by perry | Dec 13, 2019 | Art News
End of Year Wrap-Up Well, we are coming to the end of 2019, and I know everyone is busy with a new season of activities, and getting ready for the holidays. In looking back at this past year, it’s been very full. I also recognize that I haven’t...
by perry | Nov 29, 2018 | Art News
Well, I see I haven’t blogged in a bit. A lot has happened this fall, and I guess the busyness is a sign of why I haven’t. It’s late November and the snow still hasn’t come to Smithers, so it feels like fall just keeps going and going on. So...
by perry | Aug 23, 2018 | Art News
Our province is dealing with the terrible situation of forest fires all over. People, territories, sky, trees, wildlife, homes … everything is being devastated. Here in Smithers, we have been very fortunate. No nearby fires threaten us, and the direction of...
by perry | Aug 17, 2018 | Art News
There is an amazing exhibition about salmon at the Terrace Art Gallery all this month. I have two pieces in this comprehensive show, entitled the Skeena Salmon Art Show, which was an epic undertaking by organizers/curators Dave Gordon and Cynthia McCreery to compile...
by perry | Aug 11, 2018 | Art News
This past week, I spent a day up the Kispiox River at the Bear Claw Lodge to lead some art workshops for a kids’ Conservation Camp. It’s a week-long camp where the kids are entirely outdoors the whole time, doing all kinds of activities, like rafting,...
by perry | Aug 6, 2018 | Art News
This past weekend was the first annual Bulkley Valley Art Studio Tour. It was held over Sat. Aug.4 & Sun.Aug.5 10am-4pm each day. It was a self-guided tour where visitors got a map of the various studios participating in the tour, and people could bike or drive...
by perry | Jul 9, 2018 | Art News
Well, last week was a fantastic experience at Midsummer Music Festival in Smithers. Seven painters, and a number of musicians jammed together, responding to each other’s creations. The bands 1000 Cuts, Moth Mouth, Blocktreat & Harmful Ray, along with some...
by perry | Jun 28, 2018 | Art News
This weekend is the Smithers Midsummer Music Festival, a wonderful fest that we love going to. This year, I’ll be participating as a visual artist in a session called “Synesthesia”. Here’s the blurb about it from Midsummer: When two mediums...
by perry | Jun 25, 2018 | Art News
I have recently sent some artwork off to a group show in Budapest, Hungary at the Dual Gallery, connected to the Hungarian Multicultural Centre. It will be opening July 10 and running for a month. Curator Beate Szechy has chosen some selections from my Field Notes...
by perry | Jun 15, 2018 | Art News
We are just finishing up the exhibition of the Valley Youth Show at the Smithers Art Gallery, which I coordinate and install, and features primarily my students’ artwork, though we also invite other youth artists from around the Bulkley Valley to participate. I...
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