Tag: Montreal
Painting Create Nights
Remember the good ole days when Bob Ross would guide you, step-by-step, through the process of making a painting? Isn’t it time to revisit such a fun yet methodically satisfying approach to making a beautiful painting? Painting Create Night is the newest format of *FUN* one-shot, evening workshop where you eat, drink, make merry, and…
art review: Francoise Issaly
I had the great pleasure of visiting Fran?ºoise?áIssaly‘s exhibit Structures the other week during the exhibition’s vernissage. It is an exhibit of paintings, mostly acrylic on canvas, or smaller works on paper. Her work simultaneously?áinvigorates?áthe eyes, and pauses the?ámind. Natural forms create something of a meditation for the viewer. Shapes within the works are organic,…
Pigeon Day
It is a beautiful, sunny day in Montreal. We are surrounded by the sound of happy people being Spring-like in their actions. The pigeons are dancing.
Breathing at Darling Foundry
This March 15 marked the exhibition opening of Toronto-based Abbas Akhavan’s work Beacon at the Darling Foundry. There was also an open studio opportunity for the public to see work in progress by international artists in residence. We were first struck by the enormity of the open space that Akhavan’s work was in. Over time,…
Art and Architecture
Art and Architecture is a group exhibition that brings together six artists. The work examines ideas about architecture, and ideas about our use of space, our cities, and our history. Some of the artists are also trained in architecture and are practicing architects as well as visual artists. Denise Buisman Pilger shares three pieces with…
Jeffrey Mackie read
This month was something of a “Poetry” month at Fleurbain. We hosted our first ever literary event, Open Mike Poetry Night (with no Mike) last weekend. We enjoyed original poetry, read by their authors. We sipped some fine herbal tea. We munched on ginger cookies. We all met new creative people, and new ideas and…
In February we show the LOVE!
It is the middle of winter. Energy is a little low, “sigh…” The weather is a little intimidating with all the snow and ice and icy cold mountains of slush. ?áIt’s not just the ubiquitous boots, but the whole experience of walking down the street makes people scream, “Ugg!” We see this and so, we…
impromptu art talk… video on “Poetry” in Fleurbain
The other day I made a three-minute walk-about film of my exhibition “Poetry”. I had wanted to share the experience of walking through the exhibit, as well as the photos of individual works, online. Here it is: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHizaDPsUXg] The show is on until March 1st. Keep your eyes open for an announcement about an upcoming…
Poetry (paintings)
A few years ago, I was captivated by a discussion about a poetic format. I was jogging with a poet friend and we were discussing this format, the Ghazal. She was describing the formal rules of the poem, and how poets opt to follow, break, bend, and twist those rules. We talked about the deeper…