Exhibition opening: A collection of somewhat random specimens by Denis Russel

Photographic exhibition by Denis Roussel, titled " A collection of somewhat random specimens", will be presented in Out In The Sticks Art Gallery from June 8 to July 21st, 2013. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, June 8th at 7 pm.

Denis Roussel comes from France, but currently he lives and works in  Colorado, USA. He works with traditional photographic techniques, like wet plate collodion process. The series he will present in our gallery features various random natural objects, which he found in his backyard or during hikes in the area where he lives. Here you may find his Artist Statement and here his biography. You may also visit Denis Roussel's website.

The Gallery is open by chance or by appointment (call 613 877 4532 to find out if we gonna be here). Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

World-wide Pinhole Photography Day - April 28

Like every year, the Out In The Sticks will participate in World-wide Pinhole Photography Day.
On Sunday, April 28th, 2013, from 1 pm to 1:45 pm there will be Mini-Workshop on Pinhole Photography, with photographer Andrzej Maciejewski. Then from 2 to 4 pm every participant may go and take some pinhole photographs, either using cameras provided by us, or their own cameras. These pinhole photographs will be developed right away in Andrzej Maciejewski's portable darkroom. Then you may easily scan them and upload them on the website of the World-Wide Pinhole Photography Day:
http://www.pinholeday.org/
Participants are asked for $ 20 donation towards materials. (Please do not be late for the Workshop part at 1 pm, it is hard to explain everything ten times to all those who come late.)

"Simple Life", exhibition of paintings by Meghan Marshall.

Absolutely stunning selection of paintings by young artist Meghan Marshall will be exhibited in Out In The Sticks Cultural Centre and Art Gallery from April 20th to May 27th 2013. The exhibition title is Simple Life. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, April 20th, at 6pm. As usually, the admission is free, but we welcome donations.

Meghan Marshall lives on Wolfe Island. As she says about herself, she is a chemical engineer by trade and an artist by nature. Her work often explores rural themes. With love and passion she portrays numerous elements of a simple everyday country life; cows in the pasture, chickens in the yard, tractors, barns and fields. You may see few samples of her work below and explore more, visiting her website: http://paintingsbymeghan.blogspot.ca/

You may also download Meghan's bio and artist statement here.

New season starting!

I am very excited to announce that soon we are opening a new season of Out In The Sticks cultural activities. Within next few days I will post here the details of our upcoming events and I will try to update some other things on our blog.