Though the Helson Gallery is a veritable trove of art, just up the road is another well-loved repository of pictures.
The FORMS, FACES & SPACES, figuratively speaking! art exhibition has concluded and the winners are enjoying fame on the walls of Heather’s Bakery in downtown Georgetown.
Sherry Prenevost took home first place with her photo Jubilation, which shows several children in a moment of joy. Stephanie Schirm clinched second with her abstract painting Tiny Bubbles. Finally, Jody Miller won third for her portrait of a woman titled Malo. Miller and Prenevost’s pieces are in Heather’s, but Schirm’s work is in Glen Williams - where her studio is - as it was too big to mount in the bakery.
“I really like people being able to have art surrounding them. We don’t have to get all dressed up in tails and a top hat to go see things. It doesn’t have to belong to a particular strata of society,” said Connie Munson, who organized the event. “There’s a great exhibit here, folks.”
Sixty-one artists submitted 145 works from across the country. One gallery in Georgetown and two in Caledon displayed 80 chosen works in FORMS, FACES & SPACES, figuratively speaking! The art exhibition was a satellite show of the Contact Photography Festival, the world’s largest festival of art created through a camera. However, Contact's local celebration was allowed to display other artworks like sculptures and paintings alongside photographs.
Other local contest participants also have their pieces on display alongside Prenevost and Miller. Jose Maria Mancia, an OCAD student with family in Acton, was anointed “Emerging Photographer” for his haunting portrait of a woman called Concepcion Immaculada de la Virgen. Munson praised it for how the woman’s eyes pull in the viewer.
“The light he has used has just been exquisite,” she noted.
Local photographer and show judge Greg Coman’s photo Streets of Raval - a neighbourhood in the city of Barcelona - is on display as well.
The works will be featured on Heather’s walls until July 2. Munson’s next show will be called Summertime, when the livin' is easy. Anyone who wants to enter can submit JPEGs to [email protected] - with Summertime in the subject line and addressing E. Connie - by Wednesday, June 19. All entries must be titled. Max size for hanging is 36 by 36 inches, which includes the frame.
