tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63359136326588449682024-03-13T22:03:09.009-07:00Five Island Art GalleryThe Five Island Art Gallery features local Newfoundland and Labrador art works that capture our heritage and culture. We are located in Tors Cove on the Southern Shore just 45 minutes from St. John's, and situated in an old two room schoolhouse.Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-78636814889372689292012-04-08T12:24:00.000-07:002012-04-08T12:24:41.383-07:00National Geographic Geotourism Map<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">National Geographic has partnered with Newfoundland and Labrador to create an official globally branded National Geographic Map and companion website. The paper maps will be distributed to 20,000 tourists who plan to travel to our province. This is our submission for the Five Island Art Gallery and we are keeping our fingers crossed that our nomination will be chosen. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-50351692961428398292011-07-14T09:08:00.000-07:002011-07-14T09:08:37.292-07:00More News From Nowhere......<div style="text-align: center;">The Five Island Art Gallery is proud to present </div><div style="text-align: center;">More News From Nowhere Exhibition by Clem Curtis.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please join us on Sunday, July 17th </div><div style="text-align: center;">3:00 - 5:00 p.m. for the exhibition opening.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">More News From Nowhere will run from July 17th - to August 6th, 2011.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sneak preview of pieces from Clem's More News From Nowhere Exhibition.<br />
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</div>Clem Curtis is a Newfoundland born painter who lives and works in St. John’s. Clem works in a variety of mediums including: Acrylic, mixed media and prints (monotypes, mezzotints),but primarily oil on canvas. His work sometimes includes text, found objects, fabric (cheesecloth) or resin. His interest in visual art is very much fuelled by his love of music and books. Names of paintings are frequently extracted from literature and the lyrics of songs.<br />
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Clem is a two time winner of the arts and letters competition and his work is in many private collections as well as the Rooms provincial art bank and the city of st. john’s permanent collection. Some of Clem’s Visual art influences include: Jim Dine, Willem de Kooning, Julian Schnabel, Anselm Keifer, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, and Paul Gauguin.<br />
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Five Island Art Gallery<br />
7 Cove Road<br />
Tors Cove, NL<br />
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Phone: 709-334-3645<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com">fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com</a><br />
Website: <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/">http://www.fiveisland.ca/</a>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-58070098149398881792011-06-27T11:55:00.000-07:002011-06-27T11:55:35.998-07:00A Whale Of A Tale - Exhibit Opening & Book Launch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Please join us as we celebrate the opening of the hooked rug exhibit and the launch of the book <em>A Whale of a Tale . . . With Hooks, Lines and Singers</em> by Frances Ennis, Maxine Ennis and Five Island Rug Hooking Group on Wednesday, July 6, 6:00 – 7:30 pm in the Upper Concourse of the St. John's Arts & Culture Centre. <em>A Whale of a Tale . . . With Hooks, Lines and Singers</em> began as a rug hooking project organized with Festival 500 Sharing the Voices to showcase a passion for music, storytelling and rug hooking. The project evolved into a beautiful book that follows the progress of the rugs and includes practical instructions on how to create exquisite hooked rugs. The book will be available for purchase. The authors will be making a presentation. There will be a cash bar. For July 6th only, get $5 off the price of the book when you show your ticket for the Festival 500 Opening Gala Concert (limit 1 book/ticket, while supplies last). For more information, please contact Flanker Press (709-739-4477 / 1-866-739-4420 / <a href="http://www.flankerpress.com/">http://www.flankerpress.com/</a>) or Five Island Art Gallery (709-334-3645 / 1-866-876-3645 / <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/">http://www.fiveisland.ca/</a>).<br />
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Very special thanks to <a href="http://www.flankerpress.com/">Flanker Press</a> and <a href="http://www.festival500.com/">Festival 500</a> for working with the <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/special-projects/whale-tale/">Five Island Art Gallery</a> Rug Hooking Group in this project. We are very excited for the official book launch, exhibit opening and Festival 500. <br />
</div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-32865340084570739022011-06-21T06:10:00.000-07:002011-06-21T06:10:59.102-07:00Concrete Conundrum/Paint A Patch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><strong>Paint a Patch and Have a Cuppa'</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The Five Island Art Gallery in Tors Cove invites you to join us for an Open House to see this year's wide selection of new works. At the same time we are inviting you to try your hand at Painting a Patch on our concrete wall. It needs a much deserved makeover and we would like you to take part. A patchwork quilt design has been laid out on the wall. