Tag: Montreal
Featured Artist: Natasha Henderson
Natasha Henderson is a painter who has?áresided in Montreal for almost four years. Originally from Comox, British Columbia, she graduated with her BFA from the Emily Carr University in Vancouver in 1998. Her work has been exhibited and collected across North America. Her paintings delve into questions about?áartistic representations of?álandscape. She uses the language and…
Featured Artist: share your art
Fleurbain is proud to announce that we will feature a different artist in our online space every month.?áOur first artist is?áone of the women behind Fleurbain, Natasha Henderson. Artists who are interested in being featured are welcome to email: -?áthree to five jpegs of their work (no larger than 1200 pixels on their longest side,…
dominion
The Dominion Square Tavern is a wonderful Montreal restaurant that is steeped in history.?áThe Dominion’s recent incarnation as a restaurant has only been open for just over a year, however the place has been around since the late 1920’s. Situated in the heart of the?áGolden Square Mile (once Canada’s richest neighbourhood), the Tavern was?áoriginally adjoined…
March!
A friend of mine remarked to me a couple of months ago that Arcade Fire’s music is very marchy. ?áSometimes when I am listening to them on my Ipod, I test this comment and try to march a little. ?áUnfortunately, I can usually march along to their music. ?áThis does not really matter to me.…
snow painting with plant pigments
This past weekend during the Montreal High Lights Festival, we participated in Nuit?áBlanche in the Griffintown?áCultural Corridor.?áIt was a great deal of fun to put our recent?áexperiments in Herbal Snow Painting to the test. Despite the cold, we had many keen public?áparticipants join us in creating some snow paintings! We began the day with a…
Snow Painting Experiments… see us at Nuit Blanche this Saturday!
Lately, our neighbourhood has been decorated with something like Earth Art crossed with graffiti?ácrossed with scenes from?áan herbalist’s laboratory. We have been practicing and experimenting with “Snow Painting”: using herbs and vegetables as dyes to apply to snow and ice. ?áAs part of an artistic process (similar to dyeing?áfibres, mixing paints from scratch, or crafting…
sushi-style late-night meal… something weird from my kitchen
Last night I really wanted to eat something cute for supper, while at the same time using up things?áfrom my pantry and freezer. I don’t know why I felt compelled to eat something cute, but such is life. I decided to make “sushi” out of brown rice, potatoes, eggs, frozen spinach, and a bit of…
Art Review: Eric Cardinal and Jocelyn Philibert at Galerie [sas]
Until March 5, 2011 Eric Cardinal presents Histoires?áimprobables and Jocelyn Philibert shows Dans la nuit at Galerie?á[sas]?áin the Belgo Building, at 372 St Catherine Street in Montreal. I was initially lured into this exhibition by a pencil on paper drawing that bore an?áorganic title and appearance. Fungus no. 2, upon further examination, proved to be…
Herbal Creativity… Valentine’s Version
The first Herbal Creativity Spa Weekend workshop was held this last weekend. It was a thoroughly delicious, educational,?ácreative?áand fun experience. Participants learned to make?ásucculent herbal truffles, beautiful felted soaps, and pretty Boudoir Boxes. They enjoyed some herbal teas, made a bath tea, and tasted a?áHealthy Hot Chocolate. They made (and some dared to sample…) a?átrue…
kick it up a bit in the winter and feel better
A few years ago, I decided to kick up my workouts during the winter so that I would feel great during that dark season. ?áAnd guess what? It worked! My moods were great with the addition of a magic ingredient called exercise.?á For about an hour each day, I worked out in classes that I…