Lily S. May–Life with Art
I love the work of Bread & Puppet Theatre. In the late 1980s and early '90s, my husband and I visited Vermont where we went to see the Bread & Puppet farm with their barn full of enormous puppets and printed posters and cards. It was terrific to see such creativity addressing political, social issues… Continue reading Bread & Puppet
I recently finished reading The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi. It's an illuminating, hair raising, to say the least, book that has greatly helped me understand the history of where Israel and Palestine are today. A few days after finishing the book and with news of the continuing genocide of Palestinians on… Continue reading Palestinian History Book & A Beautiful Exhibition
I was in Montréal in June. While there, I went to a terrific exhibit at the Musée des Beaux Arts called The Portable Universe: Thought and Splendour of Indigenous Columbia. The show is on until October 1st, so there's still time to see it. There were nearly 400 works exhibited dating from around 1500 BCE… Continue reading The Portable Universe
i saw an excellent exhibit last month at the gardiner museum in toronto. it's on until may 7th. i had intended to write a post earlier, but i've been recovering after breaking my arm. the lack of caps in this post isn't a creative statement. it's just a lot easier to type one handed without… Continue reading housewarming by karine giboulo
I've submitted four wool felt appliqués to an open call group show at Gerrard Art Space in Toronto. The show runs from February 22 to March 12 with a reception this coming Saturday, Feb. 25, from 3 - 6 pm. The appliqués are ones I made in 2020. Here's one of them: Through the Window,… Continue reading Textile Show
Recently, I received the good news that one of the mono-prints I'd submitted to an online juried print show was accepted. The Aird Gallery in Toronto is putting the exhibit on. I'll let you know when it's up and running. Meanwhile, here's the print. It's one of the stamped ones I made in the last… Continue reading Some Good News
BIMPE stands for Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. The eleventh edition of that excellent show was due to take place in 2020, but you know what else happened then. The deadline for prints to be mailed in was in March 2020 and I had sent in my three entries by then. Normally BIMPE would have… Continue reading BIMPE XI
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