Meet mother & daughter artists, Cheri & Giselle Denis. Color, color and more color!
This nature based collection includes fields of flowers, poppies, butterflies, trees & more.

Opening Night Reception:
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 7:00 - 9:30pm

Open House:
Friday, July 4th, 12:00 - 8:00pm
Saturday, July 5th, 12:00 - 7:00pm

Show Runs:
June 17 - August 9, 2008

Giselle Denis
The Portal Art Gallery
#300, 9414 - 91 street
Edmonton, AB
T6C 3P4
(780) 702-7522
www.theportalgallery.com

The Works is coming to town - one our city’s greatest festivals. The following is a direct quote of the Facebook message I just received from “The Works”.

The Works 2008 Line up!

13 days of MINDALTERING June 20 - July 2, 2008

Celebrate the 23rd annual The Works Art & Design Festival!

Innovative! The Works showcases the best in art, design and new media throughout Downtown Edmonton & Around Town.

Energetic! See it all at the largest Art & Design Festival in North America! The Works Big Picture features scandalous art from across Canada with a focus on sustainability, social responsibility & creativity.

Art encourages dialogue! Art is nothing without critics!

Download PDF of the 2008 Festival Guide at
http://www.theworks.ab.ca/festivalfolder/newsletter/works2008.pdf (more…)

I had the great pleasure of taking in the current featured exhibit at the Art Gallery of Alberta last week. Having not seen a whole lot of projection and video work, this exhibit was a bit mind-blowing.

Taking over much of the Gallery space, the work plays with light and image, and how the original images interact with the surfaces they are projected upon. It also begs the question of what we project onto the works as we view them.

In fact, I’d say most of the works have that element to them - they are very open to interpretation rather than being didactic or directive. They present image and light for us to consider and I think the artists expect the main impact to come from our own projections, rather than the “projections” they’ve created for us. (more…)

The Park Pentecostal Church is hosting a “Tribute to the Arts” service on Sunday, April 13th at 10:30 AM.

You will find a letter attached with a fax sheet for people interested in showing some of their work (like you?). They would live anything from painting, sculpture, photography, media, pottery, ect. “Anything that people would call art.” (more…)