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Paints and brushes will be provided and all that is required is your imagination. Come and enjoy the weekend at the Five Island Art Gallery and help us with our concrete conundrum. (While Patches Last)</span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">June 25<sup>th</sup> from 12:00 – 4:00 </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">June 26<sup>th</sup> from 12:00 – 4:00 </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">7 Cove Road </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Tors Cove, NL </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Phone: 709-334-3645 </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Email: <a href="mailto:fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com">fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com</a></span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Website: <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/events/entry/concrete-conundrum-and-paint-patch/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">www.fiveisland.ca</span></a> </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"> </span></div><div class="yiv1644237773msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Light refreshments will be served. </span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Edna Whitehouse of Peterboro, Ontario sits as she paints </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">her contribution to the Paint-a-Patch project. </span></div><div align="left"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Delf Hofmann, Sheila Coultas and Frances Ennis all leave their patch </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">on the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Five Island Gallery's patchwork quilt wall mural.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div></div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-54628777965309275752011-05-16T12:20:00.000-07:002011-05-16T12:20:27.712-07:00Congratulations to Cathy Driedzic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Five Island Art Gallery</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> would like to extend our congratulations to Cathy Dridzic for her opening exhibition in France.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Friday, May 20 </span><a href="http://www.cathydriedzic.ca/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathy Driedzic</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> will open an exhibition of 22 new watercolours in Sete, France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exhibition will take place in the quartier of Pointe Courte, the historic small boat fishing harbour of Sete, similar to the Battery in St. John's.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The event, sponsored by the city and attended by the Mayor will be accompanied by a celebration on the quai given by the friends of Pointe Courte "Jouteurs".</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In August the paintings will be shown and for sale at the Five Island Gallery in <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/about/getting-here/">Tors Cove</a>, NL.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div id="resltext" name="resultext" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 123px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Le vendredi 20 mai Cathy Driedzic va ouvrir une exposition de 22 nouveaux aquarelles dans Sete, de la France. L'exposition aura lieu dans le quartier de la pointe courte, le petit bateau de pêche historique port de Sète, similaire à la batterie de St. John's. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">L'événement, parrainé par la ville et a assisté par le maire sera accompagné par une célébration sur le quai donné par les amis de la pointe courte "Jouteurs". En août, les peintures sera montré à la galerie dans cinq Île Tors Cove, NL.</span></div></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixOnJ81CZhU/TdElPlTGpOI/AAAAAAAAABs/ckr0LkbBT8Y/s1600/affiche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixOnJ81CZhU/TdElPlTGpOI/AAAAAAAAABs/ckr0LkbBT8Y/s320/affiche.jpg" width="226" /></a></div></div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-33987649845881605842011-04-03T11:52:00.000-07:002011-04-03T11:52:46.395-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This project has women from three Newfoundland communitites creating over 30 rugs that will exhibit over the summer in Heart's Content. Further details about the exhibit will follow in the coming months but for now check out this video of the project. Special thanks to <a href="http://www.springwaterproductions.com/">Springwater Productions</a> for video provided.<br />
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</div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-69906110458324644542011-03-20T15:55:00.000-07:002011-03-20T15:55:44.154-07:00The Newfoundland Emigrant Trail - Call For Entry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">If you are interested in taking part please email for more information and call for entry form.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Call for Entry </span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Five <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Art</placename> <placename w:st="on">Gallery </span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">7 Cove Road</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"></street><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Tors Cove</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Southern Shore, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">NL</city>, <country-region w:st="on">CANADA</country-region></place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "ArialMT-Bold", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT-Bold;">709.334.3645 </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "ArialMT-Bold", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT-Bold;">www.fiveislandartgallery.com</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #3fa7c3; font-family: "ArialMT-Bold", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT-Bold;">September 18 – October 21, 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Being in <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Newfoundland</place></state> is a strange and almost surreal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>experience, making you feel simultaneously at home abroad. You are in another country with its own complex history, and on another continent a vast ocean away from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Ireland</place></country-region>, but you keep encountering and recognizing intimate echoes of home. (Michael Coady, Carrick-on-Suir)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To celebrate the tradition and history of the visual arts, to honour the people and the place of our common ancestry, and to build on our Irish-Newfoundland and Labrador connections project of 2010, the Five Island Art Gallery invites submissions for a juried exhibition of art works inspired by the story of emigration from the South East Coast of Ireland to Newfoundland during the 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> centuries. