Sunday, August 8, 2010

Grand Opening of our Art Gallery

It was a very important day for us yesterday - finally, after many months of hard work we opened our art gallery in Yarker. The celebration took place between 5 and 7 pm on August 7th, 2010. Around 150 people visited the gallery on that day, including Yarker and area residents and visitors from Kingston, Toronto and Montreal. Short speeches were given by Anna Szczepaniec, gallery director and David Pickering, the author of the show. There were some little refreshments, our volunteer, Joshua Hammerle from Switzerland was playing guitar and the atmosphere was great.

Exhibition "Egyptian Reflections" by David Pickering

 
 We opened with the exhibition "Egyptian Reflections" by David Pickering. The show features 30 two-dimensional mixed media works, mainly collages, created by artist over a period of ten years. Most of them were executed during David's visits to Egypt, where he maintains his winter studio. The show will be on until September 5th.

THE GALLERY WILL BE OPEN EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM AND BY APPOINTMENT - PHONE: 613 877 4532 .

In front of the gallery on the opening day
We are still working on little improvements. We only have half of the lights so far, we need to install the equipment for the movies and concerts, we need to get proper chairs for the movies too and bigger, nicer screen, finally we have to renovate and open a washroom for the public. It will all take time, regarding how limited our financial resources are, and probably some of those things won't be ready before next spring, but we are optimistic and working hard.


David Pickering and audience at the opening





Out In The Sticks Art Gallery



Out In The Sticks Art Gallery

Out In The Sticks Art Gallery

Out In The Sticks Art Gallery

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