The three winners of the second round of the signed Nelson Surette prints were:
Garry Knigtt, Mona Barrows and Bill Barton. All were contacted and were most excited to have won. Like. WOW!, I never won anything before.
Funny how these days you have to affirm “no this is not a scam, you actually did win.”
On October 3rd we had an exceptional day. We had a group ofstudents from Drumlin Heights visit The Gallery in the morning for a visit to the Nelson Surette exhibit and art experience and in the afternoon we had a group of elderly from The Meadows to visit the art exhibit and enjoy stories and jokes by Lauren d’Entremont. Thanks to Daecy d’Eon for her leadership and to Dan Earle and Jude Fulton for their support.
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During September and October the Friends have and will be sponsoring school visits by students from French and English schools to the Nelson Surette exhibit at The Gallery in Yarmouth. The students had an art experience with a docent exploring paintings in the gallery and also did an original art work based on the exhibit.
Here is an example of art based on the Nelson Surette use of Acadian dories used in his paintings.
We are pleased to announce that the raffle prize for the $100 Nelson Surette signed and authenticated print was won by Anne Skipton of Tomball, Texas. She was here for the Acadian Congress and graced us by purchasing a raffle ticket. Congratulations Anne.
August 25th saw the gathering of 17 eager participants in a workshop based on Nelson Surette. They first met in The Gallery to look at the art under the guidance of Darcy d’eon and gain insight into its historic setting by art historian Candace Clements. From there they progressed to the Community Room where Dan Earle and Darcy d’Eon guided and encouraged their painting. The unique portion was that there were no brushes used as many of Nelson Surettes paintings were done using his fingers. Also, like Nelson Surette, it was suggested the artists paint from their head about things with which they were familiar.
A few sample images below. There were many more.
In August 2024 the Friends of The Gallery were able to reopen the gallery space in Yarmouth for a once in a lifetime showing of the work of Nelson Surette. Over the course of the showing we had over 1000 visitors at events and general daily attendance. These are images from the openings.
Sunday, 15 September 2019 – 1:00pm to 3:00pmFAMILY SUNDAYS
With the Sarah Corning Society celebrating Yarmouth hero Sarah Corning, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia invites you to create your own hero!
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has partnered with the Sarah Corning Society for this Family Sunday to welcome Syrian refugees and other newcomers to the Yarmouth region. Come along and greet new families in our community. All are welcome!
As part of the Family Sunday activity, create a booklet about the heroes in your community that make you proud.
Sarah Corning is much more than a historical figure from Nova Scotia’s past. Sarah’s humanitarianism and service (1919-1930) to the victims of the Armenian genocide is reflected in how we embrace refugees and welcome them as new Canadians. She was a hero to many young children who lost their homes and families.
YARMOUTH EVENT
Sunday, 29 September 2019 – 1:00pm to 3:00pmCREATIVE MINDS
Mike Wedge was born and raised in England as an established “self taught” graphic designer. Having worked his whole life in the Advertising Agency world, Mike moved to Vancouver in 1992. A car accident in 2008 left him permanently disabled with vertigo and oscillopsia. Not ever being someone to go down without a fight, he decided to relocate to Yarmouth in 2017 and taught himself photography, tried “art,” and flat out reinvented himself.
On routine walks along Pembroke Beach, the garbage really troubled him, so he decided to do something about it and repurposed it into something creative. He never calls himself an artist. “That’s for real talent,” he says, but considers art very much as therapy. Every photo he takes he tries to get to know the person, and they in turn get to know him, which lead him to launch: Human Kind Portraits.
You will be captivated by Mike’s passion about his crafts and the stories behind his pictures and reclamation art.
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