At the opening of "An Imagined Garden" |
Friends and well-wishers. |
Works from my second and third semester on display. |
The lighting is a challenge to my photographic abilities! |
The past week has been incredibly busy. On Saturday, Georges Goguen and I hung my show at the CBC Georges Goguen Gallery. The work will be on exhibit until the end of March, with the opening March 7. I have ten pieces on display, which fill the gallery; seven from my second semester and three created since the January 2013 Residency at AIB. An additional painting is on display in the director's office.
I gave an art talk about this work last week at the Café des Artistes at the local Press Club en français. There was quite a turn-out and many interesting questions! Most people are amazed at how much my work has changed over the past year and there has been much enthusiasm for it. I prepared a DVD of twenty images of second and third semester work as well as a shorter DVD of photos I have taken during the AIB residencies. There is no Master of Fine Arts program (or any equivalent) in our province, so there has been strong interest in the AIB program.