WOW, Time flys,
There is so much happening at the gallery. First friday is tomorrow and we are pretty excited to have Norma Barsness show decorate our walls. 6-8pm

Nov 14th we will be at Parkaland Nurseries for their Annual Sale, 9am - 4pm

Dec 4th First Friday Our Annual Xmas Miniature Show!!! Yipee!!! 6-8pm

Dec 5th We are having a Xmas Home Sale, at 28 Nordegg Cres. 10-6pm
Invite all your friends!!!

SO I finally remembered the password. I think its a sign that I not yet a blogger. What to blog about.......

ART
SNOW
STICK MEN
WOOD

Hmmmm.

The Start of a New Week

Well the start of a new work brings new ideas, a clean slate. New ideas and New pieces of artwork. Put last weeks frustration and anxiety behind you and begin again. We will all be in the gallery this week working on our artwork and giving each other new ideas. I am excited to get going, to create.

This week at the gallery we will have new artist showing her work. This Friday is the first friday from 6-9. So come on down and lets talk art.

Saturday we did somehting NEW

Erika and I got up at 6am, I know Gross and dragged oursleves down to the Farmers Market. Not to sell art exactly. But to put art on bodies. Yes we did Henna Tattoos. Very slow until about 11am. We did 6 altogether which wasnt bad for being fall and not a lot of skin showing.

We made a plan to do it next year for consecutive Saturdays. But after the 6am wake up call we might back out. We will see.

Had a blast chatting it up all morning, ERika.

First Blog

Sept 25th 2009

Lauren Cowles

The Arts Collective is made up of a number of artists involved in the Gallery IS. We have our studios in the gallery everyday. We work on our art while the gallery is open. The artists are Lauren Cowles, Erika Schulz, Jeri Lyn Ing, Beth Ferchuk, Ricki Renard. We feed off each other, get ideas from each other and support each others art careers.

As a collective I feel my art has change since being a part of the collective. HAving other artists critic my work brings me back to art school. Having them open my eyes to something I might not have seen working on my own. They have pushed me to try new and old mediums. Like painting. I used to paint before I began my collage work and have never looked back. Since we have started some collaborations and themes my painting has come back. Now I am not afraid to put painting back on my works of art.

We have an opening event the first friday of every month. Its a celebration and a reason to get together and discuss art. We encourage any and everybody to come down explore the night of art.