Some Glimpses of the Spring One of Kind Show and Sale - Toronto, Artists of Elora-Fergus Booth I 34

Another Group Shot with the lovely Deb Dalziel, from Centre Wellington Tourism, who was the one that organized and birthed this project.

Artists of Elora-Fergus Studio Tour: Katherine McManus, Supria Karmakar, Mandy Deskur, 

Jerre Davidson and Barry McCarthy

Missing is the lovely Deb Dalziel of Centre Wellington Tourism

Right side of our 10 x 30 ft. booth

Left Side of our 10 x 30 ft booth

Six Elora-Fergus Artists showcased there work at the One of A Kind Show and Sale in Toronto these past five days, from March 31st to April 4th.  It was a great way to promote the area and let people know about what great things are happening in our region, Elora and Fergus.  Barry McCarthy, Oil and Watercolour Landscape Painter, Jerre Davidson, Kiln Formed Glass artist, Mandy Deskur, Jewellery Artist, Tim & Katherine McManus, Blown Glass Artists and Supria Karmakar, Encaustic Mixed Media Collage Artist.    We had a great time building our gallery style white walled booth, we got lots of great feedback and hope to see many wonderful people out to our area for the studio tour which opens in Sept-Oct. this year.

10 Days until Spring One of Kind Show Opens - Come visit me at booth I34

Well the time is quickly slipping away....10 more days until the Spring One of a Kind Show Opens...I will be there with the Artists of Elora-Fergus at Booth I 34...This was the vision brainchild of Deb Dalziel, who works for Centre Wellington Tourism...Thanks you to Deb for such a great project idea...

5 artists got juried into the show by One of a Kind: Barry McCarthy, Jerre Davidson, Mandy Deskur, Tim/Katherine McManus and Myself, Supria Karmakar..we will be representing the Elora-Fergus Artists and Centre Wellington booth.

It has been exciting..as a group we have been busy designing, building and creating our booth walls and working on product for the show.

If you plan to visit use the code on the flyer to enter when ordering your discounted tickets!

International Women's Day - Blessings to all of you!

Yesterday was International Womyn's Day...I hope you had a wonderful day of celebration of self and had a cheer, toast and / or some other merriment with womyn or for womyn in your lives....

I had a great weekend opening "Woman's House" at Wise Daughters...the exhibit will be there until May 1st..so check it out if you are in Toronto sometime soon. It was a great opening, and I thank all my lovely friends and family that took the time to come out and support me on this day in this opening.

Sunday, I hosted my very first Womyn's Day Festival. It was successful for the first year..and it was great to see the womyn who came out and who believed in the cause enough to set up their tables and share what they do for a living and for their passion...thank you for attending this first year and it will get bigger and better with each year I am sure.

Wishing you all blessings...a day late...sorry.

I was so exhausted with a full weekend of activities..sitting at the computer to blog about it had to wait..that is the rest I took on IWD day.

Woman's House - Encaustic Mixed Media Collage Exhibit opens on Sat. March 6th

Opens Sat. March 6th, 4 - 6 pm with a reception celebrating International Women's Day, and featuring a belly dance performance by Souhaer Zarik of Hip Kik. Free, light refreshments will be provided.

Woman's House runs through May 1, 2010. This exhibit will feature a variety of encaustic mixed media collage works related to womanhood. Narrative works portraying women's journey, as related to mind, body and spirit.

Wise Daughters Craft Market, 3079B Dundas St. West (at Quebec); 416-761-1555. 10 % of the sales from Woman's House will go to Nellie's Women's Shelter.

New Heart Series...Following Heart...Art Cards at Dragonfly Arts on Broadway, Orangeville

"Following Heart" Encaustic Mixed Media Collage Art Cards, 5 x 5, 2010

Here are a series of heart cards I completed ...some of which are at the great "Dragonfly Arts on Broadway" in Orangeville, Ontario. Check them out...wonderful one of kind arts and crafts.

I have been continuing to enjoy making these one of kind encaustic mixed media collage art cards....they are available at several locations....Dragonfly Arts on Broadway in Orangeville, Wise Daughters - Craft Market Place, Toronto, Whitestone Gallery in Guelph, and soon to be revived my Etsy shop....that is my intention to revive my own little shop with some of these art cards....

I will have some at the Spring One of Kind Show and Sale in Toronto, March 31 to April 4th....come and visit our booth...more details to come.

Also teaching the Encaustic Mixed Media Collage Card workshop on Thurs. Feb. 25th 6 - 10 p.m in Elora and Sunday March 7th, as part of International Womyn's Day festivities in Kitchener, come learn some more and join in.... drop me a line if you want to know more: info@supriasdesigns.com

Also I dedicate this blog post to Nima...check out her work on this site part of Creative Awakenings community...a very cool site I just recently discovered.

Creative Awakenings - A wonderful new book that has helped the 'shift' begin....

"Creative Awakenings" by Sheri Gaynor...a wonderful new resource that has created lovely new shifts in my work...or at least I feel them brewing deep in the belly of my soul...beckoning to be birthed.... Highly recommend this book and the great online process of other artists moved by the book ...check it out!

First two page Art Intention collage from the EnVision Process outlined in the book "Creative Awakenings"....this is my collage for Feb. my Envisioning art intention for the month...

Some new pieces I have been working on...

Detail below.. this one is "See the Artist Within" 8 x 8 Encaustic Mixed Media Collage, 2010 and the second is " Awakenings - Holding Essence" 9 x 12 Encaustic Mixed Media Collage, 2010.

CWEN Twenty-Ten Show Opens Feb. 13th Sat. at Barber Gallery 2- 4 p.m.

CWEN Twenty - Ten Art Show Opens this Weekend Sat. Feb. 13th, 2 - 4 p.m. at the Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West, Guelph, ON.

519-824-0821

The Barber gallery is pleased to host twenty insightful women artists who portray the story of women through youth and age, love and loss, work and play, old stories and new, both naughty and nice, in honour of all things feminine.

Embracing Valentine's Day, Family Day and International Womyn's Day, "CWEN Twenty-Ten" runs from Sat. Feb. 13th to March 9th with an opening reception on Sat. Feb. 13th from 2 - 4

Opening day reception will feature choreography and dance by Ishra from Invoke-Tress Dance Theatre. Her performances will include a playful piece on the art of feminine flirtation, and a mystical piece portraying the heroic strength of women in mythology.

The CWEN visual artists include: Shirley Al, Andrea Bird, Olivia Brown, Marilyn Clarke, Annette Dion, Nancy Farrell, Karen Fralich, Supria Karmakar, Mary Karavos, Karolina Kuras, Michelle LeBlanc, Jo Lomas, Jean Maddison, Marion Manning, Perry Acey McEwen, Sonia Mincoff, Tina Newlove, Grayce Perry, Kathleen Schmalz, Barb Shaw, Janet Stanley, Debbie Thompson Wilson.

Free Parking and admission, refreshments.

Please consider bringing a donation of new and gently used bedding, sheets, pillow cases. blankets, towels, face cloths and toiletries to be donated to women and children's shelters - Guelph Women in Crisis.