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Works submitted can include paintings, sketches, textile art and sculptures. We welcome two- and three-dimensional contemporary works that capture a piece of the story of the Newfoundland Emigrant Trail.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Jurying will take place by digital images, with selection based on interpretation, originality and technique.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "ArialMT", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Opening Reception is scheduled for 2:00 – 5:00 pm September 18, 2011 at the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Five</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Art</placename> <placename w:st="on">Gallery</placename></place> in Tors Cove, NL and will run until October 21, 2011. Some of the artists, along with special guests from an Irish delegation visiting <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Newfoundland</place></state> with the Festival of the Sea, will be in attendance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: Georgia;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: black;">the Newfoundland Emigrant Trail – </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: black;">Intent to Enter and Conditions of Entry</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Deadlines:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Intent to enter - April 15, 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Receipt of artwork – August 26, 2011.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">1. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To enter you must be a current or former resident of <state w:st="on">Newfoundland</state> or <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Ireland</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">All entries must be of original design and be an interpretation rather than a copy of an inspirational piece.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">3. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Entries must follow the theme of the exhibition and be a painting (oil, acrylic, watercolour, monotype, sketch, sculpture (clay or other), or textile art medium.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">4. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Entries must be made exclusively by the artist and not from kits or during a workshop. Collaboration is acceptable, but all contributors must be acknowledged.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">5. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Please provide a brief 100 words or less explanation of your piece and indicate any specific artifact, image, text or other… that inspired the entry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">6. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The maximum size for any entry is 40 X 40 inches. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">7. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Entries must be suitably finished and ready to hang or display and accompanied by all necessary hardware and instructions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">8. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To enter complete the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Intent to Enter and Image Description Form</b> (attached) and send it with two low-resolution (each less than 1MB) images in JPEG format of your entry or proposed entry sketches/drawings (one of the entire piece and the other, a close-up illustrating some detail of the work) via email by <b>April 15, 2011, </b>to </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com">fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com</a> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">with the words “the Newfoundland Emigrant Trail” in the subject line. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">9.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Label each </span><span style="color: black;">image with: <b>Your Initials, Image Title (brief), Year, 1a (for full image) and 1b (for detail) </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ie. fe_fox island_2010_1b.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">10. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Images may be used for publicity and promotion of the Newfoundland Emigrant Trail exhibit.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">11. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Entries must be free of any text or images that are protected by copyright, unless you have the expressed written permission from the person or institution that holds the copyright and you provide the written permission with your submission. Commercial imagery is not recommended.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">12. