Sunday, July 29, 2007

Crawling for Culture on a Hot Summer Day

There were rumors that the temperature at the King and Carleton intersection had shot up to over 40 degrees, but that didn’t stop hordes of arts and crafts lovers from swarming the downtown area, crawling from gallery to gallery and shop to shop.

It was the July Culture Crawl, a chance to showcase the work of local artists, drink beer and wine. They had Picaroons at Gallery Connexion and white and red wine served up by the immaculate JC at Art+Concepts …

I was at Ingrid Mueller’s Art+Concepts after eating a glass at Gallery Connexion. Ingrid was featuring the former Beaverbrook Gallery’s artist in residence, Jennifer Pazienza,

… who posed with fellow artist, Deanna Musgrave …

Who then posed with my daughter Cassie …

Both of whom then posed with Ingrid …

… and then got really silly …

Deanna put together a remarkable documentary on Jennifer and photographer Lindsay McKay did a pictorial on the project. That’s Lindsay on the left talking to Jennifer …

One of Jennifer’s paintings ate an art lover …

In retaliation, another art lover ate the guest book …

Jennifer said, “What an odd array of behavior.”

The turnout, as usual for Ingrid’s affairs, was intense and included the city’s cultural elite …

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