Watermedia Weekend Workshop with Mary Nunn, SCA

"DESIGN & WATERCOLOUR MONOPRINTS"
Mary Nunn will be holding a DESIGN AND WATERCOLOUR MONOPRINT WEEKEND WORKSHOP.

DATE: October 24th & 25th, 2009
TIME: 9:30 to 4:00
PLACE: The Experimental Farm (indoors), Ottawa, Ont.

COST: $195.00 (GST included)

Mary Nunn is an accomplished watermedia artist whose expressive work spans several genres. She is also a gifted teacher conducting workshops throughout Canada and the United States. Mary Nunn has works on exhibit at Tay River Gallery in Perth year round.

Enrollment will be limited. To register, complete the tear off portion of this form and mail with a cheque made out to Mary Nunn, to the following address:
Mary Nunn, 2056 Black Friars Rd., Ottawa, ON, CA, K2A 3K8

On receipt of registration and payment, a confirmation letter and workshop preparation kit with detailed location map will be sent by email or return mail. For any further information, call Mary or Ian Nunn at 613-722-6687 or mary@digitaldoor.net Website: www.marynunn.com.


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Mary Nunn is an accomplished watermedia artist whose expressive work spans several genres. She is also a gifted teacher conducting workshops throughout Canada and the United States. Mary Nunn has works on exhibit at Tay River Gallery in Perth year round.

Charles Spratt Solo Exhibition of Paintings: Changing Seasons

Tay River Gallery is pleased to present a major solo exhibition of new paintings by Charles Spratt, accomplished Canadian landscape painter from June 1 - 15th, 2009.
Artist Reception will be held on Sunday June 7th from 2 - 4 p.m. at Tay River Gallery, premier fine art gallery in Perth at 28 Wilson St West. Call Lisa Brown at 613-264-5448 for more information about the show. Note: Tay River Gallery will be open daily during this solo exhibition.

" Charles Spratt's paint-handling virtuousity weaves its magic in these exquisite new landscapes. This new body of work portrays all the seasons of the well loved Canadian landscape with a master painter's skill, and appealing artistic interpretation in Spratt's highly recognizable style. "

Charles Spratt is one of Canada's finest landscape artists with over 25 major solo exhibitions to his credit. He has been painting seriously for over 30 years, and has taught landscape and portrait painting in numerous colleges . Spratt is past president of the Manotick art association, and the Ottawa Watercolour Society and co-founder of the original Ottawa Art Festival. He was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1996 (CSPWC). His work is exhibited in notable fine art galleries across Canada and hangs in many private and corporate collections in Canada and abroad.

The Sobey Art Award

Earlier this week, the long list of contenders for the Sobey Art Award with $70,000 in cash prizes were announced. The Sobey Art Foundation's Sobey Art Award is Canada's pre-eminent prize for a young Canadian artist. It is awarded annually to an artist 39 years old or younger who has shown their work in a public or commercial art gallery in Canada in the past 18 months. A panel of curatorial advisors, consisting of a representative from a major gallery in each of five regions (Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and the North, and West Coast), develops the shortlist. This year's short list will be announced on May 1. The longlist of 25 artists is as follows:

WEST COAST AND YUKON
Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky; Luanne Martineau; Keith Langergraber;
Evan Lee; Julie York

PRAIRIES AND THE NORTH
Paul Butler; Marcel Dzama; Sarah Anne Johnson; Jon Pylypchuk; Althea
Thauberger

ONTARIO
Shary Boyle; Christian Giroux & Daniel Young; Luis Jacob; Kelly
Richardson; Derek Sullivan

QUÉBEC
David Altmejd; Raphaëlle de Groot; Manon De Pauw; Pascal Grandmaison;
Adad Hannah

ATLANTIC
Alexandra Flood; Tara K. Wells; Ilan Sandler; Graeme Patterson; Joe
McKay