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It is expected that all works will be for sale, however, some exceptions may apply. Please indicate if your work is not for sale and why. The <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Five</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Art</placename> <placename w:st="on">Gallery</placename></place> will receive a 40% commission on all sales. The remaining 60% will be paid to the artist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">13. Deadline </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">for art submissions is <b>August 26, 2011. </b>Entries must be received at the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Five</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Art</placename> <placename w:st="on">Gallery</placename></place>, <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">7 Cove Road</address></street>, Tors Cove no later than this date. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">14. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Five</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Art</placename> <placename w:st="on">Gallery</placename></place> is insured for public liability and all reasonable care will be taken with art works while at the Gallery. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">15. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Accepted entrants will be notified by email no later than May 15, 2011.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">16. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The acceptance of an entry grants permission to the Five Island Art Gallery to use an image of the accepted work for promotional purposes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">17. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Accepted works must be available for the complete duration of the show.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">18. 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</div></span> </div></div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-78471542892631871962011-02-06T08:48:00.000-08:002011-02-06T08:48:43.826-08:00Artist Profile - Susan Parsons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.susanparsons.com/">Susan Parsons</a> is a Newfoundland artist who has been making art most of her life. Trained as a commercial artist, she worked, for a while, with an advertising agency but her real interest is in fine art. Whenever possible, she takes workshops with local and visiting artists, combining the various techniques she learns to create her own unique style. Oil is her medium of choice but she also uses watercolor, pastel, acrylic, graphite and has dabbled in print making and sculpture. Painting in whatever medium she feels suites the subject matter her paintings range from high realism to impressionism to abstraction.</span><br />
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"I've attended workshops taught by artists with such diverse styles as Gerry Squires, Barbara Pratt and Sterling Edwards. They are all completely different but I learn something valuable from every artist I meet and can apply it to my own work." <br />
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She finds that looking at art inspires her to paint as much as the scenery around her and visits art galleries wherever she travels. Whether perched on the rocks at <a href="http://www.ferryland.com/">Ferryland lighthouse </a>or wandering Monet’s garden in Giverny she finds inspiration everywhere. Whe possible she paints on location or from her own photos. Susan has just started teaching art and hopes to do more when she retires from her day job. <br />
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</tbody></table>" I have almost fourty years of mistakes, discoveries and techniques I can pass along. I love the reaction when somebody tries something I've taught and it works for them." <br />
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She is currently the president of the Art Association Of Newfoundland and Labrador. <br />
Her work is represented by <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/">Five Island Art Gallery</a> in Tors Cove and the Step A Side Art Gallery in Burin plus various exhibitions and art shows throughout the year. </div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-75559982412956524102011-01-15T18:08:00.000-08:002011-01-15T18:08:35.490-08:00Special Note From Ireland to the Irish Rug Hooking Group<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">This blog is a special note sent to the </span><a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/artists.php?aid=31"><span style="color: blue;">Hooking Our Heritage</span></a><span style="color: black;"> rug hooking group who traveled over to Ireland in September 2010 with the </span><a href="http://www.festivalofthesea.ca/"><span style="color: blue;">festival of the Sea</span></a><span style="color: black;">. The Five Island Art Gallery would like to send our deepest thanks to all the fine and wonderful people we met in Ireland. We are very excited for their trip to Newfoundland in September 2011. Lifelong friends were made and we are all very grateful for such a fantastic experience.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Great to see the rug hookers and the gallery going from strength to strength! Your wonderful group of rug hookers provided the mainstay and the backbone of the visiting Newfoundland and Labrador delegation to the </span><a href="http://www.irelandnewfoundland.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Ireland Newfoundland Festival</span></a><span style="color: black;"> in Ireland's South East last September and you have left behind a host of friends and admirers across at least 4 counties. I was so pleased to see that all the enormous research, creative design and skillful craft that all your members put into this wonderful group project received such a positive and appreciative response from the Irish people in the several towns, counties and cities where your exhibition was on display. I know that we on the Irish organizing side probably worked you too hard, with a permanent exhibit in </span><a href="http://www.rostapestry.com/"><span style="color: blue;">New Ross</span></a><span style="color: black;"> that had to be ''womanned'' every single day of the festival, whatever else was happening across such an extensive region, with day-long exhibits in such other towns as Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Carrick-on-Suir, Co.