September Jaunt

 At our August get together Marta (pink V neck), who isn't in Kingston for a long time, said she hadn't been on the Wolfe Island Ferry. We've all been here ages and thought it a shame if she missed it during her stay which won't extend into the fine Summer weather of 2015 so we decided a trip was a must.

Here are the Kingston Ferry Docks....the truck is pulling an old boat full of really curious junk!

Reg, Marta, Cathie and I (Carolyn) are here aboard the ferry. We met down at the docks on what turned out to be a wonderfully hot Summer's day for early September, walked onto the ferry and took our places up top where we had a great view.

We loved this tiny island with it's tiny house...what a retreat for an artist! Such a great time in the wind of Lake Ontario crossing to Marysville on Wolfe Island. We were able to some of the islands where boat building was big industry over 100 years ago...such as Garden Island.

Looking for the 'new land'.

Walking off the ferry with others going to work or to bike the island or deliver services, we strolled along the main street to see what we could see in the way of somewhere to sit and have coffee and munchies until our 12pm ferry back to the mainland. We found the Wolfe Island Grill to which Cathie and her husband had been for dinner the evening before.

 This is our view over the lake to Kingston...we felt like we were taking the ferry over to Martha's Vinyard or something like that out of a movie.!

We found a table right by the water with a great view of Kingston and though there was great coffee to be had there were no buns. Our lovely server recommended we go across to the Wolfe Island Bakery and bring something back from there....how nice! So off went Cathie and me to fetch some mixed berry scones...yum!

Cathie had printed out a list of artists comments which started a lively discussion as is our wont at our Artist Round Table gatherings.

Where's Waldo...at the Marysville ferry docks.

Here is a shot from the ferry of the patio of the Wolfe Island Grill.

Kingston Arts Council 'Year In Review' Party!!!!

Saturday night. December 1st, is going to be a great night to head down to the Kingston Yacht Club for the 'Year In Review' bash.

The even starts at 7pm, it's at 1 Maitland Street and contacts are  613-546-2787 or programs@artskingston.ca

Tickets are $10

The 2012 Year In Review will include the announcement of the recipient of the Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development, which aims to help promising young artists and/or artisans in furthering their education and professional artistic growth.

This Year's Programming includes: Performing Artists: PS I Love You, The Sleuth Bears, Sadiqua de Meijer, and Cantabile Choir Video Installations by Kurtis Chen, Mathieu Rioux, The Artists of Kingston Project; Speakers: Matt Rogalsky and Christine Dewancker Exhibits by artists Mike Bayne and Maggie Sutherland The event will be an excellent opportunity to network with other artists and arts organizations, while sharing stories from the past year in the Kingston arts community. Hope to see you there!

     

Once again....

• Date: December 01, 2012
• Time: 7:00PM
• Location: Kingston Yacht Club
• Address: 1 Maitland Street
• Contact: 613 546 2787  programs@artskingston.ca

See you there!

Photographing Your Work....

......workshop!

Photographing my buttons.

 The next meeting is an exciting one: 

From the 

Modern Fuel Gallery

Denise Love has been able to get the New Media Workspace coordinator, Matt Kyba, to present on our workshop morning 11am Aug 7th at the Modern Fuel Gallery. 

A $5 donation per person for his time is recommended. 

He will also advertise it as a workshop to encourage new folks to come 

and 

maybe join artist roundtable so it could be reciprocal. 

See you there....I know I could use some tips!

A.R.T June Announcements

At yesterday’s gathering of the Artists Round Table, (6 in attendance around my dining room table) we talked about projects for the coming meetings. We can meet at my place as it was successful last Summer and may make one of our homes/studios our meeting places in future, taking turns as anyone who wants to host offers. 

We discussed submitting images for shows/grant/award applications and how they are being done more and more online (Zapplication in the US was the first I used years ago). It was thought a workshop on the process might bring some of us out of the dark ages and update us on the right way to photograph our work for such submissions and for our own web use and archives.

From the Modern Fuel Gallery:

Denise has been able to get the New Media Workspace coordinator, Matt Kyba, to present on our workshop morning 11am Aug 7th at the Modern Fuels Gallery.

A $5 donation per person for his time is recommended.

He will also advertise it as a workshop to encourage new folks to come and maybe join artist roundtable so it could be reciprocal. 

From Cathie Hamilton:

Encaustic Workshop Saturday June 16, 11am-4pm, $70.00

Studio 1 at NGB, 12 Cataraqui St. Kingston, K7K 1Z7

Come on in and explore, share ideas and have some fun.

Materials supplied. 

Please contact cathie@kingston.net to confirm.

Maker Shake at OCC

I don't know how many of you are members of the Ontario Crafts Council but they recently had their annual Maker Shaker event! What a party!!!

Bernadette Prat with my friend Sonja Fijn

I drove down earlier in the day as I had errands to run and a grandson to visit. Then I met up with the others at the club at 5 Brock Street. Jane Thelwell drove down some others....Joan Heaton (president of the Kingston Artis Council) and Alexi and Marielle from Kingston Glass Studio.

Jane and Joan shmooze!

Here Jane and Joan chat with friends. If the photos seem strange colours it's because of the huge light in the main room that kept changing colours!

Marielle & Alexi

Her are Marielle and Alexi in front of the room in which the auction items were displayed. Donations came from artist but also supporters. One was a night in Montreal, my friend Karen Franzen bid and won that. Jane always bids on and goes home with more art too.

Jane & Ber

Brenda, ex of Kingston Arts & Letters Club, showed up and Jane and she spent time catching up.

Hand made 'shaker' glasses.

If you paid $30 you got to keep your glass and have a great martini in it. Otherwise the food and drink flowed, great martinis (named after craft techniques like Batik Blue) all included in your price of admission ($25 for OCC Members), important to starving artists

Carolyn & Karen Franzen

Here I am with my Facebook friend Karen Franzen. We met years ago when I founded the Beach Studio Tour in Toronto. It's so great to stay connected with social media.

Remember - next Artists Round Table: 

June 5th 10:30am

Carolyn's home:

carolyn@barnett-knits.com

613-545-5986

Group Post Just for Fun!

Rather a damp but happy group of my Felting Workshop.

As we sit at the March ART we are reviewing the email and contact list of the Artists Round Table as Barb says she is not getting the emails and posts.

I am wrestling with Google Groups, and we all know that Google has made a bunch of changes, to find out just how it works.

Cathie Hamilton is listed on the email list when I do a search but does not appear on the list pairs of eyes on it!!!! (Barb's, Nicole's and mine).

If anyone has any insight or finds they also are not receiving the emails (hmmm you won't get this will you?!) let me know as I don't want anyone to miss anything.

Also, I will post anything that you send me as to workshops, events, gallery openings and such, so do send them to me at   carolyn@barnett-knits.com.

Kingston City Hall by Nicole Couture-Lord

Barb has been working on art exhibitions at the Wolf Island Baker/Cafe at 311 Queen St in Kingston. Currently Nicole Couture-Lord is on show there until March 15th.

Starting March 15th will be Jeff Gill at the Bakery for six weeks....

Check it out and have a snack.