Sunday, November 30, 2008

Martha Markowsky receives Award of Excellence in the Arts from City of Lachine, Quebec



Martha Markowsky was selected by the City of Lachine for the award of excellence in the arts for 2008. This honour was bestowed on Martha before an audience of over 300 people at the Centre St. Anne in Lachine on Sunday November 23, 2008. This award was in recognition of Martha Markowsky's achievements in art as well as within the arts community of Lachine and across Canada.
Pictured in the photo above is Mayor Claude Dauphin, with Martha accepting the award "Le fil de l'excellence 2008", and on the right, Councillor Jean-Francois Cloutier.

The city of Lachine has selected for their Christmas cards this year, the image from her original painting "Backyard Nostalgic Hockey" currently on display and available for sale during December at Tay River Gallery in Perth.



Martha Markowsky, accomplished and highly respected Canadian artist is an elected member of the Society of Canadian artists, with works in many prominent personal, corporate and government collections across Canada.

Martha Markowsky is represented by Tay River Gallery in Perth and featured in the current festive holiday show at Tay River Gallery. Paintings by Markowsky on a festive theme with many small works perfect for gift giving are on exhibit ( musicians, bar scenes, children at play, Montreal backyard scenes) See Martha's featured artist page on the gallery website for currently available paintings.

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