We looked up We looked down We climbed We looked up We looked down We climbed We walked and walked And once some of us ran – on the first Olympic track, ever We fact checked And every evening we warmed up, sampled unique Greek drinks and talked about what we had seen that day. […]
Read More...‘Marking George Town started off as a competition initiated by the Penang State Government to physically brand George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, an international competition was held aimed at exploring innovative ideas in art and design for public spaces in George Town.’ Cannon Hole A canon shot fired during the […]
Read More...The tourist brochures talk of being in the Fez medina as stepping back into the Middle Ages. Many traditional skills are still practiced and old-world services still offered. This likely to be one of the reasons why it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you want a worn article of clothing freshened up, visit […]
Read More...The inspiration for the forms I am making came from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a United Nations World Heritage Site. William was our guide down to the site. He passionately explained how the huge surging tides of the Bay of Fundy were actively eroding the Joggins Cliffs to reveal more and more fossils. It must be […]
Read More...This is our 1st view of the Bay of Fundy with its sediment filled red water. We were on our way to the newest Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Site…. …Joggins Fossil Cliffs. They are pounded by 2 tides a day and are erroding rapidly. Our tour guide said there are new finds on the beach […]
Read More...Summer is a time to travel and visit. I took our recent visitors/company to one of my favourite places in Alberta – Dinosaur Provincial Park. It didn’t fail to inspire me again and got me thinking that maybe there is more work here for me to do. When Articulation (the group I study & exhibit […]
Read More...ReBecca Paterson, the 6th member of Articulation to arrive in Banff, had to ignore her jet lag because we had booked a curatorial led tour of the Whyte Museum collection where we were looking for inspiration for our Women Rock body of work. Michale Lang is the curator of the Whyte Museum. She took us […]
Read More...Here is a view from our studio looking out towards the neighbouring one which is designed for an artist working with sound. Here we are last March, all bundled up in our winter gear, heading to our studio for a mornings work. Click on the title of this post to find out more information about […]
Read More...Exciting news! Articulation, the fibre arts group I belong to, has been accepted into the Artist in Residence program in the Leighton Studios for the whole month of March next year, 2009.Last March we spent 2 weeks in our studio in the trees carrying out research for our ‘Women Rock’ study. We are all now […]
Read More...Early in the morning Donna Clement and I packed the car then headed north to Edmonton to the University of Alberta Hospital Mc Mullen Gallery to install our work. The large gallery space was daunting as we laid out our work. But with help of family members we found a place for everything by early […]
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