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Andy Mercer is an awarding winning digital abstract artist from Lancaster.

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Added by Mike Butler on May 9, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Flamingos in the River

Flamingos fascinate me so much, I can watch them for hours at the Toronto Zoo. It's not only their shape and movement, but that in itself is really something. I mean really...

IMPOSSIBLE GRACE

Big pink eggs on stilts...
Terodactyl heads
On end of garden hose.
Yellow eyes watchi… Continue

Added by Judith Jewer on May 7, 2010 at 10:17am — 4 Comments

Studio Space?!

I have recently been to Hamilton, a thriving arts section in the city. It was a Doors Open Event and among the wonderful historical buildings, there was one space that struck me as a great idea and I wish we had out here in Durham.

One... it would be great if Durham had a "Arts Disctrict" - which invites an Art Crawl every month in the summer
Two... for those that don't have studio space that allows for growth there is a renovated building that have been converted to wonderful stud… Continue

Added by Shannon on May 3, 2010 at 10:23am — No Comments

Album of Photos from An Art Show I Juried In Bancroft

I've posted an album of photos on Facebook of the opening of an art show I juried at the Art Gallery of Bancroft that opened on Friday, April 30, 2010. Go to album via this link:

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Added by Allan OMarra on May 2, 2010 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments