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11th Annual Art in Action Burlington Studio Tour

October 23, 2013 Donna Grandin Leave a comment

Tulip mound, 24"x36", acrylic on canvas, © Donna Grandin, 2012 — Tulip mound, 24″x36″, acrylic on canvas, © Donna Grandin, 2012

This year I’m opening up my studio space to the public for the Annual Art in Action Burlington studio tour for the second time. I’m hosting Louise Young with her jewellery, and fine artist Donna Fratesi who will be demonstrating in watercolours. We all submitted applications to get into the tour, and were matched up by the organizers, but I already knew these ladies from the Burlington Fine Arts Association. Ours is studio #1 on the tour map.

I like to do this event because it is so well-organized, with each of the 29 participants in 8 studios this year doing their part, it generates a lot of publicity, and of course, it’s local. Also, I have a great time meeting so many people who love and appreciate art and craft.

Opening of Art in Action pre-tour group exhibition at Teresa Seaton Fine Art Stained Glass Studio & Gallery

This year we held a pre-tour group exhibition at Teresa Seaton’s Fine Art Stained Glass to kick off the promotion for the tour. This exhibition is great for people who can’t make it out to the tour, but want to see a selection of art that will be available.

painting of frangipani flowers — All for one, 8″x8″, acrylic on canvas, © Donna Grandin, 2013. Sold

One of the fun aspects of this group exhibition was a wall of 8″x8″ works that we each contributed to as a sampler of our work as a group. I submitted One for all, and All for one.

One for all, 8"x8", acrylic on canvas, © 2013 Donna Grandin. — One for all, 8″x8″, acrylic on canvas, © 2013 Donna Grandin. Sold

Thanks to photographer Mary Dilly of Snapd Burlington who came to the Opening of the pre-tour group show & featured many photos of the event in the October issue. My paintings & I are in at least one. And thanks to Mayor Rick Goldring for coming out to show his support.

Donna Grandin, interviewed by Deb Tymstra of Halton Insider, TV Cogeco about Art in Action Studio tour 2013

Teresa Seaton, myself and Cheryl Goldring (in that order) were interviewed by Deb Tymstra in Teresa’s studio/gallery last week, so that we could let more people know about the tour. Jeff Haddow of JAWS video shot & edited the video clip and did a great job of getting in all the pertinent information.

So, if you’re in the area put Nov 2 & 3 on your calender, come on out and pick up some art to give as Christmas gifts (even if they’re all going under YOUR Christmas tree!). The studios will be opened 10am-5pm Sat and Sun.

Exhibitions

Art donated to L.A. fundraiser for St. Lucia

April 8, 2011 Donna Grandin Leave a comment

The following is a post that I’ve brought over from my original blog where I wrote about exhibitions, career highlights etc. in the 3rd person.

Artwork donated by Donna Grandin, on display at Chapman University, Orange, California.

Donna’s art auctioned at ” Poetry, Music, Art: a Celebration to Benefit St. Lucia”, April 5, 2011.

The following is from a blogpost from online literary journal dirtcakes.org, which included an image of one of Donna’s recent paintings:

“Did you know that the West Indies island of St. Lucia has more Nobel laureates per capita than any other nation and one of those –Derek Walcott – is a poet?Come celebrate Caribbean poetry, music, and art in a hot, hot, hot event on Tuesday, April 5, as dirtcakes sponsors an event to support Red Cross disaster relief for St. Lucia, an island devastated by last year’s Hurricane Tomas.

Join us in the Malloy Performance Portico at Chapman University’s Leatherby Libraries where Los Angeles poet Lynne Thompson, author of Beg No Pardon, will read work inspired by stories of her Caribbean ancestors, while Francis Lynch, from Trinidad and Tobago, adds a gentle steel pan cadence. Yes, you read that correctly, we’ll have a drummer in the library. And food. And art. Donna Grandin, an artist originally from St. Lucia, has donated two paintings for silent auction. Work from notable St. Lucian poets, including Derek Walcott, will be read and then, drum roll, Lynne Thompson will announce the winner of the dirtcakes First Annual Benefit Poetry Contest.”

There was a slide show projected on a screen behind the poets as they were doing their readings, which included images of Donna’s Hibiscus ‘n Bananas series. Donna was invited to participate in this event by organizor Natalie D’Auvergne, whose blogpost http://aphroditeares.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/poetry-music-art-a-celebration-to-benefit-st-lucia/ could almost have been written by Donna herself. Both the artist and the writer get inspiration from their Caribbean background, both observed how Hurricane Tomas devastated St. Lucia and her people last year, through the safety of Facebook, and felt compelled to help somehow. Proceeds from the event on Tues went to the St. Lucia Red Cross.

Exhibitions, Hibiscus

"St.Lucian ART 2011" at The Inner Gallery, St. Lucia

January 21, 2011 Donna Grandin Leave a comment

The following is a post that I’ve brought over from my original blog where I wrote about exhibitions, career highlights etc. in the 3rd person.

From the core, acrylics on canvas, 2009, 16×13 inch, Donna Grandin. Sold

This painting, and two others by Donna, will be part of “St. Lucian ART 2011: a selection of new and recent work by established, unknown and emerging artists from St. Lucia”. The group show opens Tues 25 January and runs till 5 February, 2011 at The Inner Gallery, Bois d’orange, St. Lucia.

Exhibitions

Juried in to Toronto Art Expo ’11!

August 2, 2010 Donna Grandin Leave a comment

The following is a post that I’ve brought over from my original blog where I wrote about exhibitions, career highlights etc. in the 3rd person.

Donna has been accepted into the Toronto Art Expo, April 14-17 2011. This year, 15,000 art lovers from all over attended the annual event at the Metro Convention Center, downtown Toronto.

“Toronto’s premier art and cultural event that opens the spring season, celebrating the value of fine art in our lives. With over 200 distinguished, established Canadian and International artists and galleries represented from 12 countries, it has become a destination for selective art connoisseurs and many other art business professionals–and they have come from all over North America and Europe for this weekend of Art. With thousands of works to choose from, the Toronto Art Expo is the Art Fair for all budgets, from the first time buyer to the seasoned investment collector, both personal and corporate, featuring rare pieces from International art styles and traditions representing leading world trends in contemporary art.” www.torontoartexpo.com

To receive a postcard reminder featuring one of Donna’s new works a few weeks before the event, e-mail donna@bluerootsartstudio.com to sign up for her mailing list. Your contact information will not be shared.

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Donna is Interviewed by Natalie D’Auvergne

July 14, 2010 Donna Grandin Leave a comment

The following is a post that I’ve brought over from my original blog where I wrote about exhibitions, career highlights etc. in the 3rd person.

Natalie D’Auvergne is a St. Lucian writer living in L.A. She featured Donna recently on AphroditeAres’ Blog, “The Creative Process as a Path to Self-Discovery: An Interview with Donna Grandin”.
www.aphroditearesblog.wordpress.com

Later, the interview was edited for inclusion in the online literary magazine, 34th Parallel, along with some photos of my paintings. A detail of Lullaby (red hibiscus) was used for the cover of the magazine, along with the title the editor came up with “Create or Die”. Not the words I would have chosen … but then headlines are often all hyperbole!

DONNA GRANDIN

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11th Annual Art in Action Burlington Studio Tour

Juried in to Toronto Art Expo ’11!

Donna is Interviewed by Natalie D’Auvergne

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