Current and Upcoming Exhibitions!

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 Born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, country life for 

Miriam Anderson meant watching the sky and living the seasons, the cycles, the rhythms and relationships of the natural world. As a youth educator and counsellor, Miriam’s professional life was engulfed in teenage enthusiasms, dreams, angst, excitement, perpetual unfolding and becoming. Being surrounded and inspired by these youthful beings, Miriam began making portraits of the women most dear to her, placing them in fantastic positions, dramatic circumstance, as mystical beings, bearing children, all in relation to the moon.

These portraits incorporate skillful examples of manipulating fabric, sewing, weaving and printed textile, each work a physical embodiment of a daughter, granddaughter or daughter in law. Having completed this series of mixed media portraits, Miriam has recently joined programming at the Lumsden Arts Council and Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre, each offering opportunities to explore new creative mediums and methods.

 Sheila is a sculptor working in assemblage, using found objects and mixed media. Her work is grounded in feminism, and addresses themes of domesticity and the family, the body and the unconscious. Her ideas gain shape through the discussion she shares with colleagues. Currently she is a part of a collective entitled “Of a Certain Age”; artists who meet via zoom to discuss their work, exchange ideas, and support each other. 

Many of her techniques are meditative – binding, winding, dipping, casting and crochet. As a result, she have time to consider and respond to materials and objects in what she feels is like a very intuitive process. she also finds that working in a series provides a framework for her exploration. she began this new body of work based on the materials she had accumulated in her studio. she chose the form of the vessel as her starting point for each sculpture. Working with found objects and materials, using familiar forms can conjure memories, and new ideas that are sparked through the unexpected juncture of objects and textures.

 How do we sense the ending of one season and the beginning of another? Is it seen with our eyes, or do we feel it with our internal clocks? Maybe it’s eating our dinner a little bit later in evening, waking up a bit earlier in the morning as our rooms are brighter and our dreams have drifted away a bit sooner. Could be the sounds of birds returning from their southern dwellings, looking to return to the homes they made last year. The appearance of the worker bees, eager and hungry to return food to their growing hives. Spring is a rejuvenation for all things living through harsh winter conditions, we hope to brighten your senses and feelings of renewal with a new group exhibition called Grow. A community lead exhibition, Grow, looks to exchange the shorter days of winter for warmer winds, seed catalogues and turning the soil.