Artful Community in Action Bonus Tour at VAB’s Artway Gallery in Shoppers World of winning pieces, organizer ecmunson’s portraiture, cameo profiles of the sponsors and donors from the May exhibit ….
2nd annual FORMS, FACES & SPACES, figuratively speaking!
proudly part of the 27th Scotiabank CONTACT Festival Exhibition … the world’s largest photography event
This show exemplifies the adage a picture is worth a thousand words with iconic images that capture the very rhythms and routines of our daily lives. And to that end, we discovered what is portrayed in this show can unite us amidst our diversity. Studio By Design’s ecmunson
First Place Award to Marlon Porter for his photograph, The Unseen, 2nd Place Award to Tina Newlove for her painting, Self Portrait, 3rd Place Award to Sherry Park for her painting, Portrait of Marie Kearns, and Honorable Mention to
Micheline Godbout for her photograph, Indelible No. 2.
Awards courtesy of the show’s sponsors, Jeffrey Group Real Estate from Georgetown and Health in Hands Massage Clinic of Mississauga.
Jurors Statement from Judy Daley and Fausta Facciponte …
It has been a pleasure to adjudicate this selection of works celebrating our shared humanity and the spaces we occupy on an increasingly fragile planet. Each artist has articulated a unique vision through their images and statements, allowing us as viewers to find multiple layers of meaning both within individual pieces and the interplay of works throughout the exhibition.
Congratulations to all the artists and thank-you for sharing your work and creativity.
Featured Guest – Robert Steven, Executive Director of the Portrait Gallery of Canada, was a CLOSING DAY HIGHLIGHT at the Falls Gallery in the Alton Mill Arts Centre leading a vibrant Conversation Circle exploring, “When your subject is people.” Spellbound and involved, the audience thoroughly enjoyed the vibrant exchange with two artists, Sherry Park and Paul McCusker, and three photographers, Monique Campbell, James Elliott, and Frank Myers.
Organized and hosted by Studio By Design’s Connie Munson, the 2nd annual FORMS, FACES & SPACES, figuratively speaking! Bonus Tour continues the visual conversation of the human condition, by encouraging people to reflect on … “Who am I?” and “What does it mean to be human? This three month, two city tour features the winning pieces, her portraiture work from her Archival Collection, and tributes to business and arts organizations in the community who supported this endeavour.