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tipperary and Borris, Co. Carlow<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and with nimble responses to other unexpected opportunities/demands , such as from the schools in Carrick. But you never flinched and, when one also takes in your musical commentaries and performances, the group truly rose to every occasion.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So it was great that there was such a big turnout for your very special evening in New Ross. There you had many people who would have picked up along the way ,during their lives to date, some inkling of the closeness of the cultural, heritage and plain human links between the Avalon Peninsula, where your forbears settled, and South East Ireland ,whence they travelled across the ocean. But it was wonderful to see how your group's rugs, accompanying book and performances brought the reality home to them - in such a pleasant and enjoyable way - quite HOW close the connections are and how extensive is the scope of the shared frame of reference in looking at life .</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your visit has given fresh heart to all of us in Ireland planning for and promoting Festival 2011 in Newfoundland . We look forward to meeting up on 'The Rock' next September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wally Kirwan,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Member and former Vice-Chair, Ireland Newfoundland Partnership Advisory Committee and Board Member, Ireland Newfoundland Connections.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://terrileonard.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Terri Leonard</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> was born in St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John’s Newfoundland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She specializes in watercolours and her subject matter includes landscapes, seascapes, street scenes, outport communities, and tropical scapes as she now lives in Florida during the winter. While there she studies at the Beach Art Center, and has completed numerous workshops with a wide array of talented artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A recent workshop with Robert Burrage that focused on acrylic painting opened up a new area for Terri, one that she is enjoying immensely and taking on with ease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She began drawing and painting in 1988 and found it to be a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>relaxing retreat from her intense work as a guidance counselor. Since her retirement in 1995 Terri devotes full time to painting on sight. She has exhibited in several group shows in St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John’s and Florida, and has sold extensively throughout Canada and the United States to businesses, governments and individuals. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-10223761168292673882011-01-02T09:14:00.000-08:002011-01-02T09:14:39.348-08:002011 is here.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The <span style="color: #93c47d;">New</span> Year</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There they stood atop the highest mound</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Clear sky, flickering lights,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anticipation in the air.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="color: red;">10</span>...<span style="color: #6aa84f;">9</span>...<span style="color: red;">8</span>...<span style="color: #6aa84f;">7</span>...<span style="color: red;">6</span>...<span style="color: #6aa84f;">5</span>...<span style="color: red;">4</span>...<span style="color: #6aa84f;">3</span>...<span style="color: red;">2</span>...<span style="color: #6aa84f;">1</span>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And the tango began.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kaleidoscopes of color peppering the sky.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Painted popcorn bursting forth from every corner.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dancing o're the rooftops, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Awakening the night.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Announcing the dawn of a new era,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where peace, justice and equality abounds. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...and we welcome in this Happy New Year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...with blessings to one and all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/artists.php?aid=3">F. Ennis</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Jan 1, 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Poem inspired by the view of fireworks throughout the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">city neighbourhoods from Shea Heights.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TSCvV7SW2gI/AAAAAAAAABQ/0g42wGMjONc/s1600/Frances+fireworks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TSCvV7SW2gI/AAAAAAAAABQ/0g42wGMjONc/s320/Frances+fireworks.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rug designed and hooked by Frances Ennis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Keep updated with our weekly blog post and </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Five-Island-Art-Gallery/166705803371245?v=wall"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">facebook page </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">about </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the new and exciting things going on at the gallery in 2011. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-39883543652093805732010-12-21T15:42:00.000-08:002010-12-21T15:42:59.625-08:00Winter Solstice<span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another winter is here and so we reflect on what inspirations have occurred over the last few winter seasons.</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Blessings</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The Cottage Blessing rug combines the ancient celebration of light with a modern day blessing.Irish blessings can be heard or seen displayed in homes around the world. In Newfoundland they are very popular. The rug was inspired by a plaque that was given to me <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/artists.php?aid=8">(Maxine Ennis)</a> that says:<br />
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May friends and family<br />
Bring light to the cottage<br />
Warmth to the hearth<br />
And joy to the soul.<br />
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Blessings may be long or short, humorous or serious, but all are about<br />
welcoming, warmth and finding the positive, often in difficult<br />
circumstances.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Cottage Blessing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TRE2IxNkHYI/AAAAAAAAABI/RV0S-OFNv_k/s1600/cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TRE2IxNkHYI/AAAAAAAAABI/RV0S-OFNv_k/s320/cottage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Designed by Maxine Ennis and Hooked by Maxine Ennis and Sarah Ennis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Poem <span style="color: black;">by</span> <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/artists.php?aid=3">Frances Ennis</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dancing fingers of bold color<br />
Stretching wide to awaken all that sleeps.<br />
Whispers of song caressing souls.<br />
Awaiting<br />
Light after the longest dark.<br />
Rejoicing<br />
Day after the longest night.<br />
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Wishing you Peace, Joy and Happiness during the holiday season,<br />
and throughout the New Year.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Winter Solstice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TREpCYY8O5I/AAAAAAAAABA/6zv8OOYWxc8/s1600/winter+sol.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TREpCYY8O5I/AAAAAAAAABA/6zv8OOYWxc8/s1600/winter+sol.gif" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Designed and hooked by Frances Ennis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Five Island Art Gallery</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> wishes all our friends, family, and supporters many wonderful blessings for 2011.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335913632658844968.post-20049270087269410022010-12-16T14:12:00.000-08:002010-12-17T03:42:20.685-08:00A Whale of a Tale<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">New Group Rug Hooking Project </span></b></div>This year the <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/">Five Island Art Gallery</a> is sponsoring another group rug hooking project. This one will be the creation of 30 or more story rugs for exhibit and sale during <a href="http://www.festival500.com/">Festival 500</a>, July 2011, when choral groups from around the world gather in St. John's for a week or more of music and song. All of the rugs will connect to the festival's theme The Power of Song.<br />
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<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Collective Rug - A Whale of a Tale</span></b><br />
The whale is an iconic image for Festival 500 and in August a large rug(45"x 60") that features a whale was designed by Frances Ennis and put on burlap to use for demonstrating rug hooking at the <a href="http://www.fiveisland.ca/">Gallery in Tors Cove.</a> This was in conjunction with <a href="http://www.seehowitsmade.ca/rug.html">See How it's Made 2010,</a> a project of the Department of Innovation Trade and Rural Development. There was great enthusiasm for the project with well over 100 individuals trying out their skill at it, but there's still lots more to be done. </div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TQqKogqNgcI/AAAAAAAAAAw/E5Im6-ZeL7c/s1600/whale+of+a+tale+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MOun8s4-2GM/TQqKogqNgcI/AAAAAAAAAAw/E5Im6-ZeL7c/s1600/whale+of+a+tale+.jpg" /></a></div><div>The rug is mounted on a floor frame that can sit four people at a time. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We take pictures of people while working on it, with their permission of course, and these will be displayed on an electronic photo board when the rug is exhibited.<br />
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</div><div>The working title for the rug is A Whale of a Tale and features a whimsical design inspired both by the song Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor and Dr. Valerie Long's arrangement of it. The rug highlights this verse: "<i>The whale went straight for Baffin's Bay 'bout 90 knots an hour, and every time he'd blow a spray he'd send in it a shower.</i>.."</div><div><br />
</div><div>The whale is diving into the water with a grand spray coming out from it's spout in all directions. And there's music happening with fiddlers and flute players and dancers having a time under the spout and on top of the spout and on the back of the whale. There will be a 3-D element with people hooked separately and attached to the rug later. Jack will be one of them, in oilskins and sou'wester hanging on to the whale's tail and trying his best to turn him inside out. The bottom right corner has a choir of cod, complete with conductor, there's dancing squid...and who knows what else will appear as the rug progresses.<br />
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</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Get Involved</span></b></div><div>Any choirs in and around the St. John's area who would like to be involved in hooking a small piece of the collective rug can contact <a href="mailto:fiveislandgallery@nf.aibn.com">Laura Coultas at the Five Island Art Gallery</a>.</div></div>Five Island Art Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101161737623083726noreply@blogger